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| Various | Inner Vision | Links |
We
cannot teach people anything,
we can only help them discover it
within themselves.
Galileo Galilei
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Instead of repeating what has already
been written by others, I highly recommend that you investigate
some of
Contents: (Scroll
down or click on any underlined text to jump to specific sections) |
| visionsofjoy.org | Esther
Joy van der Werf. Woodland Hills, CA (near Los Angeles). (Yes, you're here! :-) Also see my travel schedule. |
| visionlady.com | Jeannie 'Viveka' Fitzsimmons, Beverly Hills, CA. |
| opsismax | Max Mandolini, Los Angeles, CA. |
| yogawithsue.com | Sue Choi, Venice, CA |
| eyerobics.net | Jerriann Taber, San Diego, CA. |
| mariewilson.info | Marie Wilson, Sacramento, CA. |
| self-healing.org | Meir Schneider's School of Self-Healing, San Francisco, CA. |
| thebotree.com | Teresa Bowen, Davis, CA. |
| journeybeyondclarity.com | Karen Kiester, Ashland, OR |
| clearvisionnaturally.com | Gene Younger, Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA. |
| abe@opas.com | Toshiyasu Abe, Seattle, WA. Tel: (206) 898-9988. "Studying vision is studying life." |
| selfhealingnw.com | Carol Gallup, Pt Townsend, WA. |
| utahsnaturaleyes.com | Troy Ballard, Orem, UT. |
| Simply Vision | Alan Winn, UT. A delightful site, about myopia (nearsightedness) |
| visionimprovementcenter.com | Greg Marsh, Fort Collins, CO. |
| holisticvision.org newattention.net |
Sam Berne, OD, Santa Fe, NM. Sam specializes in ADD, Vision and Learning |
| stressaway.com keilman.org |
Kate Keilman, Honolulu, HI. Kate sells wonderful software to help your eyes and body relax during computer work, it's really a must-have for regular computer users. |
| Jacob Liberman, OD, PhD, Maui, HI. Jacob is the author of Light, medicine for the future and Take off your glasses and see. |
| visioneducators.com |
Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, Cambridge, MA and Eliot,
ME, and Elizabeth Abraham, Toronto, Canada. (Also for teacher training!) A quote from Rosemary: "Seeing from the core encourages one to be 'home', to see with the mind rather than trying to see with just the eyes, to relax and receive the information entering the eyes." |
| In memoriam, February 2008 |
Justine Karamazov, Belfast, ME. Justine, you are missed already... love, Esther |
| Martin Sussman, Topsfield, MA. Includes a list of behavioral optometrists by state. | |
| effortlessvision.com | Robert Lichtman, Manhattan, NY. Robert is an excellent Bates teacher, he has many years of personal experience in improving vision. |
| embodiedtransformations.com | Rob Cohen, Stone Ridge, NY. Rob made major improvements in his own vision and now combines the Bates Method with his extensive knowledge of Feldenkrais work. |
| syntonicphototherapy.com | Ray Gottlieb, OD, PhD, Rochester, NY. Ray is a very knowledgeable Bates-loving optometrist. Ray's chart has reversed presbyopia ('over-40-farsightedness') in his patients and himself. You can download Ray's chart here |
| naturaleyecare.com | Marc Grossman, OD, New Paltz & Rye, NY.
