Yes breathing exercises are excellent for getting relaxed. The author of Einstin Factor has some on his site.
www.winwenger.com/part28.htm for the breathing exercises. Has information about image streaming. I couldn't afford the book AU$57 so I saved over 400 pages from that site to my hard drive for offline reading.
If you really concerned about the right 'mind state/level' for PhotoReading you might want to read this article on PhotoReading written in 1997 www.anakin.com.mattdocs/ladder.html it serves as a good reminder to
follow the instructions as given at first till you know its mostly working...
and then adapt and make it personal... do what works, drop what doesn't and add any new ideas from your reading/experience to see if that makes it better for you.
Luck
Alex K
[This message has been edited by AlexK (edited April 07, 2002).]