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Thread: hereditary bad eyesight
Post: Re: hereditary bad eyesight

Two types of hereditary causes : organic (genetics) or functional (environmental). Dr. Bates developed his method because he believed a functional, instead of organic, cause to be the starting point ...

Junio

Bates Method

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07-12-2008, 04:09 AM

Thread: Dealing with blur
Post: Re: Dealing with blur

You can experiment with shifting quickly (but not too fast otherwise you may strain) from part to part and at the same time don't worry about seeing the blurred outlines clearly. Just let it be. You'l...

Junio

Bates Method

4,871

07-12-2008, 01:57 AM

Thread: Straining while asleep
Post: Re: Straining while asleep

Any wrong thought causes strain. This is true during sleep as well. Having a nightmare produces strain. Sleeping in wrong position causes discomfort in the nerves, producing strain. Breathing incorr...

Junio

Bates Method

19,177

07-12-2008, 01:43 AM

Thread: Newcomer to the Bates Method
Post: Re: Newcomer to the Bates Method

Yes, but the line would be closer so as to barely touch the bottom of the black letters

Junio

Bates Method

18,313

07-05-2008, 11:34 AM

Thread: Newcomer to the Bates Method
Post: Re: Newcomer to the Bates Method

Practice the imagination of a thin white line (halo) between the lines. It is right beneath each sentence, where the black meets the white. It is formed by the contrast between white and black, and is...

Junio

Bates Method

18,313

07-02-2008, 11:52 AM

Thread: Dealing with clear flashes
Post: Re: Dealing with clear flashes

If not reacting doesn't seem to work right away, then try this: Dodge what you are looking at each time a clear flash is triggered. "Holding onto it" as described by Dave is the same as staring. As ...

Junio

Bates Method

6,114

07-02-2008, 01:18 AM

Thread: Newcomer to the Bates Method
Post: Re: Newcomer to the Bates Method

Quote:Do you (and the others) think that strain from close work is that important? The habits of blinking, shifting, swinging, and central fixation usually help avoid straining while doing close work....

Junio

Bates Method

18,313

07-02-2008, 01:12 AM

Thread: Visual Aura and strain?
Post: Re: Visual Aura and strain?

floridaguy Wrote:Dear Ram and others, Palming has the possibility of increasing intraocular pressure - I have high intraocular pressure and am speaking from my own experience. Please take this into ...

Junio

Bates Method

20,540

06-30-2008, 12:18 PM

Thread: blind leading the blind
Post: Re: blind leading the blind

Quote:[Violet] accomplished what I have never seen anybody else do. She could read the diamond type with each eye by central fixation so close to her eyes that the page touched her eye lashes. She cou...

Junio

Bates Method

12,937

06-30-2008, 12:08 PM

Thread: Newcomer to the Bates Method
Post: Re: Newcomer to the Bates Method

Mihai_alexandru Wrote:One very important thing that I want to know is what does "strain" actually mean? I got the definition from the dictionary but I do not understand it completely. Does it mean "te...

Junio

Bates Method

18,313

06-30-2008, 12:01 PM

Thread: Chapter XIII: Memory as an aid to vision
Post: Re: Chapter XIII: Memory as an aid to vision

"When the period is seen perfectly, it is not stationary but moves in various directions with a slow, short, easy swing. It is a fundamental fact that a period is seen best when it appears to move a d...

Junio

Bates Method

7,188

06-30-2008, 02:05 AM

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