Great video! Thanx for the mention 😊 And I don't think it is redundant to say it again from another perspective. People struggle so hard with the basics, I think they are just way over complicating it for themselves 😕 and they are worse for it because it is fun and shouldn't be wigging everyone out...anyways love your videos you're so much more motivated and polished than me 😂 From my own experiences, and from descriptions I have seen; there seems to be two kinds of active focus and your video largely refers to pushing focus, but I feel like you are pulling focus on that plant. (Not saying you are wrong just offering my take) Personally I think of clear flashes as the moments when things spontaneously clear with no conscious effort on my part. But regardless of terminology any and all clearing of blur for any duration is ultra rewarding and encouraging! 😀😀

@Reannon5

4 жыл бұрын

In no desire whatsoever to self promote but I do expand on push vs pull in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/opqr2NuCZ6bfkrw.html

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Hmm, that does make sense. Well, maybe when the day comes that I have a clear flash the way you experienced it, I will have to make another video about "clear flashes: not what I thought!" Haha!

@otiebrown9999

4 жыл бұрын

I obviously support Jake, and his success. I also attempt to simplify some words - and avoid complications. There is some "nuance", in the meaning of words like "push and pull", focus. For me (from Raphaelson's children), it is more a matter (when at 20/60), to get rid of all near work, permanently. Jake likes "lesser minus", which is the correct and only answer! Until you begin reading 20/60. The nuance is this. It is at this point, the plus makes scientific sense to me! This is what I asked my sisters kids to do - through the college years. That does mean a lot of "living out doors", which is the effect a plus lens can have if you understand why you must wear it. I wanted my sister's kids, to have a better life, than I did, by learning, education, and respect for science based prevention. This can be your future also. For now - please follow Jake! He is an incredible person!

@ravina9002

2 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez Hey, can I get your email id

@ravina9002

2 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez actually I have so many doubts about the endmyopia and I really want to reduce my eye number and also I have done it earlier but I failed n I want to do it

Active focus is basically staring at something with attention and mindfulness, and then a clear flash is when this thing becomes clearer for a moment

@ski3133

3 жыл бұрын

thank u for the summary

@joiamed8544

5 ай бұрын

I call it a tendril. It's like nature's pinholes.

@bhavikaverma1186

2 ай бұрын

After you blink

I've been searching and searching and this is by far the best explanation I've gotten,thanks

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

I just want to say thanks. Your experience was the last piece of information i needed. Today I achieved clear vision for the first time and managed to hold it for much longer than you did. You taught me about the threshold before the clear vision apear. Thanks!

@otiebrown9999

3 жыл бұрын

A great success!

Thank you so much for this video, Gemily! It really helped :) I definitely agree with you on how active focus is said to be this amazing, mindblowing and exciting thing, when in reality it's basically just paying attention, and observing the world around you. I have been doing active focus incorrectly for a while, trying to clear up too much blur outside and getting headaches. I will try to relax more, and only direct my active focus/attention towards text/things that are just the slightest bit blurry. I really apreciate your videos. This really helped "clear some things up!" (sorry)

Thank you for this video and for linking the resources. this is very helpful 🙏🏼

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this comment..and you are very welcome.

Thank you so much!! This is what i was looking for while i was searching how to active focus

@GemilyMez

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad it was helpful to you!

The globe light adds some solid gravitas to this one! 🌍 💡

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed! In my last video, my head was in front of it. 😆 Glad to know it lends gravitas.

@mrashad3398

4 жыл бұрын

How to do

Good video. Thanks for linking mine. Keep them coming!

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Thanks for making videos! I certainly binged on yours before I began making my own.

So frank and clear message. Good work.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. ❤️

8:38 starts

@briannaarmogan6513

3 жыл бұрын

thanks

@dummyaccount9629

3 жыл бұрын

Thank youuu

@ski3133

3 жыл бұрын

thank uuu

Thank you for sharing your experiences 😊

Love your analogy on active focus and clear flashes. Before that I really thought it was all the same. Thanks a lot and perfect vision for you!

