Hey Brucell, sometimes I think trying too hard can be counter-productive. Read the post about my one and only Lucid dream (yet) here. I did not even want to get lucid, it just happened, and afterwards I started my interest in this topic. Now I’m trying, but with no success yet. And as people always tell me here, I was more lucid than many others who practiced for months.
Maybe (and just maybe) things that we do very conscious cannot get to our subconcious mind.
At the moment I try WILD technique and, btw, I have (little) results when not following all the crampy rules about not moving, laying on my back and so on. 
Simply try it your own way, do what you think could be the best for you to relax and let things happen.