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Power Vision
Power Vision
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Dr. Merrill J. Allen* Dr. Steven M. Beresford Dr. Francis A. Young*
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION ONE: Welcome to the Power Vision Program 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Good vision is your birthright Meet the doctors Now for some basic terms How your visual system works What really causes bad eyesight What corrective lenses do to your eyes Corrective lenses and eye disease How to use corrective lenses correctly Dealing with eye doctors How to use the Power Vision Program
SECTION TWO: 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 24. 26.
Quick start checklist Download instructions How to use the Deep Relaxation Module Weekly Worksheet Reminder Cards Set yourself realistic goals Strategies for success Advice for different conditions How to get really fast results Give this to your eye doctor
SECTION THREE: The Power Exercise Module 28. 30. 32. Flexing Clocking Conducting 29. 31. 33. Squeezing Detailing Rolling
SECTION FOUR: The Booster Exercise Module 34. 36. Jetting Palming 35. 37. Flashing Acupressure
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Research References
SECTION ONE
WELCOME TO THE POWER VISION PROGRAM
GOOD VISION IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT
During the last few decades, a major advance has taken place in the eye care profession. Many simple techniques known as therapeutic eye exercises have been developed that can make the eyes healthier and may reduce or even eliminate dependency on corrective lenses. The Power Vision Program gives you the best of these techniques. The Power Vision Program will give your eyes a good basic workout. In contrast to physical exercises, however, eye exercises are not strenuous and are intended to increase the power and accuracy of the focusing system rather than beefing up the eye muscles. Some of the exercises stimulate the flow of nutrients inside the eyes, making them healthier. Other exercises reduce eyestrain from reading or working at a computer and increase perceptual enhancement. The good news is that almost all babies have normal healthy eyes. If you could see well as a child, you probably dont have genetically deformed eyeballs. Likewise, although the aging process catches up with us all, there are lots of elderly people who dont need glasses or hardly ever wear them. What this means is that poor vision is usually not inherited and can be improved with eye exercises, just like you can improve your body with physical exercises. The bad news is that most eye doctors only do what they are trained to do, which is to prescribe and sell corrective lenses. They arent familiar with the research or they just ignore it and continue to do business as usual.
Behind the iris is the inner lens, which is a flexible capsule of transparent cells. The ciliary muscle surrounds the lens and is responsible for focusing the eye. When the ciliary muscle dilates, it makes the inner lens thinner to focus on distant objects. When the ciliary muscle constricts, it makes the inner lens thicker to focus on near objects. In addition, six extraocular muscles surround each eyeball and are responsible for moving the eyes in their sockets. The cornea and inner lens focus light onto the retina, which is a layer of cells inside the eyeball. Due to optical defects in the eye known as spherical and chromatic aberrations and light scattering and diffraction, the image on the retina is never perfectly clear, even in perfectly normal eyes. The retina converts the light into electrical pulses that travel up the optic nerve to the brain, where the image is enhanced by the visual cortex in a process known as hyperacuity. It may surprise you to know that what we actually see is up to six times clearer than the raw image on the retina!
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In most cases, the person is born with normal healthy eyes and has good vision for many years, then develops a minor focusing problem and is fitted with corrective lenses, then deteriorates. Of course, the age when corrective lenses are first worn and the rate of deterioration varies from person to person, but the basic pattern remains the same. In a series of recent experiments, Dr. Earl Smith of the University of Houston College of Optometry fitted various types of corrective lenses on monkeys with normal vision. What he found was that monkeys fitted with the type of corrective lenses used for nearsightedness adapted to the lenses and became nearsighted. Likewise, monkeys fitted with the type of corrective lenses used for farsightedness adapted to the lenses and became farsighted. The same thing happened with lenses used for astigmatism. The implications of this research are of concern because the visual systems of monkeys and humans are almost identical. What it means is that there is good scientific evidence that the traditional method of prescribing corrective lenses may cause or aggravate common visual problems.
