Eyesight Improvement - See Clearly Method

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See Clearly MethodTM Patent Pending

A New Program of Eye Exercises from the American Vision Institute

Daily Progress Journal

Your Day-by-Day Record of Accomplishment

AMERICAN VISION INSTITUTE

Professor Merrill J. Allen, 0.0., Ph.D. Professor

Francis A. Young, Ph. D. Dr. David W. Muris, 0.0. Dr. Steven M. Beresford, Ph. D.

www.seeclearlymethod.com

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The See Clearly MethodTM: A New Program of Eye Exercises from the American Vision Institute

Patent Pending

Copyright @ 2000 by The American Vision Institute, Ine. See Clearly Method and See Clearly Method Training Kit, are trademarks of the American Vision Institute, Ine.

The See Clearly Method is protected by international copyright laws and no part may be reproduced by any means, including photocopying, mechanical, electronic, or otherwise; or transmitted in any form; or stored in a retrieval system; without the prior written consent of the American Vision Institute, Inc. All rights reserved.

NOTICE TO READERS

The See Clearly Method'. is an educational tool that teaches the user bow to see more clearly, comfortably, and efficiently. It is not a medical or assistive device, nor is it a substitute for diagnosis or treatment by an optometrist or ophthalmologist. The views expressed in this Instruction Manual and elsewhere in the See Clearly Method training materials represent the opinions of the authors. All techniques recommended in the See Clearly Method are considered to be completely safe, but should not be used without first consulting an optometrist or ophthalmologist to determine if any eye disease or other condition requiring specialized treatment is present.

By making use of the contents of the See Clearly Method training kit, the user agrees that it is his or her sole responsibility to determine the suitability of the See Clearly Method for his or her intended purpose, and assumes all risks and liabilities resulting from application of the techniques and recommendations, including any and all claims for direct or consequential damages.

CAUTION: The See Clearly Method includes various eye exercises and the use of an eye patch; it also ad-vocates "progressive undercorrection," that is, the use of a weaker prescription producing slightly blurred vision in order to strengthen the eyes. Use an eye patch or undercorrected prescription only when reading, watching television, or doing other safe activities. Do not use an eye patch or do eye exercises, or use an undercorrected prescription while driving a motor vehicle, using power tools, going up or down stairs, or engaging in any other potentially dangerous activity or any other activity that requires depth perception or clear vision. Whenever weaker lenses are used, they should provide at least 20/40 acuity in each eye. Do not use a weaker prescription unless your eye doctor confirms that you can see well enough to do so safely. Do not touch the eyes or the region surrounding the eyes with long or sharp fingernails, and do not use excessively hot water for hydrotherapy.

Likewise, since the See Clearly Method is intended to improve vision, you should take precautions from time to time to ensure that your glasses or contacts are still suitable for driving, using power tools, going up or down stairs, or engaging in any other potentially dangerous activity that requires clear vision.

The See Clearly Method" is designed to improve nearsightedness, farsightedness, presbyopia, astigmatism, and eyestrain. Under no circumstances should it be used as ,a substitute for the medical treatment of serious eye disease such as cataract, macular or retinal degeneration, or glaucoma. If you suffer from one of these conditions or any other eye disease, you should se the See Clearly Method only under the supervision of an optometrist or ophthalmologist.

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See Clearly MethodTM

Daily Progress Journal

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Contents Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ….. . . . . 7

Learning the See Clearly Method Exercises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . 9

How to Use the Daily Progress Journal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … . . 15

My Vision Improvement Goals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …. 17

Exercise Progress Reports, Weeks 1-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . 21

Additional Exercise Progress Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 35

Exercise Checklists, Lessons 1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …. . . . .49

Affirmations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …………… . 55

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A SUGGESTION FROM THE AVI DOCTORS The results that you achieve with the See Clearly Method can be directly related to the amount of time you devote to the exercises. The more time you spend practising the See Clearly Method and incorporating it into your daily routine, the greater your chances for success. At the same time, you should begin and proceed at a comfortable pace for yourself. You’ll need to determine how much time you can make available for doing the exercises and what pace is comfortable. But for maximum results, we encourage you to follow the program as it is described in the Instruction Manual and the Daily Progress Journal.

