How Do I Lucid Dream With the Wake-Back-To-Bed (WBTB) Method?

Lucid dreaming is all about dreaming consciously. There are many methods to induce lucid dreams. Wake-back-to-bed, abbreviated as WBTB, is one of them. There are mainly three steps in WBTB.

Go to sleep preferably tired, sleep for 5 to 6 hours continuously and then wake up forcefully.

Be in lucid dream world in wake up period. If one wakes up dreaming, write down the dream, concentrate and think on the same dream; If not, read some lucid dreaming material such as magazine, article, book or watch a related movie on DVD or browse internet for related contents. Be specific and in lucid world without stressing self. Do this exercise for 30 minutes to 90 minutes. Exact duration shall depend on individual experience on how much time one requires to induce the desired lucid state. Start with less time first and if not succeeded, increase the wake up duration in steps. This wake up duration can be shortened by thinking about lucid dreaming during day time before WBTB starts in step above.

Go back to bed after the chosen wake up duration is over. It is better to choose a different sleep position or different bed or different body orientation or different place from where you had woken up in the first step. Trying different things shall help you get the desired conscious sleep and avoid deep sleep. Start saying to self what you want to see in dream, imagine about desired dream, visualize self in that dream. Practice it for 10 minutes or so like it is done in MILD technique. Take a nap and sleep consciously to enjoy the lucid dream.

Since WBTB involves manual sleep interruption by compelling yourself to wake up, it is more suitable to be tried on weekends. WBTB is very simple and reliable technique and is especially suitable for them who wake up in the middle of night anyway in line with WBTB.

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