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We call this progressive undercorrection. The eye exercises strengthen the focusing mechanism and help the eye muscles adapt to the weaker lenses. When you can see well with the weaker lenses, you can use even weaker lenses. In this way, corrective lenses can help you get better instead of making you get worse. In most cases, weaker glasses from previous years can be used. If youre nearsighted, the weaker glasses must give you 20/40 acuity so that you can drive safely. If you dont have any weaker glasses, you will have to get some from an eye doctor. Fortunately, you dont need to buy new frames. Just replace the lenses in the frames you already wear.
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SECTION TWO
HOW TO USE THE POWER VISION PROGRAM
POWER EXERCISE MODULE This is a 21 minute file consisting of 6 exercises to increase your natural focusing power and stimulate the nutrient flow inside your eyes. BOOSTER EXERCISE MODULE This is a 21 minute file consisting of 3 exercises to stimulate the nutrient flow inside your eyes. DEEP RELAXATION MODULE This is a 30 minute file consisting of deep relaxation plus visualization to regenerate the tissues in your eyes.
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DOWNLOAD INSTRUCTIONS
When you click on any of the following links, the MP3 file will be downloaded onto your computer. We recommend you save the files to your desktop or some other location. You can then play the files on your computer, or you can copy them to an MP3 player or burn them onto an audio CD. If any of the links dont work when you click on it, copy the link into the address bar of your browser. POWER EXERCISE MODULE (21 minutes) www.visiontherapy.net/audio/POWER.mp3 BOOSTER EXERCISE MODULE (21 minutes) www.visiontherapy.net/audio/BOOSTER.mp3 DEEP RELAXATION MODULE (30 minutes) www.visiontherapy.net/audio/RELAXATION.mp3 The Power Exercise Module and the Booster Exercise Module dont contain any instructions, just music and cues to do the exercises. The first few times you play these files, we suggest you stop the music at the beginning of each exercise and read the instructions in the e-Book how to do the exercise. Learn the method correctly. After a few days, youll be able to do the exercises without referring to the instructions. Play at least one Module per day. Your goal is to set up a routine you can live with so experiment and find out what works best for you. You can do the exercises in time to the music or your breathing. Aim for accuracy and coordination. When doing them to music, start out slow preferably every other beat and do them at a rate you feel comfortable with. If you want to know more about your visual problem, read the tutorials at www.visiontherapy.net/howeyeswork.php.
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WEEKLY WORKSHEET
Mon Tue POWER EXERCISES BOOSTER EXERCISES DEEP RELAXATION ALARM CLOCK WEAKER GLASSES WITHOUT GLASSES EYE PATCH NEW HABITS
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REMINDER CARD
Practice your new visual habits as much as possible during your normal activities.
REMINDER CARD
Practice your new visual habits as much as possible during your normal activities.
REMINDER CARD
Practice your new visual habits as much as possible during your normal activities.
REMINDER CARD
Practice your new visual habits as much as possible during your normal activities.
Tape the Reminder Card to your computer and also use it as a bookmark. Put it a few pages ahead and when you reach it, take a break. Then put it a few more pages ahead and continue reading. Its very important not to wear distance glasses for reading or computer work. If you cant read without glasses, get weaker lenses that give you 20/40 acuity at a distance of 20. HYPEROPIA, PRESBYOPIA. Try to read without glasses or use weaker lenses. If you wear bifocals, try to use single vision lenses. Use the Reminder Card as a bookmark. Put it a few pages ahead and when you reach it, do some Squeezing then look at a detail on a distant object. Then put it a few more pages ahead and continue reading. LAZY EYE. When you start using the eye patch, you will know if you have a dominant eye and a weaker eye. To bring the weaker eye up to par, patch the dominant eye two or three times as long as the weaker eye.
