Every person in the world ? man, woman and child is born with the ability to astral project. This is a very real ability and practice is the only difference between those who rarely astral project or do so with difficulty and those who can astral project at will. Astral projection is something which has an extremely long history, just like yoga and meditation. There are many different names that astral projection goes by and a lot of different ways to astral project.

Lucid dreaming is one type of astral projecting. Lucid dreaming is of course when we are conscious of our dreaming ? this is actually astral projecting. In order to lucid dream, all you need to do is to tell yourself 'I am dreaming' while in the dream.

Doing this lets you take the reins in your dreams ? but it takes a while to master this, making it not the best way for beginners to astral project.

Astral projection is very real and you have already done it before, whether you realize it or not. When you awake from a dream remembering every single detail, this was not a dream; you were astral projecting.

Being able to astral project begins with self-affirmation. You need to believe that you have this ability. You?ll have to eliminate all of the doubt that?s been preventing you from astral projecting.

Relaxation techniques such as meditation can help you prepare to astral project. Meditation is one of the best ways to prepare for astral projection ? the key is to find a regular meditation routine which can get you the relaxation you need.

One good way to start your meditation (and astral projecting) is to sit in a comfortable chair in a quiet room where you will not be interrupted or distracted. You need to clear all thoughts from your mind and focus on your breathing. Breathe slowly and deeply. Feel your tension and worry leaving your body with each exhalation. Before long, you?ll be nearing the deeply relaxed state necessary to astral project.

Breathe slowly, taking deep breaths in through your mouth and exhaling through your mouth. Your breathing should become deeper and slower as you become more and more relaxed.

Work your way up towards your head, beginning from the toes and relaxing every part of your body one by one as you go. There are two techniques which work very well here. The first is to visualize each part of your body relaxing as you move upwards, telling yourself as you go that each part is relaxing.

You?ll begin to feel a bit heavy and limp as you release all of the tension and negative energy from your body. After your entire body is relaxed, it?s time to move on to the next step in your efforts to astral project.

Once you are fully relaxed, you may be ready to fall asleep ? don?t doze off, you?re almost there! Repeat a phrase to yourself to stay focused. It doesn?t matter what this mantra is. Even ?around the corner? can work ? just choose a phrase which you can focus on and repeat it.

When are minds are unoccupied, they tend to wander ? this can spoil your concentration, making it impossible to astral project. Stay on track by repeating your phrase.

There are a few different ways to reach the necessary state of altered consciousness for astral projection. You can repeat your phrase until you get there, or you can use the 'body of light' method ? here, you envision a body made of light which you visualize yourself transforming into.

There are a few sings to be aware of that you are successfully starting to astral project. You?ll feel like you are moving while your body stays in place. You?ll start to see colors and lights, even with your eyes closed. The third sign is hearing voices ? these voices may urge you to stop what you?re doing or provide encouragement to keep going; this will let you know that you are astral projecting.