How do I enter the hypnagogic state?
The key is to relax completely. Don’t move a muscle; just allow your busy mind to clear. Practice with guided meditation CDs or binaural beats for lucid dreaming. The binaural beats CDs I have listed are specifically for practicing Wake Induced Lucid Dreams. They can completely relax your mind and body in just 8 minutes, giving you easier access to the conscious dream state direct from waking. Once you are deeply relaxed, focus on your closed eyelids and mentally drop deeper into a trance. It may help to imagine doing something active, like riding a bike or swimming. Pay attention to what you see, feel and hear internally during this visualization, without necessarily staring at the hypnagogic images. These are important but the real shift in awareness comes from outside your field of vision, from an imaginary plane. This is explained very well in the Salt Cube video, which is packed with tips to lucid dream on demand.
