Thank you very much.
Hi, I'm Bethany.
If you're watching this video, chances are you don't like wearing your glasses very much.
Well, a lot of people are like that.
The processes on this video are based on the method designed by Bates.
He was an optometrist back in the 1900s.
He realized that every time people came into his clinic, he had to give them stronger and
stronger lenses.
What he found out from all his research was that there was no problem with the eye itself.
It was just the muscles around the eye that needed the work.
Now, if I sat in this chair, for as long as you've been wearing your glasses, when I stood
up, my legs wouldn't work very well.
It's the same principle with glasses.
If you put a piece of glass in front of your eye to do the work, then the muscles that
are supposed to do the work don't.
The exercises on this video are designed to help strengthen and restore your muscles to
their original condition.
Most people are unaware that there's an alternative to wearing lenses.
This method has been 100% successful for these people, along with many others.
As you can see, age is no barrier.
Often people ask me, how long will it be before I don't have to wear my glasses anymore?
Well, it all depends.
Just as there's no two people in the world the same as you, there's no two eye conditions
the same either.
So, just go at your own pace.
And what I suggest is that you do what we call the quick set at least once a day, just
like you were cleaning your teeth.
Get into a habit.
And remember, all these exercises have to be done without glasses or contacts.
The first thing I'd like you to do is to take out the piece of black card that is shaped
like these pinholes.
Now, pick something that you would have difficulty seeing clearly without your glasses.
Hold the card by the tabs and place it over your nose as if it was a pair of glasses.
And try to focus on the object you chose.
They may take a couple of minutes to get used to.
For a comparison, take the card away and try to focus without it.
Then put it back again.
And so forth.
This is to show you that it is still possible for your eyes to see without your glasses
or contacts.
Whatever you can see with these, you are seeing with your eyes, not having a piece of glass
seeing for you.
Now, please pause the video and use the card for a few minutes.
Bates says the single most important exercise you can do to heal your eyes is called palming.
I'll demonstrate it now.
It's very simple.
So, just watch me first.
For the palm, first close your eyes and then put the palms of your hands over the eyes
so they fit comfortably and so no light gets in.
You'll find a place where it fits, where it just feels right.
Then lean forward onto the desk or your knees and just focus on the blackness you can see
on the insides of your closed eyelids.
Now, very important, don't push on the eyeballs at all.
All the weight of the head is caught in the part of the hand holding the forehead or the
very heel part of the hand that's resting on the cheekbones.
You should just be able to feel the heat from your palms as they touch your eyelids but
no pressure.
Now, you try it.
The main healing part of this exercise is the focus of the mind.
Don't think about things that will stress you out.
Just let your mind wander to something really pleasant for you.
So that's palming.
It's very relaxing and soothing.
If you find your vision's a little blurry now, that probably means you've been pushing
too hard on your eyeballs.
So just notice that, it will correct.
Now, if you find at any time during this program your eyes becoming uncomfortable or strained,
I want you to stop the video and do some palming.
The exercises on this video are divided into four sections.
The first section is called the quick set.
The second section is called the long set.
The third section is called continual.
The last section is called eye games.
The first set is called the quick set.
They take about 10 or 15 minutes and you can do them every morning when you get up and
lasting a night before you go to sleep.
They can become a habit, just like cleaning your teeth.
Now, the first four are for the neck muscles and that's because to heal your eyes, you
need to keep the blood flowing up to the optic nerve from the back here.
Now, if you hold tension in the back of your neck, you need to do these exercises a lot
because that gets the reoxygenated blood up to the optic nerve to get all the toxins out.
So you need to keep this area loose and open.
And if you know someone who can give you a massage every day, that's even better.
You need to stand up for these four.
Take your shoulders forward as far as you can, up as far as you can, back as far as
you can and down as far as you can.
Back and down.
Keep going.
Big circles.
Only use your shoulders.
Don't do this.
Just relax your arms.
Count forward.