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ASTIGMATISM. Although astigmatism is sometimes inherited, most cases seem to be the result of a bad posture. The reason is that the visual system helps to maintain our sense of balance by scanning the world around us for horizontal features. When the head is tilted, the extraocular muscles pull unequally, causing the eyeball and/or cornea to become distorted. To improve astigmatism, find out which way your head usually tilts. Look in a mirror or ask a friend. Then cultivate the habit of tilting your head the other way. Make signs that say TILT HEAD and put them in prominent positions at home, at work, and in your car. Do extra Clocking and Rolling to encourage the extraocular muscles to change their configuration. DEGENERATIVE EYE DISEASES. When were young, the fluids inside the eye circulate by means of the ciliary muscle expanding and contracting as it changes focus, and by the iris muscle expanding and contracting in response to the light. Nutrients are pumped into the eye from the back of the ciliary muscle, and waste products are pumped out of the eye through Schlemms Canal, which is located at the front of the iris muscle. The problem arises when we grow older and develop presbyopia. As with all other bodily tissues, the eyes tissues decline with age. The lens loses its flexibility, the ciliary and iris muscles become less responsive and lose their power, the nutrient flow decreases, waste products are not properly expelled, and the eye becomes stiff, sluggish, and unhealthy. Although the aging process cant be avoided, a lot can be done to minimize its impact, just like many older people do physical exercises to stay in shape and reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks.
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Recent research suggests that degenerative eye diseases such as cataract, glaucoma, or macular degeneration can often be stabilized or reversed by means of eye exercises and/or nutrition. You should be aware that major clinical studies have not been carried out so if you decide to try these techniques, you should only do so under the care of your eye doctor. We recommend the following regimen. Do the entire Power Vision Program but do more Flexing, Clocking, Rolling, Flashing, and Jetting. These exercises are designed to increase the flow of nutrients inside the eyes and eliminate cellular waste products. FLEXING: Do up to 10 minutes continuously. Use the Booster music file or your own music. CLOCKING, ROLLING: Do as much as possible throughout the day. These exercises will massage the eyeball and stimulate blood flow to the retina. We consider these to be especially important for macular degeneration. JETTING: Take two or three hot showers a day. FLASHING: Do up to 30 minutes continuously. Use the Booster music file or your own music. NUTRIENTS: We recommend that you take a good eye multivitamin supplement available from most pharmacies and health stores. Regardless of your condition, you should upgrade your diet and cut down on junk food. Eat lots of green vegetables and drink plenty of water. You should be aware that clinical studies have shown that eye drops containing N-acetyl-carnosine can dissolve cataracts over a period of several months.
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Wear Weaker Glasses. Do this immediately. If you continue to wear your current glasses, you wont get results. However, if your current glasses are already weak, continue to wear them until you can see well with them, then use even weaker glasses. Dont Read Through Distance Glasses. This only applies to myopes and is important because reading through distance glasses creates nearpoint stress and causes deterioration. Remove your distance glasses for all reading and computer work, even if it means being closer than usual. If you are very myopic, get glasses with weaker lenses that give you 20/40 acuity at 20. Weaker lenses can really accelerate your progress. Wear An Eye Patch. Get one from your drug store and wear it for an hour a day for reading, watching television, or playing. Dont wear it for potentially dangerous activities such as cooking, using power tools, crossing the road, or driving! Using an eye patch can really accelerate your progress because it encourages each eye to see as well as possible. If one of your eyes is noticeably stronger than the other, patch it for longer periods of time. Spend Time Without Glasses. Break the habit of leaving your glasses on all the time. Regard them as tools that you use for activities where you must have clear vision, and cultivate the habit of taking them off as soon as you finish the activity. Youll find that there are many situations where you can see without them, even if things are not perfectly clear. Of course, you must always wear them for potentially dangerous activities such as cooking, using power tools, crossing the road, or driving. Cultivate New Visual Habits. Practice Flexing, Squeezing, and Detailing as much as possible throughout the day. Use the Reminder Card.
