Whoops, I saw “LostBoy” and “LucidMonkey” and found some dyslexic part of me in the back of my brain to stick them together… I apoligize LucidMonkey.
Confidence plays a big part in this. I use neither the flapping nor the “super-man” technique, I simply place my arms lossely at my sides and just fly, I don’t will myself to do it. I don’t invision myself doing it. I don’t tell myslef I can do it. I just, do it. Kinda like the Nike logo. It’s somewhat like OOBE. You can’t think too much on it and if you try too hard you’ll prove to yourself you 're not confident in your own skills. Just chill out a little and try working on another LD project. As a matter of fact try to forget about it. Your Sub-C won’t so it will remind you for you, at which point you should achieve the desired level of flight skill desired.
I used to have NL flying dreams when I was very young. I had a special technique: I would run along and then gradually lean forward until my feet came off the ground, and there I was, flying. I had a lot of dreams like this, sometimes running away from someone and sometimes just flying around, usually in the same area of town.
I often fly in LD now but seem to end up in awkward postures like feet-first or sitting. I change my speed and direction by leaning forwards or backwards, a bit like a helicopter. I actually have much more difficulty walking than flying and wish I could walk more often because sometimes I just fly away too far and wake up.
Wow, that’s virtually identical to my experiences. It took me a few years to realize that I was swimming in the air, though. One day in real life, I was swimming in a pool, and it just hit me that I had been doing the same thing in LD’s.