Quote Originally Posted by Graves;1775763 With the whole ''rubbing hands together'' thing, my guess is you were just doing it because you were told to. Next time you try it, [I
really[/I] focus on what you're doing. Notice how your hands look and feel - truly notice this. The more in-touch you are with the dream, the more likely you are to stay in it, as you forget about the physical world.
i agree with Graves. Another way to stabilize dreams that i like to do is actually yelling as loud as i can "increase lucidity" or "clarity now" the more involved you dream senses are the more likely the dream will feel more real and the more vivid it becomes.

and again like Graves said, lucidity has nothing to do with vividness. if you thought to yourself "this is a dream" you are lucid.

i hope this helped.