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Thread: Presentation to small group
Post: Presentation to small group

On the 23rd I am attempting to give an introduction to the Bates Method for a small gathering at a social club I belong to. Hopefully, I will get at least 6 people there but I may get zero. The club...

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Bates Method

23,104

03-18-2011, 04:28 PM

Thread: Presentation to small group
Post: Re: Presentation to small group

Thanks for the advice, Pikachu. I think you are right in thinking it would be best to avoid the controversial aspects of Bates, though, ultimately, I'm going to have to feel out my crowd to see how f...

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Bates Method

23,104

03-28-2011, 11:11 AM

Thread: Presentation to small group
Post: Re: Presentation to small group

Heya Folks! Late last month I gave my presentation at my social club. Four people showed up to hear what I had to say. They were all really easy to talk to and good listeners, a great group. I felt ...

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Bates Method

23,104

05-08-2011, 02:55 AM

Thread: Presentation to small group
Post: Re: Presentation to small group

Sorissi, That's great that you are planning to have a lecture. I like your outline. There's a lot of possibility with the interspersed practice breaks. My lecture ended up being mostly informational...

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Bates Method

23,104

05-19-2011, 08:30 AM

Thread: Greg Marsh NVI Intro Audio
Post: Re: Greg Marsh NVI Intro Audio

Nancy, This last blogtalk audio from Greg Marsh is fantastic! Thanks for sharing! Great stuff.

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Bates Method

26,123

05-09-2011, 02:13 PM

Thread: Sungazing / Sun Treatment / Sunning
Post: Re: Sungazing / Sun Treatment / Sunning

When sunning, do you just face the setting or rising sun or do you do short swings? What is recommended for the imagination at this time?

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Bates Method

31,760

05-28-2008, 08:48 AM

Thread: check this website out
Post: Re: check this website out

harold08 Wrote:Lately, before i found this forum i used this webpages to advice me on how to improve my vision. It gives you SOOO MANY eye exercises, sun treatmemts, yoga and taoist workouts, massages...

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Complementary Methods

26,093

10-07-2008, 05:33 PM

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...

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Bates Method

27,451

12-06-2010, 12:39 PM

Thread: Breathing
Post: Re: Breathing

Okay, I met with my very cool therapist Thursday and mentioned that I've been counting my breaths. He actually was the first to introduce me to the idea of mindful breathing. Well, he revealed that h...

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Bates Method

27,451

12-11-2010, 04:53 AM

Thread: Breathing
Post: Re: Breathing

Hazardousromance Wrote:Personally I don't believe that your eyesight is affected by breathing at all - there probably isn't a correlation between eyesight and oxygen to the eyes. I don't know that the...

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Bates Method

27,451

05-08-2011, 12:32 PM

Thread: centering your gaze
Post: Re: centering your gaze

All I can say, is that I like this idea quite a lot and that it's daunting the amount of habitual neck rigidity and stillness that I have. Playing around with centering the gaze makes this undeniabl...

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Bates Method

26,793

03-02-2008, 01:20 AM

Thread: centering your gaze
Post: Re: centering your gaze

I've been using this and it seems to help-less strain in general moving my eyes. Also, when shifting or moving my gaze, I like to have the feeling of moving into an emptiness or void. I hollow out t...

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Bates Method

26,793

03-26-2008, 06:16 PM

Thread: centering your gaze
Post: Re: centering your gaze

After putting this method aside for a few months, I have noticed again how it can be really helpful. I think the main thing for me is to not try to do it artificially. I start with some big head-tur...

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Bates Method

26,793

06-23-2008, 08:51 PM

Thread: new terminology
Post: new terminology

We all, I hope, try to avoid the word "exercises" when talking about what we do with the Bates Method. But what do we say? "I finally found the Bates Method technique that works for me!" Awkward! So...

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Bates Method

19,518

09-02-2008, 06:40 PM

Thread: new terminology
Post: Re: new terminology

David Wrote:Alterative is a pretty rare word. I haven't heard it before. I think it would cause more confusion. David, that's why your posts are so understandable and pragmatic. :) I understand wha...

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Bates Method

19,518

09-03-2008, 01:07 AM

Thread: new terminology
Post: Re: new terminology

Thanks for all the posts so far. This is fun! RAM, all your phrases were dead on!

otto

Bates Method

19,518

09-03-2008, 09:21 PM

Thread: new terminology
Post: Re: new terminology

There is a precarious walk between finding more precise words and placing yourself further outside of the normal and respectable. (i.e.: doing strange, dubious health practices that are not accepted b...

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Bates Method

19,518

09-03-2008, 08:06 PM

Thread: new terminology
Post: Re: new terminology

deeptrip Wrote:Maybe learning a new seeing attitude?Yes, right! That's it, isn't it? "New" or old (pre-strain), we're learning a different attitude with which to experience sight.

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Bates Method

19,518

10-26-2008, 11:27 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 ...

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Bates Method

19,518

03-02-2009, 09:52 PM

Thread: My progress
Post: Re: My progress

It is great to check your progress and is a big motivator for me as well. "I absolutely love sunning, and notice that when you start sunning the colour you observe coming through your eyelids starts ...

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Bates Method

17,158

04-03-2008, 09:24 AM

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