There
are some questions that I hear a lot, so here are a bunch of questions
and answers,
which may give you some extra clarity and improve your 'EyeQ'.
If
your question is not answered here, e-mail
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Change How You See ~
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0. When will the new book be published?
Right now Saskia Naber and I are working on a new
book on Eyesight Improvement for publication in The Netherlands. It's a
big project that is taking more time than we anticipated, so for the
moment we're not giving an estimate of its completion. Thank you for your
patience, it will be worth the wait!! We will post publication news on both our
websites, and we'll be happy to e-mail you about it if you ask us to.
1. Can eyesight improve naturally?
- Many people notice their vision fluctuates - down and up. Eyesight
is often worse during periods of stress, fatigue, illness, etc, and better
during periods of relaxation; say, for example, in the morning after a
good night sleep, or during a vacation. The theory that eyesight cannot
improve naturally simply does not agree with many people's experiences of
their own eyesight. People who have maintained excellent eyesight are
people who have not acquired strained vision habits. The key to
normal sight is relaxation, or, more specifically, relaxed vision habits.
- Natural vision teachers have watched students improve their eyesight
naturally since the early 1900s. While this education process is
relatively simple, it can take several months or several years for some
students to achieve the improvement they want. Dedication, practice,
persistence, the willingness to heal, and patience are necessary.
The correct vision habits need to be applied consistently. Fortunately,
they are not complicated and anyone can learn them!
- Our body has amazing abilities when it comes to recovering from stress
and injury. When given the opportunity to rest and recover, why
should the eyes be an exception to our innate healing abilities?
2. Where is the proof that vision can improve?
- The best proof is in the pudding, as they say. Learn it yourself and
discover new clarity like so many others have done before you. Other than my own vision improvement and
testimonials from students, there
are countless case histories described in Dr Bates' Better Eyesight
Magazines.
- The famous writer Aldous Huxley (author of Brave New World), wrote a
natural eyesight improvement book called The Art of Seeing
after improving his eyesight with the Bates method. He took lessons from
NEI teacher Margaret Corbett, who trained with Dr Bates.
- Dr MacCracken, MD, trained under Dr Bates and taught natural vision
improvement in Berkeley, California for many years. Many case histories of
improved eyesight can be found in his excellent 1937 book Use
Your Own Eyes.
3. How about scientific proof?
The first modern research on natural eyesight improvement was published in
Scientific American back in 1918. In addition to the empirical experiences
of natural eyesight students, there have been many studies since then
confirming Dr. Bates' basic premise: Poor eyesight is the result of
strain, and relaxing the chronic strain improves vision.
- Optometrist Dr Robert-Michael Kaplan co-investigated a study
demonstrating improvements of visual acuity as a result of relaxation,
stating "…myopic persons could be trained to produce relaxation,
which results in sharper visual acuities…"
4. How long will it take to return to clear vision?
That depends. It is different for everyone and varies with the
strength of the prescription and the number of years glasses were
worn. It also depends on how well you understand the principles of
natural eyesight improvement, on how much you apply them, on how good your
overall health is, how stressed you are and how you deal with that stress.
Furthermore, it depends on the experience and ability of your
teacher. There really is no set time.
My own experience proves that clear (20/20) vision can return within a
few weeks, under relaxed circumstances and with conscious awareness of
vision habits. There have been cases in Dr Bates' clinic who
regained perfect eyesight almost immediately. This may happen for
you too, but it is not similarly quick for everyone. I've seen a
presbyopic man who hadn't yet worn glasses return to clarity in one hour;
while a nearsighted friend who couldn't see any letters on the eye-chart
without his glasses read the 20/50 line without glasses after one
month. Some people make fast progress, others go slow. How
long did it take you to get to this point of deteriorated vision??
Often many years of bad habits need to be unlearned, it takes a
little determination and persistence to get back to healthy vision.
Ultimately, it is your
choice. The good news is, it does NOT matter how old you
are or how bad your vision is, everyone can benefit from natural eyesight
improvement, and it usually doesn't take as long to return to clarity as
it took to get to your current level of blurry vision. In my
classes, I find that most people experience a brief (temporary)
improvement in their vision within the first hour, and that many people
get lasting improvement of some degree within just a few
weeks.
If you really want a rough time-line before you'll even give the Bates
Method a chance, I suggest you use the following equation: Count on
needing at least one month for every diopter of prescription. Add a
week for every year glasses were worn. Multiply by your levels of
health and motivation (1 is best/highest, 5 is worst/lowest).
