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That can be problematic. In this case I suggest you to consider: 1. Get up a little early, such as after 3 or 4 hours. 2. Do not stay out of bed for too long. Just a quick bathroom visit and immediately return to bed. 3. Do fewer cycles. 4. Chain the cycles upon each awakening.

This is my idea. Let me know what you think: You could make the feeling part the "default" - by that I mean it's the first part of the cycle you do (thus feel/see/hear) and it's the FIRST one you go back to after you lose focus/drift to sleep slightly. Instead of just feeling the body, you could attempt a "gentle" levitation instead.

One at a time initially. In the end it doesn't really matter. Chances are, as you get closer to falling asleep and random thoughts popping up everywhere, you may notice that you are losing track of the cycles, or doing them all at the same time. This is a good sign that you should drop everything and go to sleep, and wait for magic to happen :)

Could SSILD be coupled with the Cycle Adjustment Technique? Just in case you're not familiar with it, I basically wake up 90 minutes earlier than usual for a week, then alternate normal and 90 minute early wake up times each day after the first week. I go to bed at the same time every day. Would changing my sleep schedule like this interfere with SSILD?

Thanks i'll try those, unfortunately, i really haven't had an LD with this method ever since that semi lucid, not really any dreams for that matter!!! could this be because i don't check for reality checks, or maybe it just dosen't work? I really am confused... I still do it the usual way, though this time I go to sleep a bit earlier (about 23-00:30) then i wake up at 7:30AM for some reason.I do the fast cycles, then go for the slow ones. I still turn around in bed alot and often slip into a trance but I make up for it with an extra cycle or maybe restart from the previous one, I also do a cycle for every time I turn because that's what you said to do in your FAQ'S.Then I(hopefully) go to sleep. I really think this method has great potential, I hope to see it soon...

Thank you so much for this! The tutorial is very clear and I can't wait to try it out, but I was wondering: are the cycles associated with Sleep Paralysis, are the cycles ARE Sleep Paralysis or have nothing to do with that phenomenon? And I was also wondering: can your chances be lower or greater with age? Believe it or not, I myself am actually thirteen years old, so I was just curious if that could effect my chances. (My mum has lucid dreams naturally, so I got interested). Please let me know what you think! c:

Man, I have been enormously frustrated with the standard techniques. All except dream journaling. I do have very weak and foggy LD's once a week or so when I don't have a good night of sleep but my results have been meager at best. I tried your technique just as described last night and I had two LD's! In the first I was doing the technique while dreaming, wondering why it seemed to be giving me insomnia, until the dream turned into something cartoonish, then I became lucid. The second one was longer. This was after my first ever attempt! Question, why not engage all 5 senses? Such as whatever taste is in your mouth or whatever you're smelling? Why just sight, sensation, and hearing?

Last night, my second time trying this, I had 3 lucid dreams! I even had a beer, which of course ruins REM sleep, and I didn't even fall asleep doing the method fully. I just stopped it and went to sleep withing 30 secs or so. I was finally able to stay lucid for more than a flash of moment, and I began to play with flying and interacting with dream characters. My dreams are not extremely vivid yet, but that's one weak spot I've always had. Lack of a vivid emotional or sensory experience in my dreams. Thank you for this method. This is the only method with an acceptable effort to reward ratio.