That's funny...read the post below. I do the 'hands' technique too! //www.curezone.org/forums/m.asp?f=122&i=253
Unfortunately I don't have any other techniques for you.
But...I do use a site for the Mayan information and I just realized it's called Lucid Crossroads...so I checked it out and it has tips for lucid dreaming! The link is below. Scroll down (it all looks pretty interesting) and click on Lucid Learning....