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Thread: New member, new story
Post: Re: New member, new story

Wow! You should be a poet! ;D Jokes aside, it looks like you have really done your homework and that's the right step in the right direction! I wish you good luck (and determination) with the Bates ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

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07-01-2010, 09:00 AM

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: VISION HELP
Post: Re: VISION HELP

So just practice these methods as much as you can. Esp. number 1. Before the end of 5 seconds (before you lose the clear vision) quickly close your eyes and palm some more. Do this for as long as yo...

Andrea Major

Complementary Methods

3,864

10-21-2011, 07:54 PM

Thread: What does your blur look like?
Post: What does your blur look like?

My myopia is approximately -5.25 and -5.75, astigmatism extra. As far as I can remember, the blur that I see at the distance has never been that nice uniform blur that they have in the textbooks, etc...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

5,399

05-14-2010, 11:05 PM

Thread: Why Optometrist test won't reveal partial progress
Post: Why Optometrist test won't reveal partial progress

This is why the Optometrist test won't reveal progress with the Bates Method... I see people getting discouraged all the time when their prescription strength does not seem to decrease after practici...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

5,934

08-30-2010, 11:47 AM

Thread: Bates for kerataconus?
Post: Re: Bates for kerataconus?

Absolutely, Bates said conical cornea has also been cured they the "perfect imagination". Start reading his book and articles if you can as soon as possible...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

4,872

10-08-2010, 06:25 AM

Thread: Eye exam today!
Post: Re: Eye exam today!

Hello Determined, Please read one of my previous posts, "Why Optometrist test won't reveal partial progress" http://www.iblindness.org/community/view...f=1&t=1817 The fact that you haven't progre...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

3,952

01-10-2011, 06:07 AM

Thread: Eye exam today!
Post: Re: Eye exam today!

OK, I was reading your previous posts to "determine" ;) more about you. So, your better eye is -7D still? So that's about 14 cm from your eyes. (1/7=0.1429m = 14.3cm) Try getting a print of small...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

3,952

01-10-2011, 06:48 AM

Thread: Straining at the Near-Point?
Post: Re: Straining at the Near-Point?

There are two approaches to practicing with the fine print. If you are straining to see fine print from close enough (that means not being successful at reading it), this should decrease myopia and s...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

4,084

01-18-2011, 07:52 PM

Thread: Help
Post: Re: Help

Also, try investing into a good comfortable eye patch. Cover your good eye for a long time, like a whole entire weekend if possible and try to do things around the house that way. Think of it as a f...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

5,860

06-22-2010, 11:36 AM

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 does it feel like my eyes are straing when i do sunning?
Post: Re: why does it feel like my eyes are straing when...

How do you exactly do your sunning exercise? 10 minutes sounds a bit too long to me. I mean I usually tell people to not be afraid of the sun, but there are some specific rules. For example, the he...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

5,144

01-22-2011, 09:02 PM

Thread: Where To Find Diamond Type?
Post: Re: Where To Find Diamond Type?

You just type something in MS Word and change to font size 4, 3 or 2. Or have a paragraph of each. Then you print it with a good quality laser printer. Or use the ingredients list on a travel-size ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

7,711

02-23-2011, 07:37 AM

Thread: My Experience so Far
Post: Re: My Experience so Far

Hi 11oceans! Let me answer your questions here. I went down officially 1 and 1.25 diopters after reading/practicing the bates method during the initial 6 months. I am now past my one year mark and ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

4,694

04-15-2011, 09:07 PM

Thread: Walking with Bates
Post: Re: Walking with Bates

At my stage of improvement, I find it relaxing to follow moving lines as I walk such as the edge where the sidewalk meets the road or the grass and only occasionally look away from it when the strain ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

6,727

08-13-2010, 08:10 PM

Thread: +0.5 Diopter Improvement in 1 Week
Post: Re: +0.5 Diopter Improvement in 1 Week

You are on the wrong website if you believe you can exercise your ciliary muscles. Please read the Bates book. The ciliary muscles have nothing to do with the accomodation. Thanks, Andrea

Andrea Major

Success Stories

12,087

11-19-2010, 06:48 PM

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

Hello Rewired and all who will have the patience to read this, Change in diopters should not be considered a way of measuring progress in the Bates Method. Some people's diopters do move down during...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

7,261

10-07-2011, 08:36 PM

Thread: my myopic and depression
Post: Re: my myopic and depression

I used to be very depressed and it is a terrible illness. I don't trust that you can really get help from traditional medicine for your depression, the same way as they don't know how to cure your ey...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

8,441

05-07-2010, 06:14 AM

Thread: Using plus lenses to cure myopia ?
Post: Re: Using plus lenses to cure myopia ?

Bad. Doesn't address the psychological aspects, minus or plus lenses both lower focal variations of the eye, natural eye movements and central fixation. Besides, if it was this easy, don't you think...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

12,633

06-19-2010, 07:35 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

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