Marc is an optometrist
with an open mind to the Bates Method and he uses vision training
in his practices. An extensive source of vision supplements and a free e-newsletter. |
| optometryandenergyhealing.com | Charles M Steinberg, OD, Wexford, PA. |
| Avoid Nearsightedness | Otis Brown, Waynesboro, PA. |
| seeingislearning.com | Sharon Hicks, Norristown, PA. |
| naturaleyesightimprovement.com |
Elizabeth Pottenger, Hendersonville, TN |
| visioneducators.com |
Elizabeth Abraham, Toronto, Canada,
and Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, Cambridge, MA and Eliot, ME. |
| beyond2020vision.com | Roberto Michael Kaplan, OD, Canada / Vienna, Austria |
| joythompson.com | Joy Thompson, Vancouver, BC. |
| relaxedvision.com | Connie Brander, Calgary, Alberta |
| seeing.org | The Bates Association for Vision Education, England. Includes a list of vision teachers in the UK. |
| batescve.co.uk | Aileen Whiteford and Margaret Montgomery, London, England. |
| bates-method.co.uk | Peter Mansfield, Portslade, England. An experienced 'classic' Bates teacher. |
| indivisual.org.uk | Anna Bambridge, Glasgow, Scotland & London, England |
| easyeyesight.com | Christopher Pieri, Sheerness, Kent, England |
| thebatesmethod.org | Ajay Sehgal, London, England |
| natural-vision.co.uk | Erica Richardson, England |
| eyecycle.org | Alexandra Brenan, London, England |
| robertmichaelkay.com | Robert Michael Kay, Otford, England |
| naturalvisioncenter.com | Tom Quackenbush, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Author of Relearning to See and Better eyesight - the complete magazines of William H Bates. (zie NL pagina) |
| natuurlijkzien.nl | Saskia Naber, Groningen, The Netherlands. Dutch website, by my colleague Saskia, an excellent Bates teacher since 2003. (zie NL pagina) |
| batesmethode.nl | Pieter Wester, Noord Holland, The Netherlands. Dutch information about the Bates Method. (zie NL pagina) |
| eye-tools.info | Peter Ruiter, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Dutch website. (zie NL pagina) |
| vrolijkweerzien.nl | Guido van Mierlo, Gelderland, The Netherlands. Dutch website. (zie NL pagina) |
| helder-zien.nl | Rijn de Jonge, Harderwijk, The Netherlands. Dutch website. (zie NL pagina) |
| seeingwithoutglasses.com |
Christopher Markert, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website in English. |
| marieetmarie.be | Marie Schils, Belgium (Website in French and German) |
| Art de Voir | Art de Voir, Association of vision teachers in France. (Website in French) |
| altevi.com | Brigitte Cavadias, France. Combining Bates with Alexander Technique, Brigitte has been teaching and leading workshops in France, UK, Sweden and Finland. (Website in English and French) |
| institutbates.com | Jean-Philippe Marie Dit Moisson, west of Paris, France. Jean-Philippe is a Bates Teacher (Enseignant de la méthode Bates) who took off his glasses as soon as he discovered the Bates Method and has since steadily improved his eyesight from a myopic R 6/10, L 9/10 to a clarity of R 16/10 and L 18/10. |
| akasha.com.pl | Siergiej Litwinow, Poland (Website in Polish, English, Czech, and Russian) |
| treningwidzenia | Magda Wawrzycka, Poland |
| batesmetoden.no | Torill Opsand, Norway (Website in Norwegian). Torill is a Feldenkrais practitioner and physiotherapist in addition to being a Bates teacher. |
| verein-gesundes-sehen.de | Extensive list of vision teachers in Germany |
| beyond2020vision.com | Roberto Michael Kaplan, OD, Vienna, Austria / Canada |
| healer.ch | Martin Brofman. Lausanne, Switzerland. Martin gives Vision Workshops in Europe. (Site in English, Dutch, German, French, Spanish, Danish, Italian, Portuguese and Brazilian. Wow...) |
| metodobates.it | Maurizio Cagnoli, Italy. The Art of Vision,
the website of Buena Vista. (Webiste in English, Italian, Portuguese, French, Spanish, German) |
| lakelandsylvia.com.br | Sylvia Lakeland in Lisboa, Portugal (Website in Portuguese and English) |
| latastrening.hu eyetraining.hu |
Peter Vén, Budapest, Hungary |
| healyoureyes.com |
Nick Focus, Athens, Greece |
| eyebody.com | Peter Grunwald, NZ. Combines Natural Vision
