I've been trying to astral project for months now, and the only time I got vibrations was the first time I ever tried. Then nothing, only numbness sensation. Doing the basic lay down, usually with binaural beats, trying to keep mind clear, for over 30 minutes but no vibrations whatsoever. And it's very frustrating because I always hear people seeking help on "how to get past the vibration stage" and I can't even get to that. Help would be greatly appreciated.
I use to try it the way you do it, I would sometimes spend 4 to 5 hours each day lying down with binaural beats, and the most I ever got was rapid eye movements and my heart rate would increase a huge amount, but no vibrations happened. I had the vibrations happen before I was trying to get them through this way, and that was simply the way I have now come back to do again, I usually meditate for a bit before I go to sleep, then either set the alarm clock to wake me up about 4 or 5 in the morning, but sometimes I randomly get up at that time anyway, then I stay up for a bit, then go back to bed and usually have a lucid dream where I somehow end up triggering the vibrations. That was one way I had them happen to me which was a few months ago, in the past recent two weeks it was fairly similar, but when I wake up in the middle of the night I no longer have lucid dreams when I go back to sleep for some reason, I end up waking up about 6 or 7 in the morning, and then I might do morning meditation for half an hour, then I will go back to bed, then I just lay there on my back doing nothing and as it goes on I eventually get the vibrations. That is just what has been working for me though, I am sure if you keep at what you are doing it you will get there eventually, I still try it that way, and I still struggle, because I am sure if you train at it and eventually do well at it, it is something very helpful :)