The next Vision Educator Training at the Vision Educator Training Institute
starts in September 2011, in Eliot, Maine, USA.
To sign up contact Rosemary Gaddum Gordon at: rosemary@visioneducators.com or 207-439-9821.

What is Vision Education?

Vision education, or holistic vision improvement, is a growing field in the area of complementary healthcare. Vision educators help their students take charge of their own vision. They teach important information and effective techniques which develop healthy vision habits.

Vision students learn how to lessen their dependence on prescription lenses, reduce eyestrain, improve their eyesight, and prevent degenerative eye diseases. Many who practice holistic vision improvement discover a deeper connection to themselves, to others, and to nature. Natural vision improvement often requires and nurtures a greater sense of awareness in the moment, and can lead to personal growth, and improved overall health. It is a journey of exploration and discovery.

Vision educators teach an educational process; they do not diagnose or prescribe; they work with medical professionals who provide those services.

Becoming a Vision Education teacher offers you:

Improvement for your own vision
The opportunity to provide an enjoyable, fulfilling, and much-needed service
The possibility of changing the current paradigm of vision care
A way of encouraging others to soften, relax, expand and connect more fully with themselves and the world around them
The freedom of self-employment and of setting your own schedule
Enhancement and diversification for your existing holistic health practice

Vision Educator Training curriculum includes:

Overview of the field of vision education
Exploration of the mental and physical aspects of vision
The Bates Method
Tools from Vision Therapy Techniques to relieve nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism and “middle-age sight”
Self-help and support for people with eye diseases
How to work with children
Ways to set up your practice
The art of teaching holistically
Integrating vision improvement with other holistic health practices

And more …

At the Vision Educator Training Institute you learn to design holistic vision programs for individuals as well as group classes. You discover how to work with people who have:

difficulty seeing clearly;
eyestrain, whether from reading, driving or computer use;
sun sensitivity
problems with eye co-ordination.

At the conclusion of this Teacher Certification, graduates have the opportunity to join the Association of Vision Educators, where you can list your business and get further support and education.(www.VisionEducators.org)

NEXT TRAINING DATES AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Eliot, Maine, USA
(about an hour north of Boston, MA)

15—18 September 2011
10—13 November 2011
12—15 January 2012
15—18 March 2012
17—20 May 2012
19—22 July 2012

TUITION: $5,350.00 USD
Additional expenses: travel, food, lodging, and books.

TO APPLY: Call or email to receive an application package and further information:

Rosemary Gaddum Gordon, D.B.O., M.A.
Lightwater
43 Mast Cove Road
Eliot, ME 03903 USA
(207) 439-9821
rosemary@visioneducators.com

Elizabeth Abraham
339 Bloor St. West #215
Toronto, Ontario Canada M5S 1W7
(416) 599-9202
elizabeth@visioneducators.com

a Workshop with Meir Schneider, Ph.D., L.M.T.

April 16, 2011 ~ 10:00am - 5:00pm

You can learn to create and maintain lifelong health! Often lifestyle, profession, injury or disease create imbalanced movement patterns in the body and with the use of the eyes, which in turn lead to degenerative conditions. Did you know we have over 600 muscles but most of us use the same 50 over and over? Sitting at computers or wearing glasses and focusing straight ahead at one focal point, we ignore the periphery until we have functionally lost much of it.

This workshop will teach you how to relax overused muscles and use muscles you have never used before. You will learn how to use your muscles efficiently, increase joint mobility, how to build a healthy back and to prevent degenerative conditions of the body. You will learn how to nurture and heal your visual system through developing healthy eye habits.

Take this workshop and learn how to improve your own health or that of a loved one.

Cost: $160 *

*$25 discount if you register by April 11

*15% attendee discount on private sessions with Meir 4/17-25, 2011

To Register, call: 415-665-9574 or email: officemanager@self-healing.org

Dr. Meir Schneider visits New York this month!

He will hold two lectures, a workshop and will be available for private sessions!

Lectures:
Wednesday, March 23, 2011 & Thursday, March 24, 2011
Empower Your Health Through Self-Healing
Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT
6:30-8:30 Lecture plus Q & A

March 23, 2011
@ The META Center
214 West 29th Street
(between 7th & 8th Aves)
New York, NY

March 24, 2011
@ TRS, Inc.
44 East 32nd Street
11th Floor
New York, NY 10016

Meir Schneider’s Self-Healing accesses and develops your body’s innate power to heal. A holistic integrated approach combing movement exercises for the body and eyes, visual imagery, self-massage and proper breathing, Self-Healing will prevent or address physical and visual degenerative conditions of all type.

Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT, was born blind with serious vision disorders, only discerning light and dark and read by Braille. At seventeen he embarked upon a natural healing journey he developed. Within 18 months he developed functional vision! Today he holds an unrestricted CA driver’s license. International author, acclaimed therapist, inspiring health educator, Dr. Schneider is founder of the San Francisco nonprofit School for Self-Healing.

Meir returns to NY, sponsored by WBAI, to teach you to take control of your health!

cost : $25

to register call WBAI at 212-209-2826

Workshop:
March 26 & 27, 2011
The Power of the Body to Heal:
Movement and Vision Improvement
Meir Schneider, Ph.D., L.M.T.

@ Chelsea Studios
151 W 26th St.
Room 502, 5th Floor
New York, NY
Sat: 11am - 6pm
Sun: 10am - 5pm

You can learn to create and maintain lifelong health! Often lifestyle, profession, injury or disease create imbalanced movement patterns in the body and with the use of the eyes, which in turn lead to degenerative conditions. Did you know we have over 600 muscles but most of us use the same 50 over and over? Sitting at computers or wearing glasses and focusing straight ahead at one focal point, we ignore the periphery until we have functionally lost much of it.

This workshop will teach you how to relax overused muscles and use muscles you have never used before. You will learn how to use your muscles efficiently, increase joint mobility, how to build a healthy back and to prevent degenerative conditions of the body. You will learn how to nurture and heal your visual system though developing healthy eye habits.

Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT’s Self-Healing Method is a pioneer integrated approach to comprehensive health. Take this workshop and learn how to improve your own health or that of a loved one.

To Register Call 415-665-9574 or email officemanager@self-healing.org

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to advance your health in your Self-Healing journey, study and healing process!

You are invited to sign up for a wonderful experience as a Client in the February Self-Healing Student Clinic!

Melissa Moody will assess and lead your private self-healing session. Normally $140/hour with Melissa, the sessions will be offered for $95 for an hour and 15 minutes. Take advantage of lower rate sessions! And at least two advanced student practitioners will also work with you during your private therapy session.

Come and discover how to break patterns that are blocking your body’s healing abilities

• To improve the quality of your movement and create new ones

• To improve your vision and /or stabilize and heal visual pathologies

• To better understand your body’s needs

• To increase your repertoire of healing tools

• To create functional gains whenever possible or appropriate

• To improve/manage symptoms to allow you to live life fully

Wellness sessions are also available for those interested in releasing tension, reducing stress, improving movement and vitality, eliminating common aches, pain or discomfort, and slowing down the aging process.

We work with a wide range of health conditions; all are welcome.
Clients have had profound experiences.

Schedule a session NOW with Melissa Moody and advanced students of the Meir Schneider Method of Self-Healing through Bodywork and Movement and create a quantum leap in your healing process.

Melissa- Self-Healing Practitioner, Natural Vision Improvement Therapist and Director of Education and Development for the School for Self-Healing- has worked with clients for over 9 years, after using Self-Healing to recover from a near fatal auto/pedestrian auto accident.

Do not miss this wonderful opportunity to work with Melissa to improve your physical and/or visual health. Melissa may be moving to Texas spring, 2011.

For Advanced Student Practitioners:

Students have the opportunity to work with Melissa, CMT, and other advanced Self-Healing students February 11& 12 2011.  Work with a wide range of physical and visual diseases and disorders. This is a wonderful time to deepen and refresh your skills, and enjoy the benefits of the group setting. Cost is $45 per day, deductible from your apprenticeship tuition fee. The Student Clinic is open to all graduates of Level One with either some apprenticeship experience or partial attendance of Level Two, all graduates of Level Two, and all apprentices.

Call 415.665.9574 to register.

FREE Natural Vision Improvement Workshops at the School for Self-Healing, 2218 48th Ave, San Francisco, Saturday October 23 and Sunday October 24, 2010!

The non-profit School for Self-Healing is offering free classes to the Bay Area public to teach you how to take care of your eyesight, prevent degenerative vision conditions, and how to actually improve your vision! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to preserve the priceless gift of vision, at no cost! Call & register to reserve your place in class today as space is limited. 415-665–9574 or email officemanager@self-healing.org.

October 23
10 am- The Basics of Eye Exercises and Relaxing the Visual System

Learn how your vision is affected by posture, modern technology and lifestyle,  and to develop healthy eye habits to improve your eyesight. Practice simple techniques to bring deep relaxation to the eyes & visual system. and conveniences.  Understand the interrelation of your body and eyes. Learn to look with a soft gaze, increasing circulation and central vision relaxation.

