This is a very good tutorial. Great job :D  

Thank you so much for taking the time to post this. I am a novice with Lucid Dreaming and I thought my best chance would be with DEILD. However, I only get up at night to use the restroom, so that really ruins any chances of DEILDing. But with SSILD using the bathroom is helpful? Looks like my kind of Induction method!  

Thanks CI.

Incidentally, I notice that there's a kind of "pre-cycle cycle" added to the technique now that wasn't there before when you published on DV and other places. How do you decide how you will experiment with the technique? Do you rely on others to improve the technique or do you come up with experiments and get others to test them? If so, how do you get ideas for experiments?  

Thanks Cosmic. Looking forward to experimenting!  

How long can a lucid dream take. I m working to stabilize my lucid dreams  

This is my idea. Let me know what you think:

You could make the feeling part the "default" - by that I mean it's the first part of the cycle you do (thus feel/see/hear) and it's the FIRST one you go back to after you lose focus/drift to sleep slightly.  Instead of just feeling the body, you could attempt a "gentle" levitation instead.  

Try to wake up before 7:30, maybe 6 or 5  

After precisely a year of having little successful Lucid Dreams (4-5) This seems perfect!
Thank you thank you THANK YOU for inspiring me to try again. I have gained a lot of hope from this!  

thank you! :)  

Cant wait to try this method out thank u so very much for posting  

Has anyone else noticed that SSILD has an effect on their libido? It's definitely a positive effect! I do SSILD and wake up in the morning like a dog on heat.  

don't give up! that pesemistic attitude is probably why you failed at it! it seems to me that the only thing you are lacking is proper dream recall. Until you can semi-consistently (4 days out of the week) remember at the very least 2 whole dreams, dont give up. if even after that you aren't successful and you still want to have an LD, then seek out help. ONLY until then, do you even think about giving up.  

Thank you for the clearly explained method! I'll try this method tonight, and will report back if it induces a lucid dream. :)
~SleepyCat3  

Hi Cosmic Iron. Is there any chance you could share your first students journal? As a help guide for other novices?  

CI, This is great of you to post all this. It will help many people. I do have some questions though regarding something you posted on dreamviews-

"For beginners you can try this -- you wake up from SSILD. You are absolutely certain you are awake. Don't despair. Relax and allow your head to sink into the pillow. Focus on your nose and imagine that you are lifting your hand to pinch it. You probably will feel some weight on your nose and that's great. That sensation will help you. It is the sensation caused by your imaginary fingers pinching it. Once you manage to feel that your fingers have grabbed your nose you can try breathe. If you can breath the you are already in a dream. Don't let go of your fingers,. Keep focusing on them and roll out of your bed. Voila, you are in your dream world. Keep in mind -- I'm not talking about false awakening here. This is real awakening. But if you do what I say, with practice, you may be able to turn these real awakenings into lucid dreams, even AFTER you have physically moved. That's the beauty of SSILD."

This isn't clear to me.

OK, we wake up after having done SSILD. Allow our head to sink into pillow. That I get. But the nose pinching. We should just *imagine* it being done by our fingers? Because you say "If you can breath the you are already in a dream". I don't understand this. If we are actually awake, and just imagining fingers on our nose, then we would be able to breathe as well. Also... Should we physically roll out of bed now, even if we ARE awake, just to establish the habit?  Sorry if I'm being slow about this. And thanks for your help!
  

Thanks for the method! I'll try lucid dreaming tonight.

I've been trying for a few days now, and I keep a dream diary and do reality checks. I even ask my friends to ask me 'Are you dreaming?' throughout the day. I really hope this works!  

Do you think ADHD would make this harder? I tried last night and had trouble focusing on the cycles. I did not end up falling asleep though, so I couldn't really try again, also wasn't a FA. I eventually ended up falling asleep for good.