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Oct 2005 - Due to constant spam, the Guestbook is no longer accepting additional entries.
Instead, please participate in the new Forum.
The most recent entries appear at the top.
Oct 2005 - Due to constant spam, the Guestbook is no longer accepting additional entries.
Instead, please participate in the new Forum.
The most recent entries appear at the top.
Webmaster <david@iblindness.org> from California, US
February 11, 2003 at 11:05 (GMT)
Giovanni Cerri <giovannicerri@msn.com> from Italy
February 16, 2003 at 08:58 (GMT)
Dear David,
My name is Giovanni, Italian, age 30, moderately myopic.
Even if you are not a qualified Bates teacher, your web site is the best web site about Vision Improvement.
Perhaps because It's not a commercial one. With all those articles You are making a great gift to the humanity.
My name is Giovanni, Italian, age 30, moderately myopic.
Even if you are not a qualified Bates teacher, your web site is the best web site about Vision Improvement.
Perhaps because It's not a commercial one. With all those articles You are making a great gift to the humanity.
Michele Furlan <michele.furlan2@tin.it> from Gradisca d'Isonzo (ITALY)
February 13, 2003 at 22:18 (GMT)
I'm going to start with Bates method
Pat stanley from UK
February 18, 2003 at 15:25 (GMT)
I first read about eye exercises in the Daily Mail, about
3 years ago. It was a write up about a book on this subject. I cut out the article and the illustrations of the exercises.
I practise the exercises during the TV advertisments and I do feel it has improved my eye sight. My last pair of glasses were very much weaker and the lens were lighter.
So I am hopeful that I will continue to improve my situation, as my lens were heavy and I was not comfortable wearing heavy glasses.
Many thanks for your effort to inform more people to try to get the confidence to do something.
3 years ago. It was a write up about a book on this subject. I cut out the article and the illustrations of the exercises.
I practise the exercises during the TV advertisments and I do feel it has improved my eye sight. My last pair of glasses were very much weaker and the lens were lighter.
So I am hopeful that I will continue to improve my situation, as my lens were heavy and I was not comfortable wearing heavy glasses.
Many thanks for your effort to inform more people to try to get the confidence to do something.
Roshan Antony Tauro <roshan_tauro@hotmail.com> from Bangalore
March 14, 2003 at 05:03 (GMT)
Must try out the bates method.
Jo Davidson <tracer8@bellsouth.net> from Memphis, TN
March 22, 2003 at 20:50 (GMT)
I have worn glasses since the age of 12. I now have problems working on a computer. I have noticed that I seem to do better when I take my glasses off. I have myopia and astigmatism.
ARNETT BUCHANAN from TUCSON, AZ
March 23, 2003 at 09:52 (GMT)
I SEE THAT THERE MANY FOLLOWERS OF DR BATES METHODS, AND I FELL THAT THE BEHAVIOR METHODS OF DR BATES SHOULD BY KNOWN TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FORM OF A CLINIC, AND MORE POPULAR
Emma <True_gangsta_gunz@hotmail.com> from NEW York
March 30, 2003 at 04:38 (GMT)
okay lol i didn't understand shit, BUt awel u and ur team meat of worked realy really hard for the imformation u have BUt if its not a problem can u like make it easy for a gr 8 student to understand there are to many BIG WORDS I SERIOULY DUN UNDERSTAND!!!!!!
Monique van Baarsen from The Netherlands, Utrecht
April 18, 2003 at 06:58 (GMT)
Thank you very much for giving us the possibility to download the Bates book. In The Netherlands it is not possible to get the book. We tried several stores and libraries with no succes.
I hoop this can help us.
Best regards,
Monique van Baarsen
I hoop this can help us.
Best regards,
Monique van Baarsen
Giovanni from EU-Italy
May 14, 2003 at 23:02 (GMT)
Despertarse y mirar al mundo con ojos nuevos.
Cuando abro los ojos por la mañana tomo mi tempo para observar como me relaciono con el día que va a venir. En vez de salir corriendo para programar y preocuparme, trato de quedarme un poco más con los sueños y las sensaciones del cuerpo. Observo el respiro, y compruebo que sea tranquilo. Mientras me remilgo y estiro (suavemente, sin retener el respiro) miro el techo y dejo que la visión se amplie convirtiéndose en Soft Vision, sin fijar nada en particular y moviendo los ojos dulcemente, liquidamente. Si veo confuso, no me preocupo de ello, no trato de fijarme en los particulares. Y si hay ruidos, o también algún pensamiento pasajero, dejo que todo discurra, volviendo a la Soft Vision y al respiro.
A menudo, cuando me pongo tan receptivo, siento que mi campo vital se amplia: me siento más fuerte, más grande, más a mis anchas con todo lo que me rodea.
Sigo estirandome un poco. A veces es como si danzara lentamente en la cama, mientras también mis ojos siguen moviéndose, liquidamente. Añado también un poco de palming: si comienzo la jornada haciendo palming probablemente seguiré haciéndolo también más tarde. Durante el palming a veces observo la oscuridad con cuidado, exploro mi cuerpo, a veces visualizo mi alcoba, tratando de visualizar con la Soft Vision.
En este periodo tengo a menudo momentos de visión nítida que duran medio segundo o poco más. He aprendido a aceptarlos sin ansia ni demasiadas esperas, manteniendo respiración tranquila y Soft Vision. De vez en cuando entro en un estado de gracia: me olvido del tiempo y me muevo en esta claridad cristalina por tiempos más largos, pero procuro no medirlos.
Incluso cuando me levanto lo hago como si continuara danzando, sin contraer el cuerpo y manteniendo la Soft Vision. Todo lo que necesito ver, lo veo. Todas las cosas que hago en el baño no modifican mi actitud. Siempre respiración tranquila y siempre Soft Vision (y Palming, si tengo que sentarme). Me doy cuenta de como antes estaba acostumbrado a considerar normal el esforzarme, contraerme y preocuparme: incluso para lavarme los dientes iba a hacer un esfuerzo excesivo, absolutamente inutil.
Vestirse es diferente ahora, porque los criterios son algo diferentes de los que usaba cuando usaba lentes. Las primeras veces me preocupaba que pudiera haber manchas que no veía, o pliegues. En fin, volvía a empezar con las preocupaciones relativas a mi aspecto, al juicio de los demás. Y eso desencadenaba ideas extrañas: imaginaba ser de alguna forma inaceptable sin gafas, tener pinta estúpida o moverme torpemente, o cosas por el estilo. Naturalmente estos pensamientos tenían el efecto inmediato de hacerme contener la respiración y perder la Soft Vision y la movilidad de los ojos.
Luego si hay sol, salgo a hacer un poco de sunning. Salir tiene un efecto sobre mi respiración que se vuelve más profunda, más intensa. Y lo mismo ocurre con la vista: la Soft Vision es como si se ampliara todavía más. Presto atención sobre todo a la naturaleza. He descubierto que, incluso en la ciudad e incluso con el mal tiempo, me da placer esta expansión. La naturaleza está presente también en la ciudad: cruzo siempre con mucho gusto parques y jardines.
A veces extraño el detalle nítido, la reconfortante sensación de refugio obtenida concentrándome en una cosa y excluyendo todo lo demás pero, si soy honesto conmigo mismo, he de admitir que con este modo de ver veo mucho más: los colores son más vivos, la profundidad y las distancias son más reales, sobre todo veo relaciones entre cosas y personas que antes ni siquiera imaginaba.
A menudo doy un paseo tranquilo en lugares tranquilos, dejando que mis ojos vean lo que hay. Pues, a veces es una experiencia ... mística, contemplativa, Casi me parece ser San Francisco de Asis, con sus alabanzas a la creación.
Si tengo hambre, voy a tomar el desayuno, si no me pongo a escribir en mi diario las impresiones. Hay dos dificultades: a veces no tengo palabras para expresar mis sensaciones. Y luego advierto un fastidioso sentido de "deja de jugar, de dar
Cuando abro los ojos por la mañana tomo mi tempo para observar como me relaciono con el día que va a venir. En vez de salir corriendo para programar y preocuparme, trato de quedarme un poco más con los sueños y las sensaciones del cuerpo. Observo el respiro, y compruebo que sea tranquilo. Mientras me remilgo y estiro (suavemente, sin retener el respiro) miro el techo y dejo que la visión se amplie convirtiéndose en Soft Vision, sin fijar nada en particular y moviendo los ojos dulcemente, liquidamente. Si veo confuso, no me preocupo de ello, no trato de fijarme en los particulares. Y si hay ruidos, o también algún pensamiento pasajero, dejo que todo discurra, volviendo a la Soft Vision y al respiro.
A menudo, cuando me pongo tan receptivo, siento que mi campo vital se amplia: me siento más fuerte, más grande, más a mis anchas con todo lo que me rodea.
Sigo estirandome un poco. A veces es como si danzara lentamente en la cama, mientras también mis ojos siguen moviéndose, liquidamente. Añado también un poco de palming: si comienzo la jornada haciendo palming probablemente seguiré haciéndolo también más tarde. Durante el palming a veces observo la oscuridad con cuidado, exploro mi cuerpo, a veces visualizo mi alcoba, tratando de visualizar con la Soft Vision.
En este periodo tengo a menudo momentos de visión nítida que duran medio segundo o poco más. He aprendido a aceptarlos sin ansia ni demasiadas esperas, manteniendo respiración tranquila y Soft Vision. De vez en cuando entro en un estado de gracia: me olvido del tiempo y me muevo en esta claridad cristalina por tiempos más largos, pero procuro no medirlos.
Incluso cuando me levanto lo hago como si continuara danzando, sin contraer el cuerpo y manteniendo la Soft Vision. Todo lo que necesito ver, lo veo. Todas las cosas que hago en el baño no modifican mi actitud. Siempre respiración tranquila y siempre Soft Vision (y Palming, si tengo que sentarme). Me doy cuenta de como antes estaba acostumbrado a considerar normal el esforzarme, contraerme y preocuparme: incluso para lavarme los dientes iba a hacer un esfuerzo excesivo, absolutamente inutil.
Vestirse es diferente ahora, porque los criterios son algo diferentes de los que usaba cuando usaba lentes. Las primeras veces me preocupaba que pudiera haber manchas que no veía, o pliegues. En fin, volvía a empezar con las preocupaciones relativas a mi aspecto, al juicio de los demás. Y eso desencadenaba ideas extrañas: imaginaba ser de alguna forma inaceptable sin gafas, tener pinta estúpida o moverme torpemente, o cosas por el estilo. Naturalmente estos pensamientos tenían el efecto inmediato de hacerme contener la respiración y perder la Soft Vision y la movilidad de los ojos.
Luego si hay sol, salgo a hacer un poco de sunning. Salir tiene un efecto sobre mi respiración que se vuelve más profunda, más intensa. Y lo mismo ocurre con la vista: la Soft Vision es como si se ampliara todavía más. Presto atención sobre todo a la naturaleza. He descubierto que, incluso en la ciudad e incluso con el mal tiempo, me da placer esta expansión. La naturaleza está presente también en la ciudad: cruzo siempre con mucho gusto parques y jardines.
A veces extraño el detalle nítido, la reconfortante sensación de refugio obtenida concentrándome en una cosa y excluyendo todo lo demás pero, si soy honesto conmigo mismo, he de admitir que con este modo de ver veo mucho más: los colores son más vivos, la profundidad y las distancias son más reales, sobre todo veo relaciones entre cosas y personas que antes ni siquiera imaginaba.
A menudo doy un paseo tranquilo en lugares tranquilos, dejando que mis ojos vean lo que hay. Pues, a veces es una experiencia ... mística, contemplativa, Casi me parece ser San Francisco de Asis, con sus alabanzas a la creación.
Si tengo hambre, voy a tomar el desayuno, si no me pongo a escribir en mi diario las impresiones. Hay dos dificultades: a veces no tengo palabras para expresar mis sensaciones. Y luego advierto un fastidioso sentido de "deja de jugar, de dar
Andy Gonzales from Ohio
June 03, 2003 at 18:34 (GMT)
Hello
I appreciate this site and its promotion of the Bates method. I came upon the method by browsing the book store and just happened to pick up a copy of Bates book without having any previous knowledge about it. I remember putting the book back thinking it didn't make any sense. I must have picked it up about a month later and looked at it a little more indepthly. From that point I stopped wearing my glasses totally. They were -1.25 diopters in each eye. It was difficult to drive at first but I decided I wouldn't let my eyes get any worse by wearing negative lenses. I went for about a year without glasses without really doing any exercises and not much improvement. After that I decided to look into it again. So i've been without glasses for about a year and a half now and my vision is really very good. I started to have "clear flashes" a while after I ceased to wear glasses and after exercising daily the clear flashes just gradually became my normal vision. I keep a snellen eye chart in my room and notice that for most of the time my vision is 20/20. Sometimes it's actually better, sometimes it's worse. If I could say anything about vision improvement, it would be that for most myopes, the problem is not the eyes, but in how we regard the picture. I thought I understood the idea of "central fixation" early on... but it has only been in the past week that it has really sunk in. I look forward to my vision improving even more. My biggest problem now is probably night vision but I have faith that this too will improve. Things that helped me regain site... 1) palming before bedtime (I actually just wear a pair of completely black goggles to do this for about 20 minutes each night. 2) Going back and forth from eccentric fixation (regarding the whole picture at once [bad habit]) too central fixation (regarding only fine details at a time [good habit])... meaning I bring my eyes in and out of focus while looking at a chart so that I familiarize my mind with the way to see properly and the way to see poorly (so it can be avoided) 3) Swinging... looking from the left side of an object to the right side.. and doing this repeatedly. Have faith! the best thing you can do is get to a point where you can function without corrective lenses. I appreciate the site for its promotion of truth because the truth shall set you free. Thank you
I appreciate this site and its promotion of the Bates method. I came upon the method by browsing the book store and just happened to pick up a copy of Bates book without having any previous knowledge about it. I remember putting the book back thinking it didn't make any sense. I must have picked it up about a month later and looked at it a little more indepthly. From that point I stopped wearing my glasses totally. They were -1.25 diopters in each eye. It was difficult to drive at first but I decided I wouldn't let my eyes get any worse by wearing negative lenses. I went for about a year without glasses without really doing any exercises and not much improvement. After that I decided to look into it again. So i've been without glasses for about a year and a half now and my vision is really very good. I started to have "clear flashes" a while after I ceased to wear glasses and after exercising daily the clear flashes just gradually became my normal vision. I keep a snellen eye chart in my room and notice that for most of the time my vision is 20/20. Sometimes it's actually better, sometimes it's worse. If I could say anything about vision improvement, it would be that for most myopes, the problem is not the eyes, but in how we regard the picture. I thought I understood the idea of "central fixation" early on... but it has only been in the past week that it has really sunk in. I look forward to my vision improving even more. My biggest problem now is probably night vision but I have faith that this too will improve. Things that helped me regain site... 1) palming before bedtime (I actually just wear a pair of completely black goggles to do this for about 20 minutes each night. 2) Going back and forth from eccentric fixation (regarding the whole picture at once [bad habit]) too central fixation (regarding only fine details at a time [good habit])... meaning I bring my eyes in and out of focus while looking at a chart so that I familiarize my mind with the way to see properly and the way to see poorly (so it can be avoided) 3) Swinging... looking from the left side of an object to the right side.. and doing this repeatedly. Have faith! the best thing you can do is get to a point where you can function without corrective lenses. I appreciate the site for its promotion of truth because the truth shall set you free. Thank you
Lam Hin Tai, Tom from Hong Kong
June 06, 2003 at 13:48 (GMT)
Hello.
I am a 17-year-old boy from Hong Kong. It is glad to see the webmaster of this website has done so much to improve this site, making it the best and the most informative of its kind.
I have become aware of the Bates Method about since last year, if I am correct, by searching on the Internet. You know, for places like Hong Kong, the Bates Method is rarely known. This is really frustrating, since I can get no support from a professional of the field. Doubts are often the only responses from people when I tell them of the Method. Yet, I decided to try the Method since I believe in the self-healing power of the human body.
I have now reduced the use of my glasses. In fact, I dislike them. They tire me a lot, since both of my eyes are "very myopic" (about -6.5). I have been myopic since Primary 4. (equivalent to Grade 4, I think) I was about 10, and a year before I was facing a lot of changes in my life. My father left my family and I moved to live with my grandmother, followed by a change to a new school. Maybe psychologically stressed, my vision became blurred. I have read books by Peter Mansfield and Jacob Liberman, both of which suggest a connection between sight and the mind.
I think my process of regaining "good" eyesight may take a long time, because my study is becoming heavier as to prepare for entering university. But I will try my best to follow Dr. Bates' method whenever possible, and I believe that Dr. Bates would regain the recognition in history which is overdue.
I am a 17-year-old boy from Hong Kong. It is glad to see the webmaster of this website has done so much to improve this site, making it the best and the most informative of its kind.
I have become aware of the Bates Method about since last year, if I am correct, by searching on the Internet. You know, for places like Hong Kong, the Bates Method is rarely known. This is really frustrating, since I can get no support from a professional of the field. Doubts are often the only responses from people when I tell them of the Method. Yet, I decided to try the Method since I believe in the self-healing power of the human body.
I have now reduced the use of my glasses. In fact, I dislike them. They tire me a lot, since both of my eyes are "very myopic" (about -6.5). I have been myopic since Primary 4. (equivalent to Grade 4, I think) I was about 10, and a year before I was facing a lot of changes in my life. My father left my family and I moved to live with my grandmother, followed by a change to a new school. Maybe psychologically stressed, my vision became blurred. I have read books by Peter Mansfield and Jacob Liberman, both of which suggest a connection between sight and the mind.
I think my process of regaining "good" eyesight may take a long time, because my study is becoming heavier as to prepare for entering university. But I will try my best to follow Dr. Bates' method whenever possible, and I believe that Dr. Bates would regain the recognition in history which is overdue.
anand from India
June 12, 2003 at 11:12 (GMT)
I find this site very useful
Ken Harris from Houston, TX USA
June 12, 2003 at 21:45 (GMT)
I am intrigued. I wish to know more and how to go about using the Bates Method to improve my eyesight. Where do I go from here?
Dilman from Sweden
June 14, 2003 at 20:41 (GMT)
Very nice webpage. Thanks a lot for the copy of the book!
I read about similar methods several years ago, but never really found any book, and gave up. I guess I'll give it another shot.
By own experience, I have noticed that stress and strain does degrade my sight, so when I stumbled upon Bates' theories on the net, it sounds very convincing. And as I see it: compared to other methods out there, I have nothing to risk or loose.
I read about similar methods several years ago, but never really found any book, and gave up. I guess I'll give it another shot.
By own experience, I have noticed that stress and strain does degrade my sight, so when I stumbled upon Bates' theories on the net, it sounds very convincing. And as I see it: compared to other methods out there, I have nothing to risk or loose.
Norman Ho from England
June 17, 2003 at 15:55 (GMT)
This is a wonderful site. All the articles and books really help people in understanding Bates' Method. Being a myopic, I am really glad I found this site. Salute to the webmaster!
Burton N. Seitler, Ph.D. from Ridgewood, NJ 07450
June 20, 2003 at 16:54 (GMT)
Dear Dr. Gottlieb,
Interestingly enough, we share common views (no pun intended) regarding myopia. I did my doctoral dissertation experimental research on myopia. My work was entitled, "Psychological characteristics of boys with myopia." Since that time, I have presented papers on possible psychological factors contributing to the tension or apprehension of which Kelly spoke. I would be interested in corresonding with you about,what appears to be common perspectives on the subject.
Interestingly enough, we share common views (no pun intended) regarding myopia. I did my doctoral dissertation experimental research on myopia. My work was entitled, "Psychological characteristics of boys with myopia." Since that time, I have presented papers on possible psychological factors contributing to the tension or apprehension of which Kelly spoke. I would be interested in corresonding with you about,what appears to be common perspectives on the subject.
sashank <sashhank@excite.com> from india
July 07, 2003 at 05:31 (GMT)
good
Filomeno Huincho <star1454@netzero.net> from 250 Oak St. H4 Ridgwood NJ 07450
July 16, 2003 at 16:21 (GMT)
Please would you email me where to start. This method sounds great. I have problem with my vision. Also my wife wears glasess and my two children needs them. Thanks for your kind advice.
Sincerely yours,
Filomeno.
Sincerely yours,
Filomeno.
Troubled Teen from usa
July 16, 2003 at 17:46 (GMT)
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Juan Vicente Ramirez <guiaduana@cantv.net> from Maiquetia, Vargas, Venezuela
July 18, 2003 at 00:15 (GMT)
Supe de este método por medio de la Sra. Sara de González, de Caracas, a quien le estoy muy agradecido por su información y a este sitio Web llegué haciendo una búsqueda en Google. Me parece un excelente medio de difusión de este método a nivel mundial. Sería muy bueno que se pudiera traducir al castellano para que las personas hispanohablantes se beneficiaran del mismo. Desde hoy comienzo con el método. GRACIAS
FRED AJUJUOO <GUY@MAGA.NET> from USA
July 21, 2003 at 13:57 (GMT)
A GREAT SITE
John Hasenkam <johnhkm@tpg.com.au> from Australia
July 22, 2003 at 04:32 (GMT)
Thank you very much for this website. I was prescribed glasses 20 years ago but as I walked out of the surgery I decided to go to the library and found a reprint of Bates. Did the exercises, threw away the glasses, and every visual exam since then has confirmed I have excellent eyesight in my left eye (mostly blind in right eye, iatrogenic cause via surgery).
I trust more will become aware that there is more to seeing than the current conventional wisdom. Sites like this will go a long way to helping others realise that there is a lot they can do to improve and preserve their vision.
I trust more will become aware that there is more to seeing than the current conventional wisdom. Sites like this will go a long way to helping others realise that there is a lot they can do to improve and preserve their vision.
Barry <j0n3s@aol.com> from Wales
August 16, 2003 at 08:11 (GMT)
Hi David, I have not checked out your website for ages and I must say it has improved enormously. There is so much more interesting stuff here. So thanks and well done.
Cheers
Barry
Cheers
Barry
Susanna <non> from Australia, Sydney
August 24, 2003 at 23:55 (GMT)
This is the best sight I have seen on natural vision improvement, with the wisdom and genuineness to contributing to the vision improvement of others. Alot of other sites I have visited give me the impression "I can only help you if you buy the vision package".
Very Grateful & God Bless you.
Very Grateful & God Bless you.
Frank Rizzo <frankrizzo672003@yahoo.com> from Canada
August 28, 2003 at 23:20 (GMT)
Nice place!
Ilona Kajava <ilona_kajava@yahoo.com> from Helsinki, Finland
September 05, 2003 at 19:48 (GMT)
Hi all from Finland !
This is a great and very useful site ! I´ve followed the method now since mid-July 2003. I have had a pretty strong myopia, about -7,5 D.
It is interesting to see, how soon I´ll be able to see much better.The most amazing thing was when I started applying the Bates method, (actually now the second time as I´m ready for this not until now), that it seemed to affect all parts of my life, not only the eyeballs. I think I have begun to SEE differently and re-evaluate also my life and choices. And everything in a more RELAXED way. I know there might be some challenges on my way to get free from wearing glasses, but I´m sure now that I am on my path to get "healed" sooner or later ! I wish courage and persistence to all wanting to get cured.
This is a great and very useful site ! I´ve followed the method now since mid-July 2003. I have had a pretty strong myopia, about -7,5 D.
It is interesting to see, how soon I´ll be able to see much better.The most amazing thing was when I started applying the Bates method, (actually now the second time as I´m ready for this not until now), that it seemed to affect all parts of my life, not only the eyeballs. I think I have begun to SEE differently and re-evaluate also my life and choices. And everything in a more RELAXED way. I know there might be some challenges on my way to get free from wearing glasses, but I´m sure now that I am on my path to get "healed" sooner or later ! I wish courage and persistence to all wanting to get cured.
Theo Kennedy <artist@cmspan.net> from Roseburg, Oregon
September 13, 2003 at 21:03 (GMT)
I have a book, Ibelieve it is a paper back by Dr. Bates. the printing is small, making it difficult to read the & do exercises. thank you Theo Kennedy
Cristina Romero from Tucson, Arizona
September 14, 2003 at 16:50 (GMT)
My family and I have decided to give the Bates Method a try!
Ian <ianmac@online24.co.uk> from Jhb, South Africa
September 15, 2003 at 14:26 (GMT)
Great Site, very interesting. I hope to use natural methods myself to improve my eyesight. I want to join the airforce cadets but my vision isn't good enough.
m. monroe <mnrocomono@aol.com> from vista, CA
September 20, 2003 at 15:09 (GMT)
need to improve eyesight for an eye test
Yoed from Israel
September 20, 2003 at 21:27 (GMT)
Good job,
I'm Giving it a shot and spreading the word.
if it's going to work, I'm considering translating it to Hebrew to spread it even further.
I'm Giving it a shot and spreading the word.
if it's going to work, I'm considering translating it to Hebrew to spread it even further.
Janine McConnell <janine.mcconnell@earthlink.net> from Riverside, CA
October 08, 2003 at 04:57 (GMT)
I am a teacher of a first grade student who had lost her eye sight to disease. She had surgery and can now "see" fine, but I am struggling to teach her how to read, because she did not see for several years and learned to rely on her ears. I don't know how to TEACH her how to use her eyes. Any ideas, suggestions, or organizations that can help?
Itamar <don_ita@hotmail> from Brazil - Rio de Janeiro
September 27, 2003 at 23:00 (GMT)
I had news of this method in the years 70, but only believed in it when I red "The art of seeing" of the brilliant Aldoux Huxley.
Now with this site I confirm that the purpose is serious.
Congratulations and thank's.
Now with this site I confirm that the purpose is serious.
Congratulations and thank's.
Jack D Simmons <Jaromi1053@aol.com> from Alabama
October 14, 2003 at 01:30 (GMT)
Thanks
Wes Scheer-Hennings <wesclaypool@hotmail.com> from waterloo ontario canada
October 16, 2003 at 13:46 (GMT)
I'm a pre-optometry student.... wondering if it is the field I really want to jump into.....both feet.....I am really pretty damn excited that people have cured their own vision problems....thanks for the site
Yoed from Israel
October 22, 2003 at 14:52 (GMT)
This is for anyone who tries this:
skip the part about staring at the sun.
I myself have developed blind spots at the center of my vision.
Even if it's not permanent, it's not worth it.
skip the part about staring at the sun.
I myself have developed blind spots at the center of my vision.
Even if it's not permanent, it's not worth it.
Dan from Austin, TX
October 23, 2003 at 22:14 (GMT)
I was searching for information on refractive surgery and stumbled upon the Bates method. After several links I found my self here and I'm shocked that I have never heard of this -not that I've heard everything-. I'm going to research more about it. I've worn glasses to correct myopia (-2.25 both eyes) since I was 12. And I'm 28 now and my prescription has not changed since. I'm feeling excited about learning more and implementing it. I sure hope to start seeing "flashes" when I do. I guess I have to find a course or litertature first. It may be difficult to give up my glasess but it sure will be worth it. Ha! (I've got this great feeling I can't explain)
Noi <noy50@yahoo.com> from Thailand
October 23, 2003 at 23:24 (GMT)
Your website is brilliant, very informative and is a blessing to those who are fortunate enough to come across it. I wish more and more people realize that there is this natural method to help with their vision. Thank you all, and may God bless you. Happy New Year from Thailand (although it is still too early, but what is more to say!).
Ram Singh <ramsingh007@indiatimes.com> from India
October 30, 2003 at 05:57 (GMT)
This day, on 30th October, 2003 I take oath in the name of God that from today onwards I will start practicing this method and will keep you posted every six months about my progress.
My right eye is -0.5 sph -6.00 cyl
My left eye is -7.0 sph -2.00 cyl
An amazing pair of eyes! And only I know how the world look with glasses off. Been wearing them for the last 18 years. I was 12 years old and started with RE -0.5 sph -4.00 cyl and LE -3.00 sph -0.0 cyl. Then, started getting eye exams and ultimately in 1993 it all settled to the present condition which has been stable for the last 10 years, with of course a bit of floaters, pain, strain all the time. If only I could fix it to my 12 year old level.
I indend to devote one hour to it everyday as follows:
Palming 30 min., swinging 15 min., eye exercises 5 min, neck exercises 5 min. and splashing. I will try to be more relaxed towards life, take things as they come etc. (till now, I am like any typical myope - high strung, worrying, cynic).
Will keep you posted about my progress. Regards to all.
My right eye is -0.5 sph -6.00 cyl
My left eye is -7.0 sph -2.00 cyl
An amazing pair of eyes! And only I know how the world look with glasses off. Been wearing them for the last 18 years. I was 12 years old and started with RE -0.5 sph -4.00 cyl and LE -3.00 sph -0.0 cyl. Then, started getting eye exams and ultimately in 1993 it all settled to the present condition which has been stable for the last 10 years, with of course a bit of floaters, pain, strain all the time. If only I could fix it to my 12 year old level.
I indend to devote one hour to it everyday as follows:
Palming 30 min., swinging 15 min., eye exercises 5 min, neck exercises 5 min. and splashing. I will try to be more relaxed towards life, take things as they come etc. (till now, I am like any typical myope - high strung, worrying, cynic).
Will keep you posted about my progress. Regards to all.
cultureco.com <cco@laposte.fr> from france
November 09, 2003 at 13:44 (GMT)
Great web site, lotsa great info and pics. Keep it up!
Artem <VikaMail@mail.ru> from moscow
November 11, 2003 at 17:07 (GMT)
Your site is very interesting and useful for me! Posters
Tsvika Levin <levin_sh@netvision.net.il> from Israel
November 25, 2003 at 14:29 (GMT)
A worthy site indeed.
Gemma Palermo <kateryn_amelie@yahoo.co.uk> from London
October 27, 2003 at 22:48 (GMT)
I was so happy to find your website.I didn't tell anyone because I thought no one would believe me.I was first able to see the atoms when I was about 18.Because I had studied biology at school I recognised what I was seeing.A collection of atoms or whatever they are darting around just like I had been taught at school.It was fascinating and I was able to switch back into seeing them in certain angles of strong sunlight.A few minutes.I have seen them on and off my whole life and recently was able to see microscopically some sort of bacteria within the plasma in my eye.I drew the bacteria and searched on the internet but could not find it.Again I saw it for a few minutes by switching into this vision and concentrating to clearly see its structure.Having studied biology it really was fascinating and again I told no one as they would think I was mad and I am certainly not.I am a high grade mature student in London and searching for the bacteria I found your website.Thank you Dr.Bates.I am also very religious,catholic,and when I pray I can see a blue light and sometimes a baby giving my prayers to the Queen of Heaven with her outstretched hand,with my eyes closed.I am telling the truth.I am a normal girl with very balanced view on life and love to study and learn.I was a top model for man years and was actually born in New York,Manhattan.
yours sincerely
Gemma Palermo.Thank you.I kept it a secret but now you have validated what I knew was a gift from God to a girl who found it truly fascinating.
yours sincerely
Gemma Palermo.Thank you.I kept it a secret but now you have validated what I knew was a gift from God to a girl who found it truly fascinating.
gilles from france
December 04, 2003 at 17:44 (GMT)
very interresting site, best wishes from France .
MAGA JOE <magajoe@hotmail.com> from Canada
December 15, 2003 at 13:57 (GMT)
JUST LANDED HERE
Dr .kailash Baviskar from india
December 25, 2003 at 11:38 (GMT)
this website is a valuable sourse of information to those who wants to keep healthy eye sight without any chemical drugs . many of the vision problems can solve with eye exercise and natural care . it is graeat need to educate the people world wide about the natural eye care.
Pnina Allali from Israel
January 03, 2004 at 12:31 (GMT)
I'm finding the site very informative. Hope I manage to get rid of the glasses I've been wearing the last 12 years
Alex Gonzalez <zango123@hotmail.com> from NJ, USA
January 03, 2004 at 16:47 (GMT)
Thank you for providing this wonderful resource.
SARA <sbmah2001@yahoo.com> from san carlos, california 94070
January 11, 2004 at 18:06 (GMT)
Hello,
I live in san carlos, california which is
near Palo alto
between san francisco and san jose.
I am searching for a BATES Methods SELF HELP SUPPORT GROUP.
Do you know of any close to palo alto, between san francisco and san jose?
Thank you.
sara
sbmah2001@yahoo.com
I live in san carlos, california which is
near Palo alto
between san francisco and san jose.
I am searching for a BATES Methods SELF HELP SUPPORT GROUP.
Do you know of any close to palo alto, between san francisco and san jose?
Thank you.
sara
sbmah2001@yahoo.com
Raman Krishnan <vinod@tm.net.my> from Malaysia
January 18, 2004 at 05:02 (GMT)
I am here to find out.
Paul Gilbert McFetridge <mcfet@sfu.ca> from Canada
January 22, 2004 at 10:39 (GMT)
Very interesting information. A worthwhile read.
Giovanni <giovannicerri@interfree.it> from Italy
February 06, 2004 at 02:19 (GMT)
My name is Giovanni. I write the following because perhaps it can be useful to some of you who are exploring this fascinating website (Congratulations David).
After having been practicing the Bates Method for some time, my myopia is swinging between -2,5D and -1,5D, with frequent clear flashes.
The fundamental problem is muscular tension that has become chronical. In my case I feel a contraction like a bult or knot in my throat. This tension is in connection with the tension of other muscular groups inside my skull that compress and squeeze my eyeballs causing them to elongate and provoking the myopic condition.
How can I be sure of that?
Simple: when my throat gets completely relaxed, my sight becomes completely and perfectly clear.
Unfortunately after a minute or two the chronical tension comes back to my throat and the sight worsens again.
I consulted a psychologist and he told me that this knot in the throat depends on my tendency to experiment anxiety in my daily life.
And now, what am I doing to improve my eyesight'
First of all, I'm conducting a healthy life: I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke, I don't...... no, no, that thing you are thinking is not unhealthy so I do it frequently.
I walk and do some fitness (including the mobility of neck and shoulders). I drink a lot of water and eat less than before (it is only anxiety that makes us eat too much), choosing fresh vegetables, fruit, and food with fiber.
But all this is only the foreword: the really important thing is RELAXATION. GENERAL RELAXATION to start with and SPECIFIC RELAXATION of certain muscles of the body.
For me the most useful techniques are:
PALMING (good long relaxing palming sessions)
SUNNING (with the sun or with an incandescent bulb, but always with your eyes closed)
ZOOMING (looking alternatively at a near object like your fingertip or a pen at 30 or 40 cm, and at a distant object)
I give importance to my posture in my daily life, while I'm sitting, standing, walking or sleeping.
And above all, the most important thing of all the system, I'm working on my personality. Do you know why?
Because the muscular relaxation you will gain from palming or sunning will be only limited and temporary, if you are still a nervous or anxious person.
Myopia is tension. This tension comes from anxiety (most myopes see the world through a fear filter), from an excessive perfectionism and attention to details (and consequent nervousness because nothing is perfect), from the excessive effort to reach an objective (lack of flexibility)or from a too intense and too unsatisfied sexual desire.
I'M SURE THAT I CAN CHANGE MY SIGHT CHANGING STEP BY STEP MY WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD. AND YOU CAN BE THE SAME.
After having been practicing the Bates Method for some time, my myopia is swinging between -2,5D and -1,5D, with frequent clear flashes.
The fundamental problem is muscular tension that has become chronical. In my case I feel a contraction like a bult or knot in my throat. This tension is in connection with the tension of other muscular groups inside my skull that compress and squeeze my eyeballs causing them to elongate and provoking the myopic condition.
How can I be sure of that?
Simple: when my throat gets completely relaxed, my sight becomes completely and perfectly clear.
Unfortunately after a minute or two the chronical tension comes back to my throat and the sight worsens again.
I consulted a psychologist and he told me that this knot in the throat depends on my tendency to experiment anxiety in my daily life.
And now, what am I doing to improve my eyesight'
First of all, I'm conducting a healthy life: I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke, I don't...... no, no, that thing you are thinking is not unhealthy so I do it frequently.
I walk and do some fitness (including the mobility of neck and shoulders). I drink a lot of water and eat less than before (it is only anxiety that makes us eat too much), choosing fresh vegetables, fruit, and food with fiber.
But all this is only the foreword: the really important thing is RELAXATION. GENERAL RELAXATION to start with and SPECIFIC RELAXATION of certain muscles of the body.
For me the most useful techniques are:
PALMING (good long relaxing palming sessions)
SUNNING (with the sun or with an incandescent bulb, but always with your eyes closed)
ZOOMING (looking alternatively at a near object like your fingertip or a pen at 30 or 40 cm, and at a distant object)
I give importance to my posture in my daily life, while I'm sitting, standing, walking or sleeping.
And above all, the most important thing of all the system, I'm working on my personality. Do you know why?
Because the muscular relaxation you will gain from palming or sunning will be only limited and temporary, if you are still a nervous or anxious person.
Myopia is tension. This tension comes from anxiety (most myopes see the world through a fear filter), from an excessive perfectionism and attention to details (and consequent nervousness because nothing is perfect), from the excessive effort to reach an objective (lack of flexibility)or from a too intense and too unsatisfied sexual desire.
I'M SURE THAT I CAN CHANGE MY SIGHT CHANGING STEP BY STEP MY WAY OF SEEING THE WORLD. AND YOU CAN BE THE SAME.
Debbie Xie <garden@ksc.th.com> from Thailand
January 28, 2004 at 15:19 (GMT)
So glad I was able to find this site. Really gives hope! Thank you for being so generous with the free online book and links!
Joy Bose <bosej@cs.man.ac.uk> from Manchester, UK
January 29, 2004 at 04:45 (GMT)
Hi,
I am a PhD student with very high myopia (-9.5D). I had known about the Bates method since I was like 14 but never got round top really practicing it. Thanks for the wonderful site of yours. It is due to awareness about the method through such sites that the Bates method lives on and gives hope to countless people of freedom from the prison of defective sight.
I am a PhD student with very high myopia (-9.5D). I had known about the Bates method since I was like 14 but never got round top really practicing it. Thanks for the wonderful site of yours. It is due to awareness about the method through such sites that the Bates method lives on and gives hope to countless people of freedom from the prison of defective sight.
erin from polar bear city
January 20, 2004 at 23:26 (GMT)
heyy
Lee Danhuey <lee_ldh@yahoo.com> from Malaysia
March 16, 2004 at 13:15 (GMT)
I am into improving my vision recently after wearing glasses for more than 2 decades! I had high myopia -6.00 on both eyes and minimal astigmatism, -0.50 at axis 180 on LE 2 weeks ago. Then I started to wear accelerated orthokeratology lenses but I am not very happy with the result as I now have higher astigmatism and unstable refractive error. My eyesight is far from perfect. I hope Bates method can help.
bharanitharan <bharani_bharani11@yahoo.co.in> from india
February 05, 2004 at 16:06 (GMT)
i am 19 years old I am suffering from short sight my eye power is -1.75 can i am able to get relief from this without wearing the glasses please guide for my good eye sight
Daren Scot Wilson <darenw@ciclops.org> from Boulder, Colorado
February 08, 2004 at 09:30 (GMT)
My vision story has two parts. Part one: when i was kid, i read a lot and was keenly interested in astronomy, math, etc. My parents took me to a somewhat unconventional optometrist who prescribed glasses, said it would be for just a few years, they'd shape my eyes or something, and as an adult i wouldn't need glasses, at least not til my forties. This has been the case. I have not needed glasses for my adult life til a few years ago. In contrast, i had a cousin who also was a heavy reader, but her parents thought it was just a scam for optometrists to make money... but later she had to wear thick glasses all the time. Dr. Reindl (sp?) did something right. But now part two: a few years ago, i found i had to hold text farther away to read it. Slight farsightedness, not a problem in bright lights. But eventually just had to get glasses. I did meet Bob Zuraw who helps people with natural methods of improving eyesight, but i met a wonderful girlfriend, moved to Colorado etc. eventually just got glasses. The darn things are a bother to carry around, get scrathed and fingerprinted, and i don't like the barrier between me and the world. I am all gung-ho for trying the Bates thing, and very glad to have found this web site which is well organized, had real information, and already have learned something useful from Bates' 1920 book. But i guess i'd better not stay up til 4am reading...
asaba owerri <homeboy_owerri_asaba@aba.us> from lagos
February 10, 2004 at 12:46 (GMT)
i love your web site. keep it up
Martin Kuo from Jacksonville, FL
February 14, 2004 at 04:34 (GMT)
Interesting site. I just started looking at the Bates method yesterday. I am hoping to rid my glasses and contacts by doing some of the exercises for the eyes. I already noticed some improvement in just one day.
JOSEPH <joethr4u@hotmail.com> from OMAN
February 21, 2004 at 15:00 (GMT)
This site is a good one.i have experienced few changes in my eye power after following the methods given in this site.
George Selwyn <selwyn51@yahoo.com> from chicago
February 16, 2004 at 20:28 (GMT)
I trying to find some natural exercise to avoid my glasses which i am wearing for reading and driving for about 4 years. Iam 50 y.o .please advice
thanks
thanks
Katrina Patterson <katrina@key2.demon.co> from London
October 23, 2004 at 20:46 (GMT)
I'm so sorry about the websites on my last entry I didn't realise that it would appear on the site. It was in the spirit of sharing info with the author.
Please feel free to delete.
Please feel free to delete.
John Darsp <jdarsp@hotmail.com> from Melbourne in Australia
March 29, 2004 at 09:04 (GMT)
I am new at finding out how to improve my eyesight naturally.
I have been shortsighted since about 121 years old and I really would like to explore improving my eyesight without going under the laser light.
I have been shortsighted since about 121 years old and I really would like to explore improving my eyesight without going under the laser light.
Brenda from Philippines
March 31, 2004 at 18:02 (GMT)
Thank you
Otis Brown from Waynesboro, PA
March 31, 2004 at 20:02 (GMT)
Dave,
Keep up the good work. The ODs on sci.med.vision
just love to rip into Bates -- to make
themselves feel good I guess.
Bates was absolutly right about the minus lens
at 20/70 -- and going down to 20/200 at that
point. That is the sad truth of this difficult situation.
At least Bates had the guts to take that first step ...
Best,
Otis
Keep up the good work. The ODs on sci.med.vision
just love to rip into Bates -- to make
themselves feel good I guess.
Bates was absolutly right about the minus lens
at 20/70 -- and going down to 20/200 at that
point. That is the sad truth of this difficult situation.
At least Bates had the guts to take that first step ...
Best,
Otis
ABAD, JOHN from CALIFORNIA
April 01, 2004 at 22:43 (GMT)
I AM NEW TO THIS, I AM JUST EXPLORING, I WEAR CONTACTS AND AM LOOKING FOR A NATURAL WAY TO IMPROVE MY SIGHT
Paul Azadian <pazadian@peoplepc.com> from Alameda, California
April 02, 2004 at 21:35 (GMT)
I have diabetes and have developped cataracts. I am interested in improving my eye sight.
John Cell from College Hill, Ohio, USA
April 11, 2004 at 20:42 (GMT)
In 1981 I stumbled across Dr. Bates' very old book in a municipal library. I had just gotten out of the Navy. I was 27. I had -4.25 sphere in one eye, and -4.0 in the other. (I had -2.00 in both eyes before I joined the Navy.) For the next two years I practiced the Bates exercises. (I also practiced hatha yoga, swimming, and a healthy, natural diet, high in minimally-processed foods, especially nuts, grains, fruits, and vegetables.) I knew that my eyesight was much better, and went to an O.D. When he told me that I was -2.25 in both eyes, I expressed my joy. He said I was crazy. A couple of weeks later, Mother Earth News published an issue with one of the cover stories being "20/20 vision without glasses". The article included a sidebar about Dr. Bates. I bought the magazine and took it to him, along with my Navy medical records and the last pair of glasses they issued me. He was still skeptical. Shortly afterward, I helped an acquaintance to use the Bates method to get back to 20/20. (He wasn't very bad before, but he wanted to be a military pilot. Turned out he was also colorblind, so he became a navigator instead.) Over the years, I've helped a few others to improve their vision. I know that if I could completely control my life, if I could just be a person of leisure, I could improve my vision to 20/20. But I'm a little lazy and a lot busy, so I am content that in the last 20 years, my vision has remained -2.25 in one eye, and changed to -2.5 in the other. I caution others to be careful in exercising the eyes, so as to not induce astigmatism like I did. (Don't over exercise in one direction, and perform exercises smoothly, evenly, completely.) The method works. Thanks so much for this site that I can refer others to.
Michael Busse <michael_busse@hotmail.com> from Portland, Oregon
April 07, 2004 at 10:39 (GMT)
Very interesting site. I have been doing exercises from the See Clearly Method and recently started using the Vision For Life program. I have not used my glasses for a long time because I was finding them very detrimental to any improvement. I had read much of the work of Bates and was happy to see that I was on the right track when I read the section which referred to clear flashes. I had mentioned that occurring to me to my relatives before I even read about it. Keep up the good work.
Jack A. Brown from Grants Pass, Oregon USA
April 03, 2004 at 20:43 (GMT)
I came across this as a result of the Health Sciences Institute Forum....haven't read anything but the 'guest book' yet, but am tickled pink to have found it! Thank you!
Yana Dimitrova <yana_a@bitex.bg> from nice website
April 15, 2004 at 18:20 (GMT)
nice website
jennifer campell from toronto, canada
May 03, 2004 at 18:03 (GMT)
Hello,
I wanted to send you my story in case in could be helpful to anyone who is interested in improving their sight without surgery. Several years ago I took an evening course on natural vision improvement at the Learning Annex in Toronto, Ontario. I was introduced to the concept of natural vision improvement.
My left eye has always been weaker than my right, but my right eye was strong enough to carry me until university without wearing glasses. In my first year of university I found myself sitting closer and closer to the front of the classroom in order to be able to make out what the professors were writing. I think my lifestyle at the time contributed to the demise of my vision - I wanted to fit into the social scene and like my peers I was drinking too much beer. By the end of my first year at university I was wearing my first pair of glasses.
Over the course of the next decade my vision grew worse and I continually asked for the strongest perscription. I didn't realize that this wasn't helping matters. By the end of my twenties I had become allergic to contact lenses and anything else I put near my eyes - make-up included. If I hadn't become allergic to contact lenses I don't think I would have taken a natural vision improvement course. I would have settled with wearing contacts for the rest of my life. But I was now wearing glasses full-time and wearing glasses made me feel unattractive, no matter how funky the frame. I needed glasses for everything - watching tv, driving, reading sub-titles on films, even to properly see a person who was sitting a few feet away. When I looked in the mirror I couldn't make myself out clearly unless I put on my glasses.
In 1997 I saw an ad for an evening course in the Learning Annex magazine and I attended. I learned that by constantly wearing glasses (and asking for the strongest perscription) I was making my vision worse. The following year I left on a trip to Asia for a year and wore perscription sunglasses the entire time. I was seeing new and beautiful sights and I wanted everything to be in focus. But upon my return home I just stopped wearing glasses altogether. I also changed my life-style - quit social drinking/smoking, coffee and cleaned up my diet, especially omitting sugar. I don't know if that made much difference, but it couldn't have hurt. I had gotten quite sick while travelling and was in need of rebuilding my immune system. I had relied on Western medicine all of my life (especially anti-biotics), and the more I read the more I realized I wouldn't regain my health that way. In fact from what I read, all of the antibiotics that I had been taking had damaged my immune system. So I tried different modalities of "alternative" treatments ranging from supplements, to acupuncture, to homeopathy - even juice fasting. Even though I didn't use these treatments with my vision in mind, I do believe that they probably positively impacted my entire system, and my vision simply fell under that umbrella. Two years ago I had a series of chiropractic treatments. Although it is hard to say for sure because I didn't have my eyes tested immediately before and after the treatments, I do feel as though my vision became a little sharper after these treatments.
I had my eyes tested in May of 1999, a few months after I stopped wearing my glasses. My vision was still quite out of focus at that time. But I didn't downgrade and ask for a weaker perscription - I just went cold turkey! For the first time in years my eyes were able to relax.
I can't say for certain how long it took for my eyes to improve but I know they started improving immediately. For the last several years I have been driving without glasses (even at night), watching tv (even reading sub-titles without them) and recognizing friends at a distance walking on the street.
I recently went for my annual physical and my GP said that everyone should see an eye doctor every few years, so for the first time in five years I had my eyes checked. He told me what I already knew -
I wanted to send you my story in case in could be helpful to anyone who is interested in improving their sight without surgery. Several years ago I took an evening course on natural vision improvement at the Learning Annex in Toronto, Ontario. I was introduced to the concept of natural vision improvement.
My left eye has always been weaker than my right, but my right eye was strong enough to carry me until university without wearing glasses. In my first year of university I found myself sitting closer and closer to the front of the classroom in order to be able to make out what the professors were writing. I think my lifestyle at the time contributed to the demise of my vision - I wanted to fit into the social scene and like my peers I was drinking too much beer. By the end of my first year at university I was wearing my first pair of glasses.
Over the course of the next decade my vision grew worse and I continually asked for the strongest perscription. I didn't realize that this wasn't helping matters. By the end of my twenties I had become allergic to contact lenses and anything else I put near my eyes - make-up included. If I hadn't become allergic to contact lenses I don't think I would have taken a natural vision improvement course. I would have settled with wearing contacts for the rest of my life. But I was now wearing glasses full-time and wearing glasses made me feel unattractive, no matter how funky the frame. I needed glasses for everything - watching tv, driving, reading sub-titles on films, even to properly see a person who was sitting a few feet away. When I looked in the mirror I couldn't make myself out clearly unless I put on my glasses.
In 1997 I saw an ad for an evening course in the Learning Annex magazine and I attended. I learned that by constantly wearing glasses (and asking for the strongest perscription) I was making my vision worse. The following year I left on a trip to Asia for a year and wore perscription sunglasses the entire time. I was seeing new and beautiful sights and I wanted everything to be in focus. But upon my return home I just stopped wearing glasses altogether. I also changed my life-style - quit social drinking/smoking, coffee and cleaned up my diet, especially omitting sugar. I don't know if that made much difference, but it couldn't have hurt. I had gotten quite sick while travelling and was in need of rebuilding my immune system. I had relied on Western medicine all of my life (especially anti-biotics), and the more I read the more I realized I wouldn't regain my health that way. In fact from what I read, all of the antibiotics that I had been taking had damaged my immune system. So I tried different modalities of "alternative" treatments ranging from supplements, to acupuncture, to homeopathy - even juice fasting. Even though I didn't use these treatments with my vision in mind, I do believe that they probably positively impacted my entire system, and my vision simply fell under that umbrella. Two years ago I had a series of chiropractic treatments. Although it is hard to say for sure because I didn't have my eyes tested immediately before and after the treatments, I do feel as though my vision became a little sharper after these treatments.
I had my eyes tested in May of 1999, a few months after I stopped wearing my glasses. My vision was still quite out of focus at that time. But I didn't downgrade and ask for a weaker perscription - I just went cold turkey! For the first time in years my eyes were able to relax.
I can't say for certain how long it took for my eyes to improve but I know they started improving immediately. For the last several years I have been driving without glasses (even at night), watching tv (even reading sub-titles without them) and recognizing friends at a distance walking on the street.
I recently went for my annual physical and my GP said that everyone should see an eye doctor every few years, so for the first time in five years I had my eyes checked. He told me what I already knew -
Peaches Stevens <hispeach77@yahoo.com> from Williams, Indiana
April 24, 2004 at 23:32 (GMT)
Hi, I have been looking for a possible way to help my vision be restored to where it used to be. I am presbyopic and this is also seemingingly causing me to have blurry vision at dusk now. so....my vision used to be really good and I'd like to "see" that again! I do a lot of reading and grading(as a teacher). I'm looking forward to learning more.
jennifer campbell from toronto, canada
May 03, 2004 at 18:05 (GMT)
this is the ending to my story (which was cut off below as my text was too long)...
I recently went for my annual physical and my GP said that everyone should see an eye doctor every few years, so for the first time in five years I had my eyes checked. He told me what I already knew - that I could now drive legally without glasses and that my right eye is essentially 20/20. My left eye also improved significantly but it is not perfect. I am sure if I had followed the exercises that the teacher had recommended it likely would be. I've had a lot of stress in my life in the last several years and yet my vision improved in spite of this. My vision went from -2.75 to -1 (left) and -1.25 to -0.25 (right eye). I know that some people have much worse vision than I had, but my experience shows that vision deterioration is not an irreversable process nor a function of aging. (I stopped wearing my glasses when I was 32 or 33 and I am now 37). Ultimately I feel that most important thing that I did was to stop wearing my glasses. I believe that if I had continued to do so even while doing the other treatments my vision would not have improved dramatically.
I would highly recommend this inexpensive and non-invasive process.
Jennifer Campbell
Toronto, Ontario
April, 2004
I recently went for my annual physical and my GP said that everyone should see an eye doctor every few years, so for the first time in five years I had my eyes checked. He told me what I already knew - that I could now drive legally without glasses and that my right eye is essentially 20/20. My left eye also improved significantly but it is not perfect. I am sure if I had followed the exercises that the teacher had recommended it likely would be. I've had a lot of stress in my life in the last several years and yet my vision improved in spite of this. My vision went from -2.75 to -1 (left) and -1.25 to -0.25 (right eye). I know that some people have much worse vision than I had, but my experience shows that vision deterioration is not an irreversable process nor a function of aging. (I stopped wearing my glasses when I was 32 or 33 and I am now 37). Ultimately I feel that most important thing that I did was to stop wearing my glasses. I believe that if I had continued to do so even while doing the other treatments my vision would not have improved dramatically.
I would highly recommend this inexpensive and non-invasive process.
Jennifer Campbell
Toronto, Ontario
April, 2004
david <paul.blodge@ntlworld.com> from Earth :P
May 05, 2004 at 00:17 (GMT)
Nice site
Tom Roach <tommyboy197910@hotmail.com> from Los Angeles,CA.
May 25, 2004 at 02:45 (GMT)
I am aware of the Bates method of correcting one's vision thru natural exercises but, from some discouragement of hearing my optometrist and others say that it doesn't work cause poor vision is genetic and will only get worse with age did nothing but make me give up hope and continue wearing contacts and glasses. Let me tell you, I hate wearing them both. They are such a nuisance to deal with sometimes. I'm not giving up! I will continue to learn how to correct my vision thru the Bates method. Thank you so much for putting time into this site.
Tom
Tom
Mary Bukkake <bukkake_mary@yahoo.com> from USA
May 08, 2004 at 17:33 (GMT)
Nice website. Keep up the good work!
Mary Bukkake
Single and looking :)
bukkake_mary@yahoo.com
Mary Bukkake
Single and looking :)
bukkake_mary@yahoo.com
ME <drama752000@yahoo.com> from new orleans
June 01, 2004 at 02:48 (GMT)
site sucks! duznt tell u how ta do the method!
Ray Gottlieb <raygottlieb@frontiernet.net> from Rochester, NY
June 17, 2004 at 11:49 (GMT)
Thanks for your energy and good work. Your site has just the right tone.
Roger <at@site.com> from Miami / http://www.altamega.net
June 16, 2004 at 14:33 (GMT)
Nice site. Keep up the good work.
Andrius <zemaitiz@one.lt> from kaimas
June 09, 2004 at 17:29 (GMT)
Liam <liam_jordan1985@yahoo.co.uk> from Manchester Uk
June 14, 2004 at 08:29 (GMT)
I had my first clear vision for about 1 second the other day!!!! Whooohooo go BATES!!!!!
Eric Pinhead <wredruum@aol.com> from U.S.A.
June 24, 2004 at 18:21 (GMT)
Nice site! Who's the old guy up in the top left corner though??
Thomas Regelien <tcr42@tiscali.de> from Rheine, germany
July 01, 2004 at 09:36 (GMT)
Ich werde die Bates Methode ausprobieren -- ab sofort!
Bei Erfolg, werde ich an dieser Stelle Bericht erstatten.
Bei Erfolg, werde ich an dieser Stelle Bericht erstatten.
Yiannis Boutalis <ybout@ee.duth.gr> from Hellas (Greece)
July 20, 2004 at 12:50 (GMT)
Thank you for the valuable material. I have downloaded some of the scanned books you provide. A finer scanning resolution would be more appropriate for easy reading, but the material is still a great help
Paula from Germany
July 25, 2004 at 09:50 (GMT)
Sehr informative Seite, ich werde mich weiter mit der Bates Methode beschäftigen.
Stefan Knott from UK
August 21, 2004 at 21:03 (GMT)
I had been doing eye sight improvement techniques for about a year when i came across this site. I was so frustrated because i believed i was making little or no improvement, and there were times when i thought the techniques were actually worsening my vision.
And then i came across this site. What caught my eyeimmediately (excuse the pun) was the "signs of progress" section. My heart lifted when i saw that even short flashes of perfect vision were signs of improvement, because i was having them regularly - at least a once a day. Later I found something here that seemed to improve my vision immediately. It was this simple bit of information:
Dont TRY to see.
WIthin minutes i noticed a difference. And now i want to thank the author of this website for being responsible for a moment of inspiration at a point when i was about to give up hope completely. Thanks also to Bates, who is yet to get the recognition he deserves.
And then i came across this site. What caught my eyeimmediately (excuse the pun) was the "signs of progress" section. My heart lifted when i saw that even short flashes of perfect vision were signs of improvement, because i was having them regularly - at least a once a day. Later I found something here that seemed to improve my vision immediately. It was this simple bit of information:
Dont TRY to see.
WIthin minutes i noticed a difference. And now i want to thank the author of this website for being responsible for a moment of inspiration at a point when i was about to give up hope completely. Thanks also to Bates, who is yet to get the recognition he deserves.
stoyan <pavlovstoyan@abv.bg> from Bulgaria
July 23, 2004 at 08:57 (GMT)
Hi
My name is Stoyan and i am am 22 years old. I have myopia and i would like to recomend me some simple exercises to decrease it. I am an IT student and am i front of the monitor all the day.
Thank sincirely. I will appreciate you assistance
Sofia , Bulgaria 23.07.2004
My name is Stoyan and i am am 22 years old. I have myopia and i would like to recomend me some simple exercises to decrease it. I am an IT student and am i front of the monitor all the day.
Thank sincirely. I will appreciate you assistance
Sofia , Bulgaria 23.07.2004
Louise <louise@mielke.cc> from Canada
August 04, 2004 at 15:16 (GMT)
I refuse to wear glasses or contact lenses because of this site. There are people who won't even read anything on here because they ~think~ it's absolute nonsense.
I, for one, will insist that glasses are debilitating no matter what - no matter who tells me otherwise - and I will continue mentioning this site to those people.
I, for one, will insist that glasses are debilitating no matter what - no matter who tells me otherwise - and I will continue mentioning this site to those people.
Capt Rabinder Singh <sukhpal@cyberway.com.sg> from Singapore
August 30, 2004 at 06:46 (GMT)
Excellent and giving the best advice possible.
Katrina Patterson <katrina@key2.demon.co.uk> from London
October 23, 2004 at 20:42 (GMT)
Hi
I came across your site by chance whilst looking for info for a friend on pin hole glasses. Your site was v helpful.
I have been hosting workshops for Vision Trainer Leo Angart in the UK for the last 8 years and have answered so many queries myself that now I am starting to train people.
www.vision-training.com.
I am just getting ready to go to the 19th International Holistic Vision Conference to be held in Madeira, Portugal.
Their website is www.lakelandsylvia.come.br
Meir Schneider, Martin Sussman and Ray Gottleib will be speaking.
Previous years they've been in Paris and Zurich
Kind regards
Katrina
I came across your site by chance whilst looking for info for a friend on pin hole glasses. Your site was v helpful.
I have been hosting workshops for Vision Trainer Leo Angart in the UK for the last 8 years and have answered so many queries myself that now I am starting to train people.
www.vision-training.com.
I am just getting ready to go to the 19th International Holistic Vision Conference to be held in Madeira, Portugal.
Their website is www.lakelandsylvia.come.br
Meir Schneider, Martin Sussman and Ray Gottleib will be speaking.
Previous years they've been in Paris and Zurich
Kind regards
Katrina
ali jamah <allynoorj@yahoo.com> from nairobi, Kenya
September 28, 2004 at 13:23 (GMT)
Since discovering this website and applying its teachings,my mind has eased: i breath easy, sleep better, think smarter and of course see better. Relaxation of the mind is the key.
Buyar <paramahita@yahoo.com> from Bali - Indonesia
August 28, 2004 at 07:27 (GMT)
I like your website; I will come again sometime.
crystal f. from halifax
October 05, 2004 at 17:16 (GMT)
thank you st. jude for services rendered.
ali jamah <allynoorj@yahoo.com> from nairobi, Kenya
September 07, 2004 at 11:29 (GMT)
Kind Regards.
The precious gift of knowledge that your website has bestowed on me is beyond any thanks i can manage to offer.
The least i could do is to extend it to the many who need it in my community.
Kindly include me in any of the mailing lists that may possess.
Thank You.
The precious gift of knowledge that your website has bestowed on me is beyond any thanks i can manage to offer.
The least i could do is to extend it to the many who need it in my community.
Kindly include me in any of the mailing lists that may possess.
Thank You.
Webmaster <david@iblindness.org> from CA
October 24, 2004 at 00:23 (GMT)
There is a typo in the below post about the Portugal conference. The correct url is www.lakelandsylvia.com.br
James from UK
November 09, 2004 at 12:07 (GMT)
I do not consider myself someone who moans about illness and stuff, but even for me, one year out of no where, came a headache like no other, I have now suffered with a continual headache for 8 years now ( maybe more like pressure on the temple ) and been to the Dr's countless times for differing tests, I visited the Opticians every year and basically they found nothing wrong...my sight was getting slightly worse with each visit and again a new pair of glasses was paid for ( i didn't want to make my sight worse now did i ! ), all this did damage to my normal positive outlook on things.
The most annoying thing is though, in that 8 years, I have moved in with my partner, got married and had two great children and played some wicked rounds of golf !...but all these moments have been overshadowed by the fact i always had a damn headache.
And now with access to the internet, I surfed for help or something that might help, out there maybe probably millions like me...surely someone somewhere had the same problem and may have found a way of relieving the symptoms ??
After typing in "eye exercises" into a search engine, I then i stumbled onto this guy called W H Bates. From then on i visited quite a few sites reading up a lot about W H Bates and his findings, which I must say is fascinating..... I find it hard to believe that this information has to be spread the way it is.....word of mouth and the internet, why is this information ( considering that method has been around for decades)...not readily available, even if it is not main stream medicine or practice, I want the option, and for my Dr to say "well there may be something that can help you but it is not a typical medical procedure"...and let me decide for myself if its something i want to do.
Anyway...I have ordered the "Better site without glasses" book and am waiting for delivery. With modern science and myself being told " bad eyesight is a genetic trait" If the book does what is say's, and reading the reviews and the notes in the guest book ...i will be the happiest person alive...and will help those who may have symptoms like me and have no where to turn.
So for now, goodbye, and upon the arrival of my book, i will again come back to this site and leave feedback which ever way !!
The most annoying thing is though, in that 8 years, I have moved in with my partner, got married and had two great children and played some wicked rounds of golf !...but all these moments have been overshadowed by the fact i always had a damn headache.
And now with access to the internet, I surfed for help or something that might help, out there maybe probably millions like me...surely someone somewhere had the same problem and may have found a way of relieving the symptoms ??
After typing in "eye exercises" into a search engine, I then i stumbled onto this guy called W H Bates. From then on i visited quite a few sites reading up a lot about W H Bates and his findings, which I must say is fascinating..... I find it hard to believe that this information has to be spread the way it is.....word of mouth and the internet, why is this information ( considering that method has been around for decades)...not readily available, even if it is not main stream medicine or practice, I want the option, and for my Dr to say "well there may be something that can help you but it is not a typical medical procedure"...and let me decide for myself if its something i want to do.
Anyway...I have ordered the "Better site without glasses" book and am waiting for delivery. With modern science and myself being told " bad eyesight is a genetic trait" If the book does what is say's, and reading the reviews and the notes in the guest book ...i will be the happiest person alive...and will help those who may have symptoms like me and have no where to turn.
So for now, goodbye, and upon the arrival of my book, i will again come back to this site and leave feedback which ever way !!
Rob <rob2000@razorback.ca> from Canada
November 10, 2004 at 04:02 (GMT)
Looking good... !
Rob <rob2000@razorback.yi.org> from Canada
November 10, 2004 at 04:14 (GMT)
It's me again, just wanted to note that some links don't work in netscape =(
Kevin W <show@thetruthsession.com> from Richmond Va
November 23, 2004 at 22:11 (GMT)
Nice site.
stan waterfield <slkcmw@aol.com> from usa
December 11, 2004 at 13:37 (GMT)
I work on the computer alot and my eyes are getting worse
Gloria from Sydney, Australia
December 16, 2004 at 02:48 (GMT)
Thank You For This Site. It's The Best I have Seen, and I have been surfing the net for a while.I thank God and I thank you from my heart for this site. It has helped me have faith in learning to see again. So many times I have cried out to God to heal my eyes. I also know that I let my vision get stolen from me by bad habits.
I am a designer and artist and when I sketch wearing glasses objects, people, textures and colours, things all look manufactured, fake and too objective. There is a sadness and grieving when I wear glasses to sketch. I want to draw the beauty of what I sketch and feel what I draw. Nothing can compare with the gift of natural vision, shape, vibrant colour, and clarity.
Webmaster, You Rock!, I love You! And God Bless You Greatly!
I am a designer and artist and when I sketch wearing glasses objects, people, textures and colours, things all look manufactured, fake and too objective. There is a sadness and grieving when I wear glasses to sketch. I want to draw the beauty of what I sketch and feel what I draw. Nothing can compare with the gift of natural vision, shape, vibrant colour, and clarity.
Webmaster, You Rock!, I love You! And God Bless You Greatly!
monica soffiatti from rio de janeiro brasil
December 23, 2004 at 15:09 (GMT)
I used glasses from 11 to 18 years old.(hipermeopia e astigmatism)
I was in london studing for a six month period i lost my pair of glasses in a museum bathroom.
For some days i was really sad about it
because it was the beginning of my studies, but i decided to wait until i come back home to get a new one.
I found a book in a health food shop "better sight without glasses"
I started imediatly doing the exercices and by the time i came back home i didnt need to use glasses any more.
I went to the doctor just to confirm it
Now i am 39 and my vision is still perfect! thanks to the bates method.
I tried to spread this experience
but most of the people look at me l
i am nuts.
From now i am going to recomend this website
Thanks for your generosity
Monica
I was in london studing for a six month period i lost my pair of glasses in a museum bathroom.
For some days i was really sad about it
because it was the beginning of my studies, but i decided to wait until i come back home to get a new one.
I found a book in a health food shop "better sight without glasses"
I started imediatly doing the exercices and by the time i came back home i didnt need to use glasses any more.
I went to the doctor just to confirm it
Now i am 39 and my vision is still perfect! thanks to the bates method.
I tried to spread this experience
but most of the people look at me l
i am nuts.
From now i am going to recomend this website
Thanks for your generosity
Monica
shamima naaz khan <shamima_007@yahoo.com> from Hyderabad INDIA
December 22, 2004 at 10:48 (GMT)
hello,
I am shamima naaz khan of 24 years, an INDIAN and I am suffering from myopia since last 15 years and now I am using the contacts of no. (–5)of each eye, so with your exercise programs, can I improve my eye sightness or can I see clearly without glasses or contacts only with the help of your exercise program?
I am from India so please tell the price in rupees and will you give me hand to hand book or not?
I have to follow the eye exercises through my whole life time and when I stops these exercises, I will be unable to see clearly, or if I discontinue these exercise, I need the glasses or something else?
How many volumes of your books are there? Is there only one or more than if more than then how many please clear me all doubts as soon as possible.
Thank u.
I am shamima naaz khan of 24 years, an INDIAN and I am suffering from myopia since last 15 years and now I am using the contacts of no. (–5)of each eye, so with your exercise programs, can I improve my eye sightness or can I see clearly without glasses or contacts only with the help of your exercise program?
I am from India so please tell the price in rupees and will you give me hand to hand book or not?
I have to follow the eye exercises through my whole life time and when I stops these exercises, I will be unable to see clearly, or if I discontinue these exercise, I need the glasses or something else?
How many volumes of your books are there? Is there only one or more than if more than then how many please clear me all doubts as soon as possible.
Thank u.
Chris Parkin <chris@mendwest.com> from Leics., UK
December 23, 2004 at 11:03 (GMT)
Excellent and very useful site. Thanks very much.
Otis Brown <otisbrown@pa.net> from PA, USA
December 26, 2004 at 03:48 (GMT)
Dear David,
What a excellent and nice web page.
You provide and great copy of
Bates' book. Even he would be proud.
I always support those who "buck" the
traditional minus-lens, because I judge
that is the only way we are going to
induce "change" in this brain-dead
system of the minus lens as a quick-fix.
Keep up the good work.
Best,
Otis
What a excellent and nice web page.
You provide and great copy of
Bates' book. Even he would be proud.
I always support those who "buck" the
traditional minus-lens, because I judge
that is the only way we are going to
induce "change" in this brain-dead
system of the minus lens as a quick-fix.
Keep up the good work.
Best,
Otis
Tejinder <arora_tejinder@yahoo.com> from India
December 27, 2004 at 02:43 (GMT)
My eyedight No is 3 and half in negative , ususlly when i study to sit then i can't study more than 30 min to 45 mins.. my eyesight is going as more in negative day by day. so i need this .Thanks
Eloir from brazil
January 16, 2005 at 20:28 (GMT)
I'll try it!
ally <allynoorj@yahoo.com> from Nairobi, Kenya
January 18, 2005 at 11:39 (GMT)
Anybody with Aldous Huxley's THE ART OF SEEING? I am dying to get my hands on it.
Toni <smiley_chic2007@yahoo.com> from Eureka Kansas
January 18, 2005 at 15:38 (GMT)
Does it really work?
joseph <jellybeanie1924@zoominternet.net> from slippery rock
January 27, 2005 at 01:12 (GMT)
I'm tired of wearing contacts and glasses...Willing to try this method and see better with out the crutches of both.Hope it works...I believe it will...Thanks
Colleen <cola17@hotmail.com> from Canada
February 02, 2005 at 21:02 (GMT)
Hello,
Just read Bates site and was wondering where one could order or buy a snellen card test. Please let me know.
Colleen
Just read Bates site and was wondering where one could order or buy a snellen card test. Please let me know.
Colleen
Mary from Irish living in Spain
February 03, 2005 at 18:14 (GMT)
Hi all,
I´m 27 years old. Feb last year I had laser (lasik) done on my eyes but it´s coming back...I´ve been noticing it in the last few months. I used to have myopia 6 or so and something like 0.25 or so astigmatism in each eye. I´m not sure what i have now as I´ve made an appontment with the doc who operated me for next week but I reckon it must be about 1 or so...Thank God by no means as much as I had but I want to get rid of all myopia.
When I was in my teens I had about 4/5 of myopia and one day my mother found H. Benjamin´s "Better Eyesight without Glasses" bases on the Bates method at a jumble sale. I read the book but upon realising that I´d have to go without glasses I never tried it as I thought I had alreay too much for it to work on me and for me to go without glasses with such a strength of myopia didn´t appeal to me. I realise this was foolish of me..I could have started it during my school holidays when it wouldn´t have been so inconvenient.... BUT NOW OLDER AND WISER AND POST-SURGERY I´M MORE DETERMINED
MY QUESTION IS: Having had surgery done is there any precaution I should take with exercising the muscles in my eyes...anything I should do a little diff....?
Forgive me if it´s a silly question ...it´s just that I don´t remember what I read in the Benjamin book years ago and have just started to look up info on the internet yesterday and have yet to arrange for my family to send me the book...
ALSO: Also during this time of little determination during my teens I bought "pinhole glasses" at a health store which I ended up not using...these are glasses with black non-transparent lenses but with lots of tiny holes...you wear them each night for 10 min last thing before bed while watching television and they´re supposed to get the muscles of your eyes focusing properly and then they stay that way during sleep...In the last few days I´ve been doing this but I don´t know if they´re doing more harm than good...ARE THEY ANTI-BATES METHOD? Again it´s cos I haven´t yet read enough to know...Yes, I can see the T.V. better with them but ís this straining to see? The last few days my nearsightedness is annoying me more but I don´t know if it´s cos of these glasses I´m straining or inconsiously straining due to being anxious and more conscious of my sight before I see the doc....
Sorry for going on for so long...always describe too much...Thanks....ANY ADVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED....
I´m 27 years old. Feb last year I had laser (lasik) done on my eyes but it´s coming back...I´ve been noticing it in the last few months. I used to have myopia 6 or so and something like 0.25 or so astigmatism in each eye. I´m not sure what i have now as I´ve made an appontment with the doc who operated me for next week but I reckon it must be about 1 or so...Thank God by no means as much as I had but I want to get rid of all myopia.
When I was in my teens I had about 4/5 of myopia and one day my mother found H. Benjamin´s "Better Eyesight without Glasses" bases on the Bates method at a jumble sale. I read the book but upon realising that I´d have to go without glasses I never tried it as I thought I had alreay too much for it to work on me and for me to go without glasses with such a strength of myopia didn´t appeal to me. I realise this was foolish of me..I could have started it during my school holidays when it wouldn´t have been so inconvenient.... BUT NOW OLDER AND WISER AND POST-SURGERY I´M MORE DETERMINED
MY QUESTION IS: Having had surgery done is there any precaution I should take with exercising the muscles in my eyes...anything I should do a little diff....?
Forgive me if it´s a silly question ...it´s just that I don´t remember what I read in the Benjamin book years ago and have just started to look up info on the internet yesterday and have yet to arrange for my family to send me the book...
ALSO: Also during this time of little determination during my teens I bought "pinhole glasses" at a health store which I ended up not using...these are glasses with black non-transparent lenses but with lots of tiny holes...you wear them each night for 10 min last thing before bed while watching television and they´re supposed to get the muscles of your eyes focusing properly and then they stay that way during sleep...In the last few days I´ve been doing this but I don´t know if they´re doing more harm than good...ARE THEY ANTI-BATES METHOD? Again it´s cos I haven´t yet read enough to know...Yes, I can see the T.V. better with them but ís this straining to see? The last few days my nearsightedness is annoying me more but I don´t know if it´s cos of these glasses I´m straining or inconsiously straining due to being anxious and more conscious of my sight before I see the doc....
Sorry for going on for so long...always describe too much...Thanks....ANY ADVICE GREATLY APPRECIATED....
billahern from california
December 28, 2004 at 05:28 (GMT)
hey
Lisa Tonkinson from Parkside, PA , USA
January 16, 2005 at 00:21 (GMT)
I obtained a copy of "Sight without glasses" by Dr. Harold M. Peppard (a disciple of Dr William Horatio Bates) from 1940 (Originally published 1935) at a Thrift Store. After 25 years of wearing glasses, I read the book and started applying the basic principals and immediately saw results within a week. After only 1 month, I threw my glasses away. I've told everyone I know and now everybody wants to try it! I'm so glad you have this web site! Now I have a place to point everyone. Thank you!!
January 15, 2005
January 15, 2005
Mary <marykenny2704@yahoo.com> from Irish living in Spain
February 04, 2005 at 12:35 (GMT)
just wanted to have my email there too in case anyone emails me the answers to these questions
Frida from Sweden
February 05, 2005 at 15:29 (GMT)
I have got the pinhole glasses as well, but is have the same questions as you. There is a lot of information about pinhole glasses and Bates Method on http://www.seeing.org/visiontd/advanced/pinholes/
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DR MARY HARTE, M.D. <gayalayla@mac.com> from PAKISTAN
March 15, 2005 at 03:17 (GMT)
DEAR FRIENDS,
I AM AN IRISH LADY DOCTOR AND I'M WRITING TO YOU FROM PAKISTAN WHERE I HAVE WORKED FREE MAINLY WITH AFGHAN WIDOWS AND THEIR CHILDREN SINCE THE 1980s.
I HAVE TWO ADOPTED SONS AND ONE SUFFERS FROM STARGARDT'S DISEASE BUT STILL HAS GOOD PERIPHERAL VISION THANK GOD BUT I THINK THE BATES METHOD MAY HELP TO SLOW DOWN THE DEGENERATIVE PROCESS.
I MYSELF HAVE FAILING VISION, I'M NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER!
I DESPERATELY WANTED TO GET HOLD OF THIS BOOK, BUT WORKING FREE MEANS I COULDN'T PAY FOR IT, WE LIVE ON A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO I REALLY HAVE NO WORDS TO THANK YOU ALL AT "iblindness.org" . MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT ALL OF YOU.
MARY.
Mary Harte, M.D., M.A., D.T.M.&H. RCP&S (Irel).
gayalayla@mac.com
I AM AN IRISH LADY DOCTOR AND I'M WRITING TO YOU FROM PAKISTAN WHERE I HAVE WORKED FREE MAINLY WITH AFGHAN WIDOWS AND THEIR CHILDREN SINCE THE 1980s.
I HAVE TWO ADOPTED SONS AND ONE SUFFERS FROM STARGARDT'S DISEASE BUT STILL HAS GOOD PERIPHERAL VISION THANK GOD BUT I THINK THE BATES METHOD MAY HELP TO SLOW DOWN THE DEGENERATIVE PROCESS.
I MYSELF HAVE FAILING VISION, I'M NOT GETTING ANY YOUNGER!
I DESPERATELY WANTED TO GET HOLD OF THIS BOOK, BUT WORKING FREE MEANS I COULDN'T PAY FOR IT, WE LIVE ON A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY, SO I REALLY HAVE NO WORDS TO THANK YOU ALL AT "iblindness.org" . MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT ALL OF YOU.
MARY.
Mary Harte, M.D., M.A., D.T.M.&H. RCP&S (Irel).
gayalayla@mac.com
Annie <anibohen@expression.fr> from FRANCE
April 20, 2005 at 17:17 (GMT)
HI,
I've just been on your website and am very impressed by the amount of documents you are proposing
I've been using my own blend of exercises based on Dr Bates' ideas for the past two and a half years and have noticed quite an improvement
I feel exhilarated - also to know that other people go through the same 'adventure'
thanks a lot for your site
annie
I've just been on your website and am very impressed by the amount of documents you are proposing
I've been using my own blend of exercises based on Dr Bates' ideas for the past two and a half years and have noticed quite an improvement
I feel exhilarated - also to know that other people go through the same 'adventure'
thanks a lot for your site
annie
Michael from Portland, Oregon
April 25, 2005 at 05:13 (GMT)
I took my glasses off about 2 years ago. It started with the See Clearly Method, but then I moved on to other books and ideas and found the See Clearly Method to be somewhat limited. I have see much more improvement in my eyesight when I focus more on the spiritual and meditative side of eye exercises. I have been using the E.Y.E workout system that was designed by Jacob Liberman, O.D.,P.D., DSc. (Hon.). It uses blinking red and white lights and help train the eyes to work together. I was very upset with some statements made by an optomerist on the show 20/20. They claim that working long hours in front of the computer will not cause any damage to the eye. If you are born with 20/20 vision you will never need glasses. Having glasses does not cause the eyes to get worse. You can read by candlelight and flashlight with no worries. So much of that seems to totally ignore what is actually going on in the world. They would only mention a couple exercises from the See Clearly Method to represent all of natural eye healing without looking into more indepth. Do not believe them. They are too quick to slap glasses on anyone at anytime.
Pat Ng <patsim168@yahoo.com.sg> from Singapore
April 26, 2005 at 14:21 (GMT)
recommend by a friend inspore to look into Dr Bates method to improve my eye sight which is failing.
I have short/long and astimatism.
I have short/long and astimatism.
Foureyes from Sydney
May 03, 2005 at 11:02 (GMT)
I have not increased the power of my glasses for the last 8yrs simply because whenever i get a new pair of glasses i ask for the same prescription and decline to get my eyes tested.(i usually just say i'm just making a spare and i can see fine with my current specs) Previously, whenever i got my eyes tested my precription would increase and keep increasing until i decided enough. I still get my eyes tested occasionally and on 2 occassions my prescription actually went down! However i've yet to meet anyone who actually managed to completely cure their eyesight so i'm still wondering about the validity of doing eye exercises as a COMPLETE cure. So if there are more ppl out there who have managed to do so, please share your experience.
Kathleen Cardella <Ruby2sd@aol.com> from East Longmeadow, MA
May 06, 2005 at 13:57 (GMT)
Student of NVI for 30 years, function without glasses now exept night driving, corrected minimally.
THANK YOU. I was alone in this adventure for most of my adult life. Just recently with workshops in my area and the internet, I have found a community. AMEN!
THANK YOU. I was alone in this adventure for most of my adult life. Just recently with workshops in my area and the internet, I have found a community. AMEN!
jaime from puerto vallarta, mexico
May 09, 2005 at 20:42 (GMT)
great stuff!
Robert from Slovenia
May 10, 2005 at 09:39 (GMT)
This is definitely the best website about the Bates method.
I just started practicing the method myself. I hope I will benefit from it too.
I just started practicing the method myself. I hope I will benefit from it too.
James O`Rourke <JORER1@AOL.COM> from Iowa City ,Iowa
May 31, 2005 at 20:34 (GMT)
VERY EDUCATING!
Nick <ram.shackle@virgin.net> from London,UK
May 30, 2005 at 22:11 (GMT)
I read the book a little over 3 years ago and believed every word i read. I took off my glasses and have not put them back on since! I had worn glasses for the best part of 10 years from the age of 18 to 28. Part of me wishes that i hadn't ever worn them but at least i'm on the right track now. Life is beautiful. Changes happen in ways you wouldn't expect, physical, emotional, psychological etc. It can get confusing sometimes and i feel like i'm in a bubble that i can't get out off but then other times it's like the greatest trip you'll ever have. When i remind myself of the simplicity and purity of the whole idea i can only smile.
Nick <ram.shackle@virgin.net> from london
June 02, 2005 at 23:53 (GMT)
PartII...I should like to add that i am grateful to the creators of this website. Also, i browsed the 'method of the week' article (Long Swing - Dec 5, 2004 introduced by: David Kiesling) which i found very helpful and it reminded me of what Bates was on about i.e. as your head/body/eyes moves one way you 'see' everything (the world) moving the other way. And, the object you were looking at before you started to move disapears out of the side of your eye (into your memory) until you arrive at the other side etc. I know that this probably doesn't make any sense to anybody but it's really very simple and produces a bizzare feeling around my eyes which is usually quite overwhelming and gives me super vision... You've heard of the spiderman story?..(This is a joker?)
Okay, so now nobody believes me...i understand, it's hard to believe but sometimes you feel like you have to tap into some kind of power that you have which hasn't been used since you were young. It's a step out of your 'old' self...relax every day, your life will flash before you and you will see the world again.(give me money, give me money)
Okay, so now nobody believes me...i understand, it's hard to believe but sometimes you feel like you have to tap into some kind of power that you have which hasn't been used since you were young. It's a step out of your 'old' self...relax every day, your life will flash before you and you will see the world again.(give me money, give me money)
Zoran Krsmanovic <caspermusicsr@yahoo.com> from Macedonia
June 06, 2005 at 18:27 (GMT)
Thank's to Dr.Bates.He's genius will live forever.
Nick <ram.shackle@virgin.net> from london
June 06, 2005 at 21:14 (GMT)
Yes, Zoran, you're right.
MGBADA JOE ABA <MGBADAJOE@ABA.COM> from BENIN
June 09, 2005 at 09:11 (GMT)
I LOVE THIS PAGE. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Len Kramer <lenkramer@gmail.com> from Kettle Falls WA
June 26, 2005 at 19:45 (GMT)
Thank you for this outstanding and vital service. At age 81 my eyesight is of great concern to me. I never have had good eyesight, but with glaucoma, cataracts, floaters and possibly the beginning stages of macular degeneration, I am looking for viable help to keep and improve my eyesight.
God bless you,
Len
God bless you,
Len
haroon <haroonsaif@yahoo.com> from india
June 27, 2005 at 16:59 (GMT)
i am suffering from myopia since last 8 yrs and i happened to see this website i would like to have further info on this please reply
Michael Busse from Portland, Oregon
July 04, 2005 at 06:53 (GMT)
I just recently ordered a computer software program and pinhole glasses to help work on my eyes. Since wearing the glasses, I have had massive improvements in my vision. Astigmatism has improved more than 80 percent. I would say I felt comfortable seeing out about 20 to 30 feet and that has grown to five to six blocks. When I first put on the glasses and then take them off, I felt as if I was taking off a regular pair of glasses and would see things slightly blurred until I got my adjusted. That has changed and more and more I start to retain more of focused images that I see through the pinholes after I remove them. Distance images are looking more like sharp photos with distinctive edges and not like a painting where everything is soft and bleeds together. Don't believe the lies of medical corporations and laser surgeons, you can improve your eyesight.
Alex Mayers <alex_mm453@mail.com> from San Diego
July 17, 2005 at 18:19 (GMT)
Where are the updates? i cant seem to find them. But anyway, nice job.
James Beckett <james194r@yahoo.com> from Miami
July 16, 2005 at 21:20 (GMT)
really good one, but i would stick more with updating and fresh data. this will help a lot to play.
ekeson <ekeson@guyman.com> from lome togo
July 20, 2005 at 16:41 (GMT)
nice site i love it
Mark Watson <mark_ww354@mail.com> from Tampa
July 24, 2005 at 11:59 (GMT)
Congratulations on the new layout. Keep it up to date as a celebrity :)
Barb from Centralia, WA
July 27, 2005 at 01:51 (GMT)
Am interested in trying the pinhole glasses and am wondering where, in the States, is the best place to order them.
Fernando Johnson <fernandojay@caribsurf.com> from Grenada, West Indies
August 07, 2005 at 21:11 (GMT)
This is my first visit to this site. I am excited by what I have read so far.
Fernando
Fernando
fred <frednsueb@yahoo.co.uk> from UK
August 15, 2005 at 15:09 (GMT)
This is my first time visiting this website and I see there are numerous positive reports and messages from those using natural methods to cure eye conditions. I am desperate to know if anyone has been successfull in treating floaters, which are mentioned in Bates book. I have several in both eyes, which have been given a clean bill of health by my optician. Has anybody had any success with this condition or can you offer any advice that can help me please.
Thanks Fred
Thanks Fred
UZOAGBA AKABO <imo@yahoo.com> from ASABA
August 18, 2005 at 20:06 (GMT)
i love this page keep it up.
Lynna from CA, USA
August 29, 2005 at 02:24 (GMT)
I have been researching about ways to help your eyesight improve. When I found out about the Bates Method (with you help, of course), I am thrilled. Out of all the personal wishes I have, it is just to have 20/20 eyesight, or better. It's so exciting to know you can have eyesight even better than 20/20! Please provide free tips? But anyways, this is good. I love it. Keep it up.
I would just like to ask what will be your guarantee the bate's method or eye exercises will help improve vision? Please tell me at my email!
my email: twinxlekute392@sbcglobal.net. ...if anyone knows, please tell!
I would just like to ask what will be your guarantee the bate's method or eye exercises will help improve vision? Please tell me at my email!
my email: twinxlekute392@sbcglobal.net. ...if anyone knows, please tell!
A. Azalea ("Azalea") <artofseeing@yahoo.com> from Portland, Oregon,USA
September 01, 2005 at 01:08 (GMT)
Thank you so much, Dave, for this beautiful website, a total treasure. I've been teaching Bates method, or Natural Vision Improvement, for 12 years now. Yes, it works. It may take more personal involvement than going into glasses would, but what a rich world it opens up, and so much empowerment. Natural seeing is an adventure, and I am truly grateful to experience it and to share it. My previous condition was "old age vision", just one of many names for straining to see.
Blessings and well-wishing!
Azalea
Blessings and well-wishing!
Azalea
Panagiotis Mamakos <pmamak@tee.gr> from Greece
September 01, 2005 at 13:52 (GMT)
Thanks for the free original book.
Christopher from Oregon
September 21, 2005 at 22:14 (GMT)
I'm very concerned as to what is the proper method of iniating this program. Though you're website certainly does lay down the foundation for a regiment, it would be strongly appreciated if you could devise a much more scheduled or structured eye relaxation program. The process is dependent on the individual, I know, but a quick, "So you want to get started? Here's an introductory program to try" page would be fantastic.
Great site otherwise. Keep up the updates, for this seems a necessity to our society.
Great site otherwise. Keep up the updates, for this seems a necessity to our society.
Nell from USA
October 10, 2005 at 01:38 (GMT)
Hi, I found this site thru google and very helpful. Keep this up to reach many! Regards Nell
Dale Lynch <dlynch2005@comcast.net> from Atlanta, GA
October 14, 2005 at 12:56 (GMT)
I am nearsighted & have worn glasses since the 10th grade.
After getting stronger lenses every time I went to the eye doctor, I began to search for a better way. I suffer from allergies and dry eyes as well as stress and strain. 20 years ago I studied the Bates method and believed in it. I studied it, believed in it and did the exercises. For a while I went without glasses at all. Because of stress, strain and lack of time I fell into the trap of impatience and went back to glasses. I don't want to get a stronger prescription again. I want this method to work. I have considered eye surgery, but because of my dry eyes I am told that they may even be drier after the surgery. I have astigmatism so that makes it even more difficult. I have come to the place where I can close my eyes, breathe and say, "The little muscles around my eyes are relaxed" and they immediately begin relaxing. Palming, Sunning, Swinging, Swaying and reading fine print is the way to go I know..It just seems harder now more than ever to let go of tension. I know that discipline and staying with the exercises is the key...and patience. Any suggestions would be appreciated...THANKS! Dale Lynch, Atlanta, GA
After getting stronger lenses every time I went to the eye doctor, I began to search for a better way. I suffer from allergies and dry eyes as well as stress and strain. 20 years ago I studied the Bates method and believed in it. I studied it, believed in it and did the exercises. For a while I went without glasses at all. Because of stress, strain and lack of time I fell into the trap of impatience and went back to glasses. I don't want to get a stronger prescription again. I want this method to work. I have considered eye surgery, but because of my dry eyes I am told that they may even be drier after the surgery. I have astigmatism so that makes it even more difficult. I have come to the place where I can close my eyes, breathe and say, "The little muscles around my eyes are relaxed" and they immediately begin relaxing. Palming, Sunning, Swinging, Swaying and reading fine print is the way to go I know..It just seems harder now more than ever to let go of tension. I know that discipline and staying with the exercises is the key...and patience. Any suggestions would be appreciated...THANKS! Dale Lynch, Atlanta, GA
Jill Deutsch <THINKFUNGUS@cox.net> from Scottsdale, AZ U.S.A.
October 15, 2005 at 07:42 (GMT)
Please tell me where I can find out where there are practitioners of this method.
Thank you.
Jill
Thank you.
Jill
I'll check back here now and then. Have fun!