It occured to me many times, and whenever I wake up from a dream but needed more sleep this is the part where my mini shifts occur (i just started shifting this week) i went through about the hypnagogia blogs here and that explains the phenomenon that is happening to me.
for people having trouble inducing it heres the easy steps:
(this has worked in MY experience as someone who has trouble falling asleep at 5am)
1. before you sleep set an alarm 2-4 hours from now (depends each person) since you have to be tired
2. sleep, just affirm a little but just effortlessly sleep
3. WAKE UP FROM THAT ALARM AND TURN IT OFF
4. you will gonna feel so tired bc the lack of sleep and the need to sleep more !!!!! by that, ITS EASIER to start inducing the hypnagogia state, keep your mind a wake a little using any method, now start to feel your dr, affirm, manifest, think how would you think if you are in ur dr rn, activate/check your 5 senses, visualize (dont overdo your imagination because some people get pulled out) just feel your dr and it will start to assume you are in it, this is the state that some guided meditations wants you to feel.
5. enter the void or your dr, just by affirming (in this case you can just drift completely which worked for me waking up in my dr, just let it happen until you reach it)
if you fell asleep during step 4 just naturally wake up and try again!
DO NOT RUSH STEP 4 it takes a while for some people ( some users mentioned listening to theta waves help )
edit: I found a post similar to this method, and it has more steps and i suggest to consider it too! HERE
also symptoms include random hallucinations and it can be physical, i felt my body falling or floating during step 4, even hearing crowds and seeing figures but just affirm and manifest act like you are in ur dr. this helps to shift awareness
pls update me in the replies if this works for you or it works for most beginners especially to those who can only shift thru lucid dreaming.
about me: i just started to shift and this is the only method that i had close encounters with. waking up after a dream and between it i will do step 4 and sleep again, but this has an alarm method, again i am not an expert YET since i just started shifting and im suprised how far i had come, you can find my shifting journey in my profile! and im open for friends and moots
— post and gratitude are dedicated to my wonderful friend @urprettyangel888
WHAT IS HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA
— hypnagogia is the transition state between wakefulness and sleep. hypnopompia, on the contrary, is a condition that occurs during the transition state from sleep into wakefulness. both of these states are accompanied by involuntary thoughts, images, fragments of memories, as well as vivid visual and auditory hallucinations (like waking dreams), often along with sensations of levitation or falling
— during hypnagogia or hypnapompia, your body is relaxed but your mind is active, making your subconscious mind receptive. “during hypnagogia, you are in a powerful state in which every assumption instantly bypasses your conscious mind, going directly to your subconscious; being absorbed like a sponge thus easily believing anything”
SYMPTOMS
visual hallucinations: flashes of light, geometric shapes or patterns, vivid images of people, animals, or scenes
auditory hallucinations: music, voices, knocking, buzzing, ringing, whisper, hearing your name, explosions, bangs
tactile and somatic hallucinations: sensations of floating, flying, falling, rotating, swaying, rubbing, light touch, bugs crawling on the skin
hypnic jerks: sudden muscle spasms or jerks that may wake a person up, often associated with a falling sensation. in my own case, i observed that the index finger rose on its own or the hand clenched into a fist
if you think you've experienced hypnagogia or hypnopompia, you probably have. besides, we are all different, so the symptoms of hypnagogia and hypnopomia will be different for everyone
HOW TO INDUCE HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA
— here you will find more methods, below i will give those that i personally like. this post also deserves attention
HYPNOPOMPIC STATE
EASY METHOD
— before going to bed, set an intention in the morning to immediately start doing the method (affirmations, visualization) upon waking up
— wake up in the morning
PHASE METHOD
— sleep 4-6 hours and wake up with (or without) an alarm clock
— when you wake up, stay awake for 5-20 minutes
— go back to sleep with the intention of waking up in an hour or two and being aware of each natural awakening
— it is advisable to wake up completely motionless and with your eyes closed. but it's okay if you don't succeed. after each attempt, go back to sleep with the intention of waking up and trying again
— more details: 001, 002, 003
HYPNAGOGIC STATE
FOCUS METHOD
— lie down and relax your body
— it is advisable not to move, but if you do this, it will not cancel your progress in any way. you can swallow, move your tongue and jaw
— now choose an anchor: breathing, darkness behind your eyelids, affirmation, heartbeat, etc.
