Vision Retreats

 Vermont Vision Improvement Retreat
Sky Meadow Retreat, Vermont, USA
September 11-14, 2025

Come visit the gorgeous Green Mountains of Vermont and immerse yourself in Natural Vision Improvement for four days under the guidance of Nathan Oxenfeld and with a small group of others.

Truly amazing things can happen when multiple days in a row are spent without wearing any corrective lenses like glasses or contacts. You won’t need to cook, drive, or look at screens, so your full focus can go towards healing your vision holistically. You can make massive strides and build steady momentum to take the improvements back home with you.

Each day you get opportunities to learn and implement powerful vision improvement practices and principles in order to experience clearer eyesight first-hand.

Your mornings will begin with gentle eye yoga classes, your afternoons will dive into natural vision classes, and your evenings will explore night vision walks and conversations around the fire. By the end of the fourth day, you will be seeing yourself and the world in entirely new ways.



WHERE:

The Vermont Vision Improvement Retreat is happening at Sky Meadow Retreat, located at 63 Winchester Rd, Greensboro Bend, VT 05842.

The giant Retreat Barn is surrounded by charming cabins where you’ll be staying, including a Yurt and a Hobbit House. There are options for either a shared room or a private cabin.

There is an organic garden, which we’ll be harvesting from to provide you with fresh and healthy meals catered to your dietary needs from dinner on Thursday to lunch on Sunday.

There are trails meandering through the idyllic forest and around peaceful reflection pools.



Travel Details:

We recommend flying into the Burlington, Vermont airport. It is about a 1 hour and 40 minute drive from the airport to Sky Meadow Retreat.

We will provide a carpooling sign-up in case anyone is driving or renting a car, and may also offer optional transportation (BTV airport pickup & drop-off) for an additional fee of $40 each way.

Alternative airports are Montreal, Canada (3 hours depending on border crossing), Albany, New York (4 hours), or Boston, Massachusetts (4 hours).

SCROLL DOWN to register for the retreat by selecting whether you prefer a shared room or a private room. You will see a pay-in-full option or a 3 month payment plan option.

Once you register, you will receive a confirmation email as well as an intake form to provide us with more of your information.



Meet Your Retreat Host:

Nathan Oxenfeld is hosting this 4-Day Vision Improvement Retreat. He is a Certified Bates Method Teacher who has led multi-day retreats in Asheville, North Carolina, Bowen Island, Canada, and Stony Point, New York. He is the author of Give Up Your Glasses For Good: Holistic Eye Care for the 21st Century, the co-producer of the documentary film Vision 2020: From Eyesight To Insight, and the host of the Naked Eye Podcast and Better Eyesight Podcast. His passion is eye education and helping others holistically heal vision problems, address underlying root causes, integrate the psychological and emotional aspects of vision, and relax into clearer seeing and an embodied sense of empowerment.

Feel free to contact Nathan with any questions about the retreat.

nathan@integraleyesight.com 


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Daily Itinerary

Day 1: Thursday, September 11
3:00-5:00pm:
Arrive at Sky Meadow Retreat and Settle Into Accommodations
6:00pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Evening Vision Relaxation – Palming & Clarifying Vision Story

Day 2: Friday, September 12
7:00am: Eye Yoga with Nathan
8:00am: Breakfast
9:00am: Morning Vision Class – Connecting Your Left & Right Sides
12:00pm: Lunch & Break
3:00pm: Afternoon Vision Class – Enhancing Your Depth Perception
6:00pm: Dinner
8:00pm: Night Vision Walk – Dark Adaptation & Peripheral Expansion

Day 3: Saturday, September 13
7:00am: Morning Yoga with Cynthia
8:00am: Breakfast
9:00am: Morning Vision Class – Vision Building Reading Between Lines
12:00pm: Lunch & Break
3:00pm: Afternoon Vision Class – Vision Building Stretching Sight Out
6:00pm: Dinner
7:00pm: Vision Stories around the fire

Day 4: Sunday, September 14
8:00am: Breakfast
9:00am: Vision Integration
12:00pm: Lunch & Packing Up
2:00pm: Depart Sky Meadow Retreat


Here’s what past retreat participants are saying…

“I was at your retreat in Canada and it was really wonderful. I spent 4 days there and accomplished things I really didn’t think I could, because I have macular degeneration and now I call it macular regeneration.”
-Pat S.

