Last week I was in the Caribbean for an energy medicine retreat and workshop. I did have some time away from our classroom to be out-of-doors, and I was stunned by how bright it was. The colors were so vivid! … more...
Category: Vision Improvement
How Important is Visualization?
You probably have one of these two beliefs about visualization and vision:
- The most common belief is that the images in your mind, while you’re asleep or daydreaming, have very little relation to the quality of your “real” vision from
What Tempts You To Look?
Yesterday evening I was working at my computer, occasionally glancing out the window ahead and to the side of me which faces west. The setting sun caught my eye, the colors so rich I almost gasped. My computer screen forgotten, … more...
Eye Stinging During Vision Exercises
Most of the body’s reactions to vision exercises are enjoyable: fewer headaches, less neck and shoulder tension, deeper easier breathing, greater relaxation and peace of mind. Occasionally a client, puzzled, will ask me about his eyes stinging when practicing with … more...
Vision And Rushing
In the past several years, especially since I’ve been studying energy medicine with Deborah King, I’ve been focusing on being present, fully engaged in the activity at hand, whether it be a weight workout or washing the dishes. I … more...
The Sun Is Good For Your Vision!
One of Dr. Bates’ principal vision exercises, so simple a small child can do it, is called Sunning. Close your eyes while you face the sun, and turn your head slowly and gently from left to right, then back to … more...
In Praise of Palming
Palming, or covering the eyes with cupped hands to let the visual system rest, is one of Dr. Bates’ main vision improvement exercises. He said most if not all vision troubles come from straining, and palming is a great way … more...
Remember Clear Sight?
If you got glasses as a child, as I did, or as a teen, can you remember a time before that when you could see clearly with just your 2 eyes? Maybe you were running around outdoors, playing a game … more...
Peripheral Awareness
As someone who used to be very nearsighted, rarely looking far ahead and to my sides hardly at all, the “wide open spaces” of my enhanced peripheral awareness now are a joy. I’m no longer trapped by that tight restrictive … more...
Are Your Eyes Happy?
It’s difficult to be happy when you’re uncomfortable. Many people I run into are going through life with obvious tension in their brows and around their eyes. They look like they’re suffering, not enjoying their lives. Perhaps they are focusing … more...
Enjoying Distant Looking
When I was a child I often “had my nose buried in a book”, wearing my minus glasses which were no doubt over-prescribed. I did spend time outside, but I don’t remember looking around much. When I climbed a tree, … more...
What Does Relaxing Mean?
Relaxing your eyes, or relaxing your mind, is supposed to be a major part of the Bates method. It underlies every exercise.
Dr. Bates went so far as to say that nothing else matters.
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My Camera Can Be Focused!
I regularly Skype with my clients and coaches, and also use my desktop for Google Hangouts. My image is transferred to them by a web camera sitting above my display screen. Lately a few people have told me my image … more...
I Just Want My Vision Not To Get Worse!
Sometimes new vision clients come to me full of anxiety about their deteriorating vision. I’ve heard from many of them “I just don’t want it to get any worse!”, as they almost wail in desperation. Talking about vision exercises at … more...
Fight Or Flight And Eyestrain
Eyestrain is an indicator that your visual system is not relaxed. “Duh!” you say. Well, over a hundred years ago Dr. Bates, the father of natural vision improvement, wrote and taught about strain being at the root of most visual … more...
Staying Present To See Better
Recently I was away from home in a strange environment, which is always a golden opportunity for me to learn more about my vision habits. One morning as I carefully descended some steps I’d used a few times already, I … more...
Appreciating My Good-Enough Vision
Since I grew up wearing thick glasses and was about 2/200 when I started vision improvement, my current visual range of 20/40 to 20/50 seems pretty good to me. (For those unfamiliar with measuring visual acuity, 2/200 means I needed … more...
Do You NEED Your Glasses?
Quite a few people have told me “I’m blind without my glasses!”, which makes me cringe. It’s clearly not true, and what kind of message is this sending to your hard-working eyes? You’re telling them they’re defective! Take your glasses … more...
Are You Trying Or Allowing?
When I first started stumbling along the vision improvement path, I learned strain was the big enemy. “Look without straining” the books and teachers said. I did not know how to do this! What’s worse is that I wasn’t even … more...
Looking At Details
Today is a bright sunny Winter day, so it’s easy to see details from inside the window, the truck pulling out of a nearby driveway, the dog tracks and human tracks in the snow on the yard next door, the … more...