Sounds like a very good idea to stabilize a dream. Any technique used to stabilize, I've noticed, is simply a way of stimulating the senses of your dream body. Another way to do this, how I would do it, is to maybe feel the sun beating down on your body. Feel the heat of it, and the coolness of the air around you as it swirls around your body cooling it from the Sun.

Yeah, I don't like rain...

Again, great idea! I'm glad you found something that works for you!