with Alexander Technique. A quote from Peter: "...every single area of the eyes, visual pathway and visual cortex corresponds to an associated area in the body. Specific vision malfunctions such as short and farsightedness, astigmatism, middle aged vision (presbyopia), squints, lack of binocular vision as well as glaucoma or cataracts have been seen to correspond to specific analogous tensions and contractions in the body." |
| Janet
Goodrich teachers trained by JG |
Carina
Goodrich,
Maleny, Qld, AU. Carina is continuing her mother's mission. This site has a list of NVI teachers trained by Janet, most of them live in Australia. |
| eyepower.com.au | Barry Auchettl, Smythes Creek, Victoria, AU. "The more clearly we begin to see ourselves, the greater clarity we present to the world." |
| visionimprovement.com.au | Geoff Hingerty, Sylvania Waters, NSW, AU. Vision Naturopath |
| vision-training.com | Leo Angart. Leo combines the
Bates Method with NLP and Pranic Healing. He gives workshops in many places: in Asia, North America, Africa, Australia and Europe. Website in English, German, Spanish, Chinese, Hungarian, Slovene. |
| touchtraining.com.sg | Harry Quek, Singapore. "Sight without glasses-makes a world of difference." |
| self-healing.com.br | Meir Schneider and Beatriz Nascimento in Brazil (Website in Portuguese and some English) |
| lakelandsylvia.com.br | Sylvia Lakeland in Säo Paulo, Brazil (Website in Portuguese and English) |
| email Prapanna Swain | Prapanna Swain in Pondicherry, India. School of Perfect Eyesight at Sri Aurobindo Ashram |
| email Aruna Yadav | Aruna Yadav. Workshops in India. Read an article in The Hindu about her work (in English) |
Other vision related websites |
| visioneducators.org | The Association of Vision Educators. The AVE website has a practitioners list; it includes many teachers who do not have websites and are not listed above, so do check this if you have not yet found a teacher near you! |
| iblindness.org batesmethodstore.com |
David Kiesling has set up an excellent site
about the Bates Method, includes many great articles.
David's site is well worth lots of visits!! David's Bates Method Store offers a good variety of new and second hand books. |
| central-fixation.com |
Rune Kenneth Meisingset has gathered nearly everything you'd want to know about Dr Bates on this wonderful website. |
| It's only natural | Dr Poesnecker has good information about the Bates Method. |
| cleareyesight.info | More Bates Method information |
| i-see.org | International Society for the Enhancement of Eyesight |
| breathing development sites | This is a list on our own breathing page with links about breathing development |
| ottlite.com or fullspectrumsolutions.com | Full spectrum lamps developed by John Ott. For better vision and health. |
| lightenergycompany.com | More
information about health and light. They have John Ott's excellent 'Exploring the Spectrum' video for sale. |
| braingym.org
/ braingym.com |
Paul E Dennison, Braingym. Very helpful for people with dyslexia and learning disabilities, closely related to better vision. |
| www.irisdiagnosis.net | Frank Navratil B.Sc, N.D. Iridology, Czech Republic. Author of "For your eyes only" and "The Eye for an Eye Diet" |
| askbillsardi.com | Bill Sardi, author of 'Nutrition and the Eyes'. |
| Krissy's keratoconus page | Krissy Golub, AZ. Krissy overcame Keratoconus without surgery and shares her story. |
| macular-degeneration-recovery | Ray Amsterdam, UK. Ray overcame macular degeneration naturally and his site presents a very detailed Case Study of his recovery through Ayurveda - subsequent to being told 'there is no treatment available to restore … vision”. The site includes full clinical data, a discussion section, and treatment contact details. |
| alexandertechnique.com | Alexander Technique, for improved body posture and movement awareness, this will help create better eyesight. |
| trager.com | Milton Trager MD, The Trager Approach of psychophysical integration and Mentastics movement education. This can help loosen up chronic tension in the body. |
| feldenkrais.com | Moshe Feldenkrais, Somatic education; awareness through movement. |
| focusingresources.com | Focusing is a technique for emotional self healing. A great adjunct in vision improvement. |
| 123eft.com emofree.com |