Subtract a month for every year of experience your teacher has. If
the answer is more than 12 months, you may want to increase your
motivation or change teachers... :-) Okay, so I'm just kidding.
I hope this illustrates why it is impossible to predict the time you may
need.
Dr Bates wrote: "The length of time required to obtain a permanent
cure is variable. Some patients with not more than one or two
diopters of myopia may require many weeks or months of daily treatment
before they are permanently cured, while others with a higher degree of
myopia sometimes obtain a cure in a much shorter time." (Better
Eyesight Magazine, March 1928)
Think about it, what do you have to loose? You can either ignore the
natural way, keep wearing glasses and fork out money for new or stronger
glasses on a regular basis, or you can give the Bates Method a chance and
learn the message that the blur has been trying to tell you. Again, it is your
choice.
5. But I have ....(fill in the blank), can this method help my vision too?
The Bates Method has a track record that shows positive effect on just
about any and every vision problem, so take heart, there's a good chance
that you may benefit from it too. The functional vision problems
(such as nearsightedness, farsightedness, presbyopia, strabismus,
astigmatism) respond the fastest to relaxation, but relief has been found
even for diseases of the eye, including cataracts, glaucoma, macular
degeneration, keratoconus, and many others. (Please see On-Site Solutions on Sight.) In all diseases of the
eye, you may want to ask your eye doctor to monitor your progress as you follow your
vision improvement program.
6. Does age matter?
No, age does not matter when it comes to vision improvement.
You cannot be 'too old' for this, all you need is the curiosity to
learn and a wish to improve your sight. Any one can benefit from
relearning relaxed vision habits. Children tend to find it easier
and see results quicker, because their eyestrain hasn't had many years of
becoming habitual and their prescription is usually not very strong yet.
In fact, if children are given the opportunity to learn good vision
habits at the first sign of blurry vision, they will likely avoid the need
for glasses entirely.
7. Why did my eyesight get worse after I started wearing glasses?
Many people have watched their eyesight become significantly worse in a
very short time after wearing full-power, compensating lenses. Yet, many
of these people watch their eyesight improve again after removing these
lenses.
Most of us have good eyesight as children. Just as we naturally learn to
walk, we also learn to see and develop correct eyesight habits. Research
shows that many eyesight problems start when vision is strained. Similar
to taste, touch, or hearing being effortless, seeing is meant to be
effortless. Trying to see inevitably makes vision worse, and that strain
to see can become a chronic and habitual strain that we are no longer
aware of. It may then manifest in blurry vision, poor posture, chronic
headaches, short attention spans, and memory problems. By first becoming
aware of this chronic strain and then releasing it, the eye and mind can
begin to relax and clarity returns.
8. Is old age responsible for deterioration of eyesight (presbyopia)?
- There is an interesting correlation between the type of blur a person
has and their age. In industrialized countries, the majority of people who
get blur early in life become nearsighted; the majority of people who get
blur during middle age usually become farsighted. Regardless, blurry
eyesight is caused by incorrect, strained vision habits - which can be
unlearned. Age is not the issue as long as a person maintains relaxed,
proper habits of vision. A person is not farsighted when he/she has
correct vision habits. Natural Eyesight Improvement teacher Thomas
Quackenbush (who has been teaching full-time since 1983) has observed no
difference in the rate of improvement between nearsighted and presbyopic
students.
- Note that there are people who have excellent eyesight - far and
near - well into their 60's, 70's and 80's. Dr Bates basically
stated that the only time a person can have blurred vision, near or
far, is when they interfere with relaxed, natural vision habits.
- Again, Dr Bates eliminated his own reading glasses for his
"stone hard" presbyopia; many other eyesight improvement
students have done the same.
9. Is blurry eyesight (myopia) hereditary?
- Disease, including eye disease, can be hereditary. However,
myopia is not due to disease and studies of Eskimos have proven that is not hereditary; it is a
functional problem. According to Bates teacher Janet Goodrich, PhD,
author of Natural
Vision Improvement, identical twin studies have proven myopia is
not genetic. If the parents have blurry eyesight, it is likely that
their children will pick up their poor vision habits. When parents
who are wearing glasses want to enroll their children in a vision
class, it is suggested that the parents also enroll. Dr Bates found that
if the parents and the teachers wore glasses, the child would be
more likely to acquire blurred sight. Dr Bates felt that teachers
who wore glasses should not be allowed to teach school children.
