In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld shares a few upcoming opportunities to participate in natural vision improvement talks, workshops, and panels this fall and winter, and teaches a 20 minute lesson about why eye exercises alone don't improve vision and how the habit of central fixation does.

[0:30 ] New Bates Method 101 Video on YouTube! Why Eye Exercises Don’t Work (And What Does Work)

[2:00 ] Episode 2 of TNEP - Eye Exercises vs. The Bates Method

[2:40 ] Naked Eye Podcast vs. Bates Method 101 YouTube videos

[3:15 ] Central Fixation is what does work! Diffusion (Eccentric Fixation) keeps your vision blurry!

[3:47 ] Color Lights World Project 2022 Events

[4:31 ] Light Therapy & Color Therapy

[5:34 ] Free Zoominar on Tuesday, October 4th, 2022 @ 2pm EDT featuring 10 speakers (including me!)

[6:09 ] My Vision Panel with Ainhoa de Federico is on December 1st, 2022 @ 2pm EDT (Preserving Eye Health in a Screen Filled World)

[7:51 ] The other 5 panels in October, November, and December

[8:38 ] Register online at Gabrielle Buresch-Teichmann’s website www.color-buresch.at 

[9:11 ] Natural Vision Improvement Day is on Saturday, October 15th from 10am to 6pm EDT

[10:08 ] AVE = Association of Vision Educators 

[11:07 ] Natural Vision Improvement Day features Nathan Oxenfeld, Orit Kruglanski, Claudia Muehlenweg, Dr. Marc Grossman, Ainhoa de Federico, Peter Grunwald, Dr. Jacob Liberman, and an entire AVE Teacher Panel to finish

[12:27 ] Go to www.naturalvisionteachers.org for more info or https://bit.ly/nviday2022  

[13:22 ] New 6 Month Vision Improvement Program group starts this November 2022-April 2023

[13:52 ] More documentary screenings getting planned for early 2023

[14:18 ] Rent or Purchase the film (plus 4 extended interviews) www.vision2020movie.com

[15:05 ] Natural Vision Teacher Training Program in development!

[17:00 ] EXERCISE doesn’t work. RELAXATION does work.

[18:30 ] Don’t take your eyes to the “eye gym”, take them to the “eye spa”

[19:50 ] Dynamic Relaxation is achieving and maintaining relaxation in your eyes and mind as you’re using them

[20:10 ]The Fundamental Principle of the Bates Method = Central Fixation

[20:40 ] Palming is more of a passive relaxation (eyes closed)

[22:08 ] Central fixation is more of a dynamic relaxation (eyes open)

[22:44 ] Diffusion is trying to see everything equally clearly all at once

[23:00 ] Central Fixation is seeing best where you are looking

[24:12 ] The important difference between photographic camera and human eye

[26:50 ] Artificial lenses lead to a loss of central fixation

[29:05 ] Central fixation is a good vision habit to maintain in between your other vision practices

[30:55 ] Get a visual demonstration of diffusion vs. central fixation look like in the YouTube video

[32:52 ] Subscribe to my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/nathanoxenfeld  

[33:11 ] Daily Routine video has over 900,000 views- let’s get to a million!

[34:34 ] The Better Eyesight Podcast & The Better Eyesight League www.bettereyesightpodcast.com www.patreon.com/bettereyesight 

[36:36 ] Mark your calendars for October 4th, October 15th, and December 1st, 2022!