One and two, three and four.
Just the shoulders.
Five and six and seven.
Good.
And eight and nine and ten.
Change direction.
One and two, three and four.
Very nice.
Five, six, seven, eight and ten.
And nine, last one, ten.
Stand relaxed and straight.
Drop your chin forward and take it back as far as you can.
Here's one and two.
Forward, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and ten.
And back and five and back and six and back.
Relax.
Seven, keep it smooth.
And eight and nine.
Eleven, last one and twelve.
Turn and look over your left shoulder as far as you can.
Then to the right.
Okay.
Here's one and two and three and four.
Relax your shoulders.
Five.
Good.
Six.
Seven.
Back to the right.
Eight and nine and ten.
Two more.
Eleven, last one and twelve.
Imagine you have a pencil on your chin.
Try to draw as big a circle as you can with the pencil.
Like this.
Up one side and over the top, down the other side and across the bottom.
Six each way.
Here's one.
Change direction at the bottom.
And two.
Change direction.
Gently.
Three.
Other way.
Slowly.
Four.
Big circles.
And five all the way around.
Last one.
Six.
And finish.
Very good.
Keeping your head still, just move your eyes up as far as they'll go and down as far as
they'll go.
This is one and down.
And two and down.
Slowly.
Three and down.
Four and down.
Five and down.
Last one.
Six and down.
Now palm for a few seconds.
That's enough.
Again.
Here we go.
Up and down.
This is two and down.
Three.
Very nice.
Four.
Five.
Keep relaxed.
And last one.
And down.
Palming again.
Just a few seconds.
Last set.
Here we go.
Up and down.
Two.
Good.
Three and down.
Four.
That's right.
Five.
Last one.
And six.
And down.
Palming again.
Excellent.
Your eyes move horizontally as far to the right and left as they can.
Now one and two and three and four.
Straight to the sides.
And five.
Don't let them drop down.
And six.
Going for a palming.
And relax.
Couple of seconds.
Off we go again.
To the right.
And one.
And two.
Don't force it.
And three.
And four.
Nice.
And five.
Last one.
And six.
A few seconds palming again.
Okay.
Last set.
And one.
And two.
Head still now.
And three.
And four.
Relax.
And five.
Last one.
Six.
Very good.
And palming.
Look up at the top corner of one eye and down at the bottom corner of the other eye.
And up to the top and down.
Here we go.
One.
And two.
And three.
And down.
That's good.
And down.
And five.
And six.
And palm.
That's enough.
Second set.
And one.
And two.
Head still.
Three.
And four.
Good.
And five.
Last one.
Six.
And palming.
Last set.
Here we go.
And one.
And two.
And three.
And four.
And down.
Good.
Five.
Last one.
Six.
And palming.
Some people find one direction a little more difficult.
So do the difficult side more.
Now we're going to do the other diagonal.
Up at the top of one corner of the eye.
Down at the bottom of the other corner of the eye.
Up.
And down.
Here we go.
Starting one.
And two.
And three.
Keep relaxed.
And four.
And five.
Last one.
And six.
And palm.
Second set.
Here we go.
One.
And two.
And three.
And down.
And four.
Very nice.
And five.
And six.
Palming for a few seconds.
Okay.
Last set.
And one.
And two.
And three.
And down.
And four.
And five.
And six.
And palming.
Very good.
Keeping your head still.
Make as big a circle as you can with your eyes.
That's right.
And the other way.
Okay.
For one way and for the other.
Here we go.
And one.
And two.
All the way around.
And three.
Good.
And four.
Right around.
Other way.
And one.
And two.
That's right.
And three.
And four.
Excellent.
Don't worry if your first attempt at circles becomes triangles.
Keep trying and you'll get better.
Here we go again.
And one.
And two.
And three.
Keep relaxed.
And four.
The other way now.
One.
And two.
And three.
And four.
Few seconds palming.
Last set coming up.
Ready?
