Godchild,
I've cut down both. In place of the 3-2-1 exercise, I gently roll my eyes upward with my eyelids close and breath gently.
You get into an alpha state in probably less that 15 seconds.
Then I PR, and after a couple attempts, the incubation time is gone, and I've dived straight into it. I felt it work, and even got a strange, exciting "tickle" in my forehead the first time, and still do, every so often.
Works great! Try experimenting with it; you'll save a lot of time if you get it down.
-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com
