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Thread: my sort of success story, still needing some help
Post: RE: my sort of success story, still needing some h...

I agree with you about spending time out-of-doors, not only due to the natural light but to looking in the far distance, easily and automatically. Here's a long Huffington Post article saying the same...

Nancy

Bates Method

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04-10-2015, 09:26 AM

Thread: Beginner...Please Help
Post: Re: Beginner...Please Help

There's not a single answer to this that applies to every case. Typically on the path to eyesight improvement people wear weaker glasses to read or do computer work, as your usual glasses are meant to...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,588

04-21-2009, 10:26 AM

Thread: eye lubrication and accomodation
Post: Re: eye lubrication and accomodation

I'm guessing you're not blinking enough, a bad habit people get into when they're staring at something near (like a computer) for a long time without regularly shifting their gaze into the distance. C...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,582

04-06-2013, 11:48 AM

Thread: Releasubg the jaw
Post: Re: Releasubg the jaw

Liana's blog on Robert Lichtman's Effortless Vision Forum has some posts about work she did in this area, & I seem to remember there were some other posts about it too so you might want to check t...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,573

05-26-2009, 10:01 AM

Thread: is this my true vision
Post: Re: is this my true vision

Nnot enough information to answer your question. If you say your vision is fine, I wouldn't worry about what the doctor says if it were me. If you can make your vision worse you can also make it bette...

Nancy

Complementary Methods

3,570

10-01-2010, 09:06 AM

Thread: what do you think of buying glasses online?
Post: Re: what do you think of buying glasses online?

I must have written this same post 5 times, and others too. Zenni Optical. http://www.zennioptical.com/

Nancy

Complementary Methods

3,494

10-07-2010, 08:31 AM

Thread: Help? With Glasses?
Post: Re: Help? With Glasses?

When you're doing the Long Swing, take your glasses off and twist your body from side to side slowly, letting the world slide by in the opposite direction. You are not trying to see anything, just let...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,474

09-21-2010, 10:16 AM

Thread: Need advice...
Post: Re: Need advice...

I'd say try adding some "true exercise time", as you call it, and re-evaluate after a week or 2. Some exercises may be more beneficial for you than others, since everyone is different. If you're notic...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,454

03-09-2012, 04:08 PM

Thread: Visual acuity and errors of refraction
Post: Re: Visual acuity and errors of refraction

Peter Grunwald (Eyebody) started with -10 and worked with Janet Goodrich before she died to eliminate his glasses completely, after he'd spent some time learning the Alexander Method and becoming a t...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,440

02-28-2011, 06:05 AM

Thread: Training to clear snellen chart
Post: Re: Training to clear snellen chart

The big thing for me was to have it close enough that I could see the top few lines, at least in a blurry way. When I started I could barely see the chart at 20 feet let alone any of the letters. Sit ...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,439

11-22-2010, 05:00 PM

Thread: Bought Reduced Glasses Prescription
Post: Re: Bought Reduced Glasses Prescription

Aquila, I'm guessing no one has answered you because they aren't eye doctors and don't want to prescribe a glasses prescription over the internet, and I feel the same way. My behavioral optometrist re...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,422

10-07-2011, 10:12 AM

Thread: Reduced prescription 20/40 - question
Post: Re: Reduced prescription 20/40 - question

20/40 with both eyes together, so you can drive safely. Get an eye chart if you don't have one so you can monitor your progress and know when these glasses are getting too strong, and move to a weaker...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,343

05-10-2012, 12:40 PM

Thread: exercising
Post: Re: exercising

Do something gentle to start, but DO SOMETHING. See if you can walk for 10 minutes every day. Then gradually increase it over time to a faster pace or longer distance, but don't push yourself too much...

Nancy

Complementary Methods

3,343

12-03-2010, 06:45 PM

Thread: Eyebody
Post: Eyebody

I received a PM asking what I knew about Peter Grunwald's Eyebody method, which I've written about in my blog and on forums. I'll respond to the PM publicly here so everyone else can benefit too. Last...

Nancy

Complementary Methods

3,300

04-26-2010, 08:54 AM

Thread: Want to start the bates method.
Post: Re: Want to start the bates method.

With such a high prescription (almost exactly what I started with 10 years ago), it would be great if you could find a behavioral optometrist to work with who could prescribe under-corrected glasses f...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,281

10-10-2011, 05:41 PM

Thread: What's happening here ?
Post: Re: What's happening here ?

Lex, without looking at you I can't tell if you're staring, but if the formerly invisible letters are clearing up, you are probably doing things right. When your vision is clearer, both the center and...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,247

07-06-2012, 07:17 AM

Thread: Personal messages about my improvement
Post: Personal messages about my improvement

Today I received another PM asking about my original prescription, my prescription now, and some general questions. This does not belong in a PM, and I've written this information elsewhere many times...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,231

06-16-2011, 01:08 PM

Thread: Vision Community in Portland, OR?
Post: RE: Vision Community in Portland, OR?

Gene Younger is an older teacher in WA state and Greg Marsh a well-known teacher in Colorado, both closer to you than I am in NY, so there may be local circles around them. Skype can bridge a lot of d...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,208

05-01-2014, 05:59 PM

Thread: The snellen card
Post: Re: The snellen card

Bates spoke about putting a snellen card in the front of a school room, and the teacher having the children read it a couple of times a day, with each eye separately then both ey4es together. All the ...

Nancy

Bates Method

3,150

10-01-2012, 08:30 AM

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