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

You may be interested to take into consideration Rhiannon's input in the comment at the top too - she suggested that the thing I am calling "clear flashes" may actually be "pulling focus" (vs "pushing focus", which I am talking about in this video). Whatever the terms, it really helped me when I differentiated them, and realised that I could AF without having to do anything dramatic. Have you experienced both those things?

@mysli_vsluh

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez I think about AF as a process. And all those moments of clarity, flashes, are the result of this process. So for me AF = active seeing or clarity seeking seeing. Hope it makes sense :) And yes, I have a lot of small clear flashes during the day. The goal is to make them last longer

@mysli_vsluh

3 жыл бұрын

@Jibon Sarkar Hi. According to my measurements it's about 70 cm both eyes, 4 month ago it was 50cm. So I really see the progress though I don't do AF every day. But I stopped reading ebooks on my phone at night, I thinks it makes a huge difference.

@mysli_vsluh

3 жыл бұрын

@Jibon Sarkar For me it's like active seeing. So I usually try to focus on some signs outside until I can see the text. You can try to blink or squint a bit - it can help your focus

@mysli_vsluh

3 жыл бұрын

@Jibon Sarkar I'm able to read it though not for long, sometimes the text is very sharp, sometimes not

this is very helpful, thank you.

Nice explanation. Thanks. Just ordered my differentials and I am so happy to see where this journey will take me.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Oooh, how exciting!! Have you got you differentials yet? How are they?

@dr.modfehm2040

3 жыл бұрын

Hows the journey now

niely described i was confused , listened to your vid now i can do it thanks so much

@GemilyMez

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! That's excellent!

I discovered active focus by accident. I was searching for it. I had lower close up glasses, which gave me the edge of blur. Then I realized while looking at horizontal and vertical lines that the horizontal lines are much more blurry than the vertical lines, that was the moment I understood what is astigmatism. And then after blinking about 30 times at the blurry horizontal line, one time it was very clear. It just happened always 1 out of 30 times. Just by blinking and looking at the blurry line. So the brain tries already by itself to clear up blurry things. Then I noticed when I open my eyes much more (eye browns down as much as possible) and make a surprising face and blink while doing that, I could instantly clear up the blur. So basically thats how I force to clear up blur: I open my eyes very strong & push eyebrowns down, make a surprising face, and blink at blurry text, then it will clear up instantly. I think this is how I can force my ciliary muscle to relax more. Then I discovered I can also do the opposite: I can control the ciliary muscle to get more tight (which you should not really do, but this prove me I can really actively control the ciliary muscle): If you do it, you force your eyes to focus on closer/nearer things. This is funny, because you look at objects at the distance and then you keep looking the objects at the distance and while changing the focus on "closer mode" you will see that the distance objects are getting blurry although you still look at them. So this is kind of working against the natural/automatic focus control of your eye. It is you, who definetly controls the ciliary muscle, and not the eye, which does it always automatically. And how do I do that? I think everyone has done it at some time. You look at text and make it blurry. It is like the beginning of closing the eyes or the beginning of doing "crossed-eyes". So actively control the focus of the eye is possible and quite easy once you figured it out, but "active focus" for vision improvement means only the one part: trying to change the focus on something more far at a distance than your eyes actually focus on, so then you can see it clearer.

@DmitryMyadzelets

6 ай бұрын

That's was interesting technic. So, how have you progressed after 3 years now?

I like Jake! His efforts are incredible! But, what "active focus", should mean to me (and I hope you). You put up your Bright Snellen. You can read, 20/60, approximately. Then, you blink, and read read 20/30. Do not worry about critics. Real success, is no glasses, if possible. Then, just weakly Snellen checking. That is how you do it. There is NO EASY OR FAST WAY AT ALL. Gradually, the periods of time seeing 20/40, will increase. Remember: DMV, only requires 20/70, one eye, 20/40, the other eye. Both eyes together? 20/40 or better. It is all up to you, now.

There are many videos but not like this one .. everyone has personal way of explaining .. and guess what .. I like your energy and style Keep up!

