We love formulas, don’t we. We convert currencies, units of measurement, and we software to convert complex digital files from one format to another. Nowadays we can even rely on software to translate languages back and forth instantly … more...
Think of the way a young child greets the morning, with excitement and curiosity. What is Life going to show me today? Each new sight and sound is a source of delight. When your vision and mind are clear, you’re … more...
I’m sitting on my bed, interacting with a woman on the laptop screen a few feet away. “I could tell you to touch your nose to make your eyesight better”, I say, “and it would be up to you to … more...
In some ways the eye is like a camera in how a lens is responsible for focusing light rays onto a medium that receives the light data. But there are important differences that have practical … more...
When you’re engaged in a task, is your mind sometimes a million miles away? Let’s say your name is Sue — do you often hear your friends calling “Earth to Sue! Earth to Sue!”, hoping to get you to focus … more...
You get new glasses, either your first pair or the latest in a long run of stronger glasses, and your vision is distorted. Why?
The short answer is your brain hasn’t adjusted to them.
This brings up the question, do … more...
In all the vision improvement books I’ve read and teachers I’ve studied with, I encountered the idea more than once that “the most important thing in obtaining clearer vision is believing it’s possible”. Not how old you are, not whether … more...
The long swing is an exercise that Dr. Bates recommended to help relax your eyes. It also has an effect of relaxing other tense muscles, which will also help your vision, because patterns of chronic tension are connected throughout the … more...
If you’re looking for a basic introduction to the Bates method, with a few exercises, you’ve come to the right page.
I’ll warn you now. This isn’t an unbiased overview of the Bates method. I won’t pretend like I’m … more...
If you’re sick and tired of wearing your glasses, I know where you’re coming from.
If you think it’s possible to see clearly again without them, you’d be right.
For some … more...
There’s a home remedy floating around suggesting using a lemon solution as an eye bath. It’s mostly suggested as a method to help relieve eye strain and rejuvenate the eyes, but also other things like dry eyes or as a … more...
Who was Dr. Bates? How did he revolutionize eye care? How in the world did Bates come to his conclusions?
Dr. William Horatio Bates was a New York City ophthalmologist (medical doctor specializing in eye care) who pioneered a form … more...
An emergency room makes the difference between a person living and dying. It’s worth doing whatever is possible to get a patient breathing again immediately. If he comes in with a broken arm, serious intervention to is needed to set … more...
While people may be aware of the term “comfort zone”, it’s human nature to notice it more in others than in ourselves. That man always wears the same bland color of clothes, we think. Doesn’t he have any imagination? Or … more...
Do you fully intend to see when you look? Peter Grunwald, the developer of the Eyebody Method of vision improvement, says “Intention leads, the eyes and the body follow”. This sounds so simple! Then why do so many of us … more...
One result of vision improvement is becoming more aware of habits which cause eyestrain. Often if our eyesight is less than perfect, we may be constantly straining our vision without even realizing it. My personal “favorite” (said with a groan) … more...
Earlier this year, researchers did a study to check out the growth of the rates of myopia throughout the world. It’s certainly not our imagination that more and more people are becoming nearsighted. And it’s not a matter of more … more...
Governments test a driver’s vision before giving him a driver’s license, yet there’s no screening for anger issues, constant cell phone use, and other factors that probably won’t come up during a short driving test. We assume that the vision … more...
Quite a few near-sighted people have told me that after driving for several hours, looking around at a farther distance than they’re normally used to, their vision is better for a day or so. One woman said her occasional double … more...
