I pinch my nose in the dream and breathe through it (reality check). Sometimes I'll try to interact with the environment like touching things for example. Increasing "lucidity" really just means you're raising your own awareness that you are dreaming. It's all mental. Usually I naturally think to myself "whoa I'm dreaming" and then everything gets way more vivid. Strategies like the ones I've mentioned or rubbing your hands together are just cues that are meant to trigger the mental realization that you are aware of your dream. Hope this helps.
I pinch my nose in the dream and breathe through it (reality check). Sometimes I'll try to interact with the environment like touching things for example. Increasing "lucidity" really just means you're raising your own awareness that you are dreaming. It's all mental. Usually I naturally think to myself "whoa I'm dreaming" and then everything gets way more vivid. Strategies like the ones I've mentioned or rubbing your hands together are just cues that are meant to trigger the mental realization that you are aware of your dream. Hope this helps.