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

You are soo funny 😄 Thank you for your video and your energy! ❤

Thanks, for the video, I just got my differentials today. Also good to hear another Aussie accent :)

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! How exciting! What are your starting numbers? Another Aussie? Yay! Which state are you in?

@prmsolver

4 жыл бұрын

Gemily Mez Hey! I’m from Victoria :) my differentials are L -5.5 R -4.5 also with really high astigmatism :0

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

@@prmsolver Brilliant. I am currently in Tassie. Hey, sounds like you are about where Jake was at when he started!

I caught my first glimpse of active focus while listening to this video and looking out at some numbers way beyond the edge of blur! It wasn’t a clear flash- I still have not have one of those. It was a progressive focusing and clearing. The key is intentionality and full presence during the practice.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness, how wonderful!!! I am so happy you got your first glimpse of AF! That sounds exactly right!! You are doing it!😄

Active focus is like playing a really easy game of spot the difference 🤯 Awesome video, love the style and your experience sounds very similar to mine I think, my eyes watered up too :p

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Haha. 😆 Yeah, when I get the clear flashes at a distance there is a lot of eye watering, but to actual AF it is far more reasonable. I really enjoy when I am doing active focus and I feel my eyes add a little more moisture. Quite relaxing. Perhaps I have dry eyes... I remember when I was first starting to get myopia, and I would blink and feel my eyes water a little and I could see for a moment - I told my mum 'I feel like my vision is only blurry because my tear fluid is sparse...' Ah, the journey to myopia and back again.

Thanks for the insight into your way of doing active focus. Everyone's eyesight will be different as well as their level of myopia. It will be a matter of being patient and doing AF throughout the day.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Also the stage in the reduction cycle effects how AF works for me - whether there is a lot of blur to clear up, or just a touch of double vision.

@trevortroutbeck1939

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez I'm trying to do AF before I think about reducing my glasses prescription. From your videos (and Jake's), differentials should be my first reduction.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct. :)

Hey, I loved this!! I also love the content you create! (The bloopers at the end are so cute, by the way.) And your style. Everything. It's just great. But anyway, your description of active focus makes so much sense. Yes! It's like looking at something but with intention, and finding the edges of text and looking at the blur. The way you describe it reminds me a lot of the concept of mindfulness in meditation. I've actually had that experience of active focus then several times now on this Endmyopia journey come to think of it, but I wasn't sure if that was it or not at the time. It seems to have happened only with my normalized, though. Do you think there's something wrong with my differentials? Or does it just take time to adjust? Keep up the videos! :D Thanks for all the input and updates.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad my description made sense to you. I watch your video this morning where you spoke of Active Focus, and I was wondering whether what you are learning in the Back to 20/20 course would completely debunk my assertion. Haha. Sounds like they haven't. Phew. About having AF in your norms and not your diffs - do you know what? I have currently lost AF in my norms. Because there is too much clarity! I find the first 3 weeks of wearing a new correction I am 100% sure I am active focusing because I can see the blur clear. But as my eye adapts to that correction and the blur decreases, I get less and less sure I am doing it, until there is hardly any (or no) blur and I can't do it anymore. So, if your case is anything like mine, it could mean that your eye has adjusted to those glasses. And it is good to have one pair your eyes have adjusted to and one pair that is a challenge - Jake said that somewhere XD

@malnr90

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez That makes a lot of sense! :)

Thanks for informations / your experience etc.

Thank You So Much for the Video.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

I see many people don't get the main function of Active focus . Active focus ,for me, is the ability to clear up a small/smallest amount of blur . Because when you introduce too much blur to your eyes . It's like lifting 100kg in your first day at the gym . That's why you may need differentials for close up if ur myopia is high and ,later, normalized for distance.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly right! Small wins are all it takes.

@arnabdc

4 жыл бұрын

That is exactly what it is. I wouldn't believe that person who can clear blur at any distance.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

@@arnabdc That would be a person who does not need glasses. XD

It is wonderful to go from 20/50 to 20/25. Took two years.