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an easy to learn, easy to use self help tool for dealing with emotional challenges. |
| nlp.com | Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a popular technique which allows you to change, adopt, or eliminate behaviors, as you desire, and gives you the ability to choose your mental, emotional, and physical states of well-being. |
| healingtheeye.com | Edward Kondrot, MD, Phoenix, AZ, USA. An ophthalmologist with a more alternative approach, specializing in Macular Degeneration |
| yorku.ca/eye/ | The Joy of Visual Perception, an e-book about vision by Peter K. Kaiser |
| visionfreedom.com | William Carter's story of improving his vision. Worth reading! |
| med.uwo.ca/physiology/ | Undergraduate level course in Sensory Physiology which includes an "Introduction to Eye Movements". By Tutis Vilis |
| Bates System | Christopher McPeck |
| childrensvision.com | Children's Vision Information Network, Wichita, KS, USA. |
| pavevision.org | PAVE (Parents Active for Vision Education) is an organization whose mission is to raise public awareness of the crucial relationship between vision and achievement. |
| visionstories.org | Success stories of people who used vision therapy (different from Bates Method) to help their vision. Vision therapy can be a useful adjunct with the Bates Method. If you can't find a Bates Teacher near you, you may find a Vision Therapist instead. |
| eye2eye.com | Eye2Eye, Solutions In Sight - Computer Eyestrain Treatment System. |
| pinholes.com clearvisionhawaii.com pinhole-glasses.com |
Pinhole glasses
can sometimes be useful
in relaxing the eyes. When coupled with natural vision improvement
classes, they may help you return to clear vision. Visions
of Joy sells them for $30, along with a caution to not become
dependent on them! You don't want to exchange one crutch
for another, so use them minimally. Also, not everyone finds them beneficial, so, if possible, try them before you buy them. |
| selectspecs.com goggles4u.com zennioptical.com eyeglassesdirect.com lbweyewear.com |
Are you nearsighted and jealous of those farsighted people who can buy their glasses at any dollar store? Good news! These websites sell glasses at very affordable rates, around $30 per pair. You type in the (reduced) prescription you want, you chose a frame, pay, and you'll get your glasses in the mail. Easy! |
| WildernessGuidesCouncil.org SacredGroundCenter.com SchoolOfLostBorders.com Earth-heart.net |
See the Vision Quests page for an explanation of these links. |
| mintaka.sdsu.edu/GF/ vision/Galileo |
A page explaining the effect of sunlight on eyes, and doing away with the myth of Galileo going blind from observing the sun. |
E-Groups on Natural Vision Improvement |
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You can join these groups for free,
ask questions, or just read about other people's experiences. |
| effortlessvision.com/forum1 | Questions on natural vision improvement / the Bates Method are answered by teachers from the Association of Vision Educators. |
| iblindness.org/forum/ |
A good discussion forum about the Bates method on iblindness.org, set up by David Kiesling. |
| facebook.com | If you're a member of facebook, search for the 'Bates Method' group. Set up by Deb Bokhorst, one of my students, April 2008. |
| groups.yahoo.com/group/batesmethod/ |
Bates Method group. |
| Natural Vision Improvement
group. Since December 1998 |
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| perfectsight.com/discus/board.html |
Public discussion group on PerfectSight.com |
| groups.yahoo.com/group/i-see/ | International Society for Enhancement of
Eyesight Since October 1999 |
| groups.yahoo.com/group/visionsenz/ |
Robin Parsons' group about Myopia (nearsightedness) |
| groups.yahoo.com/group/focus_on_vision_training/ |
Focus On... Vision Training |
| groups.yahoo.com/group/LazyEye | Support group for Amblyopia, Strabismus
and Lazy Eye Since January 1999 |
| it.groups.yahoo.com/groups/Visus | Italian discussion forum on Natural Vision
Improvement. Since November 2001 |
| latastrening.hu/duma/ | Hungarian discussion forum on Natural Vision Improvement. |
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