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                                                         CORRECT VISION HABITS                     
                              PRACTICE CORRECT VISION HABITS AND OTHER NATURAL
                                        EYESIGHT IMPROVEMENT ACTIVITIES WITHOUT GLASSES.
  
                                                             SHIFTING 
              
SHIFTING IS A CORRECT VISION HABIT.SHIFT FROM PART TO PART ON THE HOUSE
CORRECT VISION HABITS ARE THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE EYES, BRAIN, BODY (VISUAL SYSTEM).
PRACTICING CORRECT VISION HABITS IS IMITATING, ACTIVATING NORMAL, CORRECT FUNCTION OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM.
WITH A LITTLE PRACTICE, THE EYES, EYE MUSCLES, BRAIN, BODY WILL FUNCTION CORRECT AND PRODUCE CLEAR VISION.

SHIFTING; EYE MOVEMENT; TO MOVE, SHIFT THE EYES (VISUAL ATTENTION) FROM ONE SMALL PART OF A OBJECT TO ANOTHER SMALL PART.
TO SEE A OBJECT CLEAR, THE EYES "SHIFT", MOVE CONTINUALLY, EASILY, FROM POINT TO POINT (SMALL PART TO SMALL PART) ON THE OBJECT.
THIS IS THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE EYES.
SHIFTING ALSO OCCURS WHEN THE EYES LOOK FROM ONE OBJECT TO ANOTHER OBJECT AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND DISTANCES IN THE VISUAL FIELD.

STARING; EYE IMMOBILITY-SQUINTING-STRAINING-TRYING HARD TO SEE CLEAR CAUSES MENTAL STRAIN, EYESTRAIN, EYE MUSCLE TENSION AND UNCLEAR EYESIGHT.
NATURAL EYESIGHT IMPROVEMENT TEACHER, CLARA HACKETT SAYS; STARING IS THE MAIN INCORRECT VISION HABIT THAT CAUSES UNCLEAR EYESIGHT.

SHIFTING - EYE MOVEMENT RELAXES THE MIND, BODY, EYE MUSCLES, EYES, AND BRINGS CLEAR EYESIGHT.
SHIFTING PREVENTS STARING AND UNCLEAR EYESIGHT.

EXAMPLE;
LOOK AT THE PICTURE OF THE GREEN HOUSE.
THE DOTS ON THE HOUSE REPRESENT SMALL PARTS OF THE HOUSE.
PRACTICE SHIFTING FROM SMALL PART TO SMALL PART OF THE HOUSE BY MOVING THE EYES (VISUAL ATTENTION) ON THE DOTS;
SHIFT FROM DOT TO DOT ON THE HOUSE.
LOOK AT THE DOT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE HOUSE,
THEN SHIFT TO THE DOT ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THEN LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT...
THEN SHIFT TO THE DOT ON THE TOP, THEN SHIFT TO THE DOT ON THE BOTTOM. 
SHIFT TOP, BOTTOM, TOP, BOTTOM...
SHIFT ON THE DOTS (SMALL PARTS OF THE HOUSE) IN ANY ORDER;
LEFT AND RIGHT, TOP AND BOTTOM, MIDDLE, TOP TO RIGHT, RIGHT TO BOTTOM...
AVOID STARING AT A DOT; LET THE EYES MOVE, SHIFTING CONTINUALLY, EASY, RELAXED FROM DOT TO DOT.NATURAL EYE SHIFTING PATTERN

SHIFT WITHOUT THE DOTS; CORNER TO CORNER, CORNER TO MIDDLE, TO TOP, TO SIDE AND TO ANY PART IN ANY ORDER/DIRECTION. 
SHIFT ON SMALL PARTS; WINDOW, WINDOW PANE, SMALL PART TO SMALL PART OF THE WINDOW PANE, DOOR, CHIMNEY, BRICKS IN THE CHIMNEY...
LEFT SIDE OF WINDOW, RIGHT SIDE, TOP, BOTTOM, CORNERS, MIDDLE...SHIFT CONTINUALLY, RELAXED FROM ONE SMALL PART TO ANOTHER.
SHIFTING KEEPS THE IMAGE OF THE HOUSE CLEAR.
THIS "SHIFTING" OCCURS EVEN WHEN THE EYES LOOK AT A VERY SMALL OBJECT.

THE EYES DO NOT HAVE TO SHIFT IN A STRAIGHT LINE.                                       
THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE EYES IS TO MOVE FROM POINT TO POINT IN A VARIETY OF PATTERNS.
LET THE EYES MOVE FREELY IN ANY DIRECTION FROM ONE SMALL PART OF THE HOUSE TO ANOTHER SMALL  PART.
(SEE DIAGRAMS ON RIGHT AND BELOW AND CLICK THE LINK TO PRACRTICE SHIFTING).
 
