Comments on: EFT and Eyesight http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/eft-and-eyesight/ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:12:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Bob (for better eyesight) Sherman http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/eft-and-eyesight/#comment-1993 Bob (for better eyesight) Sherman Fri, 15 May 2009 00:07:58 +0000 http://villageblog.wordpress.com/?p=203#comment-1993 Another contemporary of Freud and Reich was William Bates (1860-1931) who made the concept of chronic tension in the external eye muscles as a cause of eye problem popular (or unpopular with the medical profession). His idea was that by learning good vision habits and performing eye exercises to relax the eye muscles vision could be improved. Chronic tension in the eye muscles most likely is a symptom of more systemic tension throughout the body. Learning to relax systemically, including the face and eye muscles, is a key to vision improvement. Natural vision instructors often use variations of Bates' methods to help improve eyesight. I have recovered over 20 years of deteriorating eyesight and am still improving. I think my first experience with glasses in grade school was a way of putting on the tension of "body armour" to guard against unpleasant life situations. So learning to relax and striving for emotional freedom is now a lifelong practice. Another contemporary of Freud and Reich was William Bates (1860-1931) who made the concept of chronic tension in the external eye muscles as a cause of eye problem popular (or unpopular with the medical profession). His idea was that by learning good vision habits and performing eye exercises to relax the eye muscles vision could be improved.

Chronic tension in the eye muscles most likely is a symptom of more systemic tension throughout the body. Learning to relax systemically, including the face and eye muscles, is a key to vision improvement.

Natural vision instructors often use variations of Bates’ methods to help improve eyesight. I have recovered over 20 years of deteriorating eyesight and am still improving.

I think my first experience with glasses in grade school was a way of putting on the tension of “body armour” to guard against unpleasant life situations. So learning to relax and striving for emotional freedom is now a lifelong practice.

]]> By: Dan Bartlett http://villageblog.wordpress.com/2008/07/19/eft-and-eyesight/#comment-1930 Dan Bartlett Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:42:56 +0000 http://villageblog.wordpress.com/?p=203#comment-1930 I was just reading about the eye segment in Reichian bodywork a few weeks ago in this now free book called <a href="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/selfheal/reichintro.htm" rel="nofollow">Reichian Growth Work</a>. The section on the eye segment (see Chapter 4 and scroll a little) does briefly talk about armouring in relation to eyesight problems. I think EFT and Reichian bodywork are working along similar lines in many ways, although Reich would never admit so! I was just reading about the eye segment in Reichian bodywork a few weeks ago in this now free book called Reichian Growth Work. The section on the eye segment (see Chapter 4 and scroll a little) does briefly talk about armouring in relation to eyesight problems.

I think EFT and Reichian bodywork are working along similar lines in many ways, although Reich would never admit so!

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