Children improve their eyesight along with their parents in eyesight
improvement classes.
- The progressive Optometric Extension Program Foundation states in
its brochure titled Rx for nearsightedness, Stress Relieving
Lenses: "Essentially, myopia appears to be the response of
the total person to some form of stress." Most would agree that
excessive stress is a major problem in our society - including
school children. Dr Bates proved that the key to good eyesight is
relaxed, natural vision habits.
- Dr Bates lowered the rate of nearsightedness from 6% to less than
1% during an eight year Natural Eyesight Improvement program for
school children in North Dakota.
10. Does reading too much or reading fine print, doing computer work,
watching TV, etc, in dim light ruin eyesight?
No. There are people who do all of these activities and have
excellent eyesight. However, it is easy to fall into incorrect
vision habits during these activities; if a person does, vision will
blur. The key is to maintain relaxed, correct vision habits
during all activities.
11. Are the eyes healthy while wearing glasses or contact lenses?
- Dr Bates showed that a person's vision is under chronic strain
while eyesight is blurred, even while wearing artificial corrective
lenses or after corneal refractive surgery. In
nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and strabismus, the
external eye muscles are chronically tense, squeezing the eyeball
out of shape or turning the eye out of normal alignment. Eye
doctors have known for over a century that the greater the
nearsightedness, the more likely a person will have detached retina.
The retina is a paper-thin film and is not designed to be squeezed
out of shape year after year. Again, from the OPEF brochure,
"Two-thirds of those persons who suffer detached retinas are
myopic… While processes like [corneal refractive surgery] or
orthokeratology produce improved distance acuity without the use of
glasses, they do not change the basic problem of myopia…"
Neither do glasses and contact lenses. Further, "The change
involves only the cornea, while the depth of the vitreous chamber
remains increased, and so does the eyeball length. Thus, the patient
still has myopia and remains subject to all the risks of
myopia." High degrees of myopia have been correlated to
glaucoma. Dr Bates and many other teachers have reported many
serious vision problems improving with NEI education.
- Most contact lens wearers endure an uncomfortable period
(especially with hard contacts) when they first begin to wear them.
This so-called "adaptation period" is the eye's attempt to
reject the foreign object. One report stated that 50% of all contact
wearers never succeed with adjusting to their contacts in the long
term. Not surprisingly, many NEI students have found contact lenses
become intolerable when relearning natural vision habits. The
natural visual system rejects the foreign objects.
- People who leave their extended contact lenses in overnight are 10
to 15 times more likely to develop corneal ulcers than are daily
wearers of soft contact lenses. Contact lenses have the highest rate
of injury from any medical device.
- An optometrist for over 50 years, Dr Joseph Kennebeck, in his book
Why Eyeglasses Are Harmful For Children And Young People, stated
that if a person who is nearsighted uses compensating lenses to see
up close, they put a tremendous strain on their eyes. Similarly, the
farsighted person should never look into the distance with their
reading glasses. Unfortunately, people who wear glasses/lenses use
them at the wrong distance often.
- Oftentimes only the quantity, e.g. visual acuity, is addressed
with the conventional solutions to blurred vision. For NEI
students the qualities of vision - colors, texture awareness,
interest, memory, concentration, imagination, and spatial
perceptions - are important parts of the total natural vision
experience. For example, the feeling of 3-dimensional vision is not
primarily a stereoscopic issue, it is primarily mental. There can be
a natural, full, 3-dimensional experience or an unnatural, flat,
2-dimensional vision experience - while seeing with only one eye.
The fact that some people who have had corneal refractive surgeries
report the return of their 3-D quality of vision is an indication
that the wearing of glasses and contact lenses can lead to
unnatural, flat, 2-D vision. Most NEI students soon experience the
return of their natural, 3-D vision.
- There is no direct physical connection between the two eyes.
Most
people experience blur in both eyes at about the same time. As
students improve eyesight, both eyes usually improve together.
This
indicates that vision problems come from the whole body and mind -
not just the physical eyes.
- Dr Bates found that many persons relieved themselves of headaches
and many other health problems when their eyesight improved through
relaxation. Many students have found that neck and shoulder muscles
release their chronic tension. Some students who, after being told
by their doctors that their range of neck movement was limited
permanently, have watched their necks release that
"permanent" tension during NEI classes.
- No one is completely healthy who has blurred vision, because
blurred vision is caused by abnormal strain.
