the two methods one of them is something called the mild technique which stands for the pneumonic induction of lucid dreaming m i l d pneumonic just meaning a memory based technique induction obviously what we're trying to induce something and what is it we're trying to induce lucid dreaming and it's a very simple technique which is that you consistently rehearse before bed this notion that I will remember my dreams and I will instigate control in my dreams and you do this and it sounds just so hokey and non-scientific sure enough you do this over and over again the probability that you will loci a dream increases