Vision therapy is a complex subject, one that I will not attempt to fully explore here in this blog post. What I will try to do here is to give you the fundamentals. The core concepts and the things that if you don’t do, you’ll never be able to regain your vision. Ready?

1. You have to give your eyes a chance to recover. That means you have to significantly cut down the time you’re wearing your glasses. If you can’t see without your glasses, then at least get one that’s two to three degrees lower than your prescription. Note: Always see an optometrist first, preferably one who’s trained in Bates Method. I’ve seen people recover their eyesight just by doing this alone.
2. Do eye exercises. Although these exercises are not exactly approved by mainstream optometry, many people have reported success. Do a quick Google search and watch, listen and read the numerous testimonials. These exercises work because they are designed to imitate the way your eyes are supposed to work. Due to our modern lifestyle, we inevitably picked up various bad vision habit and used our eyes incorrectly – for example, staring and lack of blinking. When you use your eyes as it’s designed to, your vision recovers.
3. Manage your stress. Take deep breaths once in a while. Meditate. You wouldn’t believe the link that exist between your stress level and your vision. A study once found the more stressful a person is, the more likely he/she suffer from a vision problem.
4. Correct your diet. Just like any other parts of your body, your eyes require the optimum amount of nutrition to work optimally. I didn’t mention specific vitamins and minerals because I believe in a holistic approach. Supplements geared towards improving vision is a marketing trick that many people fall prey to. Your eyes will benefit more if you just consume more vegetables. The only exception here is if the supplements consist of natural herbs – not specific vitamins. Also, there’s a reason I placed nutrition last: If you don’t follow the first three suggestions first, the nutrition simply wouldn’t matter.

So there, a simple 4-step vision therapy. It’s really quite straightforward but I have to admit, it’s easier said than done. Truth is, implementing it requires persistence and patience. Vision therapy is a long process that may require a year or more for some people although for some others, it required merely a few weeks. But even then, it takes effort to change your habits to rebuild your vision.

If you’ve been following this blog, I’m sure you already notice that there are a lot things you need to do to improve your eyesight. But all these are just theories until you’ve applied them – and theories don’t change the fact that you’re myopic – or long sighted.

To reverse myopia, you need a plan in which you’ll stick to. I personally know the importance of planning and the discipline to stick to them. I work at home and I’m my own boss. More often than not, I have the freedom to do anything I want at any time of the day… but if I did that, I wouldn’t be here today.

If you’re having trouble sticking to your vision improvement plan, copy what I did:

1. Have someone you’re responsible to. Tell you friends about your plan and what you hope to achieve. The shame that you’ll face if you don’t do it alone should motivate you to stick to the plan. If you’re not one to be ashamed easily, tell your friend you’ll do her a difficult favor if you don’t stick to the plan.
2. Use both a cane and carrot approach. If you DO stick to a plan, reward yourself. I like to treat myself to a spa visit if I sticked to my business plan for a whole week.
3. Place your plan somewhere visible so that you’ll show it to as many people as possible and so that it’ll always be there to remind you. I place my plan right on top of my working monitor and everytime my friends enter my working room, I’ll have to explain what it’s about.
4. Burn all bridges. Some of the great battles are won when generals burn the bridges in which his soldiers can retreat. The same principle applies to sticking to the plan. If you always have your glasses handy, you’ll revert to them whenever thing get a little problematic. Get yourself a weaker pair of glasses and literally throw your old one away!
5. Surround yourself with supportive people. When I first tried to improve my vision (and start a business, for that matter), some of the people I told this to literally laughed at me. I didn’t exactly cut them off my life and significantly reduce the amount of time I hang out with them. Their doubt WILL make you stop sticking to your plan.

There is a group of sea gypsies off the Burmese archipelago. They live half of their lives on boats and they often dive into the sea for food and pearls.

The interesting thing about these people is that they often dive up to 75 feet deep without any diving equipment. This feat would be impossible for most us. For one, light rays are augmented so deep in water, such that they don’t land of the right place in the retina.

But these sea gypsies were able to see so deep in water. How did they do it? They subconsciously constrict their pupils. Now, for normal people like us, our pupils expand in deep water (just as in dark places)… and it has long been assumed by scientists that this reaction is reflexive and cannot be changed.

But just by diving repeatedly, these sea gypsies were able to change how their brain control their eyes.

