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

mukesh Wrote:are there any success stories or we people just shooting in darkness... i am without glasses for 2 months now.. and see no improve ment.. -4 diopters.. i am about to withdraw from ...

Ram

Bates Method

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06-27-2008, 09:01 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

I shift on the four vertices of a black period ( top, right, bottom. left) in order and find that it improves vision temporarily. But when trying to shift between parts of a letter or period we need ...

Ram

Bates Method

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08-05-2008, 11:45 AM

Thread: Practice shifting on a computer screen.
Post: Re: Practice shifting on a computer screen.

I think you could try that but the hypermetropic blur is associated with severe headaches and nerve affliction unlike the myopic blur which is usually free from pain. Better for you to practice method...

Ram

Bates Method

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09-04-2008, 03:21 AM

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

Mihai_alexandru Wrote:I have a question about Chapter XIII of Bates's book. If I imagine a black period, I can only hold it for about a second. Does this mean that I am straining? I can only hold the ...

Ram

Bates Method

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06-27-2008, 10:24 AM

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

I am also facing this problem. I get a few of them during every session of shifting but I cant hold onto the flash for more than a second or two. After a few minues into shifting I can start to see th...

Ram

Bates Method

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06-27-2008, 10:30 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

Central fixation is not practising small movements. It is more about being attentive to what you see and seeing everything else less clearly. Whether you can practice very small movements depends on...

Ram

Bates Method

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09-04-2008, 03:41 AM

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

Insomnia is often caused due to lack of physical exercises. If you dont have the habit try some mild aerobic exercises before bed time. A 10 minute of jogging at night induces immediate sleep for me a...

Ram

Bates Method

18,313

06-27-2008, 10:48 AM

Thread: 5 minute 20/20
Post: Re: 5 minute 20/20

Ok. Have you tried practising sunning ( with closed eyes) after waking up? I have seen no exercise equivalent to sunning that can quickly refresh tired eyes whatever the cause - work, insomnia etc. W...

Ram

Success Stories

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09-04-2008, 04:03 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

It is an optical illusion created by the brain - this illusion has nothing to do with the eye itself. When I start imagining halos I start getting afterimages that interfere with my vision. I have n...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

08-06-2008, 07:28 AM

Thread: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006
Post: Re: Method of the Month - Shifting - Jan 2006

No there is no need to see A with the peripheral vision which is precisely what you want to avoid. "Seeing worse" effectively means "taking less notice of". When you look at B, the mind must be almos...

Ram

Bates Method

64,931

09-04-2008, 08:19 AM

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

I think that eyes tend to get drier in sleep than when we are awake, especially when the weather is dry. Which is also one of the reasons for the poorer vision from sleep. Blinking several times after...

Ram

Bates Method

19,177

07-14-2008, 10:28 PM

Thread: Practice shifting on a computer screen.
Post: Re: Practice shifting on a computer screen.

If you can read at 15 cm then you probably dont need to improve your near vision. How far is your near point? Most myopes can see very close to the eyes easily - for me near point is 6 cm. Before I st...

Ram

Bates Method

17,204

09-04-2008, 08:26 AM

Thread: Dominant eye
Post: Re: Dominant eye

If the eye is used properly, the computer is more likely to help a myope than distant viewing. At nearby distances we see better than at the distance so more relaxed and clearer images make it to the ...

Ram

Bates Method

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07-14-2008, 11:16 PM

Thread: 5 minute 20/20
Post: Re: 5 minute 20/20

Do you do sunning ( closed eye) or sun gazing( open eyed) ? I do only closed eye and slowly move my face side-side a few hundred times. After that I face the direction of the sun and do some swings, ...

Ram

Success Stories

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09-04-2008, 01:47 PM

Thread: Dominant eye
Post: Re: Dominant eye

Mihai_alexandru Wrote:Thanks for clearing that up for me Paul. There is one more thing I would like to know though. "Staring" is a popular word in the Bates method. What does it exactly mean? Lookin...

Ram

Bates Method

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07-15-2008, 01:00 AM

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

Dear Mukesh, I recently heard about the The school for Perfect Eyesight at Aurobindo Ashram located at Pondicherry( near Tamil Nadu). I was told that they taught many vision training methods many of...

Ram

Bates Method

12,937

06-28-2008, 12:18 AM

Thread: Practice shifting on a computer screen.
Post: Re: Practice shifting on a computer screen.

If your near point is 38 cm then how much is your near point with myopia glasses? I think you may have great difficulty in getting the right glasses. Do you wear bifocals or some sort of progressive l...

Ram

Bates Method

17,204

09-05-2008, 02:04 AM

Thread: Practice shifting on a computer screen.
Post: Re: Practice shifting on a computer screen.

IMO prisms are even worse than eye glasses. Whatever that you wear to help your eyes or that which makes you more comfortable is probably only weakening the eyes. I was wearing photochromic glasses fo...

Ram

Bates Method

17,204

09-05-2008, 03:51 AM

Thread: Elwin Marg and clear flashes
Post: Re: Elwin Marg and clear flashes

I think there are two viable explanations for clear flashes - 1. Tear film 2. Pinhole Effect. Both these are easily possible and easy to mistaken them for temporary vision improvement when there is i...

Ram

Bates Method

13,610

06-28-2008, 10:12 AM

Thread: The Neil Brook's Vision Cure for Hyperopia.
Post: Re: The Neil Brook's Vision Cure for Hyperopia.

Righto, there are many sites where the Bates method is called quackery. But we cant know the truth without trying. Having said that, I still think that we dont have to rely on any medicines, drops, c...

Ram

Complementary Methods

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09-07-2008, 02:51 AM

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