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Very useful holistic manual for better vision, October 17, 2000

By "vegangirl" (tucson, az)

I must disagree with some of the previous reviewers who have said this book is a "farce." It is not a farce. It is based on a wide variety of vision improvement techniques, including the Bates method, behavioral optometry, yoga, color therapy, acupressure, massage, etc. It presents many different types of "vision training," eye exercises, and other therapies. I do think it could be better organized. The chapters included are:

1. Introduction - in which the author explains what eye training is; 2. Vision and Eye training today - in which he explains that it is preventative medicine, and that glasses and contacts are not necessarily the answer to vision problems; 3. Understanding vision; 4. The basics of eye training - explaining that we should establish physical and visual habits that promote healthy vision; 5. Holistic Eye Training - explaining that we see with our whole body, that our vision is more than just in our eyes, that we need to consciously participate in what we see; 6. Eye training in 5 Lessons -- the lessons include eye relaxation, refreshing and strengthening eyesight, eye movement, accommodation, spatial perception and visual memory; 7. Healthy Tips for the Eyes -- which include vitamins for good vision, eye showers, eye baths, using eye pillows, acupressure, and using light; 8. Disadvantages of visual aids -- in which the author discusses why we should try to take off our glasses when we do not need them, and/or use weaker glasses or progressive undercorrection to allow an improvement in our vision, and he also talks about pinhole glasses; 9. Eye training with posters/Exercising your perception of contrast -- to increase visual perception, to train the external eye muscles, to exercise near vision, to aid stereoscopic vision (3D posters), and to increase visual memory; 10. Short Exercises for Lively Vision -- a chapter with 20 quick exercises that can be done in a few minutes. The exercises are based on what was covered throughout the book. This chapter also includes "8 steps to success."

The book is not organized terribly well, and apart from the 20 quick exercises routine at the end, there aren't many tips on how to design your own program. But for a nice overview of different visual therapy techniques for natural vision improvement, this book does a good job. There are lots of color plates and it is printed on nice heavy stock. The author likes to emphasize that these exercises are not just for those with "defective" vision, but also (and even more so) for those with "perfect" vision, in order to prevent vision problems that seem to come inevitably to just about everyone. One thing I did not like about the book is that on the back of the book, it says, "Whether your eyes are 20/20 and you want to keep them that way, or whether you want to restore lost vision, here are all the methods you'll need to do it." But then in one of the first sections, it says, "people with defective vision should know that the eye training program presented in this book won't reverse their condition. At best, this program might stop a condition from deteriorating, and it might strengthen visual acuity. However, evidence of that does not necessarily show up in lower dioptric numbers." He seems to want to say that this program could improve your vision, but he doesn't really want to, at the same time. I assume he doesn't want to give anyone false hope.

I have seen many of these techniques in other books, so I know that they are fairly well-known types of natural vision improvement, especially the Bates method componenents, which include relaxation, palming, sunning (sunbathing the eyes), and swinging. It's not as though the author made them up. In fact, he is the director of the Institute for Visual Training in Bad Vilbel, Germany, and he is a Gestalt and color therapist.

All in all, a pretty good book but not the best on this subject.

amazing book, September 3, 2000

By Dr Mostafa Mohd Aly Ibrahim (Makkah Al-Mukarrama,Saudi Arabia)

I am an Ophthalmologist working in Saudi Arabia.I read this interest book.Some points may be benefit.I would like to ask the author about the millet seed eye pillow and pinhole glasses. Can any body send sample for me at Saudi Arabia and what about the cost.Finaly many thanks with my best wishs. N.B.e-mail:mostafa@uqu.edu.sa

Unorganized, June 19, 2000

By A Customer

The book did not have a basic framework to work with, it rumbles about tons of execises without explainign and telling the reader exatly how to design a program for him/feherslef and how to use it, as other customer said, it is a farce!