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==Practical Methods== | ==Practical Methods== | ||
[[File:Cg0ww.jpg|350px|thumb|right|changing one's desktop wallpaper like this image as a reminder to perform [[Lucid_Dreaming#Reality_checks|reality checks]] will greatly improve one's own sense of general lucidity.]] | [[File:Cg0ww.jpg|350px|thumb|right|changing one's desktop wallpaper like this image as a reminder to perform [[Lucid_Dreaming#Reality_checks|reality checks]] will greatly improve one's own sense of general lucidity.]] | ||
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*'''Pinching one's nose and breathing''' - During a dream, if one tightly pinches their nose shut and attempts to breath, they will find that they can breath through their nose as normal regardless. This can be used to determine whether or not one is dreaming very reliably. | *'''Pinching one's nose and breathing''' - During a dream, if one tightly pinches their nose shut and attempts to breath, they will find that they can breath through their nose as normal regardless. This can be used to determine whether or not one is dreaming very reliably. | ||
*'''Reminders''' - An excellent way to remind oneself to perform reality checks is to put notes containing messages such as "are you dreaming?" or "perform a reality check" in places which one frequently looks at throughout the day. For example, putting a visible note by a frequently used computer screen, writing a message on one's hand or changing one's desktop wallpaper to the image found on the right will greatly improve general lucidity. | *'''Reminders''' - An excellent way to remind oneself to perform reality checks is to put notes containing messages such as "are you dreaming?" or "perform a reality check" in places which one frequently looks at throughout the day. For example, putting a visible note by a frequently used computer screen, writing a message on one's hand or changing one's desktop wallpaper to the image found on the right will greatly improve general lucidity. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[DILD]] | *[[DILD]] | ||