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Thread: Eye muscles or mostly the mind ?
Post: Eye muscles or mostly the mind ?

Hi everyone, Lately I've been getting confused about what the bates method is all about. Since reading some books on it (relearning to see and perfect eyesight without glasses) I always had the idea...

Lex

Bates Method

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06-29-2012, 01:33 AM

Thread: Eye muscles or mostly the mind ?
Post: Re: Eye muscles or mostly the mind ?

thanks nancy, If so then it means that it all starts with looking at things and thus CF would be the base of everything ? if so , what would the best way of enhancing CF be in your opinion ? i take i...

Lex

Bates Method

7,718

06-29-2012, 08:55 AM

Thread: Hobbies that Help with the Bates Methods
Post: Re: Hobbies that Help with the Bates Methods

They say that playing ping pong is very beneficial to your eyesight ... it should help with CF, movement and speed ...

Lex

Bates Method

8,209

07-05-2012, 04:17 AM

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

Thanks Nancy , So ideally the glance should be fluid, while at the same time not 'spacing out' ? With that I mean that the attention is aimed outwards inside of inward ? Lex

Lex

Bates Method

5,383

07-05-2012, 05:30 AM

Thread: Letter / snellen card frustrations ...
Post: Letter / snellen card frustrations ...

Hi all, So I've been trying some letter / snellen card techniques for the last month and I am pretty frustrated with it. I don't seem to get any effect from it whatsoever. Not even temporarily. Wha...

Lex

Bates Method

8,622

07-03-2012, 05:12 AM

Thread: Letter / snellen card frustrations ...
Post: Re: Letter / snellen card frustrations ...

Thanks everybody for your replies, I am going to incorporate all the tips in my tries. I think I should try using my eyes in a more relaxed way. I find myself having tired eyes in the evening without...

Lex

Bates Method

8,622

07-04-2012, 02:10 AM

Thread: Am I having semi-clear flashes ? Or is it the blinking ?
Post: Re: Am I having semi-clear flashes ? Or is it th...

I wanted to believe it may not be that, but the truth is : jts pretty clear that all my clear flashes were due to moisture refracting the light closer to the retina..

Lex

Bates Method

9,630

07-15-2012, 07:28 AM

Thread: Bates method gives me head and eye ache ?
Post: Re: Bates method gives me head and eye ache ?

The thing is that i thought i was not straining .. Im not squinting nor am i squeezing my eyes. Also i have accepted the bl ur and just look at details of blur. But the pain is in the back of the righ...

Lex

Bates Method

6,176

07-17-2012, 07:44 AM

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

Hi, It's amazing how much difficulty a seemingly simple 'long swing' is bringing me, because I am not sure that I am doing it right. When I swing, I feel my eyes making 'shocking' movements. The s...

Lex

Bates Method

5,383

07-05-2012, 01:23 AM

Thread: Am I having semi-clear flashes ? Or is it the blinking ?
Post: Am I having semi-clear flashes ? Or is it the bl...

Hi, So I have been diving into different kinds of letter card exercises and am experiencing something which I am not sure about. It seems that when I shift between letters that are blurred (even unr...

Lex

Bates Method

9,630

07-05-2012, 04:46 AM

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

Hi all, I've been wondering what's happening to my vision while doing the following exercise. I took the ETDRS (<a class="postlink" href="http://www.i-see.org/etdrs/etdrs-r.pdf"&g...

Lex

Bates Method

3,247

07-06-2012, 04:20 AM

Thread: Bates method gives me head and eye ache ?
Post: Bates method gives me head and eye ache ?

Hi, So. I've started the Bates method around 3 months ago. Up untill now I am swinging, palming, sunning and using David's method of looking at things. My left eye is -4.25 and a cylinder of -1.25 w...

Lex

Bates Method

6,176

07-17-2012, 12:52 AM

Thread: Is patching the eye a good idea in this case ?
Post: Is patching the eye a good idea in this case ?

Hey all, So I've been doing the bates method for more than three months with zero results. Now I am starting to wonder about the following, since I am not intending to give up just yet. Since my tw...

Lex

Bates Method

6,645

07-24-2012, 05:42 AM

Thread: Is patching the eye a good idea in this case ?
Post: Re: Is patching the eye a good idea in this case ?

Thanks for your reply nancy. All of this makes sense and I am going to delve into all of this of course. But that leaves me still with another question : My eye is working along with the right. I c...

Lex

Bates Method

6,645

07-25-2012, 01:53 AM

Thread: 5 minutes of plus lenses and this happens ...
Post: 5 minutes of plus lenses and this happens ...

Ok, I have read that plus lens therapy can be unhealthy. So I was not intending to do it really. And I am not going to (I think). But listen to this : I went to my parents house today and saw some re...

Lex

Bates Method

6,993

07-25-2012, 02:41 PM

Thread: Is patching the eye a good idea in this case ?
Post: Re: Is patching the eye a good idea in this case ?

Thanks for your info Nancy. I've always been afraid to patch my right eye (before I started bates) because I thought my eye would become worse. Well, right no it's -4.25 so worse is already here. ...

Lex

Bates Method

6,645

07-27-2012, 04:40 AM

Thread: What about the Janet Goodrich method ?
Post: What about the Janet Goodrich method ?

Hi, While reading relearning to see I came across the name of Janet Goodrich. She seems to have trained Thom Quackenbush. Because of that I figured that I would do some searches for here on the web. ...

Lex

Bates Method

3,111

07-31-2012, 01:18 AM

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

Hi, I've been struggling with a question for the past days and I hope someone can tell me the answer. It's about : how do my eyes know that they should focus. For example : I am myopic, so when I ...

Lex

Bates Method

4,487

07-31-2012, 02:38 AM

Thread: Left eye is smaller than right when not wearing correction..
Post: Left eye is smaller than right when not wearing co...

Hey all, So, I've been doing Bates for around 3 months and it's the only time that I haven't worn correction for years. Recently I've noticed something that I've forgotten about for a years now. Whe...

Lex

Bates Method

10,548

08-13-2012, 11:54 PM

Thread: Itching and tearing eye while doing CF chart work ...
Post: Itching and tearing eye while doing CF chart work ...

Hi all, I have not done chart work for a long time, because I didn't see any improvement. Instead I just went around for the last 2 months trying to see the world in 'David's method' ... That means, ...

Lex

Bates Method

2,901

09-10-2012, 05:36 AM

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