When do I know that it is safe in the dream world when trying to induce a WILD, to move and perform a reality check, without moving my physical body. I recently started lucid dreaming 2-3 days ago. I had a semi-lucid dream yesterday. I say that because I was performing the dream-walker technique and ended up drifting off. I ended up in a stormy area, where I was only able to observe the lightning. I was aware that I wasn't awake but I wasn't able to engage too much, everything seemed too hazy and seconds later everything faded away. How am I able to better engage with my lucidity? I didn't move throughout the process because I was scared of disrupting the process. My question is how am I able to move in the dream world, and when do I know that it is safe to move and perform a reality check in the dream? Do I just visualize the reality check or do I move my body? Because I am scared if I move my body in the dream world, I'll just move my body in real life.
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Oh, I know that dilemma! Let me first say: I'm in no way an expert, not even close. So take my words with a grain of salt! But I did have a few lucid dreams in the last couple of weeks, and in some of them I struggled with just what you describe. If you already know you are in a dream, like you did in this storm, then doing a reality test can actually ground you and make the dream more solid. At this point, when the dream has already formed around you with visuals and sounds, your waking body should not move if you move your dream body. I've made the experience that doing reality tests, whenever I feel that the dream slips or fades, prevents that from happening. And after the RT, which in this situation should obviously tell you that you are dreaming, you can ground yourself further by engaging your senses. Rub your hands together, touch something you see, spin, jump, sing, shout etc. The tricky part for me is if I can't be sure that I'm actually in a dream. For example, I often have false awakenings, I just dream that I have woken up. My dream self is in my bedroom, so it's tricky to know: have I really woken up, or is this room around me just a dream? Then I usually try to focus on my senses first: Is anything different from how it should be? What do I hear? What do I feel? What do I see, even with closed eyes? That's sometimes the first clue for me already, because I'm wearing a sleep mask, so everything should be pitch-black. And then I eventually decide that I need to take the plunge and do a RT before I risk wasting a lucid dream. If you find yourself in a situation where you really don't dare to move, maybe try that?