Books, Links, and Other Resources to Help Improve Your Vision Naturally

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BOOKS

The Art of Seeing
by Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley benefited enormously from the Bates method and wrote this excellent book out of gratitude to his teachers. In a clear and concise writing style, he explains the theory behind the 'art of seeing' and offers many techniques to promote healthy vision. Huxley's aim is to 'correlate the methods of visual education with the findings of modern psychology and critical philosophy'.
HarperCollins Publishers 1994

Natural Vision Improvement
by Janet Goodrich, Ph.D.
A holistic approach to vision improvement expanding on the Bates Method and including brain integration, movement, relaxation, visualization, creativity, nutrition, emotional release and activities. Goodrich improved her own nearsightedness and astigmatism as she did research in psychology and vision improvement in the 1970s and 1980s.
Celestial Arts Books 1986

How to Improve Your Child's Eyesight Naturally
by Janet Goodrich, Ph.D.
Written for parents and others who care about children's vision, this book is informative and offers fun, creative activities to help children with various vision conditions. A tape of songs to accompany the book is also available.
Inner Traditions International 2004

The Cure of Imperfect Sight
by William H. Bates, M.D.
The classic work on vision improvement by the pioneer ophthalmologist who practiced in the early 1900s. Bates noted unexplainable improvement in some patients' vision and developed techniques which have helped thousands to improve their eyesight.
This reprint of the original 1920s edition is available from Health Research Books www.healthresearchbooks.com or 1-888-844-2386.

Help Yourself to Better Sight
by Margaret Darst Corbett
A classic by a well-known Bates teacher who trained many other teachers in the Bates-Corbett Method of Eye Education.
Prentice-Hall 1949

Relearning to See
by Tom Quackenbush
A very thorough and comprehensive exploration of the Bates Method and of Natural Vision Improvement.
North Atlantic Books 1997

Eye Yoga; How You See Is How You Think
By Dr. Jane Rigney Battenberg and Martha Rigney
This is a fascinating and practical book combining the more traditional approach to holistic vision improvement with techniques from Neuro-Linguistic programming (NLP), yoga and psychology. In addition, by requiring one to do the work with a partner, it will help reduce the aloneness so many students feel who live far from a teacher and have to explore and heal their vision on their own.

Improve Your Vision
by Martin Brofman
In this book, Martin Brofman provides a practical program for anyone seeking clarity on all levels. This is a book about insight as well as eyesight. Discover how to release the stress that creates impaired vision while also unlocking your own personal potential and learning to see more clearly.

Restoring Your Eyesight: A Taoist Approach
by Doug Marsh
Doug Marsh combines proven methods pioneered a century ago by eye doctor William Bates, with the ancient Chinese wisdom of Taoism. Marsh describes how vision goes deeper than the eyes and optic nerves, extending well into the layers of the mind, emotions, and spirit.
Ten Speed 2007

28 Days to Reading Without Glasses
by Lisette Scholl
If you are over forty and have developed a condition known as presbyopia (often called 'middle-age sight), you may not be able to focus to read clearly. Using a holistic approach, the author provides a four-week program of simple exercises to help overcome this and other conditions of blurry vision, in order to give you freedom from reading glasses.
Carol Publishing Group 1998

The Power Behind Your Eyes: Improving Your Eyesight With Integrated Vision Therapy
by Robert Michael Kaplan, O.D.
Kaplan, a Vision Educator and a former professor of optometry, guides the reader through the process of understanding how vision is related to the bigger picture of one's life. Scientific concepts are balanced with an exploration of the mind/body influences on vision.
Healing Arts Press 1995

Greater Vision
by Marc Grossman, O.D., L.Ac., and Vinton McCabe, N.V.E.
A comprehensive program for physical, emotional, and spiritual clarity. Includes information on the eye-brain connection, treating common vision impairments, natural vision improvement and exercises for greater vision.
Keats Publishing 2001

Take Off Your Glasses and See!
by Jacob Liberman, O.D.
Liberman tells the story of improving his own eyesight and the contradictions between his experience and his training as an optometrist. He explores many aspects of vision, including the relationship between energy and emotions and vision. A list of natural vision improvement practitioners is included.
Crown Publishing 1995

Natural Eye Care: An Encyclopedia - Complementary Treatments for Improving and Saving Your Eyes
by Marc Grossman, O.D., L.Ac. and Glen Swartwout, O.D.
Grossman and Swartwout cover critical territory in this new book on self-help for eye diseases, using a natural approach. They guide the reader through proper nutrition, acupuncture, acupressure and basic exercises for a variety of eye diseases, including cataracts, glaucoma and macular degeneration. An essential resource for the motivated person diagnosed with any eye disease.
Keats Publishing 1999

The Handbook of Self-Healing: Your Personal Program for Better Health and Increased Vitality
by Meir Schneider PhD, L.M.T. and Maureen Larkin
A guide to working with your own body, to increase awareness, prevent injury and disease, and heal a wide variety of degenerative conditions. Schneider, who cured himself of congenital blindness, describes specific exercises, movements and body work, and includes an excellent section on vision. Penguin 1994