I remember way, way back, when I first started using glasses, I used to do this for fun. When I was bored, I would take off my glasses and stare at stuff and try to make it come into focus. That was before smartphones, so everyday life boredom was still very much a thing. I used to fantasize about being able, to will my eyes to get better again...but of course, I didn’t actually believe it was possible. That was 30 years ago, though...right know, I don’t seem to be able, to do it spontaneously anymore.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

It could be that you have ciliary spasm now. If you are able to release that, you may find you can do it again.

@DaLeSy.

Жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez What is a ciliary spasm? Is that what my far sighted eye is doing when it seem to shake when I use it to look at close up objects?

😍😍 amazing video .

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

thank you i found active focus now.xxxx

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

That's wonderful!!!

I don't even know where to start, I think i might have to make a KZread channel with lots of editing to explain. But thank You! God bless you! The summary is. I watched a bunch of videos,and then i watched this very video like months ago,and then i was sitting in front if TV Just staring at it, looking and looking, purposely didn't blink and everything became oily or painty effect on my vision,is just kept looking and it happened exactly how you described looking at the pot stuff,like everything became fuzzy and then Bam! I could read stuffs that's like impossible for me to read even if i squint,like it wasn't exactly all crystal clear.... And what i mean by that is,i could see the things i wanted to,like there was a bit of ghosting but I could see,i could read! It was an amazing experience. And then that was it, i didn't get the experience again because i didn't have the time to look at TV for long amount of time,i sometimes occasionally "try to see better" and stuff. I guess it was working a bit, nothing significant. So i watched some other videos and the the only thing that seems to work for me was looking at electric wires,like power lines. I would look at it and it would be double and blurry and then when i keep looking it it would slowly join together and become one,and sharp, so I would use my eyes to trace the lines back and forth. I would blink and look away and look back so it would become double again and i would wait for it to join together and clear up,that was the best experience i got. Until a few days ago i was sitting inside a bank building and there was like a banner almost close to me, it's some sort of advert stuff that isn't on the wall it stands by itself. Things were written on it and normally i couldn't see anything ,just blurry as usual. Oh and i forgot to mention that my glasses depress me, i hate wearing them, so I don't carry them around,i said to myself I'll keep looking at power lines and tracing them with my eyes. But anyways I was sitting there and I wasn't with my glasses and couldn't see what was written. Then i blinked and tried to see,i couldn't then i blinked hard. Yes! A hard blink,and then that fuzzy oily painty look came and boom i could see the text I was looking at, I've been trying light blink all along and maybe just a few hard blinks I guess, but this time i blinked hard, and then while trying to see after blinking,i kept this sort of angry face... I don't know if that's everyone's angry face but like.. when you squeeze your eyebrow such that if you try to look at the eyebrow there's like curly letter "M", kinda like how kinds draw birds. Anyways when i did that...then in my mind what I was doing to my eyes is...i was pushing it backwards,i know in reality it wasn't actually going backwards but imagine what you would do if you wanted you eye and eyeballs to just move background, that's what i was doing in my head. So i blinked hard, slowly not rapidly,i blinked hard and slow,then open up my eyes,tried to see by doing the focus of the angry/concentrating eye thingy. Then boom,the experience was like, the exact same thing as that clear flash from looking at TV, only this time it wasn't from something emitting light. The Banner thing was like 3-4 meters away from me. I was Soo amazed When i went outside the bank i look at a sign,it was blurry,i did that exact thing and the fuzzy clear vision happened again. I found out that it's a lot easier to do it in daylight with natural light than bulb lighting,so i was outside looking at a sigh and doing that stuff. Then occasionally it would get perfectly clear vision,i mean like Crystal clear, that's when i keep trying and blinking for a couple seconds, usually i get that doubly clear vision and I'm super happy with that but sometimes when i keep blinking it'll just go boom and I'll see Crystal clear, but only in natural light,like outdoors basically, it's kinda harder indoors. Now hard blink did it for me, but after doing hard blink many times, sometimes if i do light blink it clears up,but even the light blink is not totally light,like I'd try to press my eyes a little bit, with my eyelids, before opening the eyes and then it'll happen. The shaky clear vision. To fully explain everything would be hard to type. But all in all,my active focus is like my clear flash,i had clear flash after watching your video and after months,i now have active focus...i believe..i mean i don't really care what this is but it's awesome and i love it. I was so depressed and the glasses annoy me,now i just walk about and don't use the glasses,if I need to see something,it might take me a couple seconds to a minute or two but I'm gonna keep looking, still prefer that than picking up the glasses to see it. I must've typed pages lol I hope this helps someone,i actually thought about starting a channel to explain what i experienced cus i kinda know how to edit videos. But anyways I found your video very very super relatable and easy to understand,if it wasn't for you i don't know what would've happened to me now , being so sad and depressed and not having motivation to do anything. Thanks.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for taking all the time to write that up. I am so happy you found active focus! Sounds like your eyes are excellent at pulling focus! As long as you keep doing active focus, and not wearing overcorrection for close up (which is sounds like you aren't) your eyes will improve. I am so happy for you. Bad eyesight doesn't sound so bad, but for anyone who experiences it, it can be a very frightening and depressing experience, and biologically it increases anxiety because we don't feel safe if we can't see clearly enough to perceive potential danger. I am very happy my video could contribute to your journey. ❤️❤️

