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02-23-2013, 08:08 AM

Thread: Supplementing Bates
Post: Re: Supplementing Bates

Hi Sorrisi, I think that strain itself is a feeling of some discomfort, irritation, anxiousness and general dis-ease. And though we may not wish to acknowledge it a lot of people with myopia are con...

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02-07-2009, 08:08 PM

Thread: Releasubg the jaw
Post: Releasubg the jaw

I tried relaxing my jaw muscles for about 10-15 minutes...and the eyesight went through a stage of blurry vision but everything was brighter, I think the vision was in the stage of improvement while I...

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05-26-2009, 09:46 AM

Thread: 'Normal vision'
Post: 'Normal vision'

I read recently that Bates said although normal eyesight can be attained through ways of relaxation, something along the lines of, 'stereoscopic or microscopic vision' is rare. Does this imply that t...

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05-02-2008, 03:50 PM

Thread: A few queries for you
Post: A few queries for you

I'm not quite convinced about close-work not being responsible for myopia. Could controlling eye movement be strain? But i've seen normal sighted people moving there eyes about from far side to side,...

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07-09-2008, 01:43 PM

Thread: How the body/mind learns?
Post: How the body/mind learns?

Hi everyone, I have been doing some body posture exercises over the past few months. Generally I have had varying success in feeling more relaxed and freeing up muscles...But today was a little diff...

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05-27-2009, 07:51 AM

Thread: secondary strain
Post: Re: secondary strain

Would you say that once you release the secondary strain/tension, the primary tension becomes a lot more noticeable? For me, although I can see better, I'm also more aware of an underlying tension......

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02-11-2009, 10:49 AM

Thread: Any cool ideas?
Post: Re: Any cool ideas?

Hi T, Personally speaking, if you can go without them go without them, if not, then wear them. I think it's alright to wear them when absolutely necessary especially if it will save you any future a...

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10-13-2008, 01:31 AM

Thread: Effortlessness in other things
Post: Effortlessness in other things

Hi there, I read on here a suggestion from Dave, which was about how we should practice doing other things effortlessly. Today I experimented walking effortlessly. What I did was walk at a very com...

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09-27-2009, 11:51 AM

Thread: How the body/mind learns?
Post: Re: How the body/mind learns?

The posture exercises are from an ebook I got online...they aren't anything directly to do with the Alexander Technique. The point I was trying to make was when I started doing the exercises in a subt...

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05-27-2009, 02:27 PM

Thread: Dancing
Post: Dancing

Just throwing this out there.. I've been listening to and dancing to music a little lately. What I notice is the best way for me to dance, is to not think about it much, but just let my body move t...

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06-29-2009, 10:03 PM

Thread: Some strain left
Post: Some strain left

Seeing a lot better, flashes lasting longer.. But one thing, although the flashes occur, when they occur..I tense in relation to what I see - not wanting to see people(or not wanting people to see me ...

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02-23-2009, 04:37 AM

Thread: Dancing
Post: Re: Dancing

I was told (by a posture instructor) there was some studies done that showed music relaxes us..I'm not sure if that is the music or because when listening to music we are likely to divert our attentio...

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06-30-2009, 10:53 PM

Thread: Relaxing the eyes and avoiding the issue
Post: Re: Relaxing the eyes and avoiding the issue

One of the things I've found when I see better, is that I only focus on one thing at a time..central fixation I presume..and yet I also still have this desire to want to see more, to want to see every...

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06-20-2011, 01:39 PM

Thread: Effortlessness in other things
Post: Re: Effortlessness in other things

That sounds good Otto. I've read on some self development forums that it helps to have a mindset of abundance and to be welcoming to receiving things. Money is only a means to an exchange for things...

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09-29-2009, 03:15 PM

Thread: Releasing emotions.
Post: Releasing emotions.

Any techniques for releasing emotions? I have some pent-up feelings, which are towards someone, well towards how they treated me. Do you think that releasing these emotions is best done by confro...

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08-17-2010, 12:42 AM

Thread: Improvement with glasses on temporarily
Post: Improvement with glasses on temporarily

Ok, quick update. I usually don't wear my glasses, but for a while I have occasionally put them on and in particular have put them on when using the computer. Occasionally while out and about withou...

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05-29-2009, 03:41 PM

Thread: also, feet are designed perfectly!
Post: Re: also, feet are designed perfectly!

Dave, Do you mind the appearance of these shoes? Or do you do the running in a secluded area? I wonder if the sore calves is a common problem or not when adjusting to them. Footballman.

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07-02-2009, 12:45 PM

Thread: Bates' Genius
Post: Bates' Genius

Although Bates advocates doing the exercises to restore vision, I have gotten so much from reading what Bates writes about effort and an efforting life...so much so that I am sure I have re-programmed...

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05-29-2009, 05:55 PM

Thread: Improvement with glasses on temporarily
Post: Re: Improvement with glasses on temporarily

I'm not sure what my visual acuity is, I think it is -3 in both eyes(if that makes sense)..but I try and stay away from putting a number on how much I'm straining...I don't always strain either, I sor...