The Naked Eye Podcast: Exploring Natural Alternatives to Glasses, Contacts, and Surgeries

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Gloria Ginn who has been teaching natural vision improvement for over 40 years. Gloria tells us the story of how she improved her own vision, overviews the different levels of vision improvement, recounts the collection of Gary Gunter's talks into her book Free Your Mind to Improve Your Eyesight, explains what a Shifter is...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld explains why a new episode hasn't dropped in March (hard drive crashed!) and reads recent success stories from two of his vision students instead to provide some inspiration. Watch the replays of Nathan's Palming Parties by searching for "palming party" on YouTube. Listen to the Better Eyesight Podcast at https://bettereyesightpodcas...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Dhruvin Patel who is an optometrist and a founder of Ocushield. His mission is to help eyes thrive in the digital age, so he has created a line of screen filters, glasses, and light bulbs that are designed to block blue light, which has been found to affect circadian rhythms and eye physiology. 1:11 - 10 years of mitigatin...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Meir Schneider about his amazing story of going from 1% vision to 70% vision with the help of the Bates Method, bodywork, emotional healing, and more. Not only does Meir overview some powerful principles of natural vision improvement, but he also shares lots of inspiring success stories from his decades of experience in th...

You're invited to my Palming Party! Since this Palming Party happened on the Winter Solstice, we will be reflecting back on all 12 months of 2021, and project ahead into the 12 months of 2022. After about 30 minutes of palming together, Nathan answers some questions from the audience at the end of the Palming Party, which you can view on YouTube. Stay tuned for the quarterly Palming Parties on the...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Dr. Jacob Liberman O.D., Ph. D. about his Spectral Receptivity System (SRSIII) and his unique approach to color therapy, among many other deep topics. [1:00] Nathan's introduction to Dr. Jacob Liberman [3:33] Jacob's instantaneous vision improvement in 1976 [5:10] What is the Source of our Seeing? (Not the eyes, not the mi...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Claudia Muehlenweg who is also a Certified Bates Method Teacher! They discuss the role of relaxation in the vision healing journey, and various physical, mental, and emotional ways to achieve relaxation of the eyes, mind, and body. Follow Claudia on Instagram @holisticvisioncoach Subscribe to Claudia's YouTube Channel  @Cl...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Irena Castle about her brand new invention called Overbound Eyesight Trainer and how it can help us achieve more "360º Vision" through peripheral stimulation. This exciting new device utilizes selective vision obstruction to block the central vision, which allows the user to activate their peripheral vision. The implicatio...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, interviews Orit Kruglanski about her new children's book "I See Clearly", which is the first of its kind! Hear how Orit improved her own vision naturally and how she has wonderfully crafted this new book as a way to share the Bates Method with kids and hopefully decrease the myopia epidemic in future generations. You can purchase her new book at htt...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld announces his relocation to Burlington, Vermont and reflects on the Asheville chapter of Integral Eyesight Improvement's origin story. This tale spans a decade from 2011 to 2021, and includes stops at spiritual ashrams, Central American crater lakes, various North Carolinian cities, down under in New Zealand and Australia, and now co...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld, interviews Dr. Amy Novotny who is the creator of the PABR Method and founder of the PABR institute. PABR stands for Pain, Awareness, Breath, Relief. Dr. Amy helps people gain more control over their own nervous system through application of unique breathing practices and body awareness techniques. Specifically, these practices and t...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Gayle Maree and Allan Herring, the founders of 6 Dimensions of Healing and the hosts of the Virtual Mind, Body & Spirit Festival happening March 21-30, 2021. Click Here to Register for the Virtual Mind, Body & Spirit Festival Online: https://virtualmindbodyspiritfestival.idevaffiliate.com/119.html   Gayle and Allan walk us...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Bill Parravano, also known as "the knee pain guru" about pain and how to work with it, the mental and emotional connection with pain, the difference between fear and pain, and much more! Learn more at https://thekneepainguru.com/ or https://thecomellafoundation.org/ Listen to the February 1921 episode of The Better Eyesigh...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld, speaks about the importance of a morning routine and invites you to follow along with his guided routine consisting of chanting, breathing, and meditating. The actual follow-along morning meditation routine begins at 16:00 if you want to skip ahead to that experience. The first 16 minutes are spent explaining the mechanics and the p...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld speaks with Gabrielle Buresch-Teichmann about the healing potentials of color and light, and how certain color and light therapies can boost the immune system, lift the mood in cases of Seasonal Affective Disorder, and even improve vision and perception. In closing out the year 2020, Gabrielle is spearheading a new endeavor called th...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld chats with Dr. Ainhoa de Federico, who is a professor of sociology at the University of Toulouse in France. Ainhoa experienced natural vision improvement on three different occasions throughout her life, which ultimately motivated her to become a natural vision trainer. She conducts research about natural vision improvement at the un...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld is the guest on Dr. Michael Fortini's new show called How Are You Healing? Listen in on their conversation to hear Nathan share more of his personal story as well as some important natural vision improvement tips. Before the interview, Nathan provides an update on this month's successful Holistic Vision Summit and worldwide premier o...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld is joined by J. Brown to discuss the similarities between Yoga and the Bates Method. J. Brown is a world-renowned yoga teacher based in Pennsylvania and host of the Yoga Talks Podcast. With both their backgrounds in yoga and their shared curiosity about natural vision improvement, J. and Nathan had an enlightening conversation that c...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld is joined by Victor Mifsud, the creator of the documentary film My Neuroplastic Adventure, which is now available on iTunes! Victor was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at the age of 9, which eventually led him on an enlightening journey to explore alternative approaches to eye care and self-healing. Nathan and Victor chat about t...

In this episode, Nathan Oxenfeld is joined by Esther Joy van der Werf to celebrate the 1 Year Anniversary of starting the Better Eyesight Podcast, which is their new podcast that reads Dr. Bates' monthly publications from exactly 100 years ago. Dr. William Bates published Better Eyesight every month from 1919 to 1930, so Nathan and Esther (and many other natural vision teachers) will be releasing...

In this episode of The Naked Eye Podcast, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Mark Warren about his vision healing journey. They discuss the similarities and differences between cameras and human eyes, the importance of our depth perception, the role of our peripheral vision, and lots more. You can learn more about Mark Warren at https://myopiaismental.com/ You can learn mor...

In Episode 40 of The Naked Eye Podcast, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews his vision teacher, Dr. Jerriann J. Taber Ph. D. about The Rapid Healing Technique, which is a method of clearing emotions and addressing underlying root causes of vision problems. Dr. Taber is leading an introductory workshop that teaches how to do the Rapid Healing Technique on Saturday, May 30th, 2020 at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld recaps his recent trip to Buenos Aires, Argentina to attend the first Latin American Holistic Vision Conference in February, 2020. If you're feeling cooped up because of the COVID-19 Quarantine, then palm your eyes and come along for a journey to South America! To attend an upcoming free Vision Tune-Up Tuesday on YouTube Live, go to...

In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld explores how natural vision is a survival skill that can help in dire times, like we are seeing right now with the global Coronavirus pandemic. The Bates Method of natural vision improvement teaches you how to improve the overall health of your eyes holistically, which can lead to clearer vision naturally and thus decreased dependenc...

"We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld discusses the deeper connections between your worldview, your self-image, and your vision. Holistic eye care is all about expanding your definition of "vision" and including more factors in what vision can mean to you beyond just eyesight. It is also about investigating the no...