61-point-technique in Stephen's book.

I have been using this technique in order to relax my body before falling into sleep. Sometimes I have managed to induce a mental state in which I seem to be floating numb in a blue heavy space (or something like this). Feeling positive and anxious to see whether I would slide directly into a dream (WILD?). This has never happened.

Luckily, I have been more fortunate with DILD's: I wonder if my success in achiving DILD's is somehow related to the using of this technique? What is your personal opinion about this technique? Do you think it really contriutes to achieving LD's?

Sleep paralysis: Those of you who have experienced sleep paralysis: do you think that sleep paralysis could be 'produced' by this or another similar relaxation technique? Or is sleep paralysis something totally different?

Which other mental techniques do you use except 61-point to induce lucid dreams?