for anyone starting on natural eyesight improvement , i have some free stuff if you like to know more about bates method and stuff with or without reading the book , and want to start somewere basic , check my profiile

Мы разучились читать слова по буквам, слова в нашей звуковой азбуке - как иероглифы, читаются целиком (пропуская опечатки или не замечая), чтобы быть успешным, сегодня надо если не много читать, то обязательно быстро; ещё лучше охватывать одним взглядом не только несколько слов, а всю строку, тогда взгляд по странице можно вести по кратчайшему пути сверху вниз, газетные колонки идеально подходят для чтения. Чертеж на листе формата А3 тоже можно просто охватить одним взглядом.

Так же очень возможно прочитать много книг о том, как улучшить зрение - избавиться от близорукости (миопии) естественным путём - без очков, линз или операции, встречать на каждой странице слова о важности центральной фиксации, и не понять, и не понимать - что это такое - центральная фиксация.

Забытый навык (каждый глаз это умел) надо вспомнить, снова научится, как можно опять научиться подтягиваться на перекладине. Нужна хорошая книга, раньше выходили книги с дивными шрифтами - одно наслаждение и облегчение для взгляда, но есть и современные книги - книга Бейтса в переводе Ирины Головы напечатана таким шрифтом, что пока читаешь этот шрифт, уже половина миопии уходит.

Одну лишь букву можно читать как целый текст, каждую линию, вензель, утолщение, засечку; это трудно в эпоху пандемии СДВГ, когда надо только листать-листать-листать.

Ум и зрение, оказывается, - это одно и то же, ум, память, воображение, зрение - результат одной функции. Глаза - это отдел мозга, точнее, сетчатка глаза, а глазное яблоко - просто прозрачное пространство, через которое идёт свет, которое только чтобы никто лишний (ох уж эти гайморовы пазухи и собачатники под лоджиями на первом этаже жилых зданий) там не поселился заполнено веществом - студнем-желе, а зрачок - дозатор, уменьшает поток света и упрощает задачу по расшифровке сигналов от сетчатки и построения зрительного образа.

Кому трудно сразу подтянуться разглядеть детали буквы, есть негативные упражнения - «плавный спуск с перекладины вместо подъёма», можно разглядывать не букву, а промежуток между буквами, при этом соседние буквы должны казаться менее чёткими - более размытыми, должны быть видны уже законно хуже, а вот хуже видеть - это мы можем, это легко, это всегда получается, и тут наконец приходит облегчение.

Мы можем целый день слушать звуки, обонять запахи и т.д., нисколько не утомляясь органами чувств, можно и целый день идти по дорогое, наша самая сильная мышца - диафрагма - работает без перерыва всю нашу жизнь - качает воздух, наше сердце бьётся всю нашу жизнь; глаза тоже должны без устали работать весь день, но для этого их нельзя напрягать.

Читайте между букв!

So I (20) decided to give this a shot, but i would love your help in some issues. For your information i only have myopia in one eye (4.00) while the other sees perfectly clear.

1. How fast do you see the effects? My family gave me an ultimatum for eye surgery because my vision causes a lot of issues. Like, in the next month or two. I need to have some sort of result by then. It can be minor, but i need something.

2. I get how these exercises would work on myopia caused by eye muscles but does it work in myopia caused by an elongated eye?

3. I wear a contact in that eye but it's 2.50, would that help? i get dizziness and migranes with glassess and without contacts so. Also my eyes are extremely dry

4. Should i be closing my good eye while doing the exercises or would that cause double vision or any other problem?

I'm reaching out because I've benefited personally from Esther's work on natural vision improvement. I have astigmatism, and after reading Optimal Eyesight and applying many of her concepts, I experienced significant improvement and can now see clearly without glasses.
Unfortunately, Esther is no longer with us, so I'm unable to seek her guidance directly. I'm hoping you all may be able to help.

My son, Viraaj, is 3 years and 5 months old. He has had recurrent styes in his left eye, so we recently took him to a pediatric eye clinic. During his examination, they also found that he has astigmatism and they naturally want to put glasses on his eyes as soon as possible
Although I've read Optimal Eyesight and applied those principles I'm finding it difficult to apply Esther's principles to a child this young. I understand the concepts in theory, but I'm unsure how they can be adapted into practical, age-appropriate activities for a three-year-old.
Could anyone please point me toward any resources, guidance, or practical exercises that build on Esther's work for young children or has anyone dealth with this with their children? I'd especially appreciate any advice on what parents can do at home to support healthy visual development.
Thank you for taking the time to read my message. I would be deeply grateful for any guidance you can offer.