12. Are artificial corneal refractive surgeries, like LASIK and radial
keratotomy safe?
- Dr Walter Stark of Johns Hopkins stated that ads touting radial
keratotomy as "safe and effective" are less than frank.
About 1 to 3 percent of people have significant side effects. "Every complication listed in an informed consent form" -
including the remote risk of going blind - "is something that
has actually happened." Also, "Progressive hyperopia
(farsighted vision, after the surgery) will be the thing that
condemns radial keratotomy." One magazine reported
that approximately 40% of people who had corneal refractive eye
surgery to correct nearsightedness a decade prior, had become
prematurely farsighted. Some problems people have experienced with
corneal refractive surgeries are not required to be told to
potential corneal refractive surgery patients. Anyone considering
corneal refractive surgery should read the information provided and
the links listed here.
- Infections from the incisions may be the greatest threat; an
infection can permanently scar the cornea or, worse, penetrate and
destroy the eyeball. 10% of R-K patients have fluctuating vision -
eyesight that gets worse as the day wears on. R-K can leave patients
with diminished contrast sensitivity. Long-term consequences for the
current variations of this surgery are unknown; long-term
consequences for one type of original corneal refractive surgery
were devastating. Some medical consultants conclude you should
resist the ads, especially the mass marketing ads.
- Literature published by a prominent R-K surgeon states his surgery
is "not experimental"; it is "investigational",
since the word "experimental" is only allowed to be used
regarding animals! In addition, some advertisements for corneal
refractive surgeries falsely show a round eyeball for myopia with a
cornea that has too much curvature; the fact is a myopic eyeball is
elongated, which is due to chronically tense oblique eye muscles.
- FBI agents, commercial pilot and Air Force pilot applicants are
not accepted if they have had R-K surgery.
- The original mental and physical strain which creates blurred
vision remains unchanged, in addition to continued serious risks of
being myopic.
- With a currently popular form of corneal refractive surgery,
patients have reported a distortion of their visual field at night
when the pupil is larger.
- Since the long-term effects are still unknown, tens of thousands
of people are basically serving as guinea humans.
- To summarize: Whatever the type of laser surgery you are
considering, it does not and can not address the underlying cause of
your visual blur, and therefore may lead to further problems after
the surgery. If you are considering laser surgery on your eyes,
please
read up on it so you can make an
informed choice, and give natural vision improvement a chance first;
you may save your eyes, as well as lots of money!
13. Why haven't I heard of the Bates method before?
- In the years when Dr Bates did his research, the accepted theory
of accommodation (focusing ability of the eye) was defined by Dr
Helmholtz. Dr Helmholtz stated that a change in the shape of
the lens (caused by action of the ciliary muscle) was solely
responsible for accommodation. When Dr Bates started to
realize that Helmholtz was wrong, he quickly proposed an opposing
theory, which had a few flaws in it also. Bates claimed that
the lens had nothing to do with focusing and that accommodation was
done entirely by the extra-ocular eye-muscles changing the shape of
the eyeball. These days progressive eye-doctors are venturing
that the truth is more likely to be a combination of both these
theories. Unfortunately, Dr Bates alienated himself from the
established crowd with his dogmatic attitude, and his subsequent
valuable new insights into the workings of the eyes and mind, and
his numerous successes in curing a variety of vision problems, were
largely ignored.
- Some Vision Improvement Teachers have limited understanding of the
Bates Method themselves, and some go far off the Bates track by only
teaching eye-exercises. Adding effort or exercises on top of muscles
that are already strained from bad vision habits is unlikely to
bring much benefit. In fact, vision may continue to get worse
while doing eye exercises. This of course doesn’t help the general
track record of the Vision Improvement Education profession.
- A few highly effective Bates Teachers have been taken to court in
the past (Margaret Corbett, Paul Anderson), accused of practicing
medicine without a license. Corbett successfully defended
herself with the help of glowing testimonials from many of her
students, while Anderson was less fortunate and ended up having to
move to a different state to be able to continue teaching.
Some of the current teachers who understand the Bates Method well
and who have an excellent success rate, are still somewhat wary of
advertising their services, preferring to rely on word of mouth
instead.
