What are you assuming, without researching or checking with your own experience, to see if your assumption makes sense? Yesterday I worked with a gentle giving woman, who was upset because when people found out she was an only child, … more...
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Are You Stuck Looking At A Particular Distance?
Yesterday while doing a workout near a big front window, I practiced looking out, across the lawn, over to the house on the other side of the street, to the tall trees beyond that house. I noticed, as I have … more...
Are You Too Comfortable With Strain?
The eye doctor in this cartoon realizes his patient is straining, and tells him so. “That’s the worst case of eyestrain I’ve ever seen” reads the caption. Many of us are not aware when we’re straining our eyes, even if … more...
Could A Past Life Affect My Vision Now?
A coach I’ve worked with for over a year offered me a free session to explore possible past-life contributions to my vision challenges in this life. She’s done this work for 15 years with clients in her office, but never … more...
The Monopoly Over Our Eyes
The article which follows below, “Eye Doctors Don’t See Eye to Eye,” was originally published in the July-Aug/2015 edition of New Dawn magazine alongside my main article, “Free to See: Reclaim Control of Your Eyesight Care.” The article is reprinted … more...
The Reptilian Brain, Dissociation, and Seeing from the Core
| Originally presented at the 17th International Conference for Holistic Vision, Paris, France, October 2002. Thank you to the author (bio at the bottom) for granting permission to republish it here, back in 2004 maybe? I skipped over it during one |
Working With People’s Eyes Means Changing Their Points of View
| Originally published in 2003. Thank you to the author (bio at the bottom) for granting permission to republish it here… way back in 2004 I think? I skipped over it during one of the website redesigns, but here it is |
Vision as a Metaphor – The Relationship Between Eyesight and Consciousness
| Thank you to the late Martin Brofman (see the bio at the end) for granting permission (way back in 2003 I think?) for me to republish the below article he wrote in 1990. I overlooked adding it back to the |
Dream: A Horse With An Eye Bug
I’m next to a dark brown mare, as she gently pushes her big long head into my chest. It feels good rubbing against my sore pectoral muscles, like a massage. I reach out my left hand to stroke the right … more...
Laser Eye Surgery: From Utopian Panacea to Dystopian Reality
In recent decades, the quest for a novel approach to treat blurred vision took a technological leap with the advent of refractive eye surgery. It’s more commonly known as laser eye surgery, or by the acronym of LASIK, a popular … more...
How Eyeglasses Keep Vision From Improving
Did you ever see a baby in the arms of a parent with eyeglasses? Often the baby keeps trying to pull them off! While the child does not know about natural vision improvement, she instinctively wants to get rid of … more...
I Don’t Want My Vision To Get Worse!
A woman who has had several eye operations has been seeing pretty well out of her one good eye, aided by thick eyeglasses, since she was 5 years old. She says she will be forever grateful to that doctor who … more...
Trying Not To See
Dr. Bates, the pioneer of natural vision improvement, emphasized that strain in seeing was at the root of most (if not all) vision problems. I always thought this meant straining to see, squinting or peering or forcing myself to continue … more...
What Everybody Should Know Before Getting LASIK
Seeing Is Receiving
Seeing is a passive activity. We open our eyes to let the light rays come in, carrying all that visual information about shape and color and movement and depth. This data is transferred via the optic nerve to our brain, … more...
Can You Still Improve Your Vision Naturally After LASIK?
You had LASIK, and your vision has started getting blurry again. Now you’re looking for some kind of natural solution to get that vision back that you just recently spent all that money for. Your LASIK surgeon promised you 20/20 … more...
You had LASIK, and your vision has started getting blurry again. Now you’re looking for some kind of natural solution to get that vision back that you just recently spent all that money for. Your LASIK surgeon promised you 20/20 … more...
Are You Discouraged About Vision Improvement?
Many people start vision improvement with a burst of enthusiasm. There is hope for their eyesight problems after all, a path out of the blur! Then when they don’t see fast consistent progress, they’re tempted to give up. Maybe that
Introduction for Beginners
Have you noticed…
…you see better at certain times of the day?
…you see better when calm, comfortable and happy?
…you see worse after you have been squinting your eyes to see better?
…your eyes get tired quickly?
…you see better when calm, comfortable and happy?
…you see worse after you have been squinting your eyes to see better?
…your eyes get tired quickly?
The … more...
How to See Better by Mimicking a Squirrel
This afternoon I was sitting at a picnic table relatively clean of bird poop, in a perfect spot in the shade, in the park with my laptop. And not getting a whole lot done.
My laptop was running slowly, and … more...
Are You Straining Your Eyes? Stop It!
Some of you may remember an old Bob Newhart skit where as a psychiatrist, he tells a woman who comes to him for help with an unwanted fear which is limiting her life, to “Stop it!”. The joke of course … more...