Eye Yoga: How You See Is How You Think: Simple Eye Exercises to Improve Your Vision and Eye-Brain Connection

by Battenberg, Jane Rigney, Dr.; Rigney, Martha M.

• ISBN13: 9781934938751
• ISBN10: 1934938750
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-02
• Publisher: Itasca Books

Summary

Many of us are looking for ways to maintain and even improve our vision. Drawing from such diverse fields as brain neuroplasticity, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and natural vision improvement, Martha Rigney and Jane Battenberg make important connections between the eyes and brain that can reawaken deep brain capacities through simple eye exercises.

Author Biography

Jane Battenberg, M.A., D.C.H., a doctor of clinical hypnotherapy, is an author, a Time Dimension Therapist, and a Neuro-Linguistic Programming master trainer. She has a therapy practice, which includes phone sessions. In addition, she gives workshops internationally and lives in Orange County, California. Martha Rigney is a natural vision improvement educator with a background in vision therapy and alternative methods for health improvement. She leads educational and experiential workshops and speaking engagements, while maintaining a natural vision improvement practice in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. xxi
Eye Yoga with a Partner and Eye-Brain Connections	p. 1
Baseline Evaluation	p. 3
Getting Started	p. 8
Clock Circles	p. 15
Figure 8 Stretches	p. 30
Using Eye Exercises to Recover from a Stroke	p. 32
Finger Push-ups	p. 42
V-In and V-Out	p. 56
See Circle Variations	p. 65
Knots on a String	p. 73
Palming/Sunning	p. 91
Finishing Up	p. 99
Eye-Brain Physiology	p. 107
Eye-Brain Development	p. 109
The Vision Process	p. 115
The Iris as a Reflection or Map	p. 125
Seeing Eye to Eye	p. 137
Seeing and Thinking	p. 141
Sight and Brain Connection	p. 143
Personality Traits and the Emotional Nature of Vision	p. 149
Factors Affecting Vision	p. 166
Effects from Visual Intake of Light	p. 183
Vision as a Metaphor	p. 194
Form and Function	p. 201
Clearing Blocks to Vision	p. 209
Emotional Blocks and Limiting Decisions	p. 211
Background on Time Dimension Therapy	p. 222
The Process of Time Dimension Therapy	p. 232
Daily Eye Yoga	p. 239
The Daily Routine	p. 241
Workout Program	p. 255
Conclusion-Authors' Note	p. 264
Charts	p. 265
Personality Tests	p. 272
Resources	p. 281
Glossary	p. 294
Bibliography and Suggested Reading	p. 299
Index	p. 310
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