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Instructions

Use this Daily Progress Journal to stay on target and get the fastest results. Start by following the instructions below:

The Ideal Daily Routine You'll get the most benefit from the See Clearly Method if you follow the instructions in the Instruction Manual and the Daily Progress Journal exactly as directed" Although you can get some easy results just by practicing your New Visual Habits and wearing an eye patch, we recommend you aim for the "Ideal Daily Routine,” which consists of:

. A 30-minute Exercise Lesson in the morning (video or audio cassette)

. A 30-minute Exercise Lesson in the afternoon or evening (video or audio cassette)

. Practice your New Visual Habits throughout the day

. Repeat your affirmations throughout the day

. Wear an eye patch for at least an hour a day

Don't worry if you can’t manage the whole "Ideal Daily Routine." Do as much as you can. A simple way to make time for a daily Exercise Lesson is simply watch one less TV show a day. If you are too busy to do the Exercise Lessons, make a determined effort to cultivate your New Visual Habits and wear an eye patch for an hour or two per day, because these activities don't take up any extra time and will give you some surprisingly easy results.

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Learning the See Clearly Method Exercises Before You Begin Refer to pages 34-45 in the Instruction Manual and start practicing your New Visual Habits immediately. Also get an eye patch from your local drugstore and start wearing it for an hour a day. Then do the following things before starting the Exercise Lessons: 1. Make sure you have all the contents of the kit (see pages 14-16 of the Instruction Manual).

2. Read the entire Instruction Manual.

3. Review the Daily Progress Journal.

4. Set up a special place for the exercises. Ideally, this will be close to a television and VCR, so it's convenient to use the videos" If you don't have access to a TV and VCR, set up a tape player and use the audio cassettes. Also, try to find a place where you have six feet of blank wall in front of you.

5. Remove the Charts and Reminder Cards from the back of the Instruction Manual.

6. Obtain a ISO-watt light bulb and an alarm clock.

7. Play the Instructional Video and get familiar with the exercises.

8. Re-read the exercise instructions in the Instruction Manual.

9. Now you're ready to start the Exercise Lessons" As you watch each video, stop the tape at the beginning of each exercise and again read the instructions for that exercise in the Instruction Manual. This will establish the habit of doing the exercises correctly.

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Learning the See Clearly Method Exercises Week One: What you'll be doing.

• Practice Lesson 1 from the Exercise Video. Don't move ahead to the other lessons.

• Find the Exercise Checklist for Week 1 in this Journal and check the lessons and other activities you complete each day"

Advice for Week One.

• The most important thing is to concentrate on mastering the exercises and making them a daily habit.

• You may be pleasantly surprised by some immediate im-provements during the first week. But if not, don't be discouraged" You'll probably experience your fastest re-sults after about three or four weeks of practice"

• Be aware that in some cases, vision may become slightly worse during the first week This happens because your eye muscles are being worked out, and is nothing to be alarmed about. The eyes will readjust in a few days.

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Learning the See Clearly Method Exercises Week Two: What you'll be doing.

• Practice Lesson 2 from the Exercise Video. Don't move ahead to the other lessons.

• Find the Exercise Checklist for Week 2 in this Journal and check the lessons and other activities you complete each day.

Advice for Week Two.

• Continue to concentrate on mastering the exercises and making them a daily habit.

• Again, don't be discouraged if results aren't immediate.

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Learning the See Clearly Method Exercises

Week Three:

What you'll be doing.

• Practice Lesson 3 from the Exercise Video. Don't move ahead to Lesson 4.


Advice for Week Three.

• Continue to master the exercises and make them a daily habit.

• Don't be discouraged if results are slow. Remember that it usually takes about 3 weeks before the exercises really start to kick in.

• Discipline yourself to do the exercises even if you don't feel like it, because they will energize you and make you feel better.

• If you get tired of the background music on the Exercise Video, you can mute the TV and use your own music instead.

• Try the Potentiation Effect (see page xii in Instruction Manual) after you complete a Lesson. Do Pumping, Tromboning, Palming, or Light Therapy for 10 to 15 minutes without stopping.

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Learning the See Clearly Method Exercises Week Four: What you'll be doing.

• Practice Lesson 4 from the Exercise Video


Advice for Week Four.

