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Relearning to See: Improve Your Eyesight—Naturally!

Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover.

Relearning to See is the world's most popular, largest, extensive and
expensive book ever published on natural eyesight improvement.

Publisher

North Atlantic Books, Berkeley, California, United States, 1997, 1999
521 pages, 60 color plates, 150+ illustrations
ISBN: 1556433417; dimensions, paperback, (inches): 9.17 x 7 x 1.25
Paperback: $27.50 retail (available at Amazon.com at discount); hardbound edition no longer being printed

Amazon.com's #1 “Eye Problems” and “Optometry” book

Relearning to See is Amazon.com's #1 bestseller Natural Eyesight Improvement book. On March 31, 2008 Relearning to See was rated #1 in both the "Eye Problems" and “Optometry” categories. Relearning to See has been rated in the top 1000 books by Amazon.com; available at discount.

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You can order Relearning to See from:
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Contents
 

The entire 16-page Relearning to See Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, and List of Plates click Amazon RTS TOC.
 

List of Illustrations
List of Plates
Introduction
Part 1. Fundamentals
        1. Relearning to See (For Chapter One, go to Amazon.com-RTS/Chpt.1.)
        2. Anatomy
        3. Understanding Lenses and Prescriptions
        4. The Problem with Glasses and Contact Lenses
        5. Reduced Prescriptions
Part 2. Accommodation and Errors of Refraction
        6. Accommodation and Errors of Refraction—The Orthodox View
        7. Accommodation and Errors of Refraction—Bates' View
        8. Accommodation and Errors of Refraction—Summary
Part 3. The Three Principles of Natural Vision
        9. The First Principle—Movement
       10. The Second Principle—Centralization
       11. The Third Principle—Relaxation
Part 4. The Three Habits of Natural Vision
       12. The First Habit—Sketching (Shifting)
       13. The Second Habit—Breathing
       14. The Third Habit—Blinking
       15. Sketch, Breathe, and Blink Summary
Part 5. Light, the Retina, and Stereoscopic Vision
       16. Light
       17. The Retina
       18. Stereoscopic Vision
Part 6. Brains, Health, and Healing
       19. Brains and Vision
       20. The Two Sides of Health and Healing
       21. Palming and Acupressure
Part 7. Reading, Children, Schools, and More
       22. Reading—For All Ages
       23. Children and Schools
       24. Computers, TVs, and Movie Theaters
       25. Commuting and Recreation
       26. Nutrition
       27. Serious Vision Problems
       28. Just For Fun!
       29. "This Method Has Been Proved"
       30. Questions and Answers
       31. Summary
Appendix A: Bibliography
Appendix B: Resources
Appendix C: Biographical Sketch of William H. Bates, M.D.
Appendix D: Light Comparison Table
Appendix E: Becoming a Natural Vision Teacher
Appendix F: Eye Charts
Appendix G: Additional Vision Stories
Index: The full, 15-page Index is available at Amazon.com-RTS/Index.
 

Card Catalog Description

Relearning to See is the most comprehensive and thoroughly researched book ever written on the Bates method of natural eyesight reeducation. Intended for people who want to improve their eyesight without eye exercises, eye-glasses, contact lenses, surgery, or drugs, it introduces the three natural vision habits: Sketching (Shifting), Breathing, and Blinking. Underlying these habits are the three principles of normal eyesight: Movement, Centralization, and Relaxation. As the natural vision student removes the interferences to clear sight, many right-brain qualities of the visual system, including three-dimensional vision, greater color perception, creativity, imagination, memory, and texture awareness return when eyesight improves naturally. More than any other Bates method teacher, Quackenbush brings recent findings on right- and left-brain perspective to our understanding of natural eyesight reeducation.

The 3 Secret Letters

On the front cover of Relearning to See there are three secret letters and a "+" sign—“S B + B"—that were placed on the Mt. Rainier picture. These letters stand for the three habits of normal eyesight—"Sketch, Breathe, and Blink". (The actual book is needed; they cannot be seen on website images.)
      Tip #1: They are very small, but definitely readable.
      Tip #2: The three letters and the plus sign are at approximately the same elevation on the mountain.
      Tip #3: The letter "S" is the most camouflaged.
No more tips!

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