Practice when to go to bed

Short for wake induced lucid dream wild is the most vivid and intense experience of them all and what most people want to achieve.

But it is also the hardest to learn.  Some people call it an out of body experience. I just like to call it the dream body.

The best time to perform a wild is after 5-6 hours of sleep but the best time to practice is when you first go to bed at night.

The reason you want to do this is because you need to practice focusing and lingering into a sleepy state without falling asleep.

What's more, as you get more experienced with focusing you will have the ability to perform an effective WILD following 5 hours of sleep

More Tips For WILD process

I have already covered the steps to WILD  in the previous chapter. But here are a few powerful tips to speed up the process of performing a WILD and will give you multiple chances throughout the night.

• Go to bed at your normal time and lie on your back with your eyes shut
• for deep relaxation go through each of your body parts including legs, arms, neck, back, face and  squeeze and relax each muscle
• next imagine a glowing ball of light inside your body running up and down each body part relaxing you further. And then the glowing ball moving inside. up and down your whole body. This should relax you a lot. Your body might feel heavy and numb. And your awareness of your body will go.
• Now try to focus. It is different for everyone. So focus on what you find easier. It could be your breathing, the clock ticking, the wind outside, focus on the blackness of your eyelids.
• As you drift off to sleep try to keep this focus. This is the time you might hear voices or see images in your mind. But don't panic they are completely normal. Try to practice for couple of days then move onto next step.

Note: this can still trigger a WILD. Just because people say that it is unlikely you will lucid dream right when you first go to bed at night. Don't be surprised if you still have one! It's possible.

I  have had at least 5 lucid dream mostly WILDS within the hour of my normal bedtime routine. But if you don't manage to have a WILD don't worry here's what to do next...

• Next you need something that is going to wake you up briefly after your 5 hours of sleep. You could use a alarm, or use vibrating watch or phone as mentioned previously or try and wake up naturally by drinking a pint of water before you go to bed.
• The best of these 3  is to get something like a mobile phone and set alarm at different times to have multiple chances of lucid dreaming. Because if you fail once it doesn't matter - just wait till the next alarm goes off. Ideally you want a alarm or vibration that goes off once and you don't have to move to turn it off.
• Another alternative is a shortened WBTB technique and this greatly increases your chances  set your alarm for 5 hours after you sleep. Then eat some dark chocolate. Dark chocolate contains the most caffeine in and will help to achieve the mind awake body asleep that you need to be able to successfully wild.
• Set alarm to go off at 5 hours after sleep. Then every 30 min from there.
• Once you quickly wake up, lie on your back and start to focus. Say to yourself 'I am dreaming'

If your usual sleeping position is on your side then you may find it difficult to sleep on your back. You will however, get used to this sleeping position quickly.

But here is a trick that can make you feel sleepy. While on your back rest your hands were ever is most comfortable for you and lightly tap your fingers.

You should start to drift off to sleep. But remember to focus as much as you can.

Signs to look out for when close to WILD

 These are all the things you should look out for when you are becoming close to lucidity. They are nothing to be afraid of and are completely normal.

• seeing images
• hearing sounds
• vibrations
• heartbeat rapid beating- though not really your heartbeat so don't panic!
• body involuntary twitching
• sleep paralysis