Vicky
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Hello and welcome!
I put absolutely no stock in the north/south thing since I don't have any trouble. Polar position has never been an issue for me. The only thing I've noticed with myself is that at the beginning of the night, lying on my back seems best for me to quickly get into the proper state to have OBEs. However, after several hours of restful sleep, it doesn't matter if I'm on my back or on my side, I have no problem projecting.
I would suggest you don't limit your posibilities by thinking you can only do OBE with very specific rules. Just make it easy on yourself and think in terms of "this is what I want and I'm going to do it."
About retrievals, I would suggest you get a copy of Bruce's Afterlife Knowledge Guidebook with the CDs. With your determined desire to learn the art of retrieval and the structure of the guidebook, you'll be doing retrievals in no time!
If you can't get the book right away, there are a lot of resources on this site.
Good luck!
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