• Continue to master the exercises and make them a daily habit.

• Most people get fastest results from around Week 3 to Week 8. Watch for this and make a note of it in your Weekly Progress Report. Don't be discouraged if your progress doesn't follow this pattern.

• Resolutely do the exercises even if you don't feel like it. If necessary, give yourself pep talks and make yourself do the exercises.

• Continue to use the Potentiation Effect.

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Learning the See Clearly Method Exercises

Week Five and Beyond: What you'll be doing.

• Practice the lessons in whatever order you like. We recommend doing one lesson in the morning and a different lesson in the evening. For example, you can do Lessons 1 and 2 for a week then Lessons 3 and 4 the next week. Or you can do a 1,2,3,4 sequence, going through the lessons one after another.

• Find the Exercise Checklist for appropriate weeks in this Journal and check the lessons and other activities you complete each day.

Advice for Weeks 5 to 12.

• Continue to do the exercises as a daily habit and avoid the temptation to skip days. Develop a comfortable routine that you can live with.

• Work with the Potentiation Effect and try to identify which exercises are giving you the best results.

• Be prepared to reach a plateau where the results taper off. Then keep going. Remember that you are consolidating your progress and that by steadily persevering, you can experience additional cycles of improvement.

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How to Use the Daily Progress Journal

To increase your motivation and maximize your results, we recommend you record your goals and your progress. If you don't do this, you may lose sight of what you're trying to accomplish and become discouraged"

1. Goal Setting

Read the section "Setting Your Goals" on page 19 of the Instruction Manual, then list your goals in the Dai ly Progress Journal on page 17. Don't set unrealistic goals. For example, if you've worn glasses for 20 years, don't expect to get rid of them in

a couple of weeks. Instead, set attainable goals such as reducing your dependency

on glasses or eliminating eyestrain. When you achieve these easy goals, set more difficult ones.

2. Tracking Your Progress

Keep track of your vision improvement activities using that week's Progress

Report. The Progress Reports start on page 22. First, define your goals for the week in the space provided" Then each day, check the boxes for the activities you

completed that day. Finally, record any changes you notice in your vision in the "Vision Diary" section at the bottom of the page. Also, at the end of each week,

where indicated, note the distance from the bridge of your nose to your blur zone,

and the smallest line you can read on the Word Chart. Hold the Word Chart at arm's length so it's at the same distance every time.

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My Vision Improvement Goals

Name: Date: Instructions: Read the section "Setting Your Goals," p.19 of the Instruction Manual, then list your major vision improvement goals below. We've listed possible goals, and left space for you to add other goals. Check the boxes for the goals you would like to achieve" Then, when you achieve a goal, record the date in the right-hand column.

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ACHIEVED

? Better distance vision without "corrective" lenses

? Reduce time spent wearing "corrective" lenses

? Better near vision without "corrective" lenses

? Reduce eyestrain and/or dry, aching eyes

? Go from bifocals to single-vision glasses

? Eliminate computer-related headaches

? Become less sensitive to bright light

? See better with current prescription

? See better with weaker prescription

? Improve coordination of eyes

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EXERCISE PROGRESS REPORTS

WEEKS 1 - 12

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Exercise Progress Reports, Weeks 1 - 12 Instructions: Use these reports to keep track of your vision improvement activities. First, identify your goals for the week in the space provided. Then each day, check the boxes for the activities you completed that day. Finally, record any changes you notice in your vision in the "Vision Diary" section at the bottom of the page.

Again, the ideal is to complete all activities listed every day, but if you can't, do as many as you can" Then increase the number of activities you do each day as you become more proficient with the exercises and find ways to make time for them.

We have included Progress Reports for Weeks 1-12, as well as additional forms to track your progress beyond the 12th week.

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Exercise Progress Report, Pre-Work

ACTIVITY Read Instruction Manual ? Practice New Visual Habits ? Wear Eye patch for 1 hour/day ? Review Daily Progress Journal ? Set up exercise space ? Remove Cards/Charts ? Obtain:

Eye patch 150-watt light bulb Alarm clock

Play Instructional Video ? Re-read exercise instructions ? Preview Daily Exercise Videos ?

Vision Diary Instructions: Comment on any changes you notice in your vision. GENTLY PERSEVERE AND YOU SHALL SUCCEED!

