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Greater Vision

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This book is so general and sprawling it is useless. I went to the section on Presbyopia (Middle-Aged Eyes. It describes the condition (this I already know), says conventional medicine has no remedy other than glasses, says that "vision therapy has shown that people who perform simple focuing exercises experience a great benefit." But does he tell us what those exercises are? There is a general section on exercises. Are those the ones? Grossman's other book "Natural Eye Care: An Encyclopedia" is no better. Presbyopia does not even appear in the index! In "Greater Vision" Grossman takes up a lot of pages describing various Complementary Therapies, with a paragraph each on practices such as craniosacral therapy, the Alexander technique, yoga, meditation, etc. Okay, but I already know about these therapies, in fact have, at one time or another, partaken of all of the above. What I really need to know is which one is right for my condition? Grossman doesn't say. If you really want to improve your vision and read an altogether fascinating book (although with a terrible title), try Jacob Liberman's "Take Off Your Glasses and See." It is usefully informative, well-written, and full of some amazing insights about our culture and how our way of life contributes to vision problems.

I particularly liked the information about specific eye problems and how they are related emotionally. The exercises are excellent and each eye problem has exercises specifically for that problem