Alex sends me a link to a forum post today, from a German client looking for the best way to buy glasses and save money.I'm somewhat notorious on this subject, since I've bought hundreds of pairs of glasses over the years, everywhere from Moscow and Berlin to Kathmandu and Saigon (and of course, online).  There's a lot to be said for quality of frames and lenses, and staff that knows their way around frame adjustments, and also to find you great [...]

I always refer to using letters and text in general, when working on pushing or pulling focus.  Unlike other objects, text has the significant benefit of giving you feedback - if you don't see a tree leaf, you won't know it.  But if you can't read half of the letters in a word, you surely do!  This is why you want to use writing as a reference tool for your focus work, a ubiquitous feature both near and far, most [...]

Advanced subject - below will make most sense if you already experienced improvements in your eyesight.---Everything we discuss here about improving vision goes back to just two basic principles:  1)  Reducing strain and 2) creating positive stimulus.Much of the challenge of applying these two simple ideas is in the detail.Remember that (almost) everything that happens with your vision is ultimately up to your brain, the visual cortex in particular.  So when you push focus or adjust prescriptions or do anything at [...]

This is an advanced topic, suitable for those who already did the full Vision Improvement Course and made it specifically to a consistent double vision experience.  ---If your normalized prescription gets you to 20/30 or 20/40 on the Snellen, and you frequently work to the double vision distance up-close, you probably have more margin in your vision than you might be aware of.  To see if that is the case, and to leverage that hidden diopter, here is a good [...]