Vision Improvement

Saudi Arabia Reverses Myopia in School Children

In 2013, a university in Saudi Arabia conducted a myopia control study with Saudi teenage girls. The myopia epidemic has been going on there too, but from what I understand it isn’t as bad as in the US and especially … more...

How Can I See Better In Dim Light?

The human eye is designed to see well in all levels of illumination. The pupil (the black opening in the center of the eye) expands when the surroundings are dim, to let in more light and make seeing easier. Then … more...

World Darts Champion Saves Eyesight With Bates Method

5-time World Darts Champion, Raymond van Bernevald, has credited the Bates Method for saving his eyesight.

At 48 years old, he’s right at the age where people who previously never suffered vision problems start to notice their vision slipping. However, … more...

How Does Your Seeing FEEL?

Most people evaluate the health of their eyes and visual system by how well they perform, that is, how clearly they can see. If you’re starting to get sore eyes or a headache from reading or looking at an electronic … more...

Bilberries, Carrots and Vitamin C – The effects on eyesight

During World War II, the British were using a new radar technology to spot British planes at night. To obfuscate the technology, they wove a tale of how their pilots eat lots of carrots, containing beta carotene, which converts to … more...

Sugar and eyesight

It’s well-established that excessive sugar consumption can cause weight (fat) gain, diabetes, inflammation, liver disease, kidney disease, and the proliferation of cancer cells. As it turns out, as Pravda reports, the eyes also show the effects in a bad … more...

Is the Bionic Lens surgery a good solution for cataract?

They say the Bionic Lens will make glasses, contact lenses, laser surgery and cataract surgery obsolete, transforming eye care. It’s an artificial lens that’s placed inside the eye to replace the existing natural lens.

The inventor, Canadian optometrist Garth Webb, … more...

Don’t Force Me To See!

Several of my coaching clients (both vision clients and others) have talked about being made to do something as children they didn’t want to do, and how they still carry resentment about this. I was musing about my eyesight history … more...

Exploring My Nearsighted Patterns

Last week I was listening to a webinar healing session on letting go of resentment. I didn’t think this was my own problem, but maybe I would hear something I could adapt for my clients. As the speaker guided us … more...

Palming – Simple Instructions, and a FAQ

Palming is a basic Bates method exercise. There’s not much to it, as far as the basic instructions go. There doesn’t have to be anything mysterious about it.

Place your hands lightly over each eye, cupping your hands enough that … more...

Your Blur Is Not the Real Problem

In his vision improvement classic “Take Off Your Glasses And See”, optometrist Jacob Liberman wrote about noticing what he called a “wobble” in his vision right after he took off his glasses. Momentarily, his natural clear sight was trying to … more...

Healthy Vision Is Like Play

Think of the focus and concentration of a child building a sand castle on the beach, or playing a game with friends. He or she is totally absorbed, in the moment, paying attention yet not striving or rushing. Healthy natural … more...

[VIDEO] What Causes Myopia? – Why The Common Theories Are Wrong

So you’re wondering what causes myopia.

First I’m going to go over several common claimed causes of myopia, and then I’ll explain what really causes it.

1. Genetics

Heredity does play a role in your personality, your predispositions to … more...

[VIDEO] Why Haven’t I Heard About This Before?

Why haven’t you heard of this method of vision improvement before?

Well, there are a lot of books out there, a bunch of them in print right now. Some recent ones I haven’t even read. Check out my Recommended Books … more...

[VIDEO] How to Visualize

How do you actually visualize?

Some people say, “I can’t visualize anything. I’ve never been able to. My mind is blank. I’ve never been able to do while sleeping, and it isn’t something that’s possible for me.”

B.S.!

You can’t … more...

Changing Your Visual Channel

If you’re watching TV or listening to the radio and aren’t interested in the current program, you’ll switch to something else which is more appealing. I think interest and engagement in what you’re looking at fuel the seeing process — … more...

[VIDEO] Your Vision is More Than Your Eyes

I want to describe a little bit more about how vision is made in your mind, kind of a continuation of what I was talking about before. I mean, I guess everything is kind of a continuation; it’s all kind … more...

[VIDEO] Your Thoughts Are Everything

It’s so subtle…

When you believe in something, the “how to do it” develops naturally, both consciously and subconsciously.

Not everyone appreciates the power that your thoughts have.

When you’re asleep, dreaming, and you’re faced with a scary presence in … more...

[VIDEO] You Already Have The Light Rays

You look at the world out there, and you get the idea that what you’re looking at is outside of you.

But it’s not.

You’re actually, in a way, looking at yourself. I’ll explain. Stay with me.

So we … more...

Why Is My Vision Blurry?

If some part of our body other than our eyes starts misbehaving, say our knee feels sore when we climb stairs, we might ignore it or try to “shake it off” and keep going. Or we might remember the hard … more...

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