Wake Initiated Lucid Dream

Waking Induction of Lucid Dreams, or Wake Induced Lucid Dreams (often abbreviated to **WILD**), refers to several techniques used to induce lucid dreaming. These techniques are unique in that they involve entering the dream state directly from waking consciousness while still maintaining consciousness (other techniques simply increase the frequency of becoming lucid in a dream).

Because one does not have to recognize a cue in order to induce a lucid dream using these techniques, they tend to be more reliable than other techniques. However, they can be difficult to master as the consciousness is not used to experiencing the transition from waking to REM sleep and is often frightened by the transition experience.

The technique itself consists of some steps designed so that you can stay conscious until you do actually enter your dream. Staying conscious is perhaps the hardest part of the technique as staying conscious is harder to do when in sleep state.

It is possible, but highly time consuming, to have a successful WILD attempt in a daytime nap instead of during the middle of the night, but it will take around 90 minutes to pass from normal sleep to REM sleep and staying conscious for a period of time this long can be extremely challenging.

## How-To

This technique is best performed when combined with the Wake Back To Bed technique, as you will get to REM sleep faster, making your attempt easier.

First, you should make sure you are prepared, and that nothing is going to be a problem during the attempt. If you share a bed, you may want to consider moving to a guest room, or the sofa for your WILD. Comfortable ear plugs and a sleep mask are helpful to block outside distractions. An atmosphere of serenity is necessary, as the alternative is to be woken back up and be unable to progress into a lucid dream.

Once lying down, avoid thinking too much, as it may prevent you from losing consciousness. Stay completely motionless, that way, you trick your body into falling asleep. This will take some time, but eventually you will feel numb and as if you are 'floating'. This is the first part of a WILD attempt. Try to clear your mind and not trail off on a train of thought, as this will distract you from your attempt. And you may fall into a non-lucid dream.

After a while, you will feel completely numb, and at this point you will usually start to experience visual hallucinations in the blackness of your eyelids. This can vary wildly; for some people these are vivid, bright patterns or even distinct imagery, while for others they can be vague, dark shapes moving slowly across the field of vision. Whatever the individual case, this means you are close to entering a lucid dream.

After a few minutes of this, with no interruptions, you will eventually enter the dream. If at this point you cease to feel numb, and you just see blackness, you may start to think you have failed in your attempt and are back at the beginning, but this is probably in fact a common, simple phenomenon: your dream eyes are closed. Open your in-dream eyes, do some reality checks, and then try not to get too excited. If you do start to get excited and feel like you are going to wake up, think about spinning and this will help stabilize the dream. After that, the sky is the limit, as you are lucid dreaming.

## See Also

* Wild Lucid Dreams Through Meditation at Learn Lucid Dreaming.
* Lucid Forum to share your experiences and to learn from others.
* Article on WILD at the Lucid Crossroads website.
* Tutorials section at Dream Views website.
* Guide section at the LD4all website.
* Guide section at the DreamerBase website.
* Article on WILD at the Lucidipedia.
* Lucid Dreaming Supplements at Tea Mind Body.
* How to Have Wake Induced Lucid Dreams at the World of Lucid Dreaming website.

Dreams and Oneirology

**Dream Types:** Nightmare ☁ Shared Dream
**Dream Contents:** Dream Character ☁ Dream Guide ☁ Dream Sign ☁ Interobject
**States of Consciousness:** Hypnagogia ☁ Hypnopompic
**Perceptual Phenomena:** Hypnopompic hallucination
**Lucid Dreaming:** Custom Alarm Noise Wake Initiated Lucid Dream (CANWILD) ☁ Dream Exit Induced Lucid Dream (DEILD) ☁ Dream Initiated Lucid Dream (DILD) ☁ Finger Induced Lucid Dream (FILD) ☁ Induction Aid ☁ Induction Techniques ☁ Lucid Dream ☁ Lucid Dreaming: An Introduction (by Emanla Eraton) ☁ Lucid Induced Lucid Dream (LILD) ☁ Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD) ☁ Visually Incubated Lucid Dream (VILD) ☁ **Wake Initiated Lucid Dream (WILD)**
**Websites:** Dream Views Forum ☁ LD4all ☁ LD4all Forum ☁ Lucidipedia ☁ The Lucidity Institute ☁ World of Lucid Dreaming