Bates Method [Paperback]

Peter Mansfield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 6, 1996

How can I improve my eyesight? Can I stop my sight deteriorating? Will I always have to wear glasses? how can I relieve eyestrain? This book offers a clear explanation of the work and methods practised by Dr William H. Bates to help improve vision and eyesight by natural means. The Bates Method is a non-invasive and natural way of enhancing perception, using simple techniques to relieve strain and improve eye/brain co-ordination. Peter Mansfield, a practising Bates Method and Alexander Technique teacher, draws on a wide range of therapeutic and educational experience in his introduction to this holistic approach to good sight. He outlines the development and philosophy of the Bates Method, tells how to find a Bates teacher and what to expect from learning the method. His descriptions of the techniques used and their applications to various conditions are illustrated with case histories.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Vermilion; New edition edition (August 6, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 009181281X
• ISBN-13: 978-0091812812
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,787,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading title, December 22, 2000

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Robert O. Wray - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bates Method (Paperback)

This book purports to be a complete guide to improving your eyesight, but turns out to be little more than a commercial for practicioners of the Bates method. The author is one of these, and gives some cases where he was successful, but there is little info of practical use in improving your eyesight by exercises and whatever mental shenanigans the author discusses. If you are looking for the actual methods to apply yourself to improve your own eyesight, look elsewhere.

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IT'S A BETTER SPECTACLE WITHOUT MY SPECTACLES, March 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bates Method (Paperback)

I haven't worn my glasses in the couple of years since I read this. This is the best of the books on Bates that I've seen. It was easy to read and filled in nicely on showing how misleading and misled the traditional optical industry is with their "a lens will cure vision faults" mentality.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Bates Method A complete guide to improving eysight natur, March 8, 2002

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M. Ghia "Magic Mark" (Sussex, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bates Method (Paperback)

This book is disappointing. The title IS misleading.
This is NOT a COMPLETE GUIDE to improving eyesight.
The author is a Bates practicioner and gives you alot of theory and opinion until page 104. In Chapter 8 first paragraph the author even agrees with me by saying " This is not a 'how to' book. A book can explain an idea, but practical skills need to be learned in practice. A book will tell you what, and to some extent why, but only a teacher can show you how."

Any descriptions of "the Bates Method" are just an outline. This book DOES NOT teach you how to properly use the method and should not have been called a COMPLETE GUIDE.
The outline of the Bates exercises are in Chapter 8 and only 27 pages long in the 164 page book.
BE WARNED, DO NOT BUY THIS ONE. Get it from the library like I did if you really want to look but he pushes being TAUGHT by a Bates teacher more than anything else.

Garbage!