As the year 2024 ended and the year 2025 began, I was struck with a clear message.
That message was VISIBILITY.
In an effort to be even more visible, I have started a brand new Natural Vision Vlog where I give you a glimpse into the life of a Natural Vision Teacher and provide bite-sized vision improvement tips.
Make sure you subscribe to my YouTube channel to catch the release of future episodes coming out regularly!
Check out the first three episodes below…
Natural Vision Vlog #1 – Off to Hawaii to Teach 2 Workshops!
I started my YouTube channel 10 years ago, firstly to share my Bates Method 101 instructional videos to teach you lots of natural vision improvement practices, and secondly to share my Naked Eye Podcast episodes to introduce you to other health experts and visionaries. Now my third endeavor is to start this new Natural Vision Vlog, where I will be uploading short videos more regularly that give you an inside look behind the scenes of the life of a Natural Vision Teacher.
In this first episode, I share a little bit about my upcoming trip to Hawaii where I am assisting on the Hawaii Ecovillage Tour on the Big Island and then teaching two eye yoga workshops on Kauai and Oahu. To learn more about Ecovillage Tours you can go to https://ecovillagetours.com and to attend the Yoga for Better Eyesight Workshops virtually via online livestream go to https://integraleyesight.com/hawaii
Natural Vision Vlog #2 – Sun Strobing in Waikiki
In this second episode, I reflect on my Hawaii trip where I taught two eye yoga workshops on Kauai and Oahu. I also teach one of my favorite natural vision improvement practices called “Sun Strobing”, which is a variation on basic sunning or “sun sandwiches”. Instead of alternating from basic eyes closed sunning to palming for sun sandwiches, you can also try “strobing”, where you wave your spread out fingers back and forth close in front of your closed eyelids.
This creates a flickering “strobe light” effect, which can be perceived as many different colors and patterns when relaxed. Make sure you do not strain, keep your eyes closed the whole time, and do not perform this practice if you are sensitive to flickering lights. Always follow with some nice palming! This vlog episode ends with some beautiful footage from the Big Island of Hawaii, Kauai, and Oahu.
Natural Vision Vlog #3 – The Swinging Habit
In this third episode of my Natural Vision Vlog, I take you up to the top of a mountain where I live in Bolton Valley to demonstrate Swinging as a Practice and explain Swinging as a Habit. Dr. Bates requested that his patients “see things moving all day long”. This can easily be accomplished by doing a swinging practice (The Long Swing, The Sway, The Head Swing, The Optical Swing, etc.), but what about the rest of the time in the day when you’re not specifically doing a dedicated swinging practice? That’s where the swinging HABIT comes in, which involves your ability to become more aware of perceiving motion in your periphery as you go about your daily life. At first you might notice the big movements happening in your periphery while riding in a car or a train, but eventually you can even notice tiny movements happening in your periphery without physically moving as much – like when you’re sitting at the computer!
Both the swinging practice and the swinging habit can be done physically with the eyes open, but it is also important to think about implementing the swinging practice and the swinging habit mentally with the eyes closed. Dr. Bates warned against imagining stationary objects, and suggested it is way more relaxing to imagine moving objects. (Take special note of how my eyes “saccade”, or shift, as I swing. Swinging helps break the staring habit when the eyes don’t have many saccadic eye movements. They only happen when you relax though, so don’t try too hard!)