Are you curious about Astral Projection or having an Out Of Body Experience (OOBE)?

The following are 30

innovative techniques for inducing astral projections and OOBE's!
Please note: the following techniques should be performed only in deep trance or sleep paralysis. You are most
likely to achieve this state by following one of these approaches:
1. As soon as you wake up in the morning, resist the urge to move and keep your eyes close. If you do it
right, you might still be in the light sleep paralysis, trapped in between dream and reality. This is the
ideal state that can become a gateway to astral projection if you use one of the techniques below.
2. Go to sleep as you normally do. Set an alarm, so it wakes you up in 4 or 5 hours. Once you wake up,
get out of bed (it's important) and keep yourself busy for about an hour. Read a book, or browse
AstralForum.org for inspiration. After one hour, come back to bed and lay down on your back. Allow
yourself to fall back asleep - if you do it right, you are very likely to enter a sleep paralysis within 3050 minutes. This is the perfect state to try one of the OOBE techniques below.
3. More on how to achieve sleep paralysis here: Sleep Paralysis Induction Techniques.
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OOBE METHOD #1 YO-YO

This OOBE technique is one of my favorites. Before you go to sleep, choose a spot in your
bedroom. It can be anything that you are well familiar with: bookshelf, closet, door...Once you've
chosen the spot, take a close look at it. Examine it carefully. Pay attention to what it looks like.
Touch it and memorize all the sensations. Now, go to sleep. As soon as you wake up, shift your
awareness to the spot you had chosen earlier. Visualize it as vividly as you can for about 1 second,
and return to your usual focal point and observe the darkness in front of your eyes. Keep staring in
the darkness for 1 second and repeat this 2-step visualization over and over again, as if you were a
yo-yo moving back and forth. This focal point shifting will likely to cause vibrations and eventuall
will result in full separation from your body.

OOBE METHOD #2 FREE FALL

Imagine yourself falling down incredibly fast. Try to feel all the sensations that accompany free fal
Feel the speed of your free fall. If you do it right, you might experience vibrations and a general
sensation of "not being sure where you are in space." If any of OOBE symptoms occur (vibrations,
buzzing noises, voices, rapid heart beat), continue your visualization. When you feel like you are
very close to projecting, visualize yourself hitting the ground. Sudden collision can cause a sudden
separation from your body.

OOBE METHOD #3 STARING IN THE DARKNESS

Start staring in the dark space behind your eyes. Pay attention to the patterns of light that will
beging to form in fron of you. Wait until they transform into recognizable figures and objects. As th
realism of the observed shapes increases, you will be able to either separate from your body, or ent
the observed scene and begin lucid dreaming.

OOBE METHOD #4 OOBE INDUCER SOFTWARE

OOBE Inducer Software (OIS) is a browser-based software that has been developed by Astral
Forum. Is now available for free. OOBE inducer is very easy to use. All you have to do is click the
START button and go to sleep. After 4.5 hours of sleep, you will be woken up by a recorded voice
message. The voice will remind you not to move and keep your eyes closed. As you fall back aslee
another voice message will wake you up and remind you to stay still. After a series of such alarms,
your mind will become quite awake and you will reach the state of sleep paralysis. Once in sleep
paralysis, it will be very easy to induce astral projection using any of the methods listed here.

OOBE METHOD #5 ROPE

This astral projection technique was created and popularized by Robert Bruce. It is perhaps one of
the most popular OOBE techniques among practitioners. I also used it a lot of time with success.
The idea is easy. Imagine that there is a long rope hanging right above you. Without opening your
eyes or moving your physical body, visualize yourself reaching up towards the rope and start
climbing up. Try to feel all the sensations that usually accompany climbing a rope. Feel the tension
in your arms (not real tension - keep your body relaxed!) and the weight of your body. Climbing th
rope will cause vibrations and their intensity will increase as you go. Continue to climb faster and
faster to speed up the process, until you fully separate and achieve out of the body experience.

OOBE METHOD #6 EXHAUSTION

This astral projection technique was discovered by our moderator theWitch. The idea behind this
method is that your body falls asleep very easily when you are exhausted. If you figure out a way
how to keep your mind awake, you will easily reach sleep paralysis and OOBE as a result. Here is
what you have to do. Don't go to sleep until you feel too sleepy to keep your eyes open.
Lie down in uncomfortable position. For most people it is on the back. Try to stay aware of all the
sensations that accompany the process of falling asleep. Don't let your awareness fade away. No
matter how much you concentrate, your body should be able to fall asleep anyway. Once you pass
the hypnagogic imagery / sounds / vibrations, simply try to "get up" without using your muscles.
You should be able to easily separate from your body this way.

OOBE METHOD #7 LISTENING

Concentrate on the sounds you may hear in your head. You might hear some sort of noise, buzzing
humming, or voices. Keep listening and you should notice the increase in volume and intensity of
the sounds. When the sounds get really loud, try to separate from your body with a rapid movemen
Sometimes, the noise itself is enough to separate from the body.

