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Thread: I am -8 / -8.5 What reduced prescription to go for?
Post: Re: I am -8 / -8.5 What reduced prescription to go...

We'll miss you here on this forum, sorissi. Your posts are a pessimum. My eyes got very relaxed reading that last one. :D

otto

Bates Method

16,602

12-01-2008, 07:03 PM

Thread: Parents finally accept Bates metod
Post: Re: Parents finally accept Bates metod

I have also wanted to create a Bates resource center/ clinic/ walk-in studio. In my version, things I have imagined include lots of skylights and halide lighting; Palming rooms with beautiful handcra...

otto

Bates Method

8,293

11-24-2008, 06:57 PM

Thread: Parents finally accept Bates metod
Post: Re: Parents finally accept Bates metod

Sounds like a good plan. Both of those teachers seem like great choices. If there are others offering teacher training available in '09, I haven't heard of them. You seem like a gregarious, persua...

otto

Bates Method

8,293

11-22-2008, 05:00 PM

Thread: Let's do it
Post: Re: Let's do it

Welcome, Jacob! You've come to a good place. Your English seems quite good, and no meaning is lost. I suggest you read this woman's thread: http://www.iblindness.org/community/view...?f=8&t=793...

otto

Bates Method

3,797

01-20-2009, 06:32 PM

Thread: new terminology
Post: Re: new terminology

I can't take credit for this one; I read it on another forum; but it is along the lines that I was originally thinking. DEMONSTRATIONS All the "exercises" are essentially demonstrations that show ...

otto

Bates Method

19,518

03-02-2009, 09:52 PM

Thread: yoga practises
Post: Re: yoga practises

I think, as Bates is all about relaxation, a breathing method that focuses on that is essential. I would encourage the practice of mindfulness breath meditation. Mindfulness is a type of meditation ...

otto

Bates Method

9,385

03-18-2009, 08:41 PM

Thread: Intention in the gaze
Post: Intention in the gaze

I'd like to pose this idea and see what you all think about it. Especially, if you have had thoughts about this before. In order to move your arm from a hanging position to a position level with your...

otto

Bates Method

5,713

05-25-2009, 01:54 AM

Thread: Intention in the gaze
Post: Re: Intention in the gaze

" I've been trying to find the middle ground between trying too hard (over-focusing, the way I've been looking all of my life with my very strong prescription), & not trying at all (just accepting...

otto

Bates Method

5,713

05-25-2009, 07:11 PM

Thread: ~~*^`In need of Advise...
Post: Re: ~~*^`In need of Advise...

Quote:I'm sure of it, persistence is one of few keys necessary to obtain such an accomplishment. I believe that the majority of vision practitioners keep from their dream because of this. If somehow,...

otto

Bates Method

13,453

09-08-2009, 02:42 PM

Thread: declaring intention
Post: Re: declaring intention

Note: When creating a script for declarations, avoid statements that are in the negative like, "I do not strain my eyes". They are much less powerful than positive statements like "My eyes are compl...

otto

Bates Method

17,879

01-19-2010, 10:41 AM

Thread: declaring intention
Post: Re: declaring intention

Right on, David! I'm excited to see you take the leap to include this method. It gets to the core of the dilemma. I just made my own self-hypnosis mp3 track earlier this week using my own voice and ...

otto

Bates Method

17,879

01-17-2010, 03:14 PM

Thread: declaring intention
Post: Re: declaring intention

Alright, sorry to bend the meaning of your post. I'm interested in the statement I quoted below. I can't quite grasp what you are getting at. What exactly is wrong with fueling something by emotio...

otto

Bates Method

17,879

01-20-2010, 12:26 PM

Thread: Not Judging Yourself (in life and in vision)
Post: Re: Not Judging Yourself (in life and in vision)

SPP, I am reading a book that I would highly reccommend. It is Performance Anxiety by Eric Maisel. Maisel is a artist coach and pyschologist who has written incredibly useful books for those who cons...

otto

Bates Method

9,023

02-08-2010, 03:07 PM

Thread: pure Bates method
Post: Re: pure Bates method

I see the importance of not adding to Bates principles any unnecessary new ideas. He truly is the authority on vision. That said, I believe there is never a last word. If something is finished it is,...

otto

Bates Method

57,740

11-25-2010, 08:12 PM

Thread: pure Bates method
Post: Re: pure Bates method

True, Oleg, the Bates method is not a dogma, but I suspect you are treating it as one. You seem to think Bates' word were written in tablet form and handed to you and anyone that comes at this stuff ...

otto

Bates Method

57,740

12-07-2010, 08:21 PM

Thread: new article / site update
Post: Re: new article / site update

Nancy Wrote:Getting despondent when my sight is blurry because I then assume this means I'm not relaxed enough just puts me in "try to relax" mode (an oxymoron if there ever was one), which isn't usua...

otto

Bates Method

40,713

11-14-2010, 03:43 PM

Thread: Hitting the Wall
Post: Hitting the Wall

Early in the thread on Swinging, David wrote: "I don't do it for any particular number of swings. I find that the best results come when I do it for around 15 minutes or longer. When I feel like stopp...

otto

Bates Method

10,329

01-13-2011, 08:45 PM

Thread: Do not try to see black
Post: Re: Do not try to see black

Thanks eidos! That was helpful. I had never read that before. I mostly gave up trying to see black long ago because it always resulted in strain.

otto

Bates Method

5,677

02-10-2011, 01:23 AM

Thread: Breathing
Post: Re: Breathing

Getting away from the topic of right nose verses left nose(Hee-hee!), I would like to bring back the thread to awareness and relaxation. I'd like to suggest something that works for me. I am a fairly...

otto

Bates Method

27,451

12-06-2010, 12:39 PM

Thread: pure Bates method
Post: Re: pure Bates method

Oleg wrote: "Bates method is not a dogma, and it is not a problem to improve and expand it, including modern knowledge. You are again attacking a point that I was not making. If you read BEMs, you'll ...

otto

Bates Method

57,740

12-08-2010, 09:12 AM

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