And one.
All the way around.
Two.
And three.
And four.
Change direction.
And one.
And two.
Keep relaxed.
And three.
Last one.
And four.
And palm.
Hold up a finger in front of your face about this far away.
Line the finger up with something in the distance.
The doorknob on the other side of the room or the tree on the other side of the garden.
Focus on the finger.
And now the object.
Now the finger.
And now the object.
The idea is to gradually pick up speed until you are going about as fast as I am.
Finger.
Object.
Finger.
Object.
Finger.
You can feel your eyes doing little push ups as you do that one.
The long set.
Sunning is simple.
Go outside, close your eyes and look at the sun.
Then slowly move your head from side to side to let the sun play over your eyelids.
Bates says to do this for ten minutes three times a day if you can.
It's highly recommended to alternate sunning with palming because the eyes are going from extreme brightness to extreme darkness.
Which encourages the pupils to dilate.
Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and relax your arms.
Then just sway from side to side lifting each heel as you do so.
Keep it going.
Now add a bit of a twist by turning your upper body.
Make sure your arms stay relaxed.
They just flop.
Good.
The last thing to add is the turn of your head.
All the way around to the back each time you twist.
Go both ways and let everything in your line of sight just rush past.
The point of this exercise is not to focus on anything.
Keep swaying from side to side.
Close your eyes for a few swings and then open them again in mid turn.
This way when you open your eyes you just see a blur which stimulates the natural motion of the eye.
Bates says you should read every day without glasses or contacts.
Start with large print books and gradually work your way down.
Blinking at the end of each line is extremely beneficial.
If it's blurry don't worry.
If you can make out the letters that's good enough.
Try this exercise.
Hold a page of normal print where you can read it most clearly.
Read one line or paragraph.
Then bring it into your blur zone and read it again there.
Then do another paragraph etc.
Bates says seeing is knowing.
By looking at the line where it's clear first you encourage your eyes to go into the blur zone
because they already know what the words are.
It's important to encourage your eyes just as you would a young child and support them all the way.
After every two or three lines look up and away and focus on something in the distance.
This reading in the blur zone exercise is particularly good for anyone who finds it hard to change focus
from near seeing to far distance seeing.
You'll need two different coloured pens, a ruler and a coloured shape for this one.
Stick a coloured shape on the wall at eye level or pick a small painting at least 3 metres or 10 feet away.
Hold the red pen closest to you and the blue pen at arm's length and be sure there is this much space between them.
Line them up with the shape on the wall.
Now focus on the red pen, now the blue pen, now the shape on the wall.
Back to the blue pen, now the red pen.
Continue on with this and you should eventually see two of everything that you aren't looking at.
When you focus on the red pen you may see this.
When you focus on the blue pen you may see this.
And when you focus on the shape on the wall you may see this.
Now don't worry if you don't see this, just doing the exercise will help your eyes.
Take your ruler and hold it up to the bridge of your nose like this, making sure your knuckles are down and your palms up.
Then point the ruler at the shape on the wall and focus out there as well.
When you do this you may see two rulers as if you were looking down a tunnel.
Don't worry though if you can only see one ruler.
Now slowly, slowly come back from the wall until you've focused on the far end of the ruler
and the rulers may look like this.
Going slowly, slowly away again, take your focus once more back to the shape on the wall
and the rulers may look like this.
And so forth.
Again, don't worry if you don't see exactly what's pictured here, just doing this exercise will improve your eyes.
Take a small object, an earring, watch, car key or something and look at it as closely as possible
noticing every detail you can, lettering, colours, scratches, dints etc.
Try to remember as much detail as possible.
Now just close your eyes and recreate exactly what you saw in your mind's eye.
When you've imagined it as clearly as you can, open your eyes and look at your object again.
If you had a really sharp clear image in your mind, often the object you're holding will be clearer when you open your eyes
than before you closed them.
This set is called continual.
