• 081: Anthropology of Eye Care with Anna Bambridge

  • Nov 23 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 15 mins
  • Podcast

081: Anthropology of Eye Care with Anna Bambridge

  • Summary

  • In this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher (and anthropologist) Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Anna Bambridge, a natural vision teacher and researcher based in Glasgow, Scotland.

    The two natural vision educators discuss some of the topics from Anna's piece called "Seeing Details In Context", which can be read in its entirety on her website: https://embodied.vision/writing/seeing-details-in-context.html

    0:30 - Anna on Episode 65 of the Better Eyesight Podcast 2:37 - 6 Month Vision Improvement Program from December 2024 - May 2025 4:44 - Eye Yoga Workshops in Hawaii, Kauai, Oahu in January 2025 7:25 - Anna’s Introduction 8:55 - Anna’s vision journey began at 3 years old 15:15 - Experiencing improvements and reducing prescriptions 16:30 - Decreasing from double-digit to single-digit prescription 19:40 - The nature of holistic eye care 22:00 - Quitting glasses cold turkey isn’t always the best way 26:26 - Researching myopia in the academic world 36:00 - The origins of glasses and their impacts on humanity 40:00 - University research about indigenous people’s vision 44:50 - The value of shamanistic vision 48:25 - The anthropology of eye care 56:16 - The role of belief: natural vision books make eyesight better, optician books make eyesight worse 1:02:16 - Telling the truth makes eyesight better, telling lies makes eyesight worse 1:06:00 - Everyone’s eyesight is completely unique 1:10:00 - Read Anna’s ‘Seeing Details In Context’ article at https://embodied.vision/writing/seeing-details-in-context.html

    More information about Anna's work can be found at https://embodied.vision/

    Learn more about joining Nathan's upcoming 6 Month Vision Improvement Program going from December 2024 to May 2025: https://integraleyesight.com/6month

    Come to one of Nathan's Hawaii Workshops in January: https://integraleyesight.com/tour

    Music by Audionautix

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