I think covering your eyes is a really bad idea. It would just make me wake up if I did it. You should take in all 5 senses and a fun thing to do is put a cookie on your night stand or waht ever and then whe you become lucid you can eat it to get the taste part down. I found that rubbing my hands didn't always work great so I tried rubbing my knees and the carpet and it worked way better. Everyone should learn to DEILD but my DEILDs seem to be less stable especialy after doing it a couple times.