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BLINK SOFT, EASY, AND RELAX.
BLINKING CAUSES THE EYES TO SHIFT AUTOMATICALLY.
RELAX, BREATHE SLOW, ABDOMINALLY.
THE HEAD/FACE AND BODY MOVE WITH THE EYES, IN SYNCHRONIZATION, AT THE SAME TIME, IN THE SAME DIRECTION THE EYES SHIFT TO.
THE EYES HEAD/FACE, NECK, SHOULDERS AND BODY ARE LOOSE, RELAXED AND MOVE FREELY.

THE CORRECT WAY TO PRACTICE SHIFTING IS ;  TO SHIFT (MOVE) THE EYES (AND HEAD/FACE WITH THE EYES) FROM ONE SMALL PART TO ANOTHER SMALL PART ON THE OBJECT, SHIFTING FROM POINT TO POINT RELAXED, SLOWLY, EASY, CONTINUALLY.
DO THIS WHEN LOOKING AT ANY SIZE OBJECT LARGE OR SMALL AT ANY DISTANCE CLOSE AND FAR.
AS SLOW RELAXED SHIFTING IS PRACTICED, THE BRAIN, EYES BEGIN TO RETURN TO NORMAL FUNCTION AND THE FASTER SACCADIC, HIGH FREQUENCY, TINY, MICROSCOPIC, AND OTHER SHIFTS/EYE MOVEMENTS ALSO IMPROVE AND OCCUR AUTOMATICALLY, A SUBCONSCIOUS FUNCTION PRODUCING VERY CLEAR EYESIGHT, CLEARER THAN 20/20.
AVOID TRYING TO SHIFT FAST. 
PRACTICE SHIFTING SLOW AND EASY.
LET FASTER SHIFTS OCCUR ON THEIR OWN, A AUTOMATIC, SUBCONSCIOUS FUNCTION.

SHIFT IN A CAREFREE MANNER, WITHOUT EFFORT.
DON'T TRY TO SEE CLEAR.
CLEAR VISION WILL OCCUR ON ITS OWN.

CONSTANTLY THINKING ABOUT HOW THE EYES SHOULD FUNCTION AND WORRYING ABOUT THE CLARITY OF EYESIGHT CAUSES STRAIN IN THE MIND, INTERFERES WITH THE EYES NATURAL FUNCTION AND PREVENTS CLEAR EYESIGHT FROM OCCURRING.

RELAX, FORGET ABOUT THE EYES.
EYESIGHT BECOMES CLEAR WHEN THE MIND IS NOT WORRYING, NOT THINKING ABOUT THE EYES, CLARITY OF EYESIGHT, NOT FORCING THE SIGHT TO BE CLEAR.
PRACTICE SHIFTING, THEN, DON'T PRACTICE; LET THE EYES SHIFT ON THEIR OWN, A AUTOMATIC FUNCTION, HABIT.
IF THE EYES STARE, MOVE INFREQUENTLY, PRACTICE SHIFTING AGAIN.
RELAX AND SHIFT. 
WITH PRACTICE, SHIFTING OCCURS ON ITS OWN, THE NORMAL FUNCTION OF THE EYES, A AUTOMATIC, SUBCONSCIOUS HABIT, FUNCTION MAINTAINING CLEAR EYESIGHT.

PRACTICING SHIFTING IS NOT A EYE EXERCISE.
THE NATURAL EYESIGHT IMPROVEMENT STUDENT PRACTICES SHIFTING TO GENTLY NUDGE/DIRECT THE EYES, VISUAL SYSTEM BACK TO CORRECT FUNCTION.
STARING, EYE IMMOBILITY, SQUINTING, TRYING HARD TO SEE CLEAR CAUSES STRAIN, TENSION AND UNCLEAR EYESIGHT.
SHIFTING, EYE MOVEMENT RELAXES THE MIND, EYES AND PRODUCES CLEAR EYESIGHT.

NOW; TRY SHIFTING ON THE SMALLER HOUSES. 

THEN, PRACTICE SHIFTING ON ANY SIZE OBJECTS AT ANY DISTANCES CLOSE, MIDDLE AND FAR.
SHIFT AS A HABIT THROUGHOUT THE DAY/NIGHT.

PRACTICE SHIFTING ON SMALL PARTS OF FAR OBJECTS FOR CLEAR DISTANT EYESIGHT.
PRACTICE SHIFTING ON SMALL PARTS OF CLOSE OBJECTS FOR CLEAR CLOSE EYESIGHT.
SHIFT FROM OBJECT TO OBJECT IN THE VISUAL FIELD, THE EYES MOVING CONTINUALLY, EASY, RELAXED.
BLINK.
BLINKING ACTIVATES AUTOMATIC SHIFTING.

