Questions & Answers. You have questions. And Jake has answers, especially if they haven’t been covered in one of the other sections of the blog / free guides.
Many of the topics here originate from your e-mails, or from Quora, or threads in our Facebook group, or even YouTube comments on occasion. Natural myopia control is a wide ranging and complex subject, and this might be the section to find answers to some of your questions. Browse and discover!
Defined: The Blur Horizon
Taken from the program, while doing a little clean-up - this topic deserves a spot outside of the paid program. It is key to understanding what the #endmyopia Method is about, and how to actively manage prescription strength to minimize eye strain (and if you want, to improve your vision). While I try to keep specialized terminology to a minimum, there are a number of concepts that require definition, to help us quickly refer to ideas and methods of your [...]
The Significant Power of Habits for Vision Improvement
We talk a lot about habits, here in the blog, and in the Vision Improvement Courses. We discuss the specifics of habits that will enhance your eyesight, but I never really expanded on the nature of habit itself. Habits. It is a subject outside of the scope of this site, and yet it is key to the whole premise of the #endmyopia Method. This is not an exercise program - this is a program designed to help you identify habits [...]
Pushing Focus: Positive vs. Negative Direction
Pushing focus is the key stimulus we use to improve eyesight. Considering the 4 Pillars for Healthy Eyesight we need stimulus, along with reduced close-up strain to reduce myopia. As long as you don't wear full prescription glasses for close-up work and follow these practices, your eyesight will improve. For the basic practice of pushing focus, we simply move back from the page or screen, until the image just barely begins to blur. This is our blur horizon, which we can [...]
Bates Method, No Glasses vs. Glasses, the Blur Horizon
There is a bit of a repeating theme of common questions regarding Bates Method and not wearing glasses, both in my e-mail box and the forum. Some of this is covered in the FAQ, but it bears repeating (and extending upon), once in a while. Here are the key points to remember: Myopia is a symptom of close-up strain. High myopia is close-up strain + wearing a full minus prescription while focused up-close. Not wearing any glasses, living in [...]
Eliminating Bad Eyesight Habits: How Quickly Your Eyes Can Recover
If you follow this blog, you will undoubtedly have noticed the frequent repetition of the very simple concepts of reducing eye strain. This is so fundamental, so easy to follow, and even without any kind of eye exercise (beyond pushing focus) you may notice significant improvements, quite quickly. If you add to this some careful prescription management, and define permanent habits, your eyesight improvements will become permanent - and can continue to improve, with just a bit of effort. A [...]
The Visual Cortex: Your Brains Significant Role in Healthy Vision
Most important, for most sufferers of myopia, is to fix the problem of too much close-up time and using the wrong prescription, while reading or working in front of computer screens. Once you have made it to one, two, or more diopters of improvement, we need to start looking beyond just the eyeball - the big picture happens in your brain. If you have done the core installments and decided not to do any of the advanced installments, feel free [...]