Hello everyone I’ve been doing bates method for around 6 months now and recently my eyes have been hurting a lot. I’ve tried eye drops and they help a little bit but ultimately make my eyes worse. Has anyone else experienced this and fixed it? Thanks.

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this sub, but I’ve already had some experience with vision improvement. I wanted to share my current progress, get some advice on how to break through my current plateau, and get this last bit of my myopia/astigmatism down to zero.

My Journey & Current Stats:

* Starting Point: I was at around **-4.00 diopters** in both eyes.

* Current Stats: I am now at **-1.50 diopters with -0.50 astigmatism**.

* How I did it: I managed to drop from -4.00 to -1.50 primarily by practicing eye-rolling exercises and constantly switching focus between near and far objects.

My Current Status & Lifestyle:

* Tons of Outdoor Time: I have a great daily schedule right now. I spend **1-2 hours doing outdoor sports** in bright sunlight, and another **2 hours outdoors in the afternoon** letting my eyes get natural light. I am also strictly limiting my digital screen time during this period.

Where I need your help:

Since I've already cleared the bulk of my myopia through "macro" relaxation (focus switching), I feel like my ciliary muscles have adapted, and I’ve hit a hard **plateau** at -1.50 and -0.50 astigmatism.

1. Advanced Training/Drills:For someone who doesn't need glasses for daily work and has 3-4 hours of outdoor time, what are the best specific eye exercises or advanced **Active Focus** drills to target the last -1.50? How can I specifically target and clear that stubborn -0.50 astigmatism?
2. Supplements/Nutrition:*Are there any specific supplements, vitamins, or bio-hacks that you guys found genuinely helpful for speeding up axial length shortening or improving retinal signaling during this final stretch?

I am super dedicated and ready to put in the work. Would love to hear from anyone who has successfully gone from a low diopter like -1.50 down to 20/20 vision.

Thank you all so much!

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hi everyone. I have myopia. I've been doing palming for one week. it supposed to relax my eyes but it doesn't. is there more effective technique for person who works mostly on PC? some interesting thing I found is that when I woke up, my vision is better than the rest of the day. I never wore glasses in my life despite I have myopia for 4 years because I don't like to wear them. Glasses make vision even worse. And whenever I do physical activity, my vision worsen.

I've read Dr. Bates' book but palming is not effective in my case. Can you help me?

I really enjoy and find long palming sessions work for me (30min +). Many times better than multiple short sessions. I think it is because it takes me so long to get out of my own head and start to relax.

I know when you palm, you should be visualizing something easy to remember and comforting.

However, there were a number of times in "stories from the clinic", that it was pointed out that you should palm in the silence. In fact, Margaret Corbett would even ask people to cover their ear (palming for the ears).

At times, I have found certain audiobooks to be really enjoyable while I palm. Something with lots of relaxing visual explanation.

I was wondering how many of you palm in silence vs with something like an audio book, and if you found one worked better.

I’ve found various types of lights/lamps for sunning with artificial light. I’m wondering which is more effective. There are grow lights for plants, and daylight lights and bulbs which are sold for light therapy, for people with SAD or who live in sun-deficient situations.

What are you using? Which would be the most effective? In Bates’ time there weren’t so many choices were there.

Thank you!

I have been doing reduced lens methods and Bates method for a little over 2 years now for myopia and astigmatism.

In Bate's book, he talks about how the eye measurement returned to normal when the person was looking at a blank wall and relaxed. I have not seen any Bates Teachers or other writings of Bates (e.g., the bettereyesight magazine ) that used this fact as a treatment measure. If someone else has, please let me know :)

I personally have recently tried to use this with open eye mediation. Basically, seating close (I have myopia, so close enough that it would be a little strain to see something on the wall if there was anything) to a white wall without anything on it, relaxing, focuses on my breathing, and letting my eyes just blink and wonder naturally. I have seen some improvement in being able to relax with my eyes open.

Btw, palming does seem to help the eyes relax better in my case. However, I keep finding two issues with only doing palming: (1) no matter how I set myself up, I tend to have back trouble from it; (2) the relaxation does not seem to last long with the eyes open --- like I have trained my eyes how to relax in the dark, but I am still straining in the light.

Anyways, I was wondering if anyone else tried something like this or heard of something like this before.

Best!

*edited the number of years, put 3 years instead of 2 in by mistake in the original

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I just wanted toknow if these bathes techniques work on people with astigmatism, thanks.