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SECTION THREE
THE POWER EXERCISE MODULE
These exercises form the dynamic core of the Power Vision Program and should be practiced on the world around you using everyday objects. The exercises will increase your natural focusing power, improve eye coordination, and stimulate the nutrient flow in and around your eyes. The Power Vision Module is a 21 minute music track that cues the exercises. There are no instructions so you should stop the track at the beginning of each exercise and read the instructions. After a few days you wont need to do this. If you prefer, use your own music. The exercise sequence is: CONDUCTING CLOCKING FLEXING SQUEEZING DETAILING SQUEEZING FLEXING ROLLING CONDUCTING 3.0 1.5 3.0 1.5 3.0 1.5 3.0 1.5 3.0 minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes minutes
Do the exercises using weaker glasses. Your eyes may feel quite sore at first, like any other exercise program. If you experience sharp pain or your eyes become unpleasantly sore, you must immediately stop! Your goal is to develop smooth controlled eye movements, so dont jerk your eyes or overdo things so you see flashes of light. Some people may start to become dizzy or feel like they are getting a headache. If this happens, immediately stop and close your eyes until you feel comfortable again, then resume the exercise. Very soon the problem will subside.
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How To Do It: Step 1. Get a near object with interesting details such as a pen, trinket, piece of jewelry, or printed material. Dont use anything sharp! Hold it about 6 from the tip of your nose. The correct distance is about the length of a pen. If you hold it farther away, the exercise isnt so effective. Step 2. Select a far object with some interesting details such as a building, tree, person, automobile, street sign, or a painting or ornament across the room. If you are wearing weaker lenses, make sure the object isnt so blurred that you cant see any details.
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Step 3. Hold the near object steady and change focus between it and the far object in time to the music or your breathing: (inhale/near)(exhale/far). Look at a different detail every time you change focus.
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How To Do It: Step 1. Look at a far object and imagine you are in front of a giant clock with the far object at the center. Now carefully move your eyes in the 9 oclock direction as far as they will go, as if youre trying to see your left ear. Keep your head and neck still by holding your chin. Carefully stretch the muscles as much as possible, but not so much that you see flashes of light. Step 2. Now return to center and relax. Then move your eyes as far as they will go in the 10 oclock direction, then back to center, then the 11 oclock direction, then back to center. Make your way around the clock, going from one hour position to the next, returning to the center between hour positions. Take it slow and aim for good coordination. When youve developed good coordination, do it in time to the music or your breathing: (inhale/hour)(exhale/center).
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How To Do It: Step 1. Get an interesting object with lots of small bright details such as a plant, trinket, or ornament, and put it at a distance where its slightly blurred. If you already see well up close, look at a slightly blurred distant object. Step 2. Carefully examine a small bright detail by slowly running your gaze around its edges. Aim for calm, relaxed, contemplative vision and try to see its exact shape. Breathe slowly and deeply. Blink frequently so your eyes dont get dry, and dont squint, strain, or use any tricks. Step 3. Try to see even smaller details within the detail you are looking at. Then look at another detail and repeat the exercise. You can vary the procedure by doing Squeezing instead of normal blinking.
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How To Do It: Step 1. Get an object with some interesting details, such as a pen, trinket, piece of jewelry, or some printed material. Or simply use your thumb. Dont use anything sharp! Hold it at arms length and look at a small detail.
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Step 2. Now slowly move the object in time to the music. Up, down, from side to side, in circles, figure eights, spirals and even more complex patterns as if you are conducting a band. Blink frequently, keep your head still, and breathe deeply. Vary the distance from arms length to the tip of your nose and keep looking at a detail on the object at all times. When your arm gets tired, use the other arm. Step 3. Now use the object to write positive statements in the air, such as: My eyes are getting better and my vision is improving. I have natural healthy vision. Remember to look at a detail on the object at all times.
