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Thread: -0.25 Dioptre success!
Post: Re: -0.25 Dioptre success!

There's little disagreement among conventionalists, and those who practice NVI that there has been a physiological change to the eye. The question to be asked, is why? What is the underlying cause...

arocarty

Bates Method

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07-17-2012, 05:10 AM

Thread: Count me in
Post: Re: Count me in

I find it a little confusing too, how the term 'saccadic' is being used. That can include any type of voluntary and involuntary movement. You are probably referring to those of a more involuntary ...

arocarty

David's method

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07-05-2012, 04:24 AM

Thread: -0.25 Dioptre success!
Post: Re: -0.25 Dioptre success!

Nini Wrote:And short-sighted person - who has the tendency to strain the eyes whenever something is not clear enough - will have much more difficulties to keep a 'cool' mind and relaxed eyes in such a...

arocarty

Bates Method

25,405

07-01-2012, 04:39 AM

Thread: Question on how to practice
Post: Re: Question on how to practice

The long swing is to help shake out some of the tension in the whole body - the legs, torso, neck, arms, and help just let go of trying to hold onto the visual percepts. If something isn't getting y...

arocarty

Bates Method

8,259

06-26-2012, 06:30 PM

Thread: Question on how to practice
Post: Re: Question on how to practice

Hi Horace, You might want to buy two or more real ones. Sometimes it's helpful to hold one at the nearpoint, and shift then to one at a more distant point, remembering what it looked like at the ne...

arocarty

Bates Method

8,259

06-26-2012, 05:10 AM

Thread: Question on how to practice
Post: Re: Question on how to practice

Hello Horace, What are you using to gauge your improvement? Do you have an eyechart? An eyechart is indepensable in vision improvement, because it gives the most granular feedback of your level of ...

arocarty

Bates Method

8,259

06-26-2012, 03:28 AM

Thread: recovery from presbyopia
Post: Re: recovery from presbyopia

Pikachu Wrote:And of course, squinting - which is "all of the above". Off-topic, but I was in a store the other day when I saw this kid (maybe 7 years old) squinting constantly - and it REALLY bothere...

arocarty

Success Stories

50,497

06-14-2012, 03:06 AM

Thread: recovery from presbyopia
Post: Re: recovery from presbyopia

Staring, straining, making an effort to see.

arocarty

Success Stories

50,497

06-13-2012, 01:09 PM

Thread: recovery from presbyopia
Post: Re: recovery from presbyopia

manoka Wrote:It still puzzles me though how vision is on some days, and even during some times of the day, worse than during others. Vision fluctuates. If you haven't read Chapter VII of Bates book,...

arocarty

Success Stories

50,497

06-13-2012, 10:42 AM

Thread: recovery from presbyopia
Post: Re: recovery from presbyopia

To simplify this - just look at the big black dot on the left (the paragraph that says "If you cannot read this fine print, ..." Slowly converge, until you see two black dots where there was one, ea...

arocarty

Success Stories

50,497

06-11-2012, 10:08 AM

Thread: recovery from presbyopia
Post: Re: recovery from presbyopia

I'm well into presbyopic age, and am not a victim yet, thanks to learning Bates:) I can't say that I have used this chart very much, I actually found it in an old folder that I have of different siz...

arocarty

Success Stories

50,497

06-09-2012, 04:45 AM

Thread: recovery from presbyopia
Post: Re: recovery from presbyopia

manoka Wrote:Against presbyopia Dr. Bates just seems to have recommended his imagination and relaxation methods, and to practice reading the smallest possible or increasingly smaller print, all of whi...

arocarty

Success Stories

50,497

06-08-2012, 12:54 PM

Thread: Another example
Post: Another example

A coworker of mine, who has worn glasses/contacts since she was a child, (now in early forties) was having severe irritation from her contacts. Her eye doctor told her she was getting some abrasions...

arocarty

Bates Method

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06-06-2012, 03:55 AM

Thread: black dot
Post: Re: black dot

Hi Sean, sean Wrote:I hope you don't mind me asking you directly, but is your comment taken from Bates or from your own experience?My comments are based on what I have read from Bates, from other Bat...

arocarty

Bates Method

11,842

06-02-2012, 05:05 AM

Thread: black dot
Post: Re: black dot

sean Wrote:Thinking of a black dot is one way of using memory or imagination, probably more the latter as if you look at a printed full stop (or "period") they are actually quite irregular in shape. P...

arocarty

Bates Method

11,842

06-01-2012, 03:21 AM

Thread: black dot
Post: Re: black dot

When your eyes are open, you can either: - continue to remember it in your mind, not out in your visual field - imagine it as making up part of some black object or letter But as a general rule, don...

arocarty

Bates Method

11,842

05-29-2012, 03:18 AM

Thread: David's Method, did I miss something?
Post: Re: David's Method, did I miss something?

@ Lord, You make a lot of really good points. My own experience of vision improvement over the last several years falls much in line with what you describe. I don't think one should ever have to...

arocarty

David's method

35,430

05-25-2012, 12:42 PM

Thread: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about reading
Post: Re: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about ...

Thanks, you have no idea what impact you're having, if any sometimes. Hope you keep improving, sounds like you have a good grasp of things. Regards, Andrew

arocarty

Bates Method

32,404

05-25-2012, 10:43 AM

Thread: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about reading
Post: Re: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about ...

FIAT2LUX Wrote:Andrew, What do you think your average Snellen acuity is right now? I've been a little lax with chart practice lately, but based on the last couple days of indoor Snellen chart reading...

arocarty

Bates Method

32,404

05-25-2012, 03:46 AM

Thread: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about reading
Post: Re: A newbie to the Bates method, questions about ...

Nini Wrote:According to Bates, some of his patients have not only been cured successfully from their error of refraction, but have reached almost Lord Macaulay's reading speed: Quote: This seems a re...

arocarty

Bates Method

32,404

05-23-2012, 11:29 AM

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