Different styles of flying

The second time I had a LD my only objective was to fly, so I just did what first came to my mind : I run as fast as I could, and I jumped spreading my arms. This way I could fly to where ever I want and regulate my speed.
I think what’s work is just do what instinctually comes to you in order to fly, the principal is that you need to be sure that this way will works for you and it usually will.

I always fly either one of three ways depening on if im in a ND or a LD

If im in a lucid dream, i fly like Neo from the matrix! Hands at side (maybe slightly away from body depending on how fast i want to go), extremely fast speeds, very agile in the air.

annndd then there is a ND which in comparison are very strange. Methods are either

A: wings where my arms are supposed to be. (i think i actually induced myself into a semi LD once by ‘feeling’ for the sensation of wings flapping)
or
b: (feel free to laugh at this) Sort of like gliding, i pull my legs/knee’s up from the ground and use a jacket/coat im wearing to glide/fly by sticking my arms out while my hands are in the pockets. Sometimes its very windy in my dreams and i use the currents, other times i dont have to.

Well, I fly like Iron Man. In fact, in a recent dream I went to change my style because of a comment by a DC and I actually lost control. I quickly reverted from Superman to the arms by your side kinda deal. It’s much easier for me that way. I don’t do much to control myself except like vbflame said, use mindpower. Check the sig.

I flap my arms like a bird to fly. It’s never failed

What about fire like in avater he shoots fire down behind him and flys?

I think you mean Azula’s style of flying? I think she shoots lightning, since her heat is more blue. :peek:

I don’t think Zuko flies. But I’d love to try flying like Aang does with a glider. Or perhaps you meant shooting water, I know the others “appear” to be flying like shooting a stream of water and running on it, or on rocks like Toph does

This isn’t the best for flying, but it can get you up high fast.

Step one: Grab part of you. Your shirt, a finger, some hair, anything.
Step two: Pull up.

No i ment like in episode Avatar Aang wehn FL ozi flies
and with a glider would be awomse :fly:

although i’ve only had a few lucid dreams, when i want to fly, i pretend my legs are springs, and they shoot me into the sky like Neo from The Matrix! Once your in the sky i find it quite easy to use the wind to glide through the clouds and so on. :smile:

I use my arms only… :tongue: When I want to fly I just begin running and jump then start flapping my arms to lift off myself from the ground :wink:

I don’t feel right flying in a human form, for some reason it makes me feel awkward. So I grow wings! ^.^ (or try, anyways -.-) or I would shift into a flying creature but I haven’t done that completely yet. I’ve tryed, but failed. Meh. And I’m also deathly afraid of heights IRL, but not while in an LD :smile: However, one thing that does hold me back is the fact that IRL, I do not jump off my 10-ft deck. SO, even though I know I’m in a dream and I know I can’t get hurt, I’m still reluctant to jump off random stuff, or take my shirt off, or run through walls, and that probably ruins any chance of cool stuff :sad: because I wouldn’t run randomly at walls or take my shirt off or anything in public if I was awake. So common sense is a hindrance, lol.

Invisible glider method: Find a high ledge, make one, teleport to a high platform, etc. Jump off, and go into a near vertical dive. Slowly tip your self up until you are level. You can fly like you’re using a hang glider, and get some amazing speed. Extremely fun to do in a large canyon.

I have had the most success with swimming - and not surprisingly perhaps this technique works best when I have actually recently been swimming! I push off the ground similarly to how I would push off a wall when swimming and find myself flying. Then I use gentle motions to fly - and I can glide as if I am in water that has a strong current. It all seems very natural, and I think that is why it is easy to incorperate into my lucid dreams.

That said, I think I will try some of the techniques in this thread too!


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Yeah i definitely think there’s a connection between RL sensations and dream experiences. Flying is quite easy for me because i used to long jump and pole vault, and so i incorporate those same sensations ( running and jumping, feeling of weightlessness while in mid air) in my lucid dreams.

I use this same principal if i want to speed up or slow down. I merely concentrate on the feeling of speed one might feel in a fast car ride (windows down of course) or maybe a roller coaster ride.

Also if i feel myself falling (even though it feels more like sinking to me) i just try to ‘bounce’ off the ground, just like one might while on a trampoline!

I float nowadays! it is the fastest way of transpostation besides teleportation for me. Sometimes I find myself in a sitting position flying through the air which makes me feel a bit lazy :razz:

i use the superman method when i fly, and it works well for turning if you just think to yourself to turn

I had a normal dream once where I was flying Dragon Ball Z style alongside my wife. i must say that was a pretty cool experiance.

In my last LD I’ve used superman style [to be honest the whole dream had a some kind of a superman theme] but I had a difficulty with the speed… I have to say that I’m watching Smallville [and in this TV series clark can’t fly just yet] and in one moment I start to think: What a minute, how can I fly if superman can’t?! And from that point I started to had a problem with speed, and then I just switched to a “normal” fly mode [at least for me, and that is hands by my side] and I had no doubts about that kind of flying and I could reach the speed I wanted…

Well, since as a child (I know for some of you I´m still one, but I mean when I was 8-11) I had some natural lucid dreams and there I just flew by stepping in the air. So just like there would be stairs :grin: To speed up, I step faster and if I want to keep the height I just glide :fly: That´s the only kind of flying i can remember doing…

I just figure out how to fly last night :happy:. I’ve tried everything but what worked for me was to do this double jump type of thing and let myself fall alittle bit every time, Its kinda hard to explain (My DR is very bad hehe) but as soon as I do it again I will edit this. But anyways when I get high enough I just kinda Glide. I still wanna get the superman style :tongue:. When I tried it in my dream I would just jump up and fall on my face muahahaha, Fun stuff.