My First LD

First off hello. I’ve been browsing through the forums for some time now and finally decided to make a profile. I’ve been trying to LD for about 2 months now and I’ve only had one real interesting experience. That night I was attempting WILD, did the usual things and before long I could make out a faint image as well as some sounds. It seemed I was riding in a dirt bike race (which is strange since I have no interest in the sort and never think about it :razz:). I could hear the sounds and noticed how my heart rate was shooting through the roof. I noticed I was loosing concentration from the excitement and attempted to rub my hands together in an attempt to stay in the dream. Unfortunately it didn’t work and I awoke a minute later or so. Though I was extremely happy at the experience even if it only lasted for a few moments. That was around a month ago and I’ve been having issues becoming lucid since. So my question would be possible strategies to help with my WILDing (Relaxation techniques, things to do while falling asleep, etc). I also just wanted to finally write up my experience :smile:

Yes, there is a relaxation method, I think it’s described in the home page in the WILD category.

There are also techniques to increase lucidity, such as shouting ‘‘increase lucidity!’’, rubbing your hands, touching something from the dreamland…actually, I just say ‘‘No, I want to have a lucid dream/stay in the dream.’’ and it always works…for me.

Congrats!
You had your 1st lucid dream :smile: