I have finally started to realize improvements in my vision, and it’s great. I think it really does come down to facing your fears. You cone to a point where you are relaxed enough to really see when your avoiding … more...
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Thinking About Vision Practice Vs. Actually Doing It
My energy medicine teacher Deborah King often talks about the benefits of meditation, especially that it leads to a calmer, more centered state. On her weekly radio show, I’ve heard her ask a nervous caller many times if she meditates, … more...
I Can See So Much Without My Glasses!
Last night I held a vision coaching session with a new student. We’ve had one previous lesson where we discussed him using his glasses instead of his contacts, so he can easily take them off, and explore seeing naturally. His … more...
Waking Dream: Everything Is Dark!
My dream teacher Robert Moss has taught us to look for signs and messages in the world around us, to use as daily guidance. This series of events seemed like just that for me.
Last week I was adjusting the … more...
Recognizing When I’m Not Relaxed
Several decades ago, after I had just joined a large computer company, I briefly dated a guy about 10 years older who was on the fast track to upper management. He was skinny and “wired”, so full of nervous energy … more...
Eyeglasses As Protection, Eyeglasses As Barrier
Every once in a while, when my male partner is clowning around and I swat in his direction, he fake-complains, “You can’t hit a man with glasses on!”. (His are about -7 and he never takes them off except to … more...
Hurry Up! Do More!
I guess you could say I’ve always been an over-achiever, believing from the time I was a child that the more I accomplished, the more I’d be appreciated. Actually, this was probably as much about avoiding punishment as from any … more...
Meditation and Binaural Beats
I started exploring meditation a little bit recently. Or should I say, exploring it again. I did it in the past, off and on, but I never really had a clear idea of what I wanted to accomplish with it.… more...
If It’s Easy, I Must Not Be Doing Enough!
Lately I’ve been examining my limiting beliefs, what Dr. Bates would call “wrong thoughts”, which might be getting in the way of improving my vision further. The title phrase is one of these. I was trained from a young age … more...
Noticing How Often I Don’t Look
A few months ago my male partner gave me a light-blue microfiber cloth for cleaning my computer screen. It was also excellent for cleaning fingerprint smudges off the face of my phone, and I used it for that at least … more...
Seeing 3D
The richness of the visual depth experience is often a surprise for people who have worn eyeglasses for a long time, then start going without them. Glasses flatten depth. This means those who wear them need to compensate by using … more...
Yes, But I Have Astigmatism!
Quite a few people have listened to me introduce the topic of natural vision improvement, then interrupted me to proclaim (sometimes almost proudly) that since they have astigmatism, this would never work for them. This tells me 2 things: they … more...
Focusing On Seeing Color
Many people pursuing vision improvement concentrate on seeing details more and more clearly, in order to know they’re progressing. Is that line on the eye chart clearer than it was yesterday? Is my eyesight really getting better? Healthy vision includes … more...
Understanding Dry Eye
When people first started coming to me complaining of Dry Eye, it felt to me like one of those fabricated diseases doctors invent to sell prescriptions or operations. You might as well say you have Cut Finger, or Bruised Knee, … more...
Can Cataracts Be Healed Naturally?
Several people have asked me about their cataracts recently, and whether my work as a natural vision teacher could help them. A cataract is a clouding of the crystalline lens of the eye. The lens is formed of many fine … more...
Loving The Light
Since we’ve changed to Standard Time here in NY and are moving closer to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year for us, everyone seems to be complaining about how early it gets dark now. A neighbor told … more...
Do I Really Want To Reach Out?
A few years ago I took a week-long workshop with Peter Grunwald, the developer of the Eyebody Method of vision improvement. He made the point repeatedly that folks with a near-sighted pattern often don’t let their visual energy extend all … more...
What Don’t I Want To See?
The Problem with Glasses
Timeline of William Horatio Bates, founder of the Bates Method of Vision Improvement
I put this together years ago (2005? earlier?), based off the sources further below.
| 1860 | Born on December 27th in Newark, New Jersey, as the son of Charles and Amelia Bates. (Biography; Obituary; Quackenbush, 656) |
| 1881 | Graduated with a B.S. |