OOBE METHOD #8 ROTATING

Visualize your body rotating along an axis. Feel this movement without having any tension in your
muscles. If vibrations occur or rotating motion begins to feel real, continue the technique to
intensify those sensations. You might experience loud buzzing noises and rapid hard beat as you
proceed. Ignore those sensations and keep rotating. Eventually, you will find it easy to fully separa
from your body.

OOBE METHOD #9 FORCED FALLING ASLEEP

This OOBE technique is best performed in the morning, right after waking from sleep. It requires
that you keep your eyes closed and reamin motionless at all times. Try not to concentrate too much
on anything and allow yourself to fall asleep, just for 10 seconds. It will trick your brain into
thinking that you are actually going to fall back asleep, which will induce a sleep paralysis and
generally will put you into a state from which you can easily enter astral projection. After 10
seconds of attempting to fall asleep, perform an agressive attempt to separate from your body.
Simply, try to pull yourself out of it without moving a muscle.

OOBE METHOD #10 STRAINING THE BRAIN

This is an interesting technique that can be pretty effective in achieving out of the body experience
It is hard to explain how this should be done if you've never tried this before. Even though that's
impossible, try to "strain" your brain. Simply try to squeeze it inside your head. You should feel an
"imaginary" tension. This might result in vibrations and the sensation of falling down. Continue to
strain your brain until the full separation occurs.

OOBE METHOD #11 STRAINING THE BODY

This OOBE method requires you to strain your whole body without actually using your muscles. I
know it sounds weird, but try it. It should give you a weird feeling of some sort of tension inside o
your body. This non-physical tension can be your gateway into the out of body experience. When
you are in the right state (sleep paralysis or right after morning awakening), strain your body as
described above and see what happens. It should immediately give you a sensation of floating,
vibrations, perhaps weird noises. If such sensations occur, continue to strain your body until you
fully separate.

OOBE METHOD #12 OBJECT VISUALIZATION

In sleep paralysis, or right after you wake up in the morning, your mind has incredible visualization
capacities. It should be fairly easy to visualize objects that you're well familiar with and make them
feel real. Take advantage of this fact and imagine a small object in your hand. Make it something
very familiar. You should know exactly how it feels in your hand. It could be an apple, cell phone,
your apartment key, or something like that. As you visualize it, try to make it feel as real as possibl
Especially, concentrate on the touch - what does it feel to hold this object in your hand? As you
continue your visualization, it should become more and more real. At some point, you will realize
that you are much more aware of your visualized hand (astral hand) than your real one. As a result
of such realistic visualization, you should be able to easily enter astral projection or lucid dream.

OOBE METHOD #13 TUNNEL

Visualize a long dark tunnel. You're in it. At the end of the tunnel there is light. Now, imagine
yourself flying through the tunnel, as if you were an airplane getting ready to take off. You're going
faster and faster. At this point you can feel vibrations and noises. Ignore them and focus on your
visualization. As you enter the white light at the end of the tunnel, you will separate from your bod
and the projection will start.

OOBE METHOD #14 RUNNING

I came up with this technique a while ago and it's been very effective. Once you are in the right
state, imagine yourself running as fast as possible. It is important to keep your muscles relaxed.
Good visualization skills are not necessary here - you can imagine the sensation in your legs instea
Try to feel the imaginary tension in your muscles as you run faster and faster. Keep your real
muscles completely relaxed. This technique will result in vibrations. As the vibrations become very
intense, imagine a solid wall ahead of you. Imagine yourself running towards it faster and faster.
Finally, hit the wall as you run into it - usually this moment will cause a complete separation and a
out of the body experience will begin.

OOBE METHOD #15 EYE MOVEMENT

This technique is known to cause or intensify vibrations. Once you are in the right state, perform a
couple quick left-to-right eye movement. It should throw your focal point off balance and likely
cause astral projection, or bring your closer to it by deepening the vibrational state.

OOBE METHOD #16 SWIMMING

If you're a good swimmer, you can use your muscle memory to achieve out of the body experience
Once you're in the right state, begin to visualize yourself swimming. You should recall exactly wha
it feels like. Feel all the movement and muscle tension that swimming involves but keep your real
muscles completely motionless and relaxed. This OOBE technique has a similar effect to "Rope
Technique" - it will gradually increase the vibrations and lead you to full separation.

OOBE METHOD #17 DOT ON THE FOREHEAD

Usually, your focal point is located in between your eyes. That's where you usually feel your
consciousness is. This astral projection technique involves concentrating on the spot right above
your usual focal point. It is usually where the third eye is believed to be. Focus on that spot and try
to shift your awareness to there. This might cause a sensation of floating and vibration. If it happen
keep doing that until the full separation occurs.

OOBE METHOD #18 PHANTOM WIGGLING

Try to wiggle your hand or foot without using your physical muscles. Try to "feel" the movement
instead of actually performing it with your body. If you begin to feel wiggling while your body
remains still, it means you are on your way to leaving your body. Continue to wiggle parts of your
body, make it move more and more without using your real muscles. At this point you might
experience vibrations. Keep doing that until the full separation occurs.