 
USE THE NOSEFEATHER;
SHIFT, CENTRAL FIXATION WITH THE NOSEFEATHER
                                              

  
trace objects, parts of objects with the nosefeather
                                                    NOSEFEATHER - DIRECTIONS

NATURAL EYESIGHT IMPROVEMENT TEACHERS GET THEIR STUDENTS TO SHIFT THE EYES BY IMAGINING THERE IS A THIN, LIGHTWEIGHT, FLEXIBLE, SOFT FEATHER ATTACHED TO THE END OF THE NOSE.  (THE NOSEFEATHER).
(SEE DIAGRAM ABOVE).

 
THE FEATHER IS THIN AND THE (FEATHERED) END OF THE NOSEFEATHER FORMS INTO A SMALL POINT.
THE END OF THE FEATHER EXTENDS OUTWARD FROM THE NOSE AND BENDS UP AND TOUCHES THE PART OF THE OBJECT THE EYES ARE LOOKING AT, IN THE CENTER OF THE VISUAL FIELD, BETWEEN THE EYES, AT EYE LEVEL
THE EYES AND NOSEFEATHER ARE ALWAYS ON THE SAME POINT.
DO NOT PLACE THE POINTED END OF THE FEATHER ON THE OBJECT AT NOSE LEVEL AND DO NOT LOOK DOWN AT THE OBJECT AT NOSE LEVEL.
LOOKING DOWN TO NOSE LEVEL IS INCORRECT CENTRAL FIXATION.
KEEP CORRECT CENTRAL FIXATION; KEEP THE EYES, VISUAL ATTENTION AND END OF THE FEATHER ON THE OBJECT AT EYE LEVEL.
IN THE DIAGRAM OF THE HOUSE, THE MAN IS MOVING THE EYES (VISUAL ATTENTION) AND END OF THE NOSEFEATHER ON/ALONG THE EDGE OF THE DOORS WINDOW.

HE TRACES WITH THE EYES AND NOSEFEATHER AROUND THE EDGE OF THE WINDOW.

THE FEATHER BECOMES LONG, THE END, POINT EXTENDING OUT TO TOUCH FAR OBJECTS AND
BECOMES SHORTER WHEN TOUCHING CLOSE OBJECTS.
THE STUDENT TRACES THE EDGES OF OBJECTS AND PARTS OF OBJECTS WITH  THE POINTED END OF THE FEATHER, AND SHIFTS WITH THE POINT FROM SMALL PART TO SMALL PART ON OBJECTS.
THE STUDENT MOVES THE HEAD/FACE, NOSE/END OF THE FEATHER AND BODY WITH THE EYES AS THE EYES SHIFT AND TRACE ON A OBJECT AND SHIFT FROM OBJECT TO OBJECT IN THE VISUAL FIELD. THE EYES, HEAD, FACE, NOSEFEATHER AND BODY MOVE TOGETHER, IN SYNCHRONIZATION, SAME TIME SAME DIRECTION.
AS THE STUDENT MOVES THE END OF THE FEATHER FROM PART TO PART ON OBJECTS AND FROM OBJECT TO OBJECT,  THIS KEEPS THE EYES MOVING, "SHIFTING" AND EYESIGHT CLEAR.
THE SOFT EASY MOVEMENT OF THE FEATHER IS SOOTHING, RELAXING TO THE EYES, MIND  AND BODY.
THE END OF THE FEATHER TOUCHES OBJECTS, PARTS OF OBJECTS IN THE CENTER OF THE VISUAL FIELD.
THIS ACTIVATES ANOTHER CORRECT VISION HABIT; CENTRAL FIXATION = USING AND SEEING VERY CLEAR WITH THE CENTER OF THE VISUAL FIELD.

 
THE MOVEMENT OF THE FEATHER ALSO KEEPS THE EYES, HEAD/FACE AND BODY MOVING TOGETHER IN SYNCHRONIZATION, SAME TIME, SAME DIRECTION. (MOVEMENT, ANOTHER CORRECT VISION HABIT).
THIS MOVEMENT KEEPS THE NECK RELAXED AND MOBILE.
NECK TENSION IS A MAIN CAUSE OF HEADACHES AND UNCLEAR EYESIGHT.
WHEN THE NECK RELAXES AND MOVES, THE EYE MUSCLES AND EYES RELAX ENABLING THE EYES TO MOVE, SHIFT EASY, PERFECT RESULTING IN CLEAR EYESIGHT.
RELAXATION OF THE NECK MUSCLES IMPROVES BLOOD, OXYGEN, LYMPH AND ENERGY FLOW TO THE BRAIN, EARS AND EYES AND IMPROVES BALANCE, COORDINATION.  THESE CONDITIONS ALSO IMPROVE EYESIGHT.

