Lucid dreaming
The past couple of mornings I've been doing a bit of this. I have a routine that works fairly well.
I get up around 3 or 4 in the morning, move from bed to my recliner. I read for about 10 or 15 minutes. But I stay very still, as little physical movement as possible. Something to get my mind going a bit but still stay very relaxed, as close to physical sleep as possible. Then I turn of the light, lean back and sort of feel myself drifting off. At this time the cat of course is sleeping on my stomach. This morning as I was drifting off, I felt as if I was falling forward, moving in the chair. I knew I wasn't because the cat was sleeping peacefully. He was surprisingly useful. I was able to keep some lucidity for a while. Then went fully into sleep.
I sort of found this method years ago. I remember once waking early, reading in bed for about half an hour. Then I turned of the light and with in seconds I felt myself falling into the mattress.
I'm going to try this morning. It will be a work day, hope it doesn't come back to bite me in the ass.
I get up around 3 or 4 in the morning, move from bed to my recliner. I read for about 10 or 15 minutes. But I stay very still, as little physical movement as possible. Something to get my mind going a bit but still stay very relaxed, as close to physical sleep as possible. Then I turn of the light, lean back and sort of feel myself drifting off. At this time the cat of course is sleeping on my stomach. This morning as I was drifting off, I felt as if I was falling forward, moving in the chair. I knew I wasn't because the cat was sleeping peacefully. He was surprisingly useful. I was able to keep some lucidity for a while. Then went fully into sleep.
I sort of found this method years ago. I remember once waking early, reading in bed for about half an hour. Then I turned of the light and with in seconds I felt myself falling into the mattress.
I'm going to try this morning. It will be a work day, hope it doesn't come back to bite me in the ass.