Extra Perk:

Nathan’s partner Cynthia Tina is also hosting her “Stepping Into Community” Retreat at Sky Meadow from September 11-14, 2025. Therefore, in addition to connecting with the other participants in our Vision Retreat, you will also have the opportunity to meet another equally unique group of folks attending Cynthia’s Community Retreat!

You can learn more about this unique off-grid retreat center at www.skymeadowretreat.com


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Past Retreats:

3 Day Vision Retreat Stony Point, New York, USA October 1-3, 2024 with Anat Axelrode & Nathan Oxenfeld

 

Holistic Vision Weekend May 7th & 8th, 2022 All online via Zoom 2 Days Without Glasses, Fully Focused on Natural Vision Improvement


Holistic Vision Weekend December 3rd – 5th, 2021 All online via Zoom 3 Days Without Glasses, Fully Focused on Natural Vision Improvement

SCHEDULE:

Friday, December 3rd

Opening Ceremony: 3pm-6pm EST Welcome, Introduction, Eye Awareness

Saturday, December 4th

Vision Immersion #1: 10am-1pm EST Relaxing Your Eyes, Relaxing Your Mind

Break: 1pm-3pm EST Eat, Drink, Nap, Stretch, Sun

Vision Immersion #2: 3pm-6pm EST Linking Your Left And Right Halves

Sunday, December 5th

Vision Immersion #3: 10am-1pm EST Sharpening Up Near And Far Focus

Break: 1pm-3pm EST Eat, Drink, Nap, Stretch, Sun

Closing Ceremony: 3pm-5pm EST Integrating Good Vision Into Everyday Life

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Five Day Vision Transformation December 2nd-6th, 2020 11am-1pm & 3pm-5pm EST All online, from your own home

Get ready for a deep dive into the world of natural vision improvement, with the guidance of Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld.

Our small group will meet twice a day for five days to not only learn, but also implement the principles and practices of The Bates Method.

This virtual retreat will jumpstart your home vision practice and help you end the year 2020 on a clearer note, transforming your vision and transforming your life.

We will meet on Zoom from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm EST and again from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST, with a break in between from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm EST.

  • Day One: Vision Relaxation

  • Day Two: Vision Awareness

  • Day Three: Vision Fusion

  • Day Four: Vision Building

  • Day Five: Vision Healing

Each day will have a particular theme that will build on the last, learning the foundations of natural vision improvement first, then learning the vision building techniques to transform the way you see the world.

The 1st session of the day will be instructional.

The 2nd session of the day will be implementational.

20 hours of vision training will be transformational.

You will be able to ask your questions throughout the experience.

All the classes will be recorded so you may have access to them after the five day vision transformation.

You will be provided with the recordings of all the classes as well as downloadable digital materials and vision training tools. This event will also include a screening of the documentary film Vision 2020: From Eyesight To Insight.

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Two-Day Virtual Vision Retreat

May 16th – 17th, 2020

Originally, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld was going to be hosting a 5 Day Eyesight & Insight Immersion Retreat in Asheville, North Carolina at the end of May… well, due to the COVID-19 shutdown, that has been postponed to 2021… so Nathan has decided to take his in-person event online and host his first ever Virtual Vision Retreat!

Join Nathan and a group of other vision students for this two-day immersion in natural vision improvement from the safety and comfort of your own home.

Throughout this weekend immersion, we will be meeting for a total of 6 classes (two hours each) that will teach you a handful of healthy computer vision tips, show you how to replace bad vision habits with good vision habits, help you establish a daily vision improvement routine, and actually address the underlying root causes of vision problems.

Can’t attend all the classes? Live in a different time zone? No worries! In addition to the live access, you will also get copies of all the recordings to catch up on and re-watch later!

SCHEDULE:
Saturday, May 16th, 2020
Class #1 @ 10:00 am Welcome & Introductions Computer Vision Tips Create Your Starting Point
Class #2 @ 2:00 pm Bates Method 101 Bad Vision Habits Good Vision Habits
Class #3 @ 6:00 pm Palming Visualization Deep Relaxation Q&A
Sunday, May 17th, 2020
Class #4 @ 10:00 am Creating Your Daily Vision Improvement Routine
Class #5 @ 2:00 pm Addressing the Root Causes of Vision Problems
Class #6 @ 6:00 pm Palming Visualization Deep Relaxation Q&A