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Thread: I have no idea how to start Bates method!
Post: I have no idea how to start Bates method!

I've been using plus lenses under the direction of Otis Brown for 3 months. My vision has gone from worse than 20/70 to better than 20/40 (measured 20/30 at a physical while mildly squinting). I've a...

cat

Bates Method

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04-08-2006, 04:39 PM

Thread: I have no idea how to start Bates method!
Post: Re: I have no idea how to start Bates method!

Thanks for your help, but I'll admit that I really understand what Bates is saying...Can youp lease paraphrase it somehow?

cat

Bates Method

16,963

04-09-2006, 06:18 AM

Thread: twitch under my eye
Post: Re: twitch under my eye

I also have a twitch (vibrating muscle) at the bottom of both of my eyes. It is more pronounced in the left.

cat

Bates Method

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04-09-2006, 11:13 AM

Thread: I have no idea how to start Bates method!
Post: Re: I have no idea how to start Bates method!

naturegirl Wrote:Hey cat, I am curious about your use of plus lenses. I just made a newbie post too yesterday (aquired myopia). Are you finding any side effects from the plus lenses? I try to wear a...

cat

Bates Method

16,963

04-09-2006, 11:29 AM

Thread: I have no idea how to start Bates method!
Post: Re: I have no idea how to start Bates method!

1) What are you supposed to do during palming? For how long? 2) What are you supposed to do during swinging? 3) What exercises have been most effective for you all?

cat

Bates Method

16,963

04-14-2006, 06:16 AM

Thread: A few more questions
Post: Re: A few more questions

I just did what I think is swinging for about five minutes, followed immediatelyby 5 minutes of palming. I can't say anything extraordinary happened. The normal dizzy feeling after swinging. Then duri...

cat

Bates Method

7,960

05-02-2006, 05:40 PM

Thread: A few more questions
Post: Re: A few more questions

Dave K Wrote:Cat, I'd say definitely slow down on the long swing if you're making yourself stick by spinning back and forth like that. And do it for more than 5 minutes, maybe for more than 15 minut...

cat

Bates Method

7,960

05-03-2006, 04:00 AM

Thread: Strange thing
Post: Re: Strange thing

My math teacher this year has been very stressed. She recently got glasses. There's no reason why anyone would develop myopia at her age (28) according to the "majority opinion". It must be somethin...

cat

Bates Method

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06-11-2006, 10:56 AM

Thread: Pseudomyopia
Post: Re: Pseudomyopia

Pseudomyopia IS what Bates describes, but with a different name! Read the first chapter of his book! Does "organic myopia" ring any bells? It's because you can only fix your myopia if pseudomyopia is ...

cat

Bates Method

38,364

08-06-2006, 10:38 AM

Thread: UpdatesqI
Post: UpdatesqI

I'm going to try working harder on the Bates method. I've been thinking that I'm too good for it and just not wearing glasses. But that isn't enough. I was playing a video game at a friend's house wh...

cat

Bates Method

3,912

09-21-2006, 05:21 PM

Thread: A few more questions
Post: A few more questions

Hey Chris Hansen! Your story is very inspirational and has inspired me to try to pick up the Bates method (It's pretty hard just to find out how to do the exercises!). My story: I have lots of troub...

cat

Bates Method

7,960

05-02-2006, 03:05 PM

Thread: My vacation
Post: My vacation

So basically I've decided to stop wearing my contacts/glasses, and go outside more. I'm not going to worry about exercises, because I become impatient and strain during them, or just do them improperl...

cat

Bates Method

4,015

07-04-2006, 08:14 AM

Thread: UpdatesqI
Post: Re: UpdatesqI

Also a few days, I was looking at my teacher. Somehow I ended up focusing on her head, and everything felt weird. It felt like her body was out of proportion and all I could see was here head.

cat

Bates Method

3,912

09-21-2006, 05:24 PM

Thread: Decided to Relax
Post: Decided to Relax

I realized that I usually lean forward and squint at the computer. So I moved the computer a little more than a meter away. Then I put my feet on the gruond, and leaned back, putting the keyboard and...

cat

Bates Method

4,141

09-24-2006, 05:51 PM

Thread: pinhole glasses
Post: Re: pinhole glasses

azambat Wrote:Hi again Dave.. I'm from Malaysia and this pinhole glasses I bought was from Singapore. I never heard of pinhole glasses as well as bates method before. But after I read articles from ...

cat

Bates Method

14,289

07-06-2006, 12:01 PM

Thread: Eye Doctors Vs. Bates
Post: Re: Eye Doctors Vs. Bates

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/lens.html">http://www.tedmontgomery.com/the_eye/lens.html</a> I think that both sides are ri...

cat

Bates Method

10,504

08-06-2006, 10:33 AM

Thread: Profound clear flashes in my dreams!
Post: Profound clear flashes in my dreams!

so far I've had two of these The first one I was noticing some fog in my vision. Like you know the fog you get when you first wake up. So I tried lokoing through one of the foggy holes and I noticed ...

cat

Bates Method

8,859

10-09-2006, 04:09 PM

Thread: Eye Muscle Exercises - Should I Do Them?
Post: Re: Eye Muscle Exercises - Should I Do Them?

The theory behind these is that after you contract a muscle, it immediately relaxes for a very short amount of time afterwards. That said, your eye muscles are already strong enough and the improvemen...

cat

Bates Method

5,014

10-11-2006, 02:35 PM

Thread: Profound clear flashes in my dreams!
Post: Re: Profound clear flashes in my dreams!

I also forgot one of my dreams, a third one: I was noticing that I had good vision and decided to test myself with an eye chart. I noticed that my vision was good and wondered if the eyechart was fla...

cat

Bates Method

8,859

10-11-2006, 02:37 PM

Thread: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...
Post: Re: My "Clear Flashes" Are Polyopic...

Here's something EXTREMELY eerie that I noticed a few months ago, and this thread has helped me explain it. Cross your eyes manually. Not by letting your eyes glaze over and zone out, but by forcing...

cat

Bates Method

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10-11-2006, 02:46 PM

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