OOBE METHOD #19 ROOM VISUALIZATION

Once you are in the right state, visualize yourself walking in the room you are currently in. It is
important that you visualize it in 1st person perspective, so it actually feels as if this is were your
really are. Continue the visualization until it becomes more real than the sensations coming from
your body laying in bed. Imagining that you are somewhere else will shift your awareness point
away from your body, which will be the starting point of your astral projection. Try this method, it
really effective.

OOBE METHOD #20 RECALL

This technique can only be used by a person who have already experienced astral projection it in th
past. As soon as you reach sleep paralysis, begin to vividly imagine your previous astral projection
Try to recall all the sensations that accompanied it. Make your visualization as vivid as possible.
Imagine what it felt like to separate from your body. Did you feel vibrations? Buzzing noise?
Heaviness? Try to recall all the details. While doing that, you might experience the same sensation
that will lead you to a new astral projection.

OOBE METHOD #21 ROLLING OUT

Once you reach sleep paralysis or wake up from a sleep, immediately try to roll out of your body to
the edge of the bed. Do not use your real muscles. Try to remain as relaxed as possible. All you nee
to do is to aggressively roll out. Two things can happen: you might find that you are already out of
body, or it can cause/intensify vibrations / noises that will lead to astral projection.

OOBE METHOD #22 LEVITATION

After soon as you reach sleep paralysis or wake up from a dream, immediately try to levitate
upward, parallel to the bed. Do it with confidence, without thinking if it's possible or not. Rememb
that your body should remain motionless. This technique can cause a quick separation from the
body, or will bring you closer. If the full separation doesn't occur, try any other method immediatel

OOBE METHOD #23 BACKFLIP

Upon awakening, try to perform a backflip without using your muscles. This rapid shift of your
focal point can result in immediate out of body experience. If it doesn't happen, try to deepen your
relaxation by using some other technique.

OOBE METHOD #24 TRAIN

Imagine you are on the train that is going really fast. You are running through the train corridor
towards the end of the train. Imagine how noisy it is in the train while you're running. This is a gre
way for your auditory hypnagogic hallucinations to kick in. As you run through the train, try to
focus on the noise that you should be hearing more and more intensively. Finally, when you get to
the end of the train, jump off. In the moment you hit the ground, you will exit your body.

OOBE METHOD #25 VIBRATIONAL FIELD

As you lie down in bed with your eyes closed, visualize a field of vibrating energy right in front of
you. Feel how the energy vibrates within the field - you can visualize it as a square field of white
light pulsating and vibrating in in front of your body. Now, slowly move the vibrational field
towards your body. As your body touches this field of energy, it absorbs its vibrations. You will be
surprised to see that you will really begin feeling vibrations. Keep moving the vibrational field
towards your body, until your whole body is within the vibrating energy of white light. Feel the
vibrations running through your whole body. Try to intensify them. Then, attempt to simply roll ou
of your body.

OOBE METHOD #26 SWINGING

Imagine yourself swinging on a swing. Try to visualize it as vividly as possible. Focus on how it
feels. Try to identify yourself with the motion that is experienced on the swing. Shift your focal
point onto the swing. Now, try to go higher and higher. What does it feel like? At some point you
will experience some of the typical OOBE symptoms. If any of those occur, you can try to separate
from your body. In order to do so, try to fall off the swing as you go up in the air. This is when you
will exit your body.

OOBE METHOD #27 PROGRESSIVE SEPARATION

Progressive separation is also known as French method. It is recommended to use this method whe
you already are in the vibrational state. Concentrate all your attention on your left foot. Wiggle it a
little bit (without moving your physical foot) and try to separate it from the physical body. Do the
same with your right foot. Keep doing that will all parts of your body, until you free all of them. If
done right, you will be able to fully separate from your body and have an astral projection.

OOBE METHOD #28 TORNADO

Once you reach the right trance-state, visualize that you are Inside the eye of a tornado. Imagine th
the tornado forces you to spin incredibly fast. Hear the noise of the wind - very likely, you will hea
hypnagogic auditory hallucinations and vibrations & shaking at this point. When you feel that you'
ready to separate, allow the tornado to "spit you out." Once you hit the ground, your OOBE will
start

OOBE METHOD #29 SPINNING

Visualize yourself spinning along the y axis of your body. Remember not to use your real muscles.
Perform spinning in your imagination. Try to shift your awareness into the "spinning you." This
technique can be effective when trying to induce vibrational state or immediately separate from the
body.

OOBE METHOD #30 ASTRAL ARMS

Visualize your arms slowly moving out of the body. Push up with your visualized arms as hard as
you can. A full separation from your body might occur. Remember not to move your physical body
while doing this (it shouldn't be possible due to sleep paralysis anyway). Concentrate on this action
for a while. If you're doing this right, you might notice the vibrations becoming stronger. You migh
feel your body swaying a little. Don't get distracted by any symptoms that accompany the exit.