I have been trying on and off now to get more lucid dreams.
One of the keys is practicing to remember your dreams. Before you go off to sleep just tell yourself that you are awake now, you will be sleeping and dreaming, and that you will remember your dreams. When you wake up, try to remember the dream(s) from the end back to the beginning.
Writing down your dreams helps to traing remembering them too.
This works pretty fast, usually within days. You will be surprised how much you actually dream.
Then, do those reality checks during the daytime, but make sure you really conciously do this. I always use the method of holding your nose shut, then trying to breathe through it. If you dream, you will still breathe.
I happen to have some points in my dreams when I realize I dream, but mostly the excitement wakes me, or I lose it. I have had more success though lately. Once I managed to fly over a fence :) The best dream so far was dreaming of a swimming pool, and while I went in, I realized I dreamed. I went to dive, and realized I could just breathe under water - it was such an amazing feeling, because I could sense my body breathing, while diving in my dream. Bubbles came out of my mouth when I breathed out :)
I will try to get more into it in the future, but you have to work for it.
One of the keys is practicing to remember your dreams. Before you go off to sleep just tell yourself that you are awake now, you will be sleeping and dreaming, and that you will remember your dreams. When you wake up, try to remember the dream(s) from the end back to the beginning.
Writing down your dreams helps to traing remembering them too.
This works pretty fast, usually within days. You will be surprised how much you actually dream.
Then, do those reality checks during the daytime, but make sure you really conciously do this. I always use the method of holding your nose shut, then trying to breathe through it. If you dream, you will still breathe.
I happen to have some points in my dreams when I realize I dream, but mostly the excitement wakes me, or I lose it. I have had more success though lately. Once I managed to fly over a fence :) The best dream so far was dreaming of a swimming pool, and while I went in, I realized I dreamed. I went to dive, and realized I could just breathe under water - it was such an amazing feeling, because I could sense my body breathing, while diving in my dream. Bubbles came out of my mouth when I breathed out :)
I will try to get more into it in the future, but you have to work for it.