— now focus your attention on the chosen anchor. from time to time you will be distracted by other thoughts, that's okay. but try again and again to return to the anchor that will keep your mind alert while your body falls asleep
— “you will know when you have entered the hypnagogic state if you feel your awareness slipping from you/dozing off to unconscious sleep and you feel extremely drowsy, foggy, groggy”. however, let me remind you again that we are all different and your symptoms of hypnagogia may differ from the symptoms of most
— relax. do not attempt to induce or enhance hypnagogic hallucination. watch this for about a minute and then start doing the method
SONG METHOD
— lie down and relax
— play the song in your head until it plays naturally in your head or your mind distorts the lyrics
— it is recommended to sing throughout the day so that this song plays in your head automatically
FOREARM UP METHOD
— lie down and relax
— raise either arm 90° upward so that your elbow rests on the mattress. this is what it will look like. rersonally, i myself raise my hand at the very moment when i begin to lose control of my thoughts. and remember that if you get tired of holding your hand in this position, let go of it and raise the second one instead
— when you fall asleep, your hand drops, which wakes you up. this is a signal that you are already in a state of hypnagogia. you can start affirming or visualizing, but i still advise leaving your hand raised
— put your hand down and let yourself fall asleep
CONSTANT MOTION METHOD
— lie down and relax
— imagine an animal or object that is constantly moving. for example, a running dog, the movement of a pendulum, a flying bird, etc.
COUNTING METHOD
— lie down and relax
— now count in your head until you lose count or have hypnagogic hallucinations. try to visualize the numbers and also focus on their sound in your mind
EYE MOVEMENT METHOD
— lie down and relax
— move your eyes from side to side, simulating eye movement in rem sleep. do it slow or fast, it's up to you. if your eyes are tired, then give them a little rest and start moving them up, down, left, right again
SHIFTING | VOID | MANIFESTATION
HOW TO ENTER THE VOID FROM HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA
— set the intention to enter the void state. also don’t forget to do this before inducing hypnagogia or waking up in hypnopompia
— try visualizing the void or start affirming: “i am in the void state. i am pure consciousness. i am.”
— feel how your body becomes weightless. imagine that you are floating without a body in total darkness
— if it becomes difficult to control your thoughts, then say the affirmations again with the confidence that you are already in the void. after that, just relax and let yourself fall asleep with a feeling of fulfilled desire
HOW TO SHIFT REALITIES FROM HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA
— set the intention to shift realities
— visualize your desired reality little by little. imagine sounds, heat or cold, texture of fabric, etc.
— if it’s difficult for you to visualize, then affirm: “i’m in my desired reality. i’m lying on my bed in my desired reality right now”
— do it with confidence that you are in your desired reality
HOW TO MANIFEST WITH HYPNAGOGIA AND HYPNOPOMPIA
— affirm what you want with the knowledge and feeling that you already have it. repeat affirmations until you get bored or fall asleep
— or visualize the desire. imagine that you are holding the desired thing in your hand or come up with a short scene that you will loop in your mind
— after that you can turn over on your side and fall asleep
IMPORTANT | TIPS | CREDIT
SYMPTOMS
— do not despair if the symptoms suddenly stop or disappear. on the contrary, it is a signal that you need to continue affirming or visualizing. “i’d love to rip a hole through time, reach back and grab past-me who used to give up after hypnagogia symptoms faded, and slap her, because if my goal was mind awake/body asleep, and i reached the sign that said “hey clo your body is falling asleep while your mind is awake”— why. tf. didn’t i just keep going?”
