Bate's Method To Improving Your Eyesight

If you think natural vision improvement is impossible, think again. While science, as of today, couldn't explain why eye exercises improve eyesight, there are no shortage of examples that they in fact help rebuild vision. Just look at the available testimonials and ask to contact them. Yet there are numerous vision improvement courses, how do you know which ones are legitimate?

In this article, I'll show you the critical concepts behind natural vision improvement. Why a number of us easily improved our vision while some others fail? Why some performed eye exercises day in and day out yet fail to improve their eyesight? These are just some of the questions I'll be addressing.

Let's get started.

There are lots of theories as to how your eyes work. The traditional approach is that much of how your eyes turn out depends on your genes... meaning you're born with your eyes and there's nothing you can do about it except to wear glasses or undergo lasik surgery.

The alternative view, founded by Dr Bates back in the 1920s, is based on the notion that YOU are totally responsible for the condition of your eyes. Though this is a bitter pill to swallow, it also means you can do something about it. Dr Bates theory is that vision deteriorates largely due to strain.

Eye muscles, just like most other muscles in your body, can be relaxed and tensed at your will. Gawking (refusal to blink), as an example, tenses your eye muscles. Implement this as a habit, and your eye muscles will be chronically strained - so much so it couldn't relax itself - much like what would happen if you have a backache.

Being far ahead of this time, Dr Bates seems to have realized the link between the brain and the eyes - even though he did not specifically said so. His method is to perform "eye exercises" not to "strengthen" your eye muscles, but to relax them. The term "eye exercises" is a little misleading but it is meant to be more like "breathing exercises".

Like any other skills, implement Bates eye exercises sufficiently and you will inevitably master it. His eye exercises are designed to simulate the way healthy eyes see so if you master it, you can replace your bad vision habits with healthy ones.

And when you have a healthy vision habit, your eye muscles naturally relaxes itself and vision becomes a largely unconscious process - much like your four other senses.

Thus whenever you do eye exercises, you should find it relaxing and refreshing. It shouldn't bog you down and if your eyes are tired, you should rest them. But perhaps most important is you should drastically cut down on the amount of time you wear glasses. There is no way you can replace a bad habit if you stick to it!

And just as a lame person cannot learn to walk without his crutches if does not want to part with them, so do people who wear glasses cannot rebuild their vision without first getting rid of their glasses.

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Bate's Method To Improving Your Eyesight

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