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Thread: Palming
Post: Re: Palming

I would say, and I think others will agree with me, that "snow" is certainly not imagination as Bates describes it. You can see snow while straining, so that automatically rules it out as Bates' "ima...

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Bates Method

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06-25-2008, 05:39 PM

Thread: Palming
Post: Re: Palming

Mihai_alexandru, Quote:It seems that Bates mentions something about floaters in his book:http://www.iblindness.org/books/bates/ch23.html He says that they are illusions caused by strain. But are they ...

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Bates Method

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06-26-2008, 07:59 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,...

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Bates Method

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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 ...

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Bates Method

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12-07-2010, 08:21 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 ...

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Bates Method

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12-08-2010, 09:12 AM

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

Just for a moment let's forget about whether David is right or wrong to suggest looking for details and whether he should change the name of the post. andreifromMDRep. Wrote:I don't think people, esp...

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Bates Method

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01-06-2011, 02:59 PM

Thread: Method of the Month - Long Swing - Dec 2004
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Long Swing - Dec 2004

Some thoughts and questions about my experience with the long swing: I have had some benefits from the long swing but generally get more out of a medium swing or short swing. Often the swing goes wron...

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Bates Method

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01-10-2011, 01:24 PM

Thread: Leo Angart
Post: Re: Leo Angart

Hi Flowerpower, It's great to have someone on the forum who has taken Angart's seminar. He has an interesting approach. It seems that he has helped many people. I have no qualms with people making ...

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Find a Bates Teacher

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12-23-2008, 06:53 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...

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Bates Method

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11-14-2010, 03:43 PM

Thread: Emotional Struggles
Post: Re: Emotional Struggles

I'm reading an out of print book by a British Bates teacher named Peter Mansfield. I can highly recommend this little book. Here is some excepts from it that apply to the discussion: Quote:In homeo...

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Bates Method

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12-22-2007, 11:04 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

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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

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02-20-2008, 03:09 AM

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

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05-28-2008, 08:48 AM

Thread: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.
Post: Re: PLEASE NEED YOUR HELP.

Very impressive, RAM. Much respect! I see good things for you.

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Bates Method

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05-21-2008, 06:03 PM

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

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04-04-2008, 10:37 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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03-26-2008, 06:16 PM

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