#Wake Back to Bed

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Wake Back to Bed (WBTB) is a practice that aids with lucid dreaming.
It has been referred to before as ‘the cheat-code for lucid dreaming’, which is a pretty accurate description — WBTB cuts down on the learning time by years. That’s a lot of time saved.

Why

There are several benefits to WBTB:

  • It’s another chance to recall more dreams
  • You’re closer to the next dream
  • You can perform an induction technique more than once in the night
  • Waking up before the next dream increases awareness

How

Having a WBTB is suspiciously simple. All you have to do is wake up in the middle of the night.
You can use an alarm clock to awaken yourself, or you can use methods to awaken naturally:

Alarms

  • Set an alarm for any time of the night (6 hours after you fall asleep is recommended for standard sleep schedules).
  • Make sure this alarm can wake you up, but also make sure it can’t jolt you awake too much, or you might have problems falling back asleep.
  • If you’re afraid of your roommates or family members waking up to the alarm, put the alarm under your pillow to muffle it.
  • Set several alarms as failsafes incase you sleep through one of them.

Natural awakenings (No Alarms)

Awakening naturally might seem tricky at first, but if you can master it, it’s much better in the long-term than alarms.

  • Have decent #"Dream Recall". If you’re aware enough of your dreams to know when you’ve just woken up from one, natural awakenings are much easier.
  • Firmly intend: “At [TIME], I will wake up to remember a dream.” Make sure you implant in your head that you will awaken in your bed at the chosen time. You can even rehearse this intention by visualizing yourself waking up from a dream.
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What to do when you wake up

  • If you awaken in the night and you find yourself too drowsy to practice, immediately get up to ensure that you won’t fall back asleep. Push through the urge to lay down and fall back asleep, so you can make sure you get your practice in.
  • Recall your dreams. (See #1131425569771356241 for how to do this)
  • Perform an induction technique, like #1131422059453489192 or #1131427946985439292.
  • Once you’re done with your practice, go ahead and fall back asleep. If you wish to perform more than one WBTB, now is your chance to firmly intend to wake up again.