How to Turn into Your DR Self Inside a Lucid Dream + shifting guide
It’s a fun little practice you can use to connect more with your DR self!
It’s also way easier than summoning a portal or changing the whole environment at once.
Plus, it’s great training for:
🪲 stabilizing your lucid dreams
🪲 changing details on purpose
🪲 getting more comfortable with control
…which can all make it easier to shift from that state later.
🪲 Step 1 – Find a mirror
In your lucid dream, look for a mirror. Assume there is one nearby: in the next room, around the corner, behind a door, after a spin, etc. That assumption alone already helps your dream place one there for you.
You can also prepare earlier on! While falling asleep manifest that you'll see a mirror in your dream and become lucid.
🪲 Step 2 – Look into it
Look into the mirror. Your reflection might look a bit uncanny or “off” – that’s normal for dreams. It doesn’t mean anything is evil or dangerous. You’re safe. If you get spooked, just say something like:
“This is my dream. I’m safe here.”
Out loud or in your head, whatever feels better.
🪲 Step 3 – Morph into your DR self
Now tell the mirror who you are. Say your DR name and that your reflection will now look like them.
Your reflection may:
🪲 morph into someone else
🪲 flicker between faces
🪲 change only partially at first
The important part: don’t get frustrated and don’t start forcing it.
Instead, gently guide it. You don’t need super detailed visualization, just intention + small corrections, for example:
🪲 “Nope, my face is more oval.”
🪲 “Hair lighter… longer.”
🪲 “Eyes brown, not blue.”
Treat it like a character creator / dress-up game. The dream follows your belief, not your panic. The more you doubt, the glitchier it gets. The more you calmly adjust, the smoother it morphs.
Keep going until your reflection matches your DR self.
(Sometimes it will pop in perfectly on the first try. That depends on your dream stability, doubts, emotional state, etc.)
🪲 Step 4 – Change the background
Once your reflection is your DR self, you can do the same with the background of the mirror. Gently command the mirror to show a place from your DR behind them.
It can be your room, common area, classroom, base, whatever feels like “home” there.
Same rules:
🪲 don’t rush it
🪲 don’t rage-quit if it’s not perfect at once
🪲 guide it with small, simple intentions
When you see your DR self in your DR location… congrats, that’s a super strong connection and a potential portal.
You can use that mirror as a portal to shift through – but don’t feel pressured to jump in immediately. Take time to:
🪲 stabilize the dream
🪲 enjoy the feeling
🪲 practice this a few times
The mirror itself can become your anchor to your DR.
✨ Have fun with it and don’t stress about doing it “perfectly.”
You’re literally playing dress-up with your soul in a dream.
Happy shifting! ❤️
— your glowbug 🪲💛















