When I took a week-long workshop with Peter Grunwald, developer of the vision improvement Eyebody Method, he separated us into groups depending on our particular visual condition. As he beckoned my group of near-sighted folks to come up and … more...
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Orthodox Myopia Research: Blind Alleys and No Cure – 4. Warring Factions – Nature vs. Nurture In Myopia Research
Section 4, the final part of this article, is a continuation from the previous blog post,
Orthodox Myopia Research: Blind Alleys and No Cure: Section 3. Optical Poison Transforms Into Optical Elixir
A 2011 article in Scientific American suggested that … more...
Orthodox Myopia Research: Blind Alleys and No Cure – 3. Optical Poison Transforms Into Optical Elixir
Section 3 of this article is a continuation from the previous blog post,
Orthodox Myopia Research: Blind Alleys and No Cure: Section 2. Latest Myopia Research Findings Lead Back To Square One
In my article in the July-August 2015 edition … more...
Orthodox Myopia Research: Blind Alleys and No Cure – 2. Latest Myopia Research Findings Lead Back To Square One
Section 2 of this article is a continuation from the previous blog post,
Orthodox Myopia Research: Blind Alleys and No Cure: Section 1. Introduction
Recent news articles about myopia have given the impression that vision research scientists are finally making … more...
Orthodox Myopia Research: Blind Alleys and No Cure – Introduction
| Note: This blog post kicks off with Section 1 of an article discussing the depressing and befuddled state of conventional myopia research and the accepted orthodox “treatment” which the public faithfully accepts as the only option. The other three sections |
Time Enough To See
In my teens and early twenties, I inhaled science fiction, imagining a wider world where anything, however fantastic, was possible. I loved the classic author Robert Heinlein’s writing about the Immortals, headed by patriarch Lazarus Long. They lived for centuries, … more...
Fight The Blur? Accept The Blur?
Today I woke after a good long deep sleep, meditated, fell back asleep briefly, then slowly opened my eyes to start my day. Everything was so clear! I glanced outside to see all the details of the budding branches on … more...
Am I Proud Of My Vision Problem?
As a child and teen, I had the strongest glasses of anyone I knew. I got gas permeable hard contacts at age 16, my parents hoping to stop the progression of my “galloping myopia”. Because these had an astigmatism correction … more...
Do You Define Yourself By Your Vision Limitation?
As a young child I had thick eyeglasses, when only one other girl in my elementary school class wore them. Hers were much thinner and weaker than mine. Yes, I was called “Four Eyes” because of my “coke-bottle glasses”, and … more...
What Vision Exercise Will Help Me?
People new to vision improvement may approach it looking for a quick fix. “Just tell me which exercise to do, so I can get rid of this eyesight problem and go on with my life”, they’ll say. Their problem may … more...
What Does That Dream Have To Do With My Vision?
Attention Is Active, Vision Is Passive
When I started studying vision improvement, hoping desperately to improve my strong near-sightedness, I kept reading that trying to see was the enemy. Instead, I should allow myself to see. Trying is strain! OK, I sort of get this, I … more...
Looking Curiously
Dr. Bates, the father of natural vision improvement, was an eye doctor and a scientist. If something about a patient’s eyes didn’t make sense, he didn’t consult a dusty textbook, he started exploring to find out the reason. Why could … more...
Is Your View Of Your Vision Limited?
One of the first things I ask people who come to me for help with their vision is what their goals are. I’ve heard “I just want my eyesight not to get any worse!”, and “I’d love to stop having … more...
Backing Up To See Better
It’s a common habit of nearsighted folks to get very close to things to try to see them. When I attended a workshop several years ago with Peter Grunwald, the developer of the Eyebody Method of vision improvement, he separated … more...
Am I Blocking Sights From Coming To Me?
When I was first starting to improve my vision, I met a highly myopic woman at our holistic eye doctor’s office who became a close friend. We quickly found we had many of the same behavior patterns. Even today, many … more...
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
The vision improvement pioneer Dr. Bates said over 100 years ago that vision is much more about the mind than about the eyes. But can we really change the way our minds work? This book describes the fascinating history of … more...
Taking A Visual Sip Instead Of A Gulp
Go big or go home! we’re told. Or Super-Size me!, as if a normal-sized portion could never be enough. What happened to savoring Life’s rich experiences, rather than being gluttons, cramming in every speck we can possibly hold? I have … more...
Driving On The Darkest Day
Yesterday was the Winter Solstice, the day of the year with the least light here in NY state. Ever since I started vision improvement over 15 years ago, I’ve had to come face to face with my unreasonable fear of … more...
Vision Assumptions
What are you assuming, without researching or checking with your own experience, to see if your assumption makes sense? Yesterday I worked with a gentle giving woman, who was upset because when people found out she was an only child, … more...