TRACE THE HOUSE WITH THE NOSEFEATHER;
MOVE THE EYES/VISUAL ATTENTION AND THE FINE POINTED END OF THE FEATHER AROUND THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE COUNTER CLOCKWISE AND CLOCKWISE. 
THEN; TRACE UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, DIAGONALLY... DIRECTLY ON/ALONG THE EDGES OF THE HOUSE.
THEN; TRACE SMALLER PARTS; TRACE AROUND THE DOOR, TRACE THE WINDOW AND WINDOW PANES, CHIMNEY, BRICKS IN THE CHIMNEY...
SHIFT FROM DOT TO DOT WITH THE END OF THE FEATHER; THE END OF THE FEATHER TOUCHES THE DOT THE EYES ARE LOOKING AT IN THE CENTER OF THE VISUAL FIELD.
THE END OF THE FEATHER MOVES WITH THE EYES FROM DOT TO DOT. 
MOVE THE HEAD/FACE AND BODY WITH THE EYES AND NOSEFEATHER AS THE EYES, FEATHER TRACES OBJECTS, PARTS OF OBJECTS AND SHIFTS FROM SMALL POINT TO SMALL POINT ON OBJECTS.
THE EYES, HEAD/FACE, NECK, SHOULDERS AND BODY ARE RELAXED AND MOVE FREELY.

BLINK, BREATHE AND RELAX.
BREATHE ABDOMINALLY; TAKE A NICE DEEP, SLOW, COMFORTABLE BREATH AND  RELAX, THINK A POSITIVE THOUGHT.   (SEE BREATHING CHAPTER --)
WHEN THE MIND IS RELAXED, DRIFTING FROM ONE PLEASANT THOUGHT TO ANOTHER, THE EYE MUSCLES AND EYES RELAX, SHIFT FREELY AND EYESIGHT BECOMES CLEAR.

                                              USE THE MEMORY AND IMAGINATION

 
TRACE AND SHIFT ON A OBJECT, PARTS OF THE OBJECT WITH THE NOSEFEATHER AND REMEMBER, IMAGINE AND SEE THE OBJECT CLEAR WITH THE EYES OPEN, CLOSED, OPEN.

PRACTICE SHIFTING, THEN; FORGET ABOUT THE EYES AND LET THE EYES SHIFT ON THEIR OWN.
NOTICE FLASHES OF CLEAR EYESIGHT AND HOW THE MIND, BODY, EYES FEEL WHEN FUNCTIONING CORRECT, WITH CLEAR VISION.
SHIFTING IS PRACTICED TO ACTIVATE NATURAL PERFECT EYE MOVEMENT.
WITH PRACTICE SHIFTING WILL OCCUR ON ITS OWN, AUTOMATICALLY
AND FLASHES OF CLEAR EYESIGHT WILL OCCUR MORE OFTEN, LAST LONGER AND BE PERMANENT.

IF THE STUDENT NEEDS EYEGLASSES FOR DRIVING, OTHER ACTIVITIES AS VISION IS IMPROVING; CONTINUE TO PRACTICE CORRECT VISION HABITS WHEN WEARING THE GLASSES AND WEAR REDUCED LENSES.   SEE CHAPTER 5.

HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF CORRECT TRACING WITH THE EYES AND NOSEFEATHER.
ALWAYS LOOK AT, TRACE DIRECTLY ON THE EDGE OF THE OBJECT OR PARTS OF THE OBJECT.
AVOID TRACING AWAY FROM THE EDGE. SOME STUDENTS TRACE IN THE AIR, OR ON A DIFFERENT OBJECT AWAY FROM THE EDGE OF THE OBJECT THEY WANT TO SEE. 
THIS CAUSES DIFFUSION, STRAIN, PREVENTS CENTRAL FIXATION.
ALWAYS LOOK AT, TRACE  DIRECTLY ON THE OBJECT .  SEE EXAMPLE IN PICTURES OF YELLOW KITTY;
(CLARITY OF PICTURES WILL BE IMPROVED AND PLACED IN THE NEXT BOOK UPGRADE).

 
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Shift part to part on objects at different distances: The fence, then the tree, then back to the fence, then the tree, then shift on the far distant mountains, then back to the tree or fence...  Practice with both eyes together, one eye at a time, both eyes together again. If one eye has less clear vision; practice a little more with that eye. Then end with both eyes together again.
More on this in next chapter and in the new book upgrade, then more will be placed on this website.

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