Years ago when driving home from a long stressful day at my corporate computer job, over-focused on the traffic with tired eyes behind my -10 hard contacts, a male colleague would regularly pass me. Apparently. I never saw him! He … more...
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Seeing Better When I’m Calm
Last week I participated in an energy healing retreat with my long-time teacher Deborah King, and noticed again that the calmer I remain the better I can see. I’ve written before about being present as it relates to vision, … more...
[VIDEO] Principles of Vision Improvement that I’ve Learned from Archery
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A different perspective, by means of learning a new sport or skill, can teach you a lot about vision improvement.
Last year I started learning archery. I noticed some parallels with improving vision that I’d like to share with you. … more...
Beginner Morning and Evening Vision Improvement Routine
The secret to achieving anything is to work at it consistently. That’s absolutely true when it comes to improving your vision.
You can make big mistakes with vision improvement that result in wasted time, and worse, you getting frustrated and … more...
Do You Criticize Yourself For Your Poor Vision?
Many of us have the mistaken idea that pointing out our faults to ourselves will motivate us to do better. “Get that lazy fat body to the gym!” we’ll tell the image in the mirror. Then the part of us … more...
When Is The Right Time For Vision Practice?
Dr. Bates, the natural vision improvement pioneer of the early 20th century, used to get this question a lot from his patients. He would reply that you have as much time to practice seeing with good relaxed healthy vision habits … more...
How Do You Lose Your Focus?
It has always impressed me when I see someone who can keep it together in the midst of chaos, as in Rudyard Kipling’s poem If, which starts “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs … more...
[VIDEO] Why is Myopia so Common in Kids Now?
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Why are so many kids today becoming myopic and wearing glasses? What has changed?
In this video I explore one factor that’s contributing to this epidemic problem of myopia in certain countries like China and the US.
Normally I like … more...
Blur! What Is It Good For?
Some of you may remember a rock song from 1970 with the lyrics “War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!”. You could feel the same way about visual blur, that it has no redeeming value. Why are your eyes … more...
Worrying About My Vision
In the mid-1900s MAD Magazine was born, a satirical comic-book-like publication which made fun of politicians and all things Establishment. Its goofy-looking cartoon mascot was Alfred E. Neuman, whose signature phrase was “What, me worry?”.
A roommate introduced me to … more...
Thoughts On Over-Focusing
When I first started studying vision improvement almost 20 years ago, firmly stuck behind my -10 hard contacts with a -1.75 astigmatism correction, I kept reading that I shouldn’t try to see. “What??!” I thought, completely puzzled. “How can I … more...
Reaching Out Socially, Reaching Out Visually
Soon after I started vision improvement and began examining my feelings and habits surrounding my limited eyesight, I noticed the “reaching out” theme — I didn’t want to do it! Not with my eyes to see in the distance, nor … more...
I Don’t Want to See That!
In exploring how my childhood vision restriction developed, I’ve wondered exactly what it was I didn’t want to see back then. As far as I know I never witnessed a horrible tragedy, like the musician Ray Charles did when his … more...
Imagining Clarity
When I first started studying vision improvement, and examining my own visual habits and ways of thinking, I realized I was expecting blur. Before I looked more than a few feet away, I anticipated the view being fuzzy, if not … more...
[VIDEO] Results of Giveaway Drawing – Winner of Eyesight Improvement Book
We started a drawing on March 3rd for the above rare book. More details and entry info were posted here.
I picked a winner on 3/21:
But she did not respond to my emails after a week. Shame!
The next … more...
Noticing Minor Vision Improvements
When people start a vision improvement program, they are often fixated on seeing clearer and clearer every single day, as if it’s a race they have to win. Or they rush to get out of their strong glasses and see … more...
I Have To Improve My Vision Now!
Rare Book Giveaway – Good Eyesight: Our Birthright
To celebrate the 1000th member joining our Facebook group, I’m giving away this rare book to one lucky person!
After Dr. Bates pioneered modern natural vision improvement methods with his landmark book in 1920, there were dozens of books … more...
Making Myself Do Vision Practice
When I discovered natural vision improvement nearly 20 years ago, and realized it was possible for me to improve and maybe eliminate my lifelong strong myopia, I was thrilled. Thick “coke-bottle” eyeglasses, then thick hard contact lenses, had been a … more...
Vision And Resentment
Resentment is a pushing-away feeling to me, a feeling of indignation, of being wronged, about some situation or at some person. I’ve seen several people complain and express resentment about the unusually cold snowy weather we’ve had in the northeast … more...