Does the story of the sea gypsies sound familiar? Can you change the wirings of you brain to see clearly again? If so, would continuous practice achieve that outcome? I believe so. Much of the process involved in “seeing” goes on in your brain, not in your eyes.

And if your brain can send the signal to your eyes to relax their muscles, instead of to tense, then perhaps you’ll not have a problem with myopia. This is why “eye exercises” that claims to “strengthen” eye muscles is pure bull. Eye exercises are meant to allow your brain to learn the right way to see. Their purpose is to train your brain the way the sea gypsies trained theirs.

It is generally true that most vision degenerates not because of the lack of eye vitamins. However, the progress that you experience from eye exercises CAN be boosted if you are consuming healthy meals. A balanced diet benefits everything in your body – and that includes your eyes.

If you are looking to supplement your diet to improve your eyesight, I would generally advise that you consume only wholefoods. This is because there are numerous of other vitamins, minerals and other nutrients that modern science has yet to discover. If you exclusively consume multi-vitamin tablets, you’re risking not consuming the essential nutrients yet to be discovered.

Plus, all vitamins and minerals do not work in isolation. They require other vitamins, minerals and fats to be absorbed, processed and used by your body. By consuming wholefoods, you’ll ensure that you’re consuming all the “raw materials” required to properly absorb and make use of the nutrients.

With that said, let’s start with the three fruits and herbs I highly recommend for improving eyesight.

1. British pilots in World War 2 used to consume Bilberries to improve their night vision. What they didn’t know is that Bilberries are not only beneficial for night vision, they are beneficial to eyes in general. They are rich in flavonoids, a plant pigment rich in anti-oxidants, that can potentially save you from blindness.
2. Eyebright has been used for centuries to treat eye irritation. The herb contains antibiotic properties and high anti-oxidant levels. Its astringent properties tighten membranes and mucus surrounding the eyes, and thus strengthens and improves blood circulation in your eyes.
3. Bingko Bilboa is one of the oldest herbs often used to boost brain function. But its other little properties is that Gingko contains a powerful anti-oxidant that prevents macular degeneration.

These three are my favorites. When you purchase the Rebuild Your Vision eye exercises program, you’ll receive a free bottle of the Ocu-Plus Formula, in which contains all three of these powerful fruit and herbs.

If you’ve read around for a while on the subject, you’ll find a lot of ways to improve your eyesight. Some people say eat more carrots. Some say don’t watch so much TV. Some others would say not to read in the dark.

But  do those advice really address the underlying problem? I believe not.

I believe your eyesight degenerates because there is unnecessary placed on it. You place strain on your eyes when you stare – a common practice especially when watching TV or reading. This strain if often worsened by wearing glasses, which will then place more strain on your eyes because it encourages to stare more.

Eye exercises addresses this underlying symptom. Repetition is the mother of all skill. If you perform eye exercises religiously, soon you’ll find yourself once again learn how to see the way you used to – the way without strain. This is because eye exercises are designed to simulate the way your eyes are meant to be used.

Eye exercises, therefore, do not “strengthen” your eye muscles. There is no need to. Your eye muscles are already too strained, and therefore do not require “strengthening”. What it requires is relaxation.

I have to admit – the term “eye exercises” is a little misleading. But the term is meant to be more like “breathing exercises”. The practice relaxes you – do it enough times and you’ll subconsciously learn the principles behind the action.

If there are any secrets about eye strengthening exercises, it would be the psychology of it. You see, the exercises by themselves are simple… but they are not easy.

They are simple because they are straightforward. Pick up a book on natural vision improvement, such as the Rebuild Your Vision Program, read and understand it (takes about 30 minutes max) and you’re set to go.

But it’s not easy because you don’t see results immediately. It takes months, sometimes years. But to be fair, your eyes didn’t deteriorate to the state that it is now in days either… it takes years of neglect and abuse, often you have no choice in the matter… such being told to “sit still” when you were a kid. Movement is crucial to perfect vision, believe it or not.

So if you want to correct your vision through natural means, then it takes patience. And patience, is something people lack in today’s otherwise abundant world.

The secret to rebuilding your vision, therefore, is knowing, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the outcome would be perfect eyesight. It’s the only way you would ever stick to the program. The other secret to eye strengthening exercises is to get supportive people around you. If hard to keep doing it if the people around you keep sneering when you try to improve your eyesight!