“We’re getting elongated eyeballs from focusing on the computer screen.” -- The Internet.
When the above headline threw itself in my path I yelled at the screen:
If we can change the shape of our eyeballs by staring at a computer screen, we can change our vision with exercises.
I'm a layperson who took The Bates Method of Vision Training in San Diego, California, around 30 years ago.
And here, I have assembled information from my experience, plus a little added research thrown into the mix.
If you follow these simple exercises, your vision will improve.
First, consider this: Like many other body parts, the eyes can heal.
A testament to the Bates Method of Vision Training was that during my training while sitting in a dimly lighted restaurant, I was the only one of six people at the table who could read the menu.
I entered the one-on-one vision training needing glasses to read the phone book. (Remember phone books?) I left the training with 20/20 vision and could read the phone book.
I found data regarding The Bates Method of Vision Training in The Art of Seeing by Aldous Huxley. Huxley was virtually blind from a severe eye infection when he was 16. He functioned as a sighted person by using strong glasses, which exhausted him. When he discovered a trainer who knew of the Bates Method and after applying the exercises, he said, "I gained sight that was better than when he was using spectacles."
You can read my personal account, with exercises offered on Substack for a $5.00 Subscription, cancelable at any time.
(Substack needs funds, too, for they provide a Free platform where I can offer this information.
P.S. I know how hard it is to stay committed to a regime, so if you want a weekly nudge—like me holding your feet to the fire—I will include a gentle weekly reminder for 6 weeks. In that time, you should see a significant change in your vision without glasses.
Let's have an experiment so you and I can contribute data. It is not required, of course, but it could be helpful, especially to all our computer users, glasses wearers, and children who develop nearsightedness at a young age..
How’s your weather?
This morning two robins moved into the bush outside my window. (Bush? It’s as tall as the dogwood tree.) This bush has BB-sized blackish berries hanging from the many bush branches like clusters of grapes. The robins seem to love them, and some are playing a game; it’s rushing up under a cluster of berries and catching one on the fly.
I’m glad we could supply breakfast and lunch. First came two robins, then four. I couldn’t count them this morning. They are passing along the word, but, aren’t robins supposed to be a sign of spring? Well, everyone gets confused occasionally.
And I’m frozen-locked out of the chicken yard. I managed to push the gate into a gap at its top, slip in some food and water, then slide my arm down the ever-narrowing crack and place it on the ground. Tomorrow, another attempt at thawing.
Daughter number one, husband and son are without power. Rats. Luckily, they have a wood-burning stove and a propane stove, and they did their laundry the day before the storm hit. They have a dog to cuddle for warmth and a well, but probably no pump.
I’m still working on the Money Shout-Outs. But first, I’m entering HELLO BEAUTIFUL, The Art and Science of Vision Training using the Bates Method.