1:30pm-Balancing the Use of the Eyes, Improving Night Vision and Overcoming Glaucoma

Most people have an imbalanced visual system, whether from concentrating straight ahead to the point of ignoring the periphery (a leading cause of traffic accidents), glasses, pathology like glaucoma or a disparity on clarity between the two eyes. Most people have one eye that is dominant and the brain subdues the messages from the other. This puts tremendous strain on the dominant eye. Learn how to relieve the strain, stimulate your peripheral vision and use your eyes in better balance.

3:30pm- Exercises for Improving Distance Vision

Modern lifestyle promotes deterioration in vision. Learn how to improve your ability to see well in the distance by using your eyes correctly, and compensating for the constant close up work our visual system is subjected to.

October 24
10am- Exercises for Overcoming Presbyopia: Reading Can Be Easier

You do not have to wear reading glasses as you age if you learn the simple healthy techniques to promote flexibility in the lens of your eyes! Learn exercises and techniques to improve far-sightedness and the ability to see clearly up close.

1:30pm- Overcoming the Visual Stresses of Computer Work

Working at the computer without breaks strains the eyes and body. Symptoms include eyestrain, general fatigue, headache, neck and shoulder pain, and difficulty focusing the eyes. Learn to nurture your eyes with computer survival tips.

3:30pm- Eye Exercises for Macular Degeneration, Retinal & Optic Nerve Problems

People are developing macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness, at earlier and ealrie ages. You can prevent this disease! Learn specific exercises to nurture the retina and use your macula in a healthy manner, preserving and strengthening your eyesight.

October 29-31, 2010: Attend the 2nd annual British Natural Eyesight Conference

Conference Keynote speech:
My personal journey of vision challenges in childhood

• When: Fri, October 29, 5pm – 6pm
• Where: Felden Lodge Conference & Training Centre map
• http://bnec.org.uk

Attend the 2^nd annual “British Natural Eyesight Conference” to hear Dr. Meir Schneider’s personal journey to eyesight and the perseverance and determination he showed, to attain his unrestricted drivers license. Dr. Schneider will describe the mentality and the methods that he practiced to help him overcome the barriers set before him by being born with cataracts and being labeled legally blind.

Improving vision in children with congenital cataracts and other serious pathologies

• When: Sun, October 31, 10am – 11am
• Where: Felden Lodge Conference & Training Centre map
• http://bnec.org.uk
• To Register: Aileen Whiteford contact: vision.education@btopenworld.com or Anna Bambridge/ annabambridge@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Schneider will provide enlightenment on how to combine natural vision improvement methods with medical treatment. He will demonstrate how to engage children in exercises designed to improve their visual condition. Meir will recount professional and personal examples of his work with children and the triumph’s they have shared. Meir will advise parents to how to decide when and what needs to be done, both physically and emotionally, when the future of their child is in question.

Post- Conference Workshop November 1, 2010: Seeing & Moving for Self-Healing

• When:  Mon, November 1, 9:30am – 5:30pm
• Cost: £120
• Where: Felden Lodge Conference & Training Centre map
• http://bnec.org.uk/
• To Register: Aileen Whiteford contact: vision.education@btopenworld.com or Anna Bambridge/ annabambridge@yahoo.co.uk

Self-Healing is the process of accessing your innate power to create better health. Through gentle movement, breath work, self-massage, visualization and vision improvement exercises you can create profound change. Unbalanced, poor visual habits and accumulated eyestrain compromise the health and function of the eyes. Relaxation of the eyes and proper use will improve vision. Relaxation of chronically overused muscles and use of muscles that you have never used before, enhance circulation and bring the body into better balance. Your body and vision are interrelated.

November 2-8, 2010: Meir Schneider, PhD, LMT in LONDON

When: Thu, September 23, 6:15pm – 7:45pm
Where: 2218 48th Ave San Francisco, CA 94116 (map)

Working at the computer without breaks strains the eyes, face and body and can cause Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS), which affects millions of individuals. Melissa Moody, LMT, Director of Education at the School for Self-Healing will teach you how to nurture your eyes and body with computer survival tips and techniques

Melissa Moody, LMT

When: Saturday, September 11, 11:30am – 5:30pm

Where: East West Bookstore/ 324 Castro St., / Mountain View, Ca / 94041 (map)

Practice natural vision improvement exercises to improve your vision and develop healthy ocular habits. Learn how to rest your central vision and stimulate your peripheral vision, developing healthy eye habits for computer and office work. Balance the use of your eyes through eye-teaming exercises. Learn relaxation exercises for your eyes that are calming for your entire body and are the foundation for healthy vision. Join Dr. Meir Schneider for a workshop that will rejuvenate, oxygenate and revitalize your vision!

To register, call (650) 988-9800