subject: Relearning To See - A Program That Will Improve Your Vision [print this page] Relearning to see is a practice we need to do to reduce the eye strain we often experience whilst working. This eye strain along with mental tension, creates a number of eye problems that cause us indistinct vision unless we use techniques to reduce this strain. It is possible to reverse these vision problems, but we need to perform these techniques on a regular basis.
Children are a good example of noting the strain we experience when we work. When young children attend kindergarten, they are excited and enthusiastic about being there. Consider now the difference between the young enthusiastic child, and a high school student who often dislikes attending another year of school. Some students may object to returning to school for another year, because of their dislike for lit. The difference between the two is that the child at kindergarten enjoys the time they spend there. It is interesting and satisfies their natural curiosity. The high school student however, is exposed to a more strict program of learning. They are forced to spend hours every day learning and memorizing new subject material, even though some subjects may not be of interest to them. When subjects are uninteresting to a student, it produces addition concentration, and eye strain and mental tension is often the result.
As adults, our eyes too strain when we are working on subject material that we have little interest in. An example would be an analytical report, or repeatedly doing the same concentrated task for a long period of time. Rather than avoiding the task that needs to be done, we need to be able to manage this excessive concentration by resting our eyes.
Dr. William Bates, a famous eye doctor, found a way to help school children rest their eyes. With his method, he used a large, poster-sized card covered with common shapes that most school children are familiar with, and this was hung at the front of the classroom. The children had the chance to look at the card when they were experiencing tiredness or feeling overwhelmed. This gave the children a chance to relax their eyes, and is in fact an important aspect in relearning to see. Without this eye relaxation, the tension in the eyes continues to increase, and our eyesight continues to deteriorate. The end result is that to try and get over the obstacle of unclear vision, glasses are usually purchased to enable us to continue being able to see the work clearly.
To help you to improve your vision, we can look at an alternative approach to eyesight glasses, and find something large to look at periodically, that our eyes are familiar with. When your eyes are familiar with an object, it allows them to relax, and it is this relaxation which is so important to help us have clear vision. Dr. Bates also created a set of eyesight exercises, and these exercises will also contribute in helping you in relearning to see properly.
