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Index
A
accommodation 1, 2 excessive 1
acuity: 1 near-vision 1
acupressure 1, 2
acupuncture 1, 2, 3, 4
Agarwal, R. S. 1
Amblyopia 1
American Optometric Association 1
animal experiments 1
anisometropia 1
anomaloscope 1
astigmatic mirror 1
astigmatism: 1, 2, 3 against-the-rule 1
with-the-rule 1
atropine 1, 2, 3
anisometropic vision 1
Ashram, Sri Aurobindo 1
B
balance swing exercise 1
Bandler, Richard 1
Bates, William H. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Bates Method 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
belief change 1
belief strategy 1
beta-carotene 1, 2, 3, 4
bifocal glasses 1, 2, 3, 4
bioflavonoid(s) 1
blur circles 1
Bowman’s layer 1, 2, 3
Brain Gym 1
Brown, Bennett 1
butterfly exercise 1, 2, 3, 4
C
calcium 1, 2
carotenoids 1
cataracts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
chart shifting exercise 1, 2, 3
Chinese medicine 1, 2
Chon, Herman 1
circle exercise 1, 2
coming and going exercise 1
cone cells 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
contact lenses 1
contrast 1, 2
convergence 1
convergence practice exercise 1
Corbett, Margaret D. 1
D
decimal acui
ty 1
deuteranomaly 1, 2
deuteranopia 1
deuteranope 1
diet 1, 2, 3 see also nutrition
Dilts, Robert 1
diabetic retinopathy 1
diopter(s) 1
diplopia 1
divergence, see strabismus
dominant eye 1, 2
domino exercise 1, 2, 3
Donders, Franciscus Cornelius 1, 2, 3
double vision, see diplopia
driving 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
E
emmetropic 1
energy exercise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
esotropia 1, 2, 3, 4
exotropia 1, 2, 3, 4
eye: cornea 1
fovea 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
iris 1, 2, 3
lens 1
macula 1, 2, 3
muscles 1
pupil 1
recti 1
retina 1
structures 1, 2
zonules 1
eye-chart: colored 1
see also Snellen chart
eye patches 1, 2, 3, 4
eye swing 1
F
far-sight, see hyperopia
Finsen, Niels 1
fluorescent lighting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
G
glaucoma 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Goodrich, Janet 1, 2, 3, 4
Grinder, John 1, 2
H
Hackett, Clara 1, 2, 3, 4
Helmholtz, Hermann von 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hering, Ewald 1
heterophoria 1, 2
hue 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Huxley, Aldous 1
Hypermetropic 1
Hyperopia 1
I
illumination and contrast 1
imaginary eyes 1
improve distance vision exercise 1
internal vision 1
Ishihara Color Test 1
K
Kelly, Charles R. 1, 2
keratoconus 1
keratotomy; see also laser surgery
L
laser surgery 1
LASIK 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
lazy eye, see amblyopia
lazy reading exercise 1, 2
lenses: minus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
plus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
light perception 1, 2, 3
lutein 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
M
macular degeneration 1, 2, 3, 4
Mansfield, Peter 1
mapping 1, 2
meridian(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
mirror swing exercise 1
mono-vision 1, 2, 3
multiple personality disorder (MPD) 1
myopia: functional 1
structural 1, 2
N
near-sight, see myopia
near vision acuity 1
near vision test 1, 2
Newton, Iassac 1
night vision 1, 2
neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) 1, 2, 3
nutrition 1
O
object recognition 1, 2
oblique muscles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
opponent color theory 1
ophthalmologist(s) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
opponent color vision 1
optical dimensions 1
optometrist(s): behavioural 1
functional 1
Orthokeratology 1
oxidative stress theory 1, 2
oxygen 1, 2
P
palming 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
percentage acuity 1
peripheral vision 1
photopia 1
photosensitive cells 1, 2, 3, 4
pinhole glasses 1
pranic healing 1
presbyopia 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
prescription 1
primary colors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
prism(s) 1, 2, 3, 4
protanomaly 1, 2
protanopia 1
Q
Quackenbush, Thomas 1
R
radial keratotomy 1
reading light 1, 2
reality strategy 1, 2, 3
red–green sensitivity 1
retinoscope 1, 2
rod cells 1, 2, 3, 4
rohodosin 1
S
Samurai 1
Schlemm’s canal 1
secondary colors 1, 2, 3
sensory alignment exercise 1
Sheppherd, Kenneth 1
small print exercise 1
smoking 1
Snellen, Hermann 1
Snellen acuity 1
Snellen chart 1, 2, 3, 4
stereoscopic vision, see convergence strabismus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
string exercise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
submodalities 1
sunglasses 1
supplements 1, 2
swinging 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
