Wow, *just last night* I used this method, and I found it effective. I went to sleep at around 12:30-ish and woke up at 5:15-ish by my alarm, then meditated for about 6 minutes or so, then went back to trying to go to sleep (while observing myself do so).
I didn't astral project, but I DID become lucid in my dream, which could have be used as a way to consciously astral project. I forgot about that while in my dream, though; I wanted to explore my dream realm rather than the astral planes at that moment. Also, I woke up after a few minutes.
Still, waking up in the middle of the night has shown effective for Erin Pavlina, who is an experienced astral traveler (she released a book on AP recently) and she has articles where she says it's twice as as likely for her to experience AP or lucid dream when she wakes up in the middle of her sleep and then stays up a bit and then goes back to sleep.
Good luck! Waking up the middle of the sleep has shown effective for me and for Erin Pavlina, so try it out and see if it works for you!
I didn't astral project, but I DID become lucid in my dream, which could have be used as a way to consciously astral project. I forgot about that while in my dream, though; I wanted to explore my dream realm rather than the astral planes at that moment. Also, I woke up after a few minutes.
Still, waking up in the middle of the night has shown effective for Erin Pavlina, who is an experienced astral traveler (she released a book on AP recently) and she has articles where she says it's twice as as likely for her to experience AP or lucid dream when she wakes up in the middle of her sleep and then stays up a bit and then goes back to sleep.
Good luck! Waking up the middle of the sleep has shown effective for me and for Erin Pavlina, so try it out and see if it works for you!