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Thread: Breathing and your mind
Post: Re: Breathing and your mind

It's really wonderful when I get so connected to my breath while looking at the snellen that it becomes really easy to notice when a thought is affecting my vision. A thought like, "I hope my vision ...

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David's Old Blog Posts

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09-26-2011, 07:17 AM

Thread: Breathing and your mind
Post: Re: Breathing and your mind

It's like I become acquainted enough with the feeling and characteristics of relaxation (using all the bates feedback such as shifting and blinking and clarity) that I notice the thoughts as "pulls" o...

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David's Old Blog Posts

25,081

09-28-2011, 10:09 AM

Thread: Breathing and your mind
Post: Re: Breathing and your mind

It's an amazing place to get to but honestly I don't know how many more years it would take until I could maintain this relaxation throughout the day. Oh! That's the hidden belief that I don't know w...

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David's Old Blog Posts

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09-28-2011, 10:13 AM

Thread: Breathing and your mind
Post: Re: Breathing and your mind

Quote:Wouldn't you say that thinking has to be of some value? Like, I guess we could be totally present almost all the time, but then our life would be completely different and there would less planni...

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David's Old Blog Posts

25,081

10-17-2012, 10:28 AM

Thread: Blinking
Post: Re: Blinking

No worries, Dick. Maybe a lot of the dryness and discomfort you're experiencing while doing bates activities is actually just you becoming more aware of the strain and strain related problems with you...

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Bates Method

27,547

04-04-2008, 10:37 PM

Thread: Myopic Attention Disorder
Post: Re: Myopic Attention Disorder

Another remarkable, insightful, crystal clear essay. Dude, I hope you are writing a book on this stuff. Forget the Bates Haters and put it out there!

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David's Old Blog Posts

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07-14-2011, 10:36 AM

Thread: Tibetan Eye Chart
Post: Re: Tibetan Eye Chart

Not long ago, I was thinking that the Tibetan Eye Chart was nothing I would want to mess with because of the apparent contradiction to Bates. Then I watched this: <a class="postlin...

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Complementary Methods

25,457

03-17-2008, 09:09 PM

Thread: Tibetan Eye Chart
Post: Re: Tibetan Eye Chart

I'm more prone to strain when looking to the left, especially upper left. Maybe has to do with the way we read in the West: left to right and down; and going opposite that is uncomfortable. (?) Just...

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Complementary Methods

25,457

03-17-2008, 11:30 PM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: also, feet are designed perfectly!

Author, Christopher mcDougal just released a book called Born To Run. In it he explains how we as a human species were designed to run long distances but the the chronic injuries of runners are mostl...

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Off Topic

16,793

06-03-2009, 10:52 PM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: Re: also, feet are designed perfectly!

I know. My feet have zero callouses. I want to experiment with running in haurache sandals like the Tarahumara Indians but it's gonna be a process. There is a way to do it that is really good and na...

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Off Topic

16,793

06-06-2009, 11:15 AM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: Re: also, feet are designed perfectly!

Ha! I guess you're ahead of me in this, too! Keep us posted on your continuing experience, David. I'm still rehabing my tendonitis. I get a little 30 sec run in every now and then and it feels grea...

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Off Topic

16,793

06-18-2009, 12:55 AM

Thread: Yahoo Groups
Post: Yahoo Groups

Watch out for a certain yahoo group on the Bates method that does not allow teacher into the forum. I was just thoroughly chastised and berated, called "stupid" repeatedly by the moderator for what, ...

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Off Topic

20,995

07-10-2007, 07:59 AM

Thread: Yahoo Groups
Post: Re: Yahoo Groups

Sorry. I didn't mean to create a new topic. I'm not much of a forum user and am a little confused about how things work.

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Off Topic

20,995

07-10-2007, 08:44 AM

Thread: Yahoo Groups
Post: Re: Yahoo Groups

Bingo! There you can find proof that you can take anything too far, including reverence for the Bates method. Made me appreciate this forum all the more!

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Off Topic

20,995

07-10-2007, 07:06 PM

Thread: Yahoo Groups
Post: Re: Yahoo Groups

What happened was I didn't see that they wanted nothing to do with people that still wear any prescription for any reason, and I still do much of the time at work. I'm committing a cardinal sin. Mea ...

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Off Topic

20,995

07-11-2007, 08:02 PM

Thread: Yahoo Groups
Post: Re: Yahoo Groups

Oh, yeah. I got his friend's helpful and gentlemanly message. Really, one shouldn't be surprised to find cult like behaviour in the nvi field. It's rather fertile for such people with the one histor...

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Off Topic

20,995

07-12-2007, 08:19 AM

Thread: Seeing an improvement.....HOORAY!!
Post: Re: Seeing an improvement.....HOORAY!!

That's great! I wish I had a friend who improved his/her sight. I bet that was helpful. What techniques have you practicing? Do you have a regimen?

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Success Stories

23,226

06-27-2008, 11:06 PM

Thread: Seeing an improvement.....HOORAY!!
Post: Re: Seeing an improvement.....HOORAY!!

Wow! You really earned your improvement. Sounds like a really rounded regimen that continues through out you day. I think it's smart how you stay focused on staying relaxed. I hope you don't mind me...

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Success Stories

23,226

06-28-2008, 11:54 AM

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

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Bates Method

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12-01-2008, 07:03 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...

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Bates Method

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01-19-2010, 10:41 AM

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