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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...

Nini

Bates Method

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05-30-2012, 06:21 AM

Thread: black dot
Post: Re: black dot

I usually look at something really dark in my vison field and imagine, that one part of it is very black - much darker than I see it in reality. Or I imagine a very small fruit fly flying around somew...

Nini

Bates Method

11,842

05-29-2012, 04:21 AM

Thread: recommend a solution to refractive error.
Post: Re: recommend a solution to refractive error.

minjja Wrote:but I wanted to know if you really mean the edges of things ( or details) like not looking directly at it but kind of around itI never paid very much attention to the exact 'location', wh...

Nini

Complementary Methods

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05-28-2012, 03:13 AM

Thread: recommend a solution to refractive error.
Post: Re: recommend a solution to refractive error.

Hi Minjja It doesn't necessarily have to be smaller details within the big one. By focussing on what you can see clearly, you already approach the 'central fixation' a little more, which results in mo...

Nini

Complementary Methods

27,672

05-28-2012, 02:30 AM

Thread: recommend a solution to refractive error.
Post: Re: recommend a solution to refractive error.

Thanks, Nancy. For me, the most important 'insight' was to realize, that 'perfection' is not achieved by 'the first step', but comes 'automatically' with the movement to clearer and smaller details. O...

Nini

Complementary Methods

27,672

05-28-2012, 12:24 AM

Thread: Interpreting Snellen
Post: Re: Interpreting Snellen

When I look at the eye-chart, I can see my 'state of relaxation' and 'central fixation': When I am not relaxed, even all the big letters are blurry, although I can read part of them. When I am very r...

Nini

Bates Method

7,452

05-28-2012, 12:13 AM

Thread: recommend a solution to refractive error.
Post: Re: recommend a solution to refractive error.

Hi I had a lot of problems with the multiple images too, they disturbed my eyesight even more than the blur. Although I was able to improve my vision (temporarily) till the 20/25 line, my 'every-day e...

Nini

Complementary Methods

27,672

05-27-2012, 09:48 AM

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

arocarty Wrote:Some people are just born with extraordinary gifts, I suspect that Lord Macaulay was one of those types of people. His vision must have been extraordinary sharp. According to Bates, so...

Nini

Bates Method

32,404

05-23-2012, 09:13 AM

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

Weaself Wrote:btw. As for speed reading-do you think fixating your eyes on just one word at a time is fine? I know speed reading involves embracing even whole lines. According to Bates, there is a goo...

Nini

Bates Method

32,404

05-22-2012, 08:38 AM

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

Hi From my experience I can tell you another mistake which often causes bad results: 'trying too hard'. If you read Bates: Quote:The eye with normal sight never tries to see. If for any reason, such ...

Nini

David's method

35,430

05-17-2012, 12:20 AM

Thread: Hard time letting go of the Visual System
Post: Re: Hard time letting go of the Visual System

Jambo2000 Wrote:oh and if you have some other helpful tips from your own experiences to give me, it will be very appreciated :) One tip which has been very helpful for me is: When you are trying hard ...

Nini

David's method

13,988

05-12-2012, 02:37 AM

Thread: The End is in Sight!
Post: Re: The End is in Sight!

anonymous5 Wrote:I guess we all have to find our own way. Give running a try ... I think, this is a very good advice. Everyone has to find his own way - but sharing experiences and trying what 'worked...

Nini

Success Stories

26,729

05-01-2012, 12:46 AM

Thread: My father is getting cataract surgery.
Post: Re: My father is getting cataract surgery.

I've tried the 'plus lenses therapy' for some time, especially to activate my weaker eye (3 and 1/2 diopters worse). So I wore a +3 glass only for my better eye for about 1/2 h to 1 h per day. In the ...

Nini

Bates Method

23,349

04-30-2012, 09:56 AM

Thread: Peace in mind
Post: Re: Peace in mind

Hi Hammer Recently I read something about 'intrinsic motivated flow', and I think you could use a lot of this description to characterize the 'absorbed and undisturbed' 'state of mind' which helps to...

Nini

Complementary Methods

95,918

04-22-2012, 12:46 AM

Thread: Mopia and lazy eye?
Post: Re: Mopia and lazy eye?

Kevin, that sounds likes Dr Bates description of what happens, when someone tries improve the eyesight by effort: Quote:In the same way you may temporarily improve the sight by effort, but you cannot ...

Nini

Complementary Methods

21,790

04-10-2012, 07:19 AM

Thread: Mopia and lazy eye?
Post: Re: Mopia and lazy eye?

Yes, you are right, the myopic eye is a bit 'lazy' and doesn't fully accomplish the accommodation process and this is reinforced by wearing glasses. Here is a very good explanation: &l...

Nini

Complementary Methods

21,790

04-08-2012, 01:46 AM

Thread: how to release specific eye muscles
Post: Re: how to release specific eye muscles

Thanks for your reminder, lakeivan, and you are right, I probably over-emphasized the focussing of the attention in a small point. But I meant this focussing not as the final goal, an equivalent of c...

Nini

David's method

20,518

03-17-2012, 04:22 AM

Thread: how to release specific eye muscles
Post: Re: how to release specific eye muscles

By chance I found a way to relax my eye muscles not directly, but indirectly by the means of imagination. One day I was tired of looking at small details and I had the feeling that by exaggerating th...

Nini

David's method

20,518

03-16-2012, 05:26 AM

Thread: Judging what you see
Post: Re: Judging what you see

Hi footballman I know this habit - constantly 'checking' and comparing the actual eyesight and trying to make out improvements - very well. Recently I found out, how bad and 'destructive' this is; at ...

Nini

David's method

9,782

03-16-2012, 02:04 AM

Thread: What could be there?
Post: Re: What could be there?

Very good explanations! I've notced myself how hard it is to really stick to small details, without constantly reminding myself to do so. Maybe I'm so used to a blurry environment by now (by not weari...

Nini

David's Old Blog Posts

24,533

02-07-2012, 09:26 AM

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