T
Tibetan wheel exercise 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
trichromatic color theory 1
tromboning 1
tromboning exercise 1
U
ultraviolet (UV) light 1, 2
under-correction 1, 2
V
vergence 1, 2
vision training 1, 2, 3 plan 1
principles for amblyopia 1
principles for astigmatism 1
principles for convergence 1
principles for hyperopia 1
principles for presbyopia 1
principles for strabismus 1
visual impairment 1
vitamin A 1, 2, 3
vitamin B complex 1
vitamin B1 1
vitamin B2 1
vitamin B6 1
vitamin B12 1
vitamin C 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
vitamin D 1, 2
vitamin E 1
Y
Young, Francis 1
Young, Thomas 1, 2
Young–Helmholtz theory 1, 2, 3
Z
zeaxanthin 1, 2, 3, 4
About the Author
Leo Angart was born in Denmark and has lived in Asia for more than 30 years. For most of that time he lived in Hong Kong. Currently he is based in Munich.
Leo wore glasses for more than 26 years before he discovered how to regain his normal eyesight in 1991. The remarkable thing about his recovery is that it was accomplished through methods outside the traditional vision improvement methods. Leo has combined his knowledge of neuro-linguistic programming with many years of experience helping people to regain their eyesight. He has distilled his methodology into simple exercises specific to particular problems. Most importantly, the exercises give quick results.
This book is especially written for people with the most common vision problems such as near-sight, far-sight, astigmatism, eye co-ordination problems, strabismus and amblyopia. In the Chinese population the prevalence rate of myopia has already exceeded the 80 percent level. Leo feels that something has to be done to reverse this trend. He says: “The solution to good eyesight is not found in optometry. Glasses only give the impression of correcting your vision, as you know you are still nearsighted when you take your glasses off. My approach to Vision Training will restore your vision to the natural clear sight nature intended you to have.”
Since 1996 Leo has conducted his weekend Vision Training workshops more than 25 times every year in major cities around the world. His workshops fill up quickly because they provide the how of Vision Training. Leo will give you the motivation and the specific steps. You in turn are responsible for doing the exercises. The encouraging part is that you will see an improvement almost immediately.
In addition there is more information at www.vision-training.com.
If you would like to attend one of Leo’s workshops, please check the schedule on the website to find a workshop near you.
Testimonials for Leo Angart’s workshops
I enjoyed the workshop immensely and having previously got my vision down from -8ish to 5ish and becoming ‘stuck’ there I am looking
forward to making the final step as I do believe that Leo has provided me with the missing keys re the exercise for astigmatism and, more especially, the pranic energy exercise.
Please keep me informed of workshops that I might find relevant.
Andina
Primarily I would like to thank you for organising Leo’s natural vision workshop in London 3 weeks ago, for allowing me to attend at a reduced rate (much appreciated) but most of all for the fact that it was truly amazing: everything that I wished for and more. For this, my heartfelt thanks go, of course, to Leo as well as to yourself, so I would be grateful if you were able to forward my gratitude to him. I thought he led the sessions thoughtfully and gently, in perfect balance with his huge enthusiasm and great energy (and deep knowledge of the subject); considering this is such an emotional issue for so many of us, I felt held and respected as well as instructed … I returned home revitalised and inspired, having brought back so many gifts from the two days … and the manual, also, is truly a gem.
I can report that already, only two weeks after the workshop, having followed Leo’s advice (doing energy work and the‚ pen ‘exercise several times a day … and the‚ string ‘every morning), I visited my local contact lens specialist on Monday asking for a lower prescription because I felt my lenses had become too strong … and, being met with a half-scared, half-incredulous stare by the optician, indeed I was found to be right because, to their amazement, they confirmed that my lenses had become too strong and my prescription has now been reduced from -6.50 in both eyes to -6.00 in both eyes! I can’t tell you how victorious I felt going home with a pack of reduced strength contacts! It was wonderful.. and considering that only 2 years ago I was on -7.50 and -7.00 (R and L eye), it is a compounded improvement …