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QUICK GUIDE

For learning lucid dreaming you have to master four things: 1) Dream Journal for improving dream recall. 2) Dream alarms will help you to remember more dreams and to improve you lucidity practice. 3) Reality tests will help you to become conscious during a dream. 4) LucidWeavers lucidity training can be used to learn the subtle differences separating a dream from reality. Here is a quick guide for learning lucid dreaming with LucidWeaver. Check the manual for details.

Dream journal
Everybody dreams every night. What is difficult is to remember them. It is absolutely crucial to remember as much dreams as possible for lucid dream training. Here is how you improve your dream recall:
1. ASK. When you wake up either spontaneously or to LucidWeaver's dream alarm, ask yourself: What was I just dreaming about?
2. DON'T MOVE. Lie still in the same position as you woke up. You will remember more dreams this way.
3. REPEAT. Repeat the dream in your mind a couple of times. Come up with a catchy title.
4. THINK BACKWARDS. Dreams come back in your mind in reverse order. The last seen dream as first, the second last as second an so on. Keep asking yourself: and what happened before that ... and that?
5. WRITE IT DOWN. Write down your dreams to your dream journal immediately as you remember them. Don't wait even for five minutes. Dreams can disappear from your memory in couple of seconds if you concentrate on something else like bathroom or breakfast. Keep your dream journal and a pen within an arm's reach from your bed.

Dream alarms
LucidWeaver's Dream Alarms can be used to find out your personal dream cycle. This is a repeating period of sleep when dreams are seen through out the night. When you wake up directly from a dream it is much easier to remember your dreams and to practice lucid dreaming. Use LucidWeaver's dream alarms to catch all of your dream periods through night.
1. SLEEP CYCLES. You go through repeating cycles of deep and light sleep every night. One sleep period last from 1 and an half hours to two hours depending on a person.
2. DREAM STATE. At the end of every sleep cycle occurs a state when dreams and lucid dreams are seen. This so called REM-state (Rapid Eye Movement) of dreaming lengthens towards morning. Therefore it is easier to hit a dream in the early morning when dreams last longer.
3. CYCLE DELAY. To time the first dream alarm for early morning LucidWeaver keeps a delay of four sleep cycles (six hours) before sounding a dream alarm. The cycle is adjustable from dream alarm settings.
4. CYCLE LENGHT. Every person has a personal sleep cycle length. Average sleep cycle length is about one and an half hours or 90 minutes. Use a length setting that makes you remember most dreams.
5. REPEATING DREAM ALARM. After a delay dream alarms start to come regularly at every sleep cycle. Don't move if you wake up for dream alarm. LucidWeaver shuts off the dream alarm automatically after given amount of dream cues are sounded. You can concentrate fully on remembering your dreams or more advanced lucidity training.

Reality tests
If you never question your reality when you are awake you will never question your reality in a dream either. Make a habit of doing as many reality tests as possible during a day.
1. ASK. Ask yourself sincerely: Is this a dream? Do one or more of the following tests:
2. FLY. Try to soar up to the sky. If it works at all you are dreaming.
3. USE DEVICE. Technical devices rarely work properly in a dream. Use a light switch or LucidWeaver's reality test button. Is everything working as supposed to (sounds, light, logic) or is there any technical malfunctions?
4. READ TWICE. Read any text twice or three times quickly repeating it. Can you focus properly? Is the text the same every time? Are the letters ok? Digital clocks like on LucidWeaver main screen is good for this test.
5. USE LUCIDWEAVER. Set LucidWeaver to remind you about doing reality tests through out a day with repeating reality test alarms. They come at random times every couple of hours.

Lucidity training
When you have developed some base and remember many dreams every night and perhaps have already seen your first lucid dreams, it is time to learn some advanced techniques. An easy way to enter a lucid dream is to fall asleep consciously. LucidWeaver's dream alarms can be used for advanced lucidity training. From Dream alarm settings switch the dream alarm type from dream recall to lucidity training. This will give you some additional dream alarms for every REM-state.
1. DON'T MOVE. When you wake up for Dream alarm don't move. When going to bed and activating dream alarm you should set your intention so strongly that the very first thing that comes to your mind after waking up for dream alarm is: "Don't move". The dream alarm will shut off by itself.
2. RELAX. If you manage to wake up with out moving any part of your body you are already in a totally relaxed state which is perfect for entering a lucid dream. You don't even have to do any relaxation exercise since your body is already on a verge of dream but your mind is alert.
3. CONCENTRATE. To keep your mind awake pay attention to something. This could be the sound or feel of your breathing. Don't force it but pay attention gently. When your breathing starts to deepen by itself with out your conscious effort you are almost dreaming. You could pay attention to your bodily feeling. When odd sensations like feeling heavy or light, rocking or swirling sensation comes these tell that you will are falling asleep at the moment. If you are a visual type pay attention to what you see behind your closed eye lids. You will first see cloud like pulsating and swirling lights which turn in to images and scenes that you will see. Again this means that you are falling more deeply in to a dream. An auditive person can listen to the sound of silence in your ears. You may hear the blood pulsing in your ears. You may start to hear cracks or booms or words and sentences, even music. Remember to hold on. Don't lose your consciousness. Pay close attention to anything you experience. It will help you to remain conscious of your dream. All these weird events mean that you are falling asleep fast. In psychology this state is called hypnagogic state which means the border state of wakefulness and sleep. And don't be afraid. You go through these sensations multiple times every night at every sleep cycle. Usually you are just not conscious when they happen.
4. LET GO. Balancing between sleep and wakefulness is a skill that might take some time to master. Don't be disappointed if you don't have success at first try. It is a big step forward even if you just manage to remain conscious during those strange hypnagogic sensations. There is just a small step forward from that to full lucid dream. Be patient. With repeating practice you will learn more and more of your personal style of falling asleep and you learn to expect certain things. You will develop your own dream path through which you enter the dream world until it is as familiar as going through your home door. The key is not trying to control this process too much. You can't force yourself to fall asleep. It will happen by itself when you let go but still pay close attention to what is happening.
5. ENTER A DREAM. Little by little if you manage not to lose your consciousness during those hypnagogic sensations, they will develop in to a dream. Don't try to take active part in a dream too early. This might wake you up. Let the dreamscape and its actions surround you fully before entering the dream actively. You should be in a total 3D world of hearing, touching, and feeling. If you try to enter a dream when it is still just an image in your hypnagogic state you will wake and lose the dream. So again, show some patience and take small steps. Adjust LucidWeaver's Lucidity training settings (from Dream alarm settings screen) so that the additional dream alarms keeps you awake but still not disturbing you too much. Start with many cues in couple of minutes interval. When you have learned to keep your consciousness deep into the hypnagogic state set less cues with longer intervals like five or ten minutes.