LAW OF ASSUMPTION
— don't forget the importance of persistence, ignoring 3d and mental dieting. even if your attempt was unsuccessful, this is just a reason to remind yourself that true reality is your imagination, and 3d only reflects 4d. your thoughts, beliefs and assumptions create your 3d reality
— what do you think will happen if after each attempt you say something like “i failed again”, “i’ll try again tonight”, “this method doesn’t work”? it only reinforces your subconscious negative beliefs. please ignore 3d. replace negative thoughts with positive ones. “i successfully entered the void again”, “i shift so easily”, “i did it again!” be persistent in these assumptions
TIPS
— have you ever heard about the tetris effect? “people who have spent a long time at some repetitive activity before sleep, in particular one that is new to them, may find that it dominates their imagery as they grow drowsy, a tendency dubbed the tetris effect”. more details here. the point is that before you induce hypnagogia or hypnopopmia, you need to saturate your mind with the thought, affirmation or short scene that you want to loop in these transitional creatures. read success stories, affirmations, look at mood boards, read scripts, etc. this increases the chance that during hypnagogia or hypnopompia it will automatically pop into your head without effort
— don't forget the importance of intention. here's the best way to set an intention
— try a couple of methods when you wake up in the middle of the night or early in the morning. wbtb works wonders
— if you fall asleep instantly, then put something under your pillow or sit in a recliner chair
CREDIT
— HYPNAGOGIA | LINKS TO TUMBLR POSTS
— GUIDE TO SHIFT IN F10 (90 DEGREE METHOD)
— THE HYPNAGOGIC STATE: A GUIDE
— MIND AWAKE/BODY ASLEEP MASTERLIST
— WHAT IS THE HYPNOPOMPIC STATE
— HYPNAGOGIA CHEAT CODE, SHIFT WITHIN SECONDS
— SHIFTING WITH HYPNAGOGIA: MY TIPS
— DARK NIGHTSHADE’S GUIDE TO HYPNAGOGIA
in 2015 i was about 2 years into dedicating myself to finding, listening to and learning about as much music as possible in whatever ways i could. scouring Bandcamp became a hefty daily activity for me (as im sure many have had phases of doing). i found some pretty cool and impactful stuff in this period, as well as a few extraspecial hidden little things that i hold very dear to me & my #1 interest.
Filthy Ocean is a prime example, let me talk for a minute.
i judge albums by their covers. there is so much of so much music out there; you can never listen to it all, and youve gotta find a way to narrow things down til you get good as finding what you like. in 2015 i was biased towards: cassette-ratio orientations, cut&paste national geographic collage-style covers, pastelly faded environments, washed out photographs, so it goes. and of course immediately on seeing [pic above] on bandcamp around march'15 i was there.
Rider's Palace by Filthy Ocean on Twin Springs Tapes !
first off, this whole release sounds like an aural representation of some heaven for soft toys. ambient pieces of varying length using old keyboards and shimmery midi sounds. little effects and noises flying by quietly all the time. etc. i fell in love with this. one of my first memories of it is falling asleep to it on a 9 hour bus ride down to the city i now live in.
second, it's not like twin springs tapes have disappeared, but they havent released anything since 2016 so they're very much dead and everything is still available to listen to. except for Filthy Ocean? nowhere to be found on their bandcamp, but it was there. this wouldnt be of note, if not for the fact that i feel like im one of the only ones who remembers that these songs still exist. and i love them. i love this one the most
NoGht × Kakumei Shojo – "Inner World"
Now on YouTube: an ambient journey in sound and vision.
Our distant souls gaze upon the Earth from a luxurious spaceship.
Can u please explain how can I enter hypnogagia state
In a nutshell, it is a state of awareness between sleep and wakefulness. Some people describe it as a trance or a dream-like state that is difficult to recall but can produce vivid imagery and ideas. It is usually associated with sleep paralysis, where the body is unable to move but the mind remains awake.
If you are curious about hypnagogia but are unsure if you have ever experienced it, some of the clueing symptoms are : sudden jerks or twitches, auditory and visual hallucinations, time distortion, out-of-body experiences, and dream-like thoughts or emotions.
Identifying hypnagogia is the first step, but it can be annoying to be aware of it since it’s essentially the phase right before you fall asleep. Regardless, The simplest way is to relax your body, focus on your breath and do some form of meditation. You can also use guided meditation recordings, which can help you to reach hypnagogia quickly and safely.
Another way is to practice a technique known as “wake scheduled sleep”. This involves waking up a few minutes before you would naturally, and then quickly falling back asleep. This works because when you’re briefly awake, your mind still has access to the dream-like state of hypnagogia.