Movement for Self-Healing
by Meir Schneider PhD, L.M.T.
Born blind, Meir Schneider was convinced that his condition was not permanent. As a teenager he began work with two teachers who gave him exercises to reverse the blindness. Over time, he became able to see, and he continued developing techniques for self-healing. This book is filled with clearly illustrated exercises for eye problems and also for conditions such as arthritis, multiple sclerosis, back pain and muscular dystrophy.
New World Library 2004

Amazing Grace
by Grace Halloran
The autobiography of a tenacious and courageous woman who would not accept that she would go blind from her diagnosed condition of congenital retinitis pigmentosa. Her story is moving and inspiring.
North Star Publications 1993

Sunlight Could Save Your Life
by Zane Kime, M.D., M.S.
This book relates many research studies which demonstrate the relationship between nutrition, sunlight, health and disease. It offers many insights into the relationship of sunlight to human health.

Total Health at the Computer
by Martin Sussman & Dr. Ernest Loewenstein with Howard Sann
This book teaches the reader how to be pain free at the computer, and to relieve symptoms of computer stress syndrome, eyestrain, headaches, tension, sore wrists, hands, shoulders, neck and back. It also includes recommendations for preventing carpal tunnel syndrome.
Station Hill Press 1993

The Magic Eye Books
by N.E.Thing Enterprises
These books of 3D illusions are a fun way to educate your visual system. They help develop more flexibility of mind and guide your eyes so they work better as a team. Whether your vision is normal and easy or if it is more challenged, these simple activities are entertaining for people of all ages.
Station Hill Press 1993

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)
By Norman Doidge, M.D.
This wonderful book explains the research that shows how our habits actually transform our brain anatomy and the best ways to alter these habits. It describes how it is the mind that sees and ways to undo our customary mental patterns. Doidge makes this material very understandable.

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
By Peter Levine with Ann Frederick
Living is stressful. In the natural flow of life we recover from stress by resting and relaxing. When the stress is too much and we are unable to recover, it is called trauma. It stays in the body and can accumulate bringing stiffness in the muscles and habitual pathways in the brain. This excellent book explains the mechanisms of stress and trauma in addition to describing how we can heal.

RESOURCES

Video Tapes and DVDs

Yoga For Your Eyes: Natural Vision Improvement Exercises
by Meir Schneider
92 minute video plus study guide and eye chart. Produced in 1999.
Program Highlights:
·  Principles of natural eyesight improvement
·  Exercises to increase visual acuity and ocular health
·  Tibetan yoga practices to refresh eyes and mind
·  "on-the-spot" techniques to ease reading, driving, and computer eyestrain
·  how eyesight influences your overall well-being
·  course in vision improvement for home use

Audio Tapes and CDs

The Program for Better Vision
by Martin Sussman
For the audios, call The Cambridge Institute at 978-887-3883.
This audiotape series contains:
·  6 different Vision Sessions
·  64-page Program Guide
·  8-week First Stage Schedule
·  2 Vision Charts
·  Fusion String

The Natural Vision Improvement Kit
by Meir Schneider PhD, L.M.T.
An interactive kit to help you discover how eyesight influences your overall well-being, and teaches many exercises to increase your visual acuity and ocular health. The kit includes:
·  2 audio CDs - one specifically designed to reduce computer eyestrain
·  13 photo-illustrated cards to help you practice the exercises anywhere
·  2 eye charts
·  An illustrated guidebook describing all the exercises

White Light Vision Improvement CD
by Martin Brofman
This CD includes two meditations to help you get in contact with the real you and restore yourself to clarity. The first meditation is a progressive White Light relaxation which includes affirmations and visualizations presented at alpha. The second meditation includes the addition of eye exercises designed to restore flexibility to the eye muscles. LaRaaJi’s zither music accompanies both tracks.

Other

Pinhole Glasses
These simple tools help your eyes to rest. They allow the eyes to see without the need to focus, so they can relax. Because the world looks different when you look through all the little holes, the mind has to shift and become more flexible. This is all helpful for your visual system, as long as you avoid straining. They must not be worn for driving, riding a bike or other activities that especially require good peripheral vision.

LINKS

Finding a Vision Educator

• Association for Vision Educators: www.visioneducators.org
• Bates Association for Vision Education: www.seeing.org
• VETI Graduates

Finding a Supportive Optometrist

• The College of Optometrists in Vision Development: www.COVD.org

Nutrition for the Eyes, and Help for Eye Diseases

• Dr. Marc Grossman: www.naturaleyecare.com

Holistic Health Care

• Cambridge Health Associates: cambridgehealthassociates.com
• NaturalHealthcare.ca
• Life Coaching with Dr Lise Janelle D.C.
• Craniosacral Therapy with Mark Levine: www.marklevine.ca