i know this is probebly a stupid question but do you have to learn how to lucid dream before you learn to astral project?
No, but it can help with understanding your non-physical perspective and awareness. And actually, a LD is a form of projection. Take any opportunity that presents itself.
Possibly you are thinking that you need to exit your physical body. The better way to think about it is that you are shifting your mental focus from the Physical to the Non-Physical.
Read some of the blue stickies and that should broaden your understanding.
http://www.unlimitedboundaries.ca/2012/07/22/labeling-experiences-of-the-non-physical/
Give that a read Zacko. :)
thanks :-D