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Thread: A method that worked for me
Post: Re: A method that worked for me

I was skeptical but gave this a try and it did work for me. Things got crisper and looked more alive. I think it allowed me to come out of my myopic/inward looking/blank staring ways momentarily. T...

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Bates Method

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12-18-2007, 10:29 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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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: Any cool ideas?
Post: Re: Any cool ideas?

Have you been doing anything actively to let go of your eye straining habit? If so, what? If we don't know what you are doing, it's hard to give advice. In my opinion, it is better to be daily using...

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Bates Method

5,570

10-11-2008, 06:17 PM

Thread: Anyone near Tacoma, WA?
Post: Re: Anyone near Tacoma, WA?

Have you tried to contact Toshiyasu Abe? He's listed on the visionsofjoy.org site. Toshiyasu Abe, Seattle, WA. Tel: (206) 898-9988 I emailed him once but got no response. Let me know if you get a ho...

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Find a Bates Teacher

8,128

09-16-2008, 05:28 PM

Thread: Anyone near Tacoma, WA?
Post: Re: Anyone near Tacoma, WA?

Jason, I think you should hold out for someone completely cured or at least mostly cured. No harm in calling Mr. Abe to ask if he has regained full acuity. What were his sessions like? Otto

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Find a Bates Teacher

8,128

09-24-2008, 05:38 PM

Thread: Bates' history
Post: Re: Bates' history

Seriously, if you were Bates, wouldn't you want this girl working with you in the clinic. She seems a natural talent. Bates life is so fascinating. If rights could be obtained, there is a great book...

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Off Topic

4,015

12-10-2008, 07:48 PM

Thread: being less
Post: Re: being less

People here might not like the direction you're taking here with meditation and mindfullness, but I see that it is so. The Bates techniques are only at their most useful when the mind is really seren...

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Bates Method

34,849

02-17-2008, 02:10 AM

Thread: being less
Post: Re: being less

While working with you eyes, rather than allowing oneself to be compulsively analytical or worrisome, there is a special attitude that can be taken. This attitude can be adopted after increasing awar...

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Bates Method

34,849

02-20-2008, 03:09 AM

Thread: Better vision by perceiving what you see
Post: Re: Better vision by perceiving what you see

Great post, David. Reinforces what I have been noticing. If you want to direct some animation, I would execute it and make it look purdy. Animation is what I do. <a class="postl...

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David's Old Blog Posts

13,802

09-08-2011, 09:11 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: 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: 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 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

25,081

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

25,081

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: 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

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