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Nature (Portland, Maine) on 12/10/2009
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Hi,

First let me say that neither my husband nor I wear glasses and we are in our sixties.

When we find our vision going out of focus we stop trying to read immediately. The worst thing you can do is try to force your eyes into focus. Then we palm (Bates Method for Improving Vision) We palm throughout the day. Once you palm for a few minutes, try reading the material again. You most likely will have brought your eyes back into focus. If you already wear glasses, palming frequently throughout the day will most likely help your vision.

What is palming? Cover your eyes with the palms of your hands formed in a cup to avoid pressure on your eyes. The objective is to make it as black as possible to allow your eyes to refocus (regain its point of central fixation).

This has certainly helped our eyes and it might be worth a try.

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Replied By Saba (Mentor, Oh) on 12/12/2009

Question for Nature from Portland, Maine - thanks so much for posting. Are your eyes closed or open while palming? Thanks!
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Replied By Earthfirst (Chicago, Il) on 02/01/2010

This palming method works great for me. Thank you for the much needed relief.
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Replied By Anna (Philadelphia, Pa) on 02/24/2010

Palming is excellent for vision - and esp. for any retina problems (like detachment). Eyes are closed.
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Replied By Cdyoliverr (Mission Hills, California) on 03/05/2010

Can you tell me why palming would work and not just closing your eyes?
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Replied By Pam E. (South-Western California) on 09/16/2022

For one thing, eyelids do NOT prevent all light from reaching the eye, & the least bit of light causes the eye muscles to g into action, when what they need to is to rest....

Especially at night our eyes need TOTAL DARKNESS to rejuvenate properly! However, the tiniest glow of a dim nightlight is enough to prevent that! So, if necessary to achieve total darkness while sleeping, wearing a black mask over the eyes is a good idea!

Replied By Man (Sojouring America) on 02/20/2014

I am curious about this "Palming". Let me get this straight, you cover the eye with a cupped hand and make the field of vision completely dark (in both eyes at the same time?) and then remove the palm from the eyes and then do that again. Is this what I am hearing?
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Replied By Cindy (Illinois, Usa) on 07/23/2020

Someone asked why palming works and I thought I'd put my two cents in - it's due to nature. As in, a natural environment without electric light. Ordinarily, one would have many nights, per month, of no light or, so little light that closing one's eyes, as for sleep, would easily block it out. It stands to reason that the body would be equipped to benefit from that light interpreting brain drain at regular intervals and, unless one uses a good sleep mask, one seldom gets that. Night lights, clocks, street lights, porch lights - for many people it's just "light, light, light" all the time which isn't natural. And, FYI, during daylight hours, palming doesn't provide that level of blackness either.
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