Vision for Life

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Foreword by M. Fernanda Leite Ribeiro

Preface

List of Materials for Getting Started

Introduction

Chapter 1

Healing Myself of Blindness

Discovering the Bates Method

Seeing the Light

Chapter 2

Ten Steps to Better Vision

Step 1: The Long Swing

How to Do the Long Swing

Step 2: Looking into the Distance

Looking into the Distance Can Help Prevent Cataracts!

Step 3: Exploring the Periphery

Periphery Exercise 1: Look at the Distance

Periphery Exercise 2: The Small Pieces of Paper

Step 4: Sunning and Skying

Sunning

Skying

Step 5: Night Walking

Step 6: Palming

Preparing to Palm

How to Palm

How Long Should You Palm?

Visualization While Palming

Breathing While Palming

Relaxing the Ears

Benefits of Palming

Combining Palming with Other Exercises

Step 7: Shifting

Practicing Shifting

Look at More Details

Read the Fine Print

The Ink Is Black and the Page Is White

Comprehension Problems with the Weaker Eye

Step 8: Blocking the Strong Eye

Cheap Sunglasses

Look at Details One More Time

Step 9: Blink

Step 10: Vision and Body

Walking Correctly

Rest Your Eyes

The Power of Breath

Loosen Your Neck

Stretch Your Eye Muscles

Enjoy the View

Don’t Squint

Ready to Move On

Chapter 3

Computer Use and Relieving Built-Up Fatigue

Chapter 4

Improving and Correcting Errors of Refraction

Suggestions for Using This Part of the Book

Where Do Corrective Lenses Fit into These Exercises?

Correcting Myopia and Hyperopia

Myopia

Exercise Program for Myopia

An Additional Note about Myopia

Hyperopia

Exercise Program for Hyperopia: 90 Minutes a Day

Correcting Presbyopia

Exercise Program for Presbyopia: 60–90 Minutes a Day

Extra Exercises for Presbyopia

Blinking One Eye

Reading in Dim Light

Look Near/Look Far

Headlines and Large and Small Print

Creating Controlled Stress on the Ciliary Muscle for Strength

Unfreezing

Correcting Astigmatism

Note for Astigmatic Readers

Exercise Program for Astigmatism

Extra Exercises for Astigmatism

Headlines

Glow in the Dark

Chapter 5

Overcoming Cross-Sightedness and Lazy Eye

Correcting Cross-Sightedness

Exercise Program for Cross-Sightedness: At Least 90 Minutes a Day

Extra Exercises for Cross-Sightedness

Rotate the Eyes; Look into the Darkness

Mirror Images

The Melissa Exercise

Beads on a String

Holding Double

Two-Color Exercise (Beak Glasses)

Red and Green Glasses

Object and Line

Card Game

Chapter 6

Pathology Conditions

Correcting Cataracts

Exercise Program for Cataracts

A Note about Cataract Surgery

Extra Exercise for Cataracts: Bounce and Catch

Correcting Diabetes

Exercise Program for Diabetes: 40 Minutes Daily

Extra Exercises for Diabetes

Tapping

Waving

Patch the Strong Eye

A Note about Laser Treatments

Cataracts and Diabetes

Correcting Glaucoma

Exercise Program for Glaucoma

Physical Exercises for Glaucoma

Special Instructions for Palming with Glaucoma

Exercises for Glaucoma

Correcting Optic Neuritis

Correcting Detached Retinas and Retinal Tears

Exercise Program for Retinal Detachment

Extra Exercise for Retinal Detachment: Darkness and Light

Correcting Vitreous Detachment

Correcting Macular Puckers and Holes

Exercise Program for Macular Puckers and Holes: 80 Minutes a Day

Extra Exercise for Macular Puckers and Holes: Pinhole Glasses

Correcting Retinitis Pigmentosa

Exercise Program for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Extra Exercises for Retinitis Pigmentosa

The Mask of Zorro

Waving Lights in the Dark

A Final Note about Peripheral Exercises

Chapter 7

The Blind Spots of Conventional Wisdom

The Hidden Danger of Sunglasses

The Dangers of Corrective Lenses

Conclusion: The Real Cost of Vision Problems

Acknowledgments

About the Author