People who wear glasses or contacts often don't blink as much because their eyes don't do much adjusting.
The lenses do most of the work the eyes would normally do.
Blinking encourages the re-lubrication of the eyes and ideally we should blink one to two times every ten seconds,
especially during reading.
This has also stopped tiny particles of grit and dust from flying into the eyes.
Blinking away such debris is another way the eye cleanses and massages itself.
So keep thinking about blinking.
Every time you wash your face you can finish with an eye exercise.
It's easy. Fill a basin with cold water, then cup your hands, close your eyes and throw the water vigorously against your eyelids.
Do this 20 times, then briskly rub your eyes with a towel for about two minutes.
Bates says this exercise is very good for the eyes as it creates a massage-like vibration.
It is particularly effective in relieving eye strain.
With two fingers of each hand, massage the bony sockets that you can feel around the eyes.
Press firmly and rub in small circles as you go.
This gets the blood flowing to and around all the tiny little muscles in the area to free them up.
We massage other parts of our bodies but seldom our eyes, yet they work all day every day for us.
Continue with your thumbs along under the eyebrows and right down to the bridge of your nose.
First relax your left arm and with your right arm reach across your body over your shoulder and grab the muscle there and drag it forward.
Your grip should be quite firm and drag the skin slowly.
Now switch and relax your right arm and reach over with the left and grab the muscle and drag it forward.
You can also do this one with two arms at the same time like this.
Anytime you notice tension in your neck, do this one.
If you have a ring on your finger, you can turn it around.
If not, you'll need to draw a large dot on your finger.
Put your hand out at arm's length and focus on the ring or the dot.
Then slowly bring it as close to your eyes as you can but still in focus.
Now bring it into your blur zone a little.
Then take it out slowly again to arm's length.
Then back into your blur zone and out again.
Now gradually pick up speed until you're going about as fast as I am.
You may be able to feel your eyes doing a lot of work during this one.
Watching a car come from a distance towards you and then going into the distance again is an excellent similar exercise in which your focus adjusts in much finer increments.
Squeezing is very simple.
Clench your fists and squeeze your eyes closed as tightly as you can.
Then open them as wide as you can.
Opening your mouth helps.
This is excellent for your eyes.
But it may look a little silly if you do it in public.
Do this one 20 times.
Simply observe and notice details.
If you see a vase of flowers, how many?
What color are they?
How many petals on each flower?
Regardless of where you are, you can practice this one.
The following games are excellent for improving the vision.
Dominoes, because the eyes constantly need to track and search for the correct amount of dots.
Backgammon and other dice games, as they provide colorful shapes for right brain stimulus as well as dice which tumble and stop, so the eye must follow a blur.
Cards, particularly any form of patience or solitaire.
These games involve a lot of scanning of large areas of colored shapes and numbers, looking for the black 6 to put on the red 7, etc.
Scrabble and Monopoly are regarded as the best games you can play for your eyes.
They involve focus, color, imagination and calculation, so both sides of the brain are integrated while playing.
Imagine you have a pencil on the end of your nose and choose a curved, close range object like a fruit bowl, a dog asleep on the floor, a pot plant or a pile of dishes.
The object should be about middle distance away, 3 meters or 9 feet.
Now pretend you're tracing around the edge of your object with the pencil on your nose.
You need to move your head as you do this.
The same as nose pencil, only this time we trace the long, straight edges such as doors, windows, the ceiling, etc. and further away.
Again, it is important to move your head and pretend as you trace the long, straight lines.
The exercises that you find the most uncomfortable to do are an indication of those muscles which need the most work, so do them more frequently.
This is the end of the exercises.
Now you're well on the way to healing your eyes.
Please review this video regularly.
Relax and remember these exercises only work if you do.
I highly recommend the following two products as aids to better eyesight.
Pinholes to help the transition from your current lenses to no lenses at all.
And Bilberry extract to provide nutrition to help maintain strong, healthy eyes.
Thank you for watching.