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Thread: About 'Clear Flashes'
Post: Re: About 'Clear Flashes'

A guess: by sitting close, you're making it too easy on your eyes. You're not "looking for details" as much (see that excellent thread Dave started), so your vision isn't improving. Sitting farther ba...

Nancy

Bates Method

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09-26-2010, 12:18 PM

Thread: About palming
Post: Re: About palming

Sitting in the dark would probably give you a needed break from looking, especially if you're looking in a straining way. One additional advantage of palming is the healing energy from your hands flow...

Nancy

Bates Method

5,007

03-25-2012, 04:01 PM

Thread: about wearing glasses or not when practicing the method
Post: Re: about wearing glasses or not when practicing t...

Maybe you need weaker than -3, or maybe you need to wear glasses less often. Or maybe you're straining because the -3 glasses are too weak! Headaches mean strain and only you know what you're doing to...

Nancy

David's method

12,269

01-08-2013, 01:43 PM

Thread: about wearing glasses or not when practicing the method
Post: Re: about wearing glasses or not when practicing t...

husktech, it's not either-or, discard your glasses and work with a teacher and see wonderful steady improvement, or continue to wear glasses and hardly improve at all. I disagree with Daniel on this p...

Nancy

David's method

12,269

01-07-2013, 11:46 AM

Thread: Advice for teachers?
Post: RE: Advice for teachers?

(08-03-2016, 09:12 PM)Joe100 Wrote: (08-03-2016, 12:26 PM)David Wrote: My favorite book at the moment is Take Off Your Glasses and See, which I'm re-reading now after many years. I don't remember ...

Nancy

New Members - Introduce Yourself

8,044

08-06-2016, 09:32 AM

Thread: Advice on trying to prove an eyesight disability scam
Post: RE: Advice on trying to prove an eyesight disabili...

(05-25-2017, 07:21 AM)Randall Stevens Wrote: I am in a situation in which I could use some advice. A certain individual male (not myself) is attempting to gain compensation from myself through the ...

Nancy

Off Topic

9,028

05-25-2017, 10:42 AM

Thread: after 40 years....
Post: Re: after 40 years....

jiminos, big congratulations and thanks for posting. Every single person who achieves this milestone is more evidence to the skeptics that it's possible. Spread the word!

Nancy

Success Stories

52,542

06-23-2011, 06:04 AM

Thread: After a long road of confusion.. I really need some insight
Post: Re: After a long road of confusion.. I really need...

Quote:But won't playing an outdoor sport and focusing into the distance strain my eyes even further? The key to all this is to learn to look without straining, whether in the distance or up close. I...

Nancy

Bates Method

18,590

11-15-2013, 09:59 AM

Thread: After a long road of confusion.. I really need some insight
Post: Re: After a long road of confusion.. I really need...

I repeat, you can strain with glasses or without them, looking up close or looking in the distance. And you can look in a relaxed way with glasses or without them, looking up close or looking in the d...

Nancy

Bates Method

18,590

11-15-2013, 10:54 AM

Thread: afterimage post shifting
Post: Re: afterimage post shifting

Cezar, I have seen after-images when sunning, and also when looking at the chart. I have wondered with amusement if this was my mind's desperate attempt to "hang onto" the image. I think there is also...

Nancy

Bates Method

13,210

09-03-2012, 03:07 PM

Thread: afterimage post shifting
Post: Re: afterimage post shifting

Cezar, I'm not sure what state you think you're supposed to reach. Keep doing the practices and observing your reactions, when you're relaxed, when you're straining more (maybe trying not to see the a...

Nancy

Bates Method

13,210

09-04-2012, 12:52 PM

Thread: Alexander teacher visualization
Post: Re: Alexander teacher visualization

More from my wise AT teacher friend in response to a thank-you note from me. Quote:As for AT, the whole principle is to allow the neck to be free, which was Alexander's first direction. Studies have...

Nancy

Complementary Methods

4,328

09-25-2013, 10:00 AM

Thread: Alexander Technique
Post: Re: Alexander Technique

Peter Grunwald's Eyebody work is a combination of the Alexander Technique & Bates Method. I'll be taking a workshop with him in a month. Check out http://eyebody.com/ for some interesting ideas on...

Nancy

Complementary Methods

11,474

05-23-2009, 11:15 AM

Thread: Already had lasik, have cataracts now, can Bates help?
Post: Re: Already had lasik, have cataracts now, can Bat...

If you're seeing results from palming, the relaxation is benefitting your stressed visual system. More of this can only help. The rest of the Bates Method is like this too. Give your eyes what they ne...

Nancy

David's method

26,068

05-25-2013, 10:10 AM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: Re: also, feet are designed perfectly!

Since the Eyebody workshop a month ago I've been in the process of training myself to be present at all times, & to bring myself back when I realize I've slipped off into worrying or straining. Mo...

Nancy

Off Topic

16,793

08-02-2009, 12:39 PM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: Re: also, feet are designed perfectly!

Go barefoot in the house as much as possible, or walk around outside where there's grass. Your feet will never want to be caged again! Walk in the sandals before you try to run in them. You can do thi...

Nancy

Off Topic

16,793

06-06-2009, 12:42 PM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: Re: also, feet are designed perfectly!

Otto, you may know this already, but achilles tendinitis often comes from being on your toes too much, like women who wear high heels a lot. Check your shoes to see if the elevated heel throws you for...

Nancy

Off Topic

16,793

06-06-2009, 12:51 PM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: Re: also, feet are designed perfectly!

The "organic food has no health benefits" so-called news was big here too in the U.S. They conveniently left out how much less polluted it is with way fewer toxins since it isn't chemically fertilized...

Nancy

Off Topic

16,793

07-31-2009, 09:12 AM

Thread: Am I doing the long swing correctly ?
Post: Re: Am I doing the long swing correctly ?

No right or wrong, just where you are now. Slow it down if you have to (it's not a race) -- I had to do it very slowly at first because I kept losing my balance. Ideally your gaze will flow easily ove...

Nancy

Bates Method

5,383

07-05-2012, 05:18 AM

Thread: Am I doing the long swing correctly ?
Post: Re: Am I doing the long swing correctly ?

Fluid (rather than jerky), yes. Attention outward in a noticing way, but not grabbing onto anything or trying to stop its movement, like looking easily out a car side window when someone else is drivi...

Nancy

Bates Method

5,383

07-05-2012, 11:32 AM

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