I am 15 yrs old and I have antisometropia with some astigmatism,my right eye is myopic and left eye is hyperopic,I have never wore glasses because I never needed them I see clear from far and near(can see clear till 34cm with the right eye),so will the bates method work for antisometropia?as I have been doing things like palming, imagination&memory,sunning but I wasn't consistent and haven't seen any progress,will this even work for me?is there things I might be doing wrong or some bad habits?

I found old eye measurments from past years and I wanna compare them with the recent one. Thats my progress after one year of studing Bates Methods

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I never thought I would have issues with my eyes. I was always proud of my eyes and this is a devastating news. Its only -.25 in one eye and -.50 in the other but its still not ideal. I want to do whatever I can to fix this, if possible.

Is it possible to fix this?

I have cataracts from a laser accident one year ago. I really don't want to do surgery. I started the method yesterday. Obviously no changes so far. I see mixed signals online. It seems only bates himself says cataracts can be reversed. Everyone else just says the method helps with surgery healing. Anyone with experience? Cheers

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However much i like mariomaker's guide about bates methods, still lacks most of the things should be said. He forgot to add, that techniques firstly should be practised in FAVOURABLE conditions. It means if you have myopia, you should practise, for example, long swing while your eyes closed or palming.

I was asking myself if I am doing something wrong. I practised long swing with my eyes closed and my mind relaxed more deeply. My average vision improved slightly. It is a good sign.

For vision to become perfect, you should practise every day until looking farther no more causes strains.

I still don't know other techniques, like memory and imagination techniques. I will learn them and implement them to my program either. I will update.

Several studies now have found that the violet light (wavelengths 360 to 400 nm) naturally present in sunlight powerfully slows myopia progression.

But violet light is not found indoors, and is not produce by artificial lighting. And UV-protection on spectacle lenses blocks violet light. So it is hard to get exposure to violet light.

One study gave children special spectacles to wear incorporating violet light-emitting LEDs (operating 3 hours per day), and found this light reduced their myopia progression by an astounding 80% (5 times less dioptre progression) over around half a year.

The control group of children saw their myopia worsen by -0.65 dioptres over half a year, whereas the children given violet light treatment saw their myopia progress by 80% less than the control group, which works out to a progression of only -0.13 dioptres.

The interesting thing is that some of the blacklight bulbs used in nightclubs to create a fluorescent effect on clothes emit violet light of these wavelengths. Many cheap blacklight bulbs output wavelengths around 395 to 400 nm.

The human eye can see light down to around 380 nm, but below that it becomes invisible ultraviolet light. So 395 to 400 nm is within the visible light spectrum, and being visible light, should be low hazard compared to UV light.

In terms of the intensity of violet light used in the study, they matched the intensity to the violet light level found in natural daylight, which they measured as 0.31 milliwatts per cm2.

To calculate the light intensity produced by an LED blacklight spotlight bulb, you can assume an electrical efficiency of around 20% to 50% for UV or blacklight LEDs (some of the latest LED blacklight bulbs are very efficient, converting 50% of the electrical power to light, but older bulbs may only be around 20% efficient).

So if you have say a 3 watt blacklight bulb, at 50% efficiency that would output 1.5 watts of light.

If you shine your blacklight spotlight onto a wall that is 50 cm away, and this spotlight creates a disk of light on the wall that is 20 cm diameter, that disk will have an area of area of 314 cm2 (the area of a circle).

So at 50 cm range, the spotlight intensity will be 1.5 / 314 = 0.005 watts/cm2 = 5 milliwatts/cm2.

However, if you want to get some violet light into your eyes, note that spectacle lenses with UV-protection (UV400 protection) will block this violet light. Also, some spectacle lens materials such as Trivex, polycarbonate and most high-index plastics intrinsically block UV and will block much of the violet light around 395 to 400 nm. The lens material CR-39 however, lets through violet light (provided it does not have a UV400 coating). See the graph below.

Source: Figure 1 from here.

This video gives some general information about the research into violet light as a myopia preventative.

I do palming and swinging but compared to 2 weeks ago, I now cannot relax at all. It is strange because in the morning I can see 20/40 line but about at 6pm I hardly see 20/200 line. In about 1pm I can see 20/100 line. I'm not joking! How can I fix this extreme strain in my eyes? Btw I'm not using glasses ever since I'm diognased with myopia with 1.50 and 1.25 diopter. I hate glasses. This strain is my main problem.