- Our educational system teaches us to not trust our body’s
signals or our common sense when we feel dis-ease, but to rely
purely on what a doctor tells us. "The doctor always knows
best". Many of us trust implicitly what a doctor tells
us, so we come to believe that there is no natural improvement
possible. Our mind then ignores the fluctuation we might
otherwise notice in our vision, dismissing any periods of better
vision as insignificant. Instead of searching out ways of
natural improvement, we expect a ‘quick fix' from our doctor and
want glasses to help us see clearly now. Some of us
even ask for laser surgery, because we’ve been led to believe it
is safe, effective, and a great solution to our problems of blurry
vision. Few are fully aware of the many risks involved, or of the
long-term effects and possible side-effects of this surgery. Even
though soon after surgery a person may have clear vision, they are
still using strained vision habits and may find their eyesight
deteriorating again within a few years. Then they'll have blurry
vision and
compromised eye-health.
- Natural vision improvement generally does not happen
overnight. It takes a fair amount of understanding,
persistence, and faith in the ability to improve for the method to
work. Even then it may take weeks, or months, and sometimes
years, to regain the clarity of vision that we once had. This
means there are relatively few people who even give the Bates Method
a fair chance. Many opt for the quick fix of corrective
lenses, simply because it is easier.
Regardless of how long it took for you to hear about the Bates
method, you have now, so I'm grateful for that. Please read
on, keep an open mind, see if it works for you, then 'pay it
forward'; pass your knowledge on to others who are searching.
14. Why hasn't my eye doctor told me about this?
- Orthodox ‘Modern’ Medicine still teaches the doctors of
ophthalmology and optometry that vision cannot improve, that the
misshapen eyeball has ‘grown’ that way and that the only
solution for defective vision is corrective lenses or surgery.
It
can be amazingly difficult to change the mind of a person who has a
vested interest in the status quo; the eyes cannot be open to seeing
if the mind is closed. Any closed-minded doctor will simply
dismiss any suggestion of the ability of vision to improve naturally
as ‘impossible’, quackery, or a hoax. If they happen to measure
the visual acuity of a person who has improved their vision, they
may even blame the previous measurements as having been
faulty. Of course eye-doctors are not entirely to blame for
their disbelief. Due to us Bates Method teachers being far
outnumbered by optometrists and ophthalmologists, the likelihood of
your doctor having seen a patient's vision improve by the Bates
Method is disappointingly low.
- Of course not all eye doctors are like that. There are
ophthalmologists, behavioral optometrists and vision trainers who do
believe that vision can be improved, and they employ a wide array of
tools to help their patients exercise their eyes. There are also
ophthalmologists and optometrists who actively support the Bates
Method. These doctors are still few and far between, and some are
not familiar enough with the Bates Method to be able to offer it to
their patients themselves. The eye doctors that I know who do
practice natural eyesight improvement techniques are included in the
vision educators list.
- Vision is primarily a mental process. Eye doctors are
trained to look at the eye, not the brain. In other words, they miss
the correct answer because they do not look in the right place for
it. The skills of eye doctors are at times very useful and
beneficial, so show your appreciation for your doctor's
knowledge. Do start asking your doctor about natural vision
improvement methods; because the more people ask, the more likely
he/she is to become interested in doing some research of his/her
own.
15. Are you an eye doctor?
No, I am a teacher. I am not an ophthalmologist, an
optometrist, nor a medical doctor, therefore I do not diagnose nor
prescribe, but I do love to educate. I do not diagnose or
treat any eye or lung diseases, nor do I prescribe corrective
lenses. When I make suggestions as to what I would do if I had
specific eyesight or breathing problems, it is up to you whether or
not you decide to try something similar for the benefit of your eyes
or lungs. In that regard, please read the disclaimer.
"The Bates Method is not a branch of medicine, either orthodox or
unorthodox. It is a method of education, fundamentally similar to the
methods of education devised and successfully used by all the teachers of
psycho-physical skills for the last several thousand years." ~ Aldous
Huxley
> More about my background.
16. Where can I learn this method?
Check the classes page for my current
teaching locations & fees, and also check if I'll be traveling
in your area any time soon.
If it appears there are no classes near you, feel free to contact
me to discuss the possibility of me traveling to you, or to have a phone consult,
or to sign up for the 6 part e-mail
course.
If you easily learn from books, do check out the book
page and download page for recommended reading.
I provide links to teachers worldwide
and additional teachers are listed on the practitioners
list of the AVE. There aren't yet as many Bates teachers
as there are optometrists, but don't be discouraged if there is no
teacher near you. If you are motivated to improve your vision,
there is a way to achieve it, and I'll be glad to help.
