Those 3-D pictures certainly helped me develop my photofocus state. Now I can see the blip page instantly. I would recommend looking at few of those pictures each day.

One way I achieve a state of relaxed awareness is to close my eyes for a few moments and to keep them shut as I roll my eyes up as if I'm trying to look through the centre of my forehead. I keep my eyes rolled back like this whilst I take a few deep breaths and mentally repeat the word "relax". I find I enter the relaxed state instantly.

The reason I roll my eyes back is because I've heard it stimulates the production of alpha waves in the brain, which are conductive to relaxation. Hope this helps a little.