Chaining - New Technique

please help me does anyone have any tips for when you wake up and not move because i keep moving and then get mad! :grrr:

This finally did work for me. Wasn’t intentional. I remember I was in a dream, I was running and i woke up. I just kept still, but I wasn’t really ‘there’. I became concious when the HI was there, I saw…me. It then dissapeard and another ‘me’ appeard a few meters next to the origonal me. I then had SP, was VERY weird, sounds, feelings, my body felt weird. It lasted about 5 seconds, I then suddenly warped into a dream bed. The warping is beyond describing, It just …happend. I was then in my room, lucid. I had a little lucid dream, but I had a false awakening so I couldn’t chain again :sad:.

First WILD though. And I think i’ll be able to do it without chaining, but Chaining could be useful in getting a ticket back into the dream world after a LD has ended.

I think I’ve done this a few times in the past, but yesterday morning I went in and out of LD’s about 3 times. :grin:

ld411, I think I also have this problem… I can usually only stay still if I wake up from a LD, since there’s no break in consciousness… :shy:

EDIT: Any tips for not moving after I wake up? Or should I just stick to lots of auto-suggestion??

How long are you supposed to stay still? I remembered this morning about this and tried to do it, but I gave up after about 30 mins or so. It didnt work, and I knew it wouldnt work. Is it possible that I was too rested to “fall asleep” again?

You were probably thinking too much or too excited or too tense.

This is actually a great technique, don’t remember if any of my LD’s have been from this technique though.

Two quick questions:

I’ve been doing this thing when I’m able to wake up and not move where I imagine I’m touching a wall with my hands. After a few seconds I can actually feel the wall. Then I try to open my eyes in the dream. It has worked great for me.

So, first question: can this be considered chaining as well?

and can chaining (or this wall touching thing, if it’s not chaining) be considered a WILD?

I’ve been a bit unsure latelly, that’s all, when I say I’ve had a few WILD’s… :tongue:

thanks

I think it’s a bit of both, to be honest. WILD is just not losing conciousness during the sleep stage and entering the dream. You’re doing that by not moving and focusing on something visual. So yeah, it’s WILD + Chaining. :happy:

I think I might try it how you do it.

cool, thanks! I thought it was WILD but then I read about all the WILD experiences where theres SP and HI and crazy heart beating…

Anyway, yeah, give it a try. It seams (for me at least) that my sense of touch comes a lot easier than my sight. Just a few seconds imagining and “hey, a wall!” :tongue:

Anyway, chaining rocks. :happy:

iv still not managed to wild, but waking up after a dream and not moving gets you to fall back asleep immediately with a very clear mind. I normally find that i immediately DILD after this. I had earlier today like four lucid dreams in a row, but i didnt wild for any of them.

This topic should continue, very interesting technique. I did it last night and i think i didn’t open my eyes but i moved my body, i was sleeping on my back and it was hurting apparently, so perphaps i should sleep in a comfortable pos

This time I woke up from a nightmare, and stayed still and didn’t opened my eyes BUT couldn’t DEILD. Maybe I was too tense? Nonetheless I ‘felt’ this ‘buzzing’… :neutral:

Sounds interesting! It can be hard for me to focus on concepts, as my mind wanders a lot, so maybe working on MILD or WILD along with this would help a lot. However, I’m guessing it’ll take a lot of practice and getting used to, since it’s instinct to open my eyes and start moving. I thrash around in my sleep enough as it is. It sounds easier, though… I guess you never know until you try. I’ve done something similar when I want to fall back asleep while thinking I want to be or don’t want to be in the same dream. It has worked to take me back to the same dream before, so it’ll probably work similarly here. :content:

hi, ZRVera. It’s hard at first to not move when you make up. It’s a lot easier to not move after a LD, since you’re conscious and know you’re waking up. But it can alos be done after normal dreams with a bit of practice. Some autosugestion before you go to sleep can help. Welcome to the forum, btw :smile:

I tried it, and sometimes I can manage to stay pretty still. It’s hard to remember, but I was all right if I could think about it first. (I tend to forget things a lot…) I’ll try your suggestion tonight.

Thanks for the welcome! :slight_smile:

Try it sleeping on ur back

Hi.
After a LD the other night was the first time I managed to keep from opening my eyes and moving (much). But then I couldn’t get back to sleep. It was also the first LD I’ve had in weeks.
I think this method deserve continued trying, though.

I stay still and don’t open my eyes but Its hard to see HI/SP

while I was having a LD, I opened my eyes and I saw my bedroom wall. I closed my eyes and fell back to sleep immediatly and actually felt myself being pushed into my dream body VERY fast. Then, BAM! I was in my dream, lucid again. This has got to be the easiest form of WILDing.

I should try this. Sounds useful, and interesting.

I think I finally successfully chained this morning. Through meditation, I entered a dream consciously. After a while the dream faded away and I became aware of physical body in bed. But I remained completely motionless, even when my body felt tingly, like there was electricity running through my body (which kind of hurt), and continued the lucid dream. I did this several time for at least an hour or two. I don’t remember exactly when I started.