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is an impression of what I talk about at natural vision conferences.
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October 2009:
22nd International Holistic Vision Conference, held in Spa, Belgium.
Closing keynote lecture (1
hour):
Relax
into Seeing ~ Relax into Life
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Learning to let go of tension in our eyes and mind.
The
lecture notes can be read here.
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Workshop (3 hours):
The
Physical and Mental Tensions
We Can Release to Improve Vision
In
this workshop we will explore the typical physical and mental tensions
that interfere with clear vision. As
we play with letting such tensions go, we discover how eye-charts become
useful tools rather than 'a test that we keep failing'.
As
a participant you will become able to demonstrate to yourself how your
mind influences your sight, and you will be given simple hints to use
your mind to your visual advantage!
We
will explore the natural order of movement for vision, and learn to see
movement in the world around us from a different point of view.
With
some simple mental and physical tools that do not require any special
equipment, you learn to transform your vision.
In this way you can integrate your vision improvement practice
into your daily life without needing to take time for specific
exercises.
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October 2010:
2nd British Natural Eyesight Conference, held in Felden, England
Saturday morning keynote lecture (1
hour):
Focus
on Children's Eyes
- Dr. Bates & Emily's legacy of vision work with the young ones
Dr.
Bates and Emily worked together for many years to improve the
eyesight of children. You will learn about their work with school
children, their results with children at the clinic, and their
great love for these young ones. Bates said that all children
under the age of 16 who had not yet worn glasses, could be cured
within one year, and often would be cured in just a few days or
weeks. You'll find out how he did that. Esther will also give examples from her own work of teaching
the Bates method to children. Hopefully you will be inspired to continue Dr. Bates and
Emily's legacy; the delightful work of helping children to keep
or regain their perfect eyesight.
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Workshop (3 hours):
Astigmatism
- How to regain muscle balance
Astigmatism is a very common vision
problem. As many as
three in ten children between the ages of 5 and 17 are diagnosed
with it and many wear glasses to 'correct' it. A number of studies
have found that the prevalence of astigmatism increases with age.
The use of lenses obviously does not help much, if at all, to
reduce this problem.
I
believe as Dr. Bates did, that astigmatism is the result of an
imbalance between the muscles around the eyes.
Undue strain on a combination of the recti and oblique
muscles creates a lopsided eyeball which results in seeing straight
lines blurry at some angles of vision.
This workshop will look at how
that imbalance begins, and at how to regain muscle balance so
that the astigmatism reduces or clears and vision improves.
We will go over the techniques that Dr. Bates used with
his patients and also draw from the research on astigmatism by
Elliott Forrest OD.
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October 2011:
23rd International Holistic Vision Conference, held in Gazzada,
Italy.
Sunday morning lecture (1 hour):
Focus
on Children's
Eyes
- Dr. Bates & Emily's
legacy of vision work with the young ones
A repeat, with minor changes, of
the lecture given last year at the British conference.
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Workshop (3 hours):
Reading
without Glasses at any Age
In this workshop
we go step by step through the various methods Dr. Bates used
to overcome presbyopia effectively. Practice cards with various
print sizes are provided, as well as an overview of the methods
used.
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