As the very last thing I do before I fall asleep, I do intense visualizations of the objective.
For example, if I wanted to wake up at 0600hrs without an alarm, I would look at the clock (to mark the current time for my subconscious, which is apparently a required step), close my eyes, intensely visualize the clock turning from 0559hrs to 0600hrs, and right as the numbers change I visualize the action of physically throwing the covers off, getting out of bed and standing up beside it.
It allows me to fully wake up within 30-60 seconds of the objective.
Although I have always had another superpower of being able to instantly wake up to full wakefulness, the kind where you can figuratively pop out of bed like a piece of toast. Which irritates my wife, who loves to hurkle-durkle, to no end. So maybe that helps.
From what I recall (it was about 30 years ago, now), sleeping on my side was much the same. When going to bed I envisioned myself sleeping on my left side (stomach positioning to reduce chances of acid reflux) and just kept doing that night after night. It didn’t take long before I could stop it and consistently sleep on my side.
I still flip, but I’ve noticed that I come fully awake to do most of my flips from one side to the other.
And because of the positioning, I have also recently changed to a very unique configuration of pillows that makes sleeping on my front or my back almost impossible. They’re extra tall (and stacked pair of them, too) so I keep my spine straight when on my side. This is a recent change, tho, which only happened because I’m getting old and can’t bounce back from a morning crick in the neck as easily as when I was younger.
For example, if I wanted to wake up at 0600hrs without an alarm, I would look at the clock (to mark the current time for my subconscious, which is apparently a required step), close my eyes, intensely visualize the clock turning from 0559hrs to 0600hrs, and right as the numbers change I visualize the action of physically throwing the covers off, getting out of bed and standing up beside it.
It allows me to fully wake up within 30-60 seconds of the objective.
Although I have always had another superpower of being able to instantly wake up to full wakefulness, the kind where you can figuratively pop out of bed like a piece of toast. Which irritates my wife, who loves to hurkle-durkle, to no end. So maybe that helps.
From what I recall (it was about 30 years ago, now), sleeping on my side was much the same. When going to bed I envisioned myself sleeping on my left side (stomach positioning to reduce chances of acid reflux) and just kept doing that night after night. It didn’t take long before I could stop it and consistently sleep on my side.
I still flip, but I’ve noticed that I come fully awake to do most of my flips from one side to the other.
And because of the positioning, I have also recently changed to a very unique configuration of pillows that makes sleeping on my front or my back almost impossible. They’re extra tall (and stacked pair of them, too) so I keep my spine straight when on my side. This is a recent change, tho, which only happened because I’m getting old and can’t bounce back from a morning crick in the neck as easily as when I was younger.