Five years ago in the summer of 2019, my colleague Barry Auchettl and I were driving from Crater Lake, Oregon to San Francisco, California in the process of filming our documentary Vision 2020: From Eyesight To Insight. Our director Craig Leith was crouching in the backseat to avoid being captured by the cameras mounted on…
It has been quite a while since I have released a Bates Method 101 video on YouTube. To start getting back into releasing more of them, I am sharing an excerpt from a recent Natural Vision Support Group class I taught about How To Use Shifters. This video is meant to accompany the new Episode…
Episode 031: My Journey From Blur to Clarity In this episode of The Naked Eye Podcast, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld, recounts his personal journey from daily dependence on glasses and contacts for myopia and astigmatism for over a decade, to reaching the point of seeing 20/20 without lenses. Take a walk down memory…
Thank you to everyone who attended my events last month up and down the Pacific North West! The trip began with the 4th Association of Vision Educators (AVE) Conference at Still Meadow Retreat Center, which you can hear a full recap of in Episode 27 of the Naked Eye Podcast. After the conference, I rented a…
Episode 015: Clarifying Your Past, Present, and Future Vision and Exploring Your Eye-Mind Connection In this episode, Nathan invites you to think about your vision in terms of the past, the present, and the future. Your past vision refers to your vision history. To clarify your past vision you need to explore your own unique…
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by David over at Beyond 50 Radio. We covered lots of ground in this 1 hour interview including my success story of improving my own vision with the Bates Method, my new book Give Up Your Glasses for Good, debunking several “vision myths”, and even optical illusion album…
You may be reading this on your computer, or maybe on your tablet or smart phone. We don’t really know the long term effects of all these screens we stare at every day, but we do know some simple ways to protect your eyes and vision while using them. We don’t have to be afraid…
How many hours do you sleep a night? According to a recent study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) over 40 million working Americans get less than 6 hours of sleep a night, which is about 30% of the country’s workforce. You may be aware that sleep deprivation can lead to all sorts of…
I got interviewed by Brad Gudim from Synergy Cafe on Sunday, July 20th. It covers the who, what, where, when, how and why of Integral Eyesight Improvement and how I began assisting people in healing their own eyes. Check it out and explore some other Synergy Cafe interviews while you’re at it to learn about…