Oh! Oscar, have you worked with panoramic vision yet? There's two types of seeing: focused vision and panoramic vision. With focused seeing, you focus on seeing the tiny details of whatever's in front of you. With panoramic vision, you still see an object, but open up your peripheral vision and see the entire room around you. For me, a big step in relaxing my eyes was integrating panoramic vision into my life. When I got glasses, I noticed that my field of vision was larger than what the glasses covered. I thought it was really annoying to see the edges of my lenses all day ... so I blocked them out. Without knowing it, I switched from panoramic to focused vision. Once I let go of glasses, I noticed how much more of the room I could see. And with some guidance, I was able to notice more and more. Right now, I can see the computer screen in front of me, but I can also see the two walls in my room ... things I used to 'block out'. I really think blocking out my glasses lense and cutting out panoramic vision was a large factor in my eyes deteriorating. I also notice that when my eyes feel tense they have been focusing on one object too intently. Once I open up my view my eyes relax. Try it!
huntress,
It definately helps dancers. I know that when my teacher trained, many of his fellow trainees were also dancers and it definately helped them out (enough that they felt compelled to train 1600 hours to teach it
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sher,
Cool! Where did you go to college? I think only 4 or 5 universities teach it in their courses at the moment.
Keep an eye out for an Alexander Technique post in the general discussion.
-Tim