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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

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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: 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: 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: Eye Doctors Suck.
Post: Re: Eye Doctors Suck.

Pin-hole effect isn't Bates, they can be perfectly explained by the law of optics. Unfortunately, some NVI people have been marketing them as such, or as something that would benefit the vision takin...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

9,474

12-08-2010, 09:07 PM

Thread: Most terrifying thing
Post: Re: Most terrifying thing

Don't worry, you are not anysomyopic. It would have to be a lot more difference between the two eyes. This kind of variance is quite usual. You can perhaps convince your mom eventually, if you beco...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

25,585

09-01-2010, 07:41 PM

Thread: Weaker glasses - astigmatism undercorrection
Post: Re: Weaker glasses - astigmatism undercorrection

Just forget about the astigmatism for now. The trouble is with your imagination, not the undercorrection. It is normal to see distorted/multiplied, etc as your eyesight improves. But you will notic...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

10,023

04-11-2011, 12:33 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: Imagination
Post: Re: Imagination

Hi Sean, That's awesome stuff! Keep doing what you are doing! You gave me a good laugh, too, because I thought of how it would sound to an outsider! And yes, because I am experimenting with simila...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

23,301

10-19-2010, 09:06 AM

Thread: how much have you improved in a month
Post: Re: how much have you improved in a month

OK, so I have been quiet (too busy with my life and improving my eyesight at the same time) and will go away again after this post. I have been discovering one very important factor about the Bates ME...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

8,987

02-21-2011, 02:17 PM

Thread: Difficulty with the Bates method
Post: Re: Difficulty with the Bates method

Nancy, I am especially interested in how you deal with the fact that so few people know about the mind-vision connection. There are meditation teachers out there (I am going to sign up for one in th...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

19,887

09-03-2010, 09:18 AM

Thread: CentralFixation/ClearFlashStimulatingBiofeedbackDevice
Post: Re: CentralFixation/ClearFlashStimulatingBiofeedba...

Actually, Dr Bates writes that all infants' vision changes very much from one day to the next. According to his observations, one day may be myopic then hypermetropic the next, and so on.

Andrea Major

Success Stories

18,427

06-08-2010, 12:20 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: +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: 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: 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: Lots of Questions - Palming, Improvement, etc.
Post: Re: Lots of Questions - Palming, Improvement, etc.

If you can easily, effortlessly imagine something moving (swinging from side to side) a small area or a letter, that's best. But you may not be able to as that is an indication of relaxation already ...

Andrea Major

Bates Method

24,637

09-03-2010, 06:26 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

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

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