17. What is the best way of learning the Bates Method?
Most people get the best results by taking private
classes from an experienced Bates Method Teacher. An experienced
teacher will observe how you are using your eyes and can tailor the
information that's taught to your personal needs.
Do ask about the teacher's personal vision; does he/she have very good
eyesight or has he/she made significant improvement in their own
vision? Do others recommend this teacher, and what have been their
results?
If you can't take personal or group lessons from an experienced teacher,
you can either schedule a phone
consult or take a correspondence course tailored to your needs.
Lastly, if you
like to read, then downloading free books and
articles or buying some of the other suggested vision improvement books
may start you on your path to clear vision.
18. Is this like the 'See Clearly Method'?
No. The See Clearly Method was heavily advertised and many
people have heard about it. It cost $350 and required you to do eye
exercises for the rest of your life. Not my idea of fun. Nor does
it make sense. People with good eyesight don't do eye exercises, they
just naturally use their eyes in a relaxed way. That is what you want
to relearn, how to use your eyes in the natural relaxed way so that
the the clarity comes back, effortlessly.
(note: On 2 November 2006 the Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller
ordered Vision Improvement Technologies Inc to stop all sales of
their See Clearly Method and to pay customers their money
back. "The
company made dramatic claims for its product that it could not
substantiate," said the Attorney General. I agree. Eye
exercises are unlikely to improve any one's vision, because it's not due
to a lack of eye exercises that your vision became blurry. See the
next question.)
19. Do 'eye exercises' work, or, can they keep vision from getting worse?
The essence of the Bates method is not about exercises. It is about
relearning correct vision habits. If a person does "eye exercises,"
but fails to integrate proper vision habits into all of their activities,
he/she will probably not succeed. The key writings of Dr Bates do
not mention anything about eye exercises. At best, exercises are an
extremely inefficient way to improve sight. Note that people who have
perfect sight do not do eye exercises. One of the most important advantages
of the NEI program with Visions of Joy is the elimination of "eye
exercises". I tried eye exercises myself many years ago and found
that I didn't have the discipline to repeat the exercises every day
for however long it might have taken. I got bored with them after
just a week or two and saw no improvement at all. Eye exercises are
insufficient, unnecessary and at times even counter productive because
they tend to produce more strain rather than less. Natural vision
improvement students are simply relearning the same, natural, relaxed
vision habits they used to have when they used to see clearly.
"Bates was never tired of insisting on a fact which is now a
commonplace of psychology, namely that vision is at least fifty per cent a
mental process and that improvement in the mental state of patients
suffering from defective vision was apt to result in improvement in their
seeing and ultimately, through the effect of good functioning upon organic
defect, in their eyes. In this respect Bates Method differed
radically from the methods of orthoptics, which ignore the mental side of
seeing and seek to improve vision by the repetition of fatiguing
exercises. Being based on unsound principles, orthoptics do little
or no good. Being based on essentially sound principles, Bates Method
is often very effective." ~ Aldous Huxley
20. How about pinhole glasses, are they helpful?
To be precise, pinhole glasses aren't glasses, they are usually black
plastic screens with small holes in them to see through.
Pinhole glasses can be helpful in bridging the gap between needing
glasses and reaching unaided clear vision. Combined with training in natural vision improvement
they can be used alongside or instead of reduced prescription lenses,
except while driving. Pinhole glasses are better than reduced
prescription glasses in that they do not add to eyestrain, and are
generally felt to be relaxing by those who use them. Pinholes
can be used instead of sunglasses too, and are healthier for the eyes
than traditional sunglasses because they do allow some natural light
to get into the eyes. They are also affordable, usually costing
less than $40. (Visions of Joy currently sells them for $30 plus
s&h.) They don't work for everyone though, and in and
of themselves they do not teach you how to use your eyes in a more
relaxed way. So don't just trade one crutch for another; learn
how to improve your vision naturally!
21.
I want to come to a
class; when is the next available one?
Information on upcoming group classes can be found on the classes
page. To sign up for a class, to register for the e-mail course,
or to arrange a private lesson, please contact me.
If you would like to be informed of upcoming classes, send
us an email indicating what you're interested in and where you live
and we'll be happy to add you to our mailing list. (Your contact
information will only be used to send information about our classes and
events, it will never be shared with anyone else.)
22. I'd like to become a Bates Method teacher; where do I go for training?
I personally am not yet ready to teach others to be a teacher, although
that will likely change in the not so distant future. For now,
you can check out teacher training information
on the classes page.
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