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SECTION FOUR
THE BOOSTER EXERCISE MODULE
These exercises are designed to reduce your stress level, relax your eyes, and improve the nutrient flow in and around your eyes. They can make your eyes sparkle with new health and vitality. Highly recommended for common visual problems and eye diseases such as cataract, glaucoma, and macular degeneration.
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How To Do It: Step 1. Close the drapes so that the room is dark. Then remove your glasses and sit about 1 in front of a bright unshaded light (at least 100 watt) with your eyes closed and relaxed. If the light feels too bright, sit farther away and reduce the distance as it becomes more comfortable. Step 2. Breathe slowly and deeply. As you inhale, switch on the light. As you exhale, switch it off. Concentrate on the sensation of warm, tingling, pulsating energy in your eyes. Imagine positive changes taking place in your eyes and say the words: My eyes are getting better and my vision is improving. I have natural healthy vision.
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How To Do It: Step 1. Take off your glasses and close your eyes, then cover them with cupped hands so that no light gets in. Rest the heels of your palms on your cheekbones and cross your hands on your forehead. Make sure your hands, eyelids, and eyebrows are relaxed, and dont press on your eyes or your forehead. Step 2. Breathe slowly and deeply and concentrate on the sensation of warm, tingling, pulsating energy in your eyes. Imagine positive changes taking place in your eyes and say the words: My eyes are getting better and my vision is improving. I have natural healthy vision.
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Step 2. Close your eyes and firmly press the acupressure points, then release. Continue to press and release in time to the music (press/release/press/release/press/release).
VARIATION TWO: Step 1. Put your thumb and index finger of one hand on the acupressure points shown in the diagram.
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Step 2. Close your eyes and massage the bridge of your nose between your eyes by alternately squeezing and releasing: (squeeze/release/squeeze/release/squeeze/release).
VARIATION THREE: Step 1. Put one or two fingers on the acupressure points shown in the diagram, which are located on the crest of the cheekbones just below the eye sockets.
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Step 2. Close your eyes and firmly massage the acupressure points by moving the skin in small circles. Change direction every few seconds.
VARIATION FOUR: Step 1. Put your thumbs in the pit of your temples. Now close your eyes and firmly stroke the upper and lower rims of the eye sockets from nose to temple. Use the flat part of your index fingers between the first and second joints.
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Step 2. Continue to alternately stroke the upper and lower rims of your eye sockets. You can use vitamin E or mineral oil as a lubricant to avoid stretching the skin: (upper/lower/upper/lower/upper/lower).
VARIATION FIVE: Step 1. When youve mastered all the previous variations, combine them into a thorough massage of the entire eye region. Do a few seconds of Variation 1, then Variation 2, then Variation 3, then massage the entire rim of the eye socket. Step 2. Instead of massaging the acupressure points, you can increase the amount of stimulation by tapping them several times a second with the tips of your fingers. Use two or three fingers for an even more powerful effect. COMMENT: These acupressure techniques seem to exert a powerful healing effect on the eyes. Some people report the sensation of rays of energy streaming out of the eyes. These exercises are also useful for relieving eyestrain and headaches from reading or working at a computer.
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SECTION FIVE
RESEARCH SHOWS US THE WAY
By now it should be clear that all is not well with the eye care profession. Despite all the wonderful advances in eye surgery that have taken place in recent years, the majority of eye doctors still use the same old method of prescribing corrective lenses that has been around for over 150 years. The situation is worse than you probably realize. Many eye doctors know about the problems caused by corrective lenses but are afraid to speak out for fear of retaliation. In fact, a few years ago some Board members of the American Vision Institute were harassed and threatened with loss of license, forcing them to resign. Doctors who contributed to previous versions of the Power Vision Program include: Dr. D.A.F., Dr. M.R.F., Dr. P.A.H., Dr. R.M.K., Dr. D.W.M., and Dr. B.E.W. The names of the doctors are abbreviated to protect their privacy.
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