embodied vision

In this special episode Bryony and I reflect on our 15 years of work together supporting her with the daily experience of big visual challenges. This touching conversation clearly illustrates the holistic nature of Bates method vision education.

Julia Galvin is a Bates Method teacher with over 25 years of experience using the method. She is a pioneer of the Bates Method on YouTube and her channel Bates Happy Sight, started in 2010, has tens of thousands of views. In this episode Julia shares some tips for how to keep your eyesight explorations fun and imaginative.

David Glassman is a Bates Method teacher with over 30 years of teaching experience. He trained with Miss Sage in London qualifying in 1990. He is also an Alexander technique teacher. In this episode's conversation we talk about the essence of the Bates Method, dynamic relaxation, how treating vision improvement as an exercise programme is unlikely to work and how sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs.

Aileen Whiteford is an experienced and dedicated Natural Eyesight Teacher, Psychotherapist and Counsellor. She is the co-founder and principal teacher of the College of Vision Education and has presented many talks and workshops on natural eyesight work internationally. In this episode we talk about what brought her to vision work and The Bates Method, why she is passionate about it and what keeps her interested.

Nina Hutchings is a Bates Method teacher who founded the French Bates Method Teacher Training Course. She is also a Somatic Experiencing practitioner and trainer. In this episode we cover the topics of movement, emotions, societal tunnel vision and more.