I know this is the toughest to do since you are trying to go straight from being awake and only your body and what not fall alseep.
But I have been trying this method for a little over a month now I relax my body and slow my breathing and keep still and repeat “I will have a lucid dream” in my head and really believe it.
I have had two times that it felt like it started to work. I fell my body get numb a lot after a bit but I dont know if its from just laying there awhile without moving or what. So after awhile I do a reality check but im not dreaming. But the first time i thought i was close I asked in my head “Im ready, take me into my lucid dream” and I felt this zooming sensation like I was being pulled somewhere but all I saw was black (since my eyes were closed) then I got too excited and opened my eyes and it was gone. The second time I didnt get the zooming sensation but inside my head it felt really weird…my body felt numb so i did a RC while keeping my eyes closed and moving slowly but i was still awake…But haven’t had any success at all and havent had those two feelings since. I seem to not be able to get into the dream world while im saying stuff in my head. I lay there for close to an hour and still am awake.
The reason I dont try other methods is because i dont go to sleep until 4am so i cant really get up in the middle of my sleep since im trying to get as much rest as i can for work.
Any suggestions or anyone experiencing the same thing?