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Thread: First Prescription reduction for highly astigmatic eyes
Post: Re: First Prescription reduction for highly astigm...

when you read the chart you should neither be squinting or going wide eyed at the chart. Open your eyes in a perfectly normal fashion, no more or less than you would in other circumstances.

Urban

Complementary Methods

8,029

03-03-2007, 11:21 AM

Thread: Forget About Your Eyes?
Post: Re: Forget About Your Eyes?

Jason Wrote:Thanks for your replies everyone! Dave, that is excellent advice. I'm on spring break right now so I have a lot of time to practice Bates. I'll be reporting when I see progress. :) Damnn...

Urban

Bates Method

7,707

03-30-2007, 06:57 AM

Thread: Invented exercise - am i doing this right?
Post: Re: Invented exercise - am i doing this right?

Well, the number one objective of all Bates techniques is to induce relaxation. If you feel yourself relaxing while doing this technique, continue with it. If you don't feel yourself relaxing, discard...

Urban

Bates Method

7,135

09-30-2007, 03:08 AM

Thread: How do you get dirt out of your eyes?
Post: Re: How do you get dirt out of your eyes?

It would probably help if you said why you were getting dirt in your eyes. I think that prevention would be the best thing. To clear your eyes of a little dirt you should probably blink it out. It th...

Urban

Off Topic

11,361

01-15-2008, 10:28 AM

Thread: Gameplan
Post: Re: Gameplan

I would recommend a LCD screen. I hear that CRT screens are harder on your vision. That being said, if you want to maximize your progress, you'll probably want to keep your use of tv/computer screens...

Urban

Bates Method

6,779

01-20-2008, 05:47 AM

Thread: Palming Diversion
Post: Re: Palming Diversion

cheerio Wrote:onamission Wrote:And another question is that the illusion that the strained eyes see's like patches of white gray etc when palming is that a way that the brain creates images in order f...

Urban

Bates Method

6,842

01-20-2008, 05:17 PM

Thread: Gameplan
Post: Re: Gameplan

CrabJuice Wrote:Urban Wrote:I would recommend a LCD screen. I hear that CRT screens are harder on your vision. That being said, if you want to maximize your progress, you'll probably want to keep your...

Urban

Bates Method

6,779

01-30-2008, 05:18 PM

Thread: Gameplan
Post: Re: Gameplan

Well, from my experiences, if you have both astigmatism and myopia, the optometrist will usually under prescribe one correction and leave the other correction alone. They should never increase one cor...

Urban

Bates Method

6,779

02-03-2008, 07:07 AM

Thread: The 1913 study -- repeat with Focometer
Post: Re: The 1913 study -- repeat with Focometer

I'd be interested, but there would have to be a lot of organization and fighting on Bates' behalf for this to happen.

Urban

Bates Method

7,082

02-27-2008, 12:46 PM

Thread: Any suggestions from people who've had sucess?
Post: Re: Any suggestions from people who've had sucess?

Yes, everyone here has of course encountered problems with skepticism and optometrists. The bottom line is that they don't need to know why you want to do something; Health care professionals make a h...

Urban

Bates Method

7,783

10-25-2008, 08:21 PM

Thread: How do you get dirt out of your eyes?
Post: Re: How do you get dirt out of your eyes?

Nancy Wrote:I agree that this is the purpose of blinking, to remove foreign material from the eye. I remember Bates writing that if you were perfectly relaxed you could have something in your eye &...

Urban

Off Topic

11,361

06-08-2009, 04:56 PM

Thread: Wonderful LASIK, is it?
Post: Re: Wonderful LASIK, is it?

Hi there, This is a topic that I have put a great deal of research into. I'm going to try and show the facts as I believe they are, if you really want to get to the bottom of Lasik you h...

Urban

Complementary Methods

9,003

02-12-2007, 07:06 AM

Thread: Re: Help, I hate my glasses but I need them...
Post: Re: Help, I hate my glasses but I need them...

Hey there. You will find many very different opinions on using a reduced prescription or wearing no glasses at all. I can tell you though, that you WILL benefit more and faster if you totally discard...

Urban

Bates Method

6,868

11-08-2007, 11:32 AM

Thread: Perfectly Clear Flash!
Post: Re: Perfectly Clear Flash!

I would recommend sitting down and writing about your experience in all the nauseating detail that you can possibly muster. Everything, how you felt, how the world looked anything you can think of. L...

Urban

Bates Method

5,415

11-28-2007, 02:24 PM

Thread: Illusory movements as a side effect?
Post: Re: Illusory movements as a side effect?

Seeing odd things is normal. Often, as you improve you will start to experience things that those with perfect sight see, but they are unfamiliar and new to you, the best one I can describe is over th...

Urban

Bates Method

5,751

11-24-2007, 07:10 PM

Thread: To all the members in the forum
Post: Re: To all the members in the forum

Onamission, I know how you feel, I think we all go through that period of doubt (least I did). Really, if you are to continue, you must believe that it is real. You can do as I did and talk with peo...

Urban

Bates Method

6,273

12-11-2007, 04:06 AM

Thread: First good flash and a question
Post: Re: First good flash and a question

I can comprehend black letters on white better. Don't read that wrong though. I'm not sure that I "see" better. I get multiple images of the letter in a circle, which I can usually read, but I don't k...

Urban

Bates Method

6,736

12-14-2007, 07:16 PM

Thread: If your tired eyes get wet....
Post: Re: If your tired eyes get wet....

I mean, you never know, but I would highly, highly, highly doubt there is anything to that. Maybe if you were really tired, you might slip and fall in the tub? As far as I know warmth is very soothin...

Urban

Bates Method

9,287

12-29-2007, 11:31 PM

Thread: Gradual or sudden recovery?
Post: Re: Gradual or sudden recovery?

Aside from Bates' books I've never heard of a sudden recovery. I've heard of "jumps" in smaller amounts say 0.5 diopters and I've heard of "quick" recovery over a shorter than normal time span (read ...

Urban

Bates Method

5,818

01-03-2008, 09:16 AM

Thread: Chatroom?
Post: Re: Chatroom?

I can't ever connect. I think that my university blocks the ports or something. If you want to chat on MSN or Skype though send me a PM.

Urban

Bates Method

6,042

01-14-2008, 04:12 PM

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