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Exercise Progress Report, Week 1

GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER

ACTIVITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lesson 1 (morning) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Lesson 1 (evening) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

New Visual Habits ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Affirmation ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Vision Diary Comment on any changes you notice in your vision. Also record:

Distance from the bridge of your nose to your blur zone:

Smallest line you can read on the Word Chart at arm's length:

GENTLY PERSEVERE AND YOU SHALL SUCCEED!

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Exercise Progress Report, Week 2 GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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Exercise Progress Report,

Week 3 GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Vision Diary

Comment on any changes you notice in your vision. Also record:




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Exercise Progress Report, Week 5 GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

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Y NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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Exercise Progress Report,

Week 7 GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





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Smallest line you can read on the Word Chart at armIs length:


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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

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AY NUMBER





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





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Additional Exercise Progress Reports

Instructions: Use these forms to record progress beyond week 12, if you wish to continue keeping track of your achievements.

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Exercise Progress Report

GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER

ACTIVITY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lesson (morning) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Lesson (evening) ? ? ? ? ? ? ?



Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?



Smallest line you can read on the Word Chart at arm’s length:


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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?



Smallest line you can read on the Word Chart at armis length:


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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Vision Diary

Comment on any changes you notice in your vision. Also record:




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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

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Eye patch ? ? ? ? ? ? ?





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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

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GOALS FOR THE WEEK:

DAY NUMBER





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Exercise Checklists, Lessons 1-4

Instructions: Once you've mastered the techniques, use these handy checklists to do your exercises when traveling or otherwise unable to follow along with a video or audio tape. These are the same exercises, in the same sequence, as performed on your tapes"

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Exercise Checklist: Lesson 1

*New Visual Habit

EXERCISE TIME (MINUTES)

Hydrotherapy 3

Clock Rotations* 2

Eye Rolls* 1

Pumping* 3

Squeeze Blinking* 1

Slow Blinking* 1

Fast Blinking* 1

Acupressure A 1

Acupressure B 1

Scanning Chart 2

Acupressure C 1

Acupressure D 1

Clock Rotations* 2

Eye Rolls* 1

Pumping* 3

Light Therapy 3

Palming 3

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Tromboning* 3

Nose Fusion 1

Fusion Chart 2

Fusion Pumping 2

Word Chart 2

Blur Reading 1

Scanning Chart 2

Blur Zoning* 1

Word Chart 2

Tromboning* 3

Nose Fusion 1

Fusion Chart 2

Fusion Pumping 2

Light Therapy 3

Palming 3

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Squeeze Blinking* 1

Slow Blinking* 1

Fast Blinking* 1

Clock Rotations* 2

Fusion Pumping 2

Light Therapy 3

Palming 3

Word Chart 2

Squeeze Blinking* 1

Slow Blinking* 1

Fast Blinking* 1

Clock Rotations* 2

Fusion Pumping 2

Light Therapy 3

Palming 3

Word Chart 2

*New Visual Habit

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Pumping* 3

Clock Rotations* 2

Tromboning* 3

Eye RolIs* 1

Pumping* 3

Squeeze Blinking* 1

Slow Blinking* 1

fast Blinking* 1

Pumping* 3

Clock Rotations* 2

Tromboning* 3

Eye Rolls* 1

Pumping* 3

Hydrotherapy 3

*New Visual Habit

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Affirmations

It has been demonstrated time and again that our expectations and desires actually affect the body's ability to overcome illness and heal itself - that positive thoughts and expectations can support the body's natural ability to heal itself. A good way to harness this natural power and apply it toward better visual health is to repeat an affirmation, i.e., a positive statement that embodies your vision improvement goals.

Select one or more of the following affirmations, and say it aloud or think it to yourself as often as possible during the day. You can also make up your own affirmations. It helps to write your affirmations on slips of paper and place them where you can't miss them at home and at work, until you are able you are able to internalize and think of them automatically.

I am seeing better each day.

I can see without my glasses.

My eyes feel comfortable and relaxed.

I can see objects in the distance more dearly.

I feel positive changes in my vision taking place.

I am changing the shape and structure of my eyes.

I am making my eyesight healthy, naturally.

I can see clearly now, the strain is gone.

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