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Thread: pure Bates method
Post: Re: pure Bates method

There is a right way to summarize it and that has been done best by children in the BEM's. Like that school boy, with perfect vision who said, that if you cannot see something, you look away. That's...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

57,740

01-07-2011, 09:04 PM

Thread: straining without glasses
Post: Re: straining without glasses

Also, Pikachu, You can do computer work without glasses. For a desktop, you just pull the monitor to the edge of your desk and place the keyboard in your lap. With a laptop, it is easy to get close...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

7,391

01-19-2011, 09:32 PM

Thread: Reading with incoroporated Bates method
Post: Re: Reading with incoroporated Bates method

He-He! I am assuming, that you are able to read this way from a lot further than you should be according to your prescription, correct? No, you don't have to read this way all the time. Just do it as...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

4,072

01-22-2011, 08:42 PM

Thread: Why progress is slow, and most people are never truely cured
Post: Re: Why progress is slow, and most people are neve...

I disagree. We don't succeed because we don't listen very well. Then people get frustrated, create their own theories about the need for personality change and such, giving themselves and others a ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

38,632

09-10-2010, 08:08 PM

Thread: Musings on Vision
Post: Re: Musings on Vision

Reading doesn't cause myopia. If reading caused any problems with the sight it would have to be hypermetropia (farsightedness) rather than shortshightedness. Myopia is caused by straining to see at ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

68,000

09-18-2010, 08:11 PM

Thread: Central fixation versus movement
Post: Re: Central fixation versus movement

Well said, Hammer! At a young age, I was very interested in stones and I am beginning to re-awaken this hobby to feel better and improve my relaxation/imagination/palming skills. But I think many my...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

4,957

09-19-2010, 06:29 PM

Thread: Why progress is slow, and most people are never truely cured
Post: Re: Why progress is slow, and most people are neve...

OK then! :-) How about we get back on topic?! I often wonder about this pessimistic title: "Why progress is slow, and most people are never truely cured". How does someone make a statement like that...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

38,632

09-20-2010, 08:23 PM

Thread: How do i know if an exercise works for me???
Post: Re: How do i know if an exercise works for me???

If an exercise was useful, there is always improvement in the sight. Judge your success by your ability to imagine something perfectly either with your eyes closed or with your eyes open. If this sou...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

7,739

02-23-2011, 07:21 AM

Thread: Palming versus peripheral vision
Post: Re: Palming versus peripheral vision

Thanks for sharing this stuff with us, hammer! I liked it so much I ended up walking around for 2 days doing it, because I loved the clarity it gave me. Then my eyes started hurting, like they were ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

8,706

09-24-2010, 06:56 PM

Thread: Musings on Vision
Post: Re: Musings on Vision

Hi Armageddon, Simply put again, You are Wrong! You are confusing Reading/Learning To Read with the Educational System/Process. One has almost nothing to do with the other, other than the fact that...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

68,000

10-08-2010, 06:22 AM

Thread: Words of Wisdom from 20/20
Post: Re: Words of Wisdom from 20/20

Wow, seetheleaves! You make me laugh! But also, your stuff is worthy of the Better Eyesight Magazines. I know Bates would approve! :-)

Andrea Major

Bates Method

17,133

02-23-2011, 07:28 AM

Thread: Seeing when sick
Post: Re: Seeing when sick

Just don't do chart when you are sick. Stop testing your eyesight, which lowers your sight. Practice dodging your vision. Just notice that things move and are small/contained/brighter/more contrast...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

8,391

04-25-2011, 08:08 PM

Thread: Progress Report at Year 1.5
Post: Re: Progress Report at Year 1.5

Thanks guys for your encouragements! Oh it is not a success story yet, but I hope I will have the courage to go on like this and make it to 20/20 or better one day. I can now see that it must be pos...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

7,261

10-03-2011, 06:23 PM

Thread: huge amounts of anxiety
Post: Re: huge amounts of anxiety

Noneother, I think Bates has some hidden messages regarding all kinds of anxieties (not just visual as it is impossible to separate them and only improve on one without improving all the others.) He...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

8,838

10-08-2010, 06:59 AM

Thread: Desperate to improve my eyesight
Post: Re: Desperate to improve my eyesight

Hi Bee123, I am about the same prescription as yours and yes, it is absolutely possible for you to go around without glasses. It took only a firm decision and a speech to my husband. I told him: lo...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

11,245

10-10-2010, 06:36 PM

Thread: cross-eyed swing
Post: Re: cross-eyed swing

Hi Napkinfeet, First off, congrats on your determination! Doing swing-a-thons shows that you are willing to put in the effort many would not...and this is exactly the type of person who will succeed ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

9,097

10-14-2010, 11:35 AM

Thread: Musings on Vision
Post: Re: Musings on Vision

So let's recap what has been achieved here: 1. An admission that you don't fully understand the method 2. A slight shift in opinion, from the idea "reading causing loss of central fixation" to "readin...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

68,000

10-14-2010, 12:10 PM

Thread: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

An Update! So here is an email conversation I had with my husband after I have copied him sean's imagination tale. I wanted to shock him with some aspects of the Method, but again, I failed. Proves ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

23,301

10-19-2010, 10:11 AM

Thread: new article / site update
Post: Re: new article / site update

Hi Dave, I think I preferred your welcome page the way it was before. Mysterious and encouraging people to read the original Bates material... Now, I guess I understand, you want to keep people int...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

40,713

11-05-2010, 05:35 PM

Thread: pure Bates method
Post: pure Bates method

I am shocked to find out that you don't agree with Bates's ideas or not fully. I fully agree with him. I have no reason not to. He has improved thousands of people's vision unless we believe he is ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

57,740

11-19-2010, 07:33 PM

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