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Thread: Four habits?
Post: Re: Four habits?

Hi Zulfadhli, There is no hierarchy of habits. The most important thing is learning to relax. The most important goal is to learn what brings YOU relief, helps you obtain that relaxation. Nobody c...

arocarty

Bates Method

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11-03-2011, 04:34 AM

Thread: new here with questions
Post: Re: new here with questions

Just to add another tidbit to Nancy's response - glasses will 'lock' in whatever tension and strain you are exerting, and compensate for a lack of movement/mobility of the eyes and lack of real fovea...

arocarty

Bates Method

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04-20-2012, 04:09 AM

Thread: new here with questions
Post: Re: new here with questions

arocarty Wrote:Foveal vision works hand in hand with movement, one cannot exist without the other. A personal correction here - motion CAN exist without normal central fixation. If it didn't exist, ...

arocarty

Bates Method

60,426

04-21-2012, 04:53 AM

Thread: Four habits?
Post: Re: Four habits?

Zulfadhli Wrote:I know, sorry.But firstly i admit i havent read alot about Bates but more about Quackenbush and the three habits.So for me i havent really grasp the foundations of eyesight. So you wan...

arocarty

Bates Method

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11-05-2011, 04:31 AM

Thread: Seeing far after hrs of close-up work
Post: Re: Seeing far after hrs of close-up work

FIAT2LUX Wrote:Arocarty Wow! Thanks for reminding me about seeing the white around the letters. It's already made a pretty big difference in strain and blur levels in the past half hour I restarted do...

arocarty

Bates Method

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04-27-2012, 11:39 AM

Thread: visual field math problem
Post: Re: visual field math problem

An FAA pilot safety brochure: <a class="postlink" href="http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilotsafetybrochures/media/pilot_vision.pdf">http://www.faa.gov/pilots/safety/pilots ......

arocarty

Bates Method

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05-16-2012, 10:23 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

Hey, that's super. Your visual system is catching on, and the more it catches on, the more spontaneous it will respond to simple things, especially when examining things that catch your interest - l...

arocarty

Bates Method

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11-12-2011, 05:57 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

Hi , No, it isn't even unusual for somebody to strain more when they palm. Bates often found that to be the case, and just had them learn other techniques and come back to it at a later time, if ...

arocarty

Bates Method

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11-22-2011, 04:59 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

Hi , Skywalker Wrote:Closing eyes works for me because it produces clear flashes, but is it the right way to go? Yes, I realize that it helps produce clear flashes, I was hoping that you would ...

arocarty

Bates Method

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11-24-2011, 05:24 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

Skywalker Wrote:That's hard question for me because to be honest I don't realize why it's happening. After I close my eyes I really feel how tired they are and then somehow when I'm feeling it I can c...

arocarty

Bates Method

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11-25-2011, 05:07 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 ...

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

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05-25-2012, 10:43 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

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05-29-2012, 03:18 AM

Thread: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds.
Post: Re: Clear flash after closing eyes for few seconds...

Hi _ , You've touched upon the main principle that Bates was trying to teach. Seeing clearly comes when nothing is done, whether it's spontaneous,/unintentional, or by intention, as when we are pr...

arocarty

Bates Method

45,007

12-23-2011, 06:11 AM

Thread: Throughout the day...
Post: Re: Throughout the day...

Hello Ben, There are a lot of things you can do throughout the day, from more obvious things, to the less obvious. If you completely drop your awareness of how you are using your eyes, yes, you wi...

arocarty

Bates Method

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01-10-2012, 05:14 AM

Thread: Throughout the day...
Post: Re: Throughout the day...

Hi Ben, The eye chart is a pessimism for most people, so don't feel bad about that. It can take a long time to get out of the 'testing' mentality, that we have to somehow perform differently when w...

arocarty

Bates Method

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01-12-2012, 11:57 AM

Thread: How does the visual system know accomodation is complete ?
Post: Re: How does the visual system know accomodation i...

Hence, why Bates was big on the eye chart. The eye chart will give your visual system (and brain) the most accurate, granular visual feedback. Other objects are not as accurate in that sense. It'...

arocarty

Bates Method

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07-31-2012, 03:48 AM

Thread: I want my vision back - started few days ago
Post: Re: I want my vision back - started few days ago

Yes, you usually first start to see improvements, for shorter or longer durations, at favorable distances and under favorable conditions. For most, that will be at the near point, where one sees best...

arocarty

Bates Method

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01-16-2012, 06:05 AM

Thread: Throughout the day...
Post: Re: Throughout the day...

Generally speaking, (and from my own experience), I would say that clearer vision can come in either form, or both, depending on the individual. What you have to realize is that your level of acuity...

arocarty

Bates Method

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01-16-2012, 09:37 AM

Thread: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I go to school?
Post: Re: I'm not skeptical - but how can I do it if I g...

Pikachu Wrote:I think Bates had good results with NVI in schools. I wonder why that it didn't stick. Liability issues. School boards/superintendents did not want to be held responsible for the visio...

arocarty

Bates Method

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07-31-2012, 03:53 AM

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