@luizsaha

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez thanks! 🙏❤️❤️

You are so cute :) Thanks this video cleared up a lot for me literally!

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Haha. That's wonderful! Thank you for your lovely comment.

Thankuu I finally understood active focus by ur teaching !

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! I'm so glad!!

Thank you!

Hi Gemily, thanks for your videos. Very helpful. Dos active focus have to be practiced with differentials or can I do without glasses? My eyes can focus really well at short distances. Thanks again

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

You can do AF with diffs, with norms or with no glasses - Just do it wherever your blur horizon is.

I think I’ve been doing af in my past, I was in class all the way in the back and the txt on the blackboard was blurry so I focused really hard trying to see what does it say and when more I looked at it the text cleared up. It was honestly like magic. But sadly i can’t do it anymore, trying to get it to happen but I think I need to clear up ciliary.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you might be right. Ciliary spasm would put that on pause. But that is excellent you have experienced active focus before! That will help you as you journey forward.

I did exactly what you said. One evening I was walking without glasses in my terrace and stopped to see a apartment at a very distance stared for a long time. Then my eyes turned watery with some stinging and the details I mean a block of horizontal line drawn on the building surface got cleared. So I continued this activity consistently everyday now I see things multiplied 😢without glasses and double /shadows in right side of a text through my left eye, bottom with right eye. Can you help me how can I clear this double vision ? because of this I could not go for next normalized glasses? OS : -3.5 cyl: -1 axis :170 OD : -3.5 cyl : -0.75 axis : 10 Did anyone experienced this like me?

I noticed that motion/movements helps a lot on doing active focus..

Great persistence, a Snellen is the only answer. I think that first minus killed my vision, rapidly.

I get the tearing when i move a paper with text back and forth close to my eyes, single and both eyes. Tearing and stinging and then cm improved, i also have a bit of plus after i learnt to relax my eyes while focusing,m my eyes apparently used a trick to focus closeby.

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

That's excellent!

Great video! I'm in the process trying to find out what active focus is. I'm not sure if I already do it or not, does it feel like your eyes are like zooming in, almost like a camera lens?

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a lot of people describe it like that. Have you seen my other Active Focus video? It may be helpful too if you are still trying to find AF. It is called "Active Focus Tutorial"

@mani_supersingh

3 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez I will watch this video now! Thank you for the help and keep up the great content 😁

I started listening 100% after you compared AF to listening and realized to TV is too loud lol

Hi Gemily, I tried to support you by using affiliate link to Clearly. Sadly, it didn't land successfully - got that 404 message. Please set up another link in description and I'll give it another go. Keep up the good work. (I really like your presentation style on this topic.) Thanks, Alison (in NZ)

Thank you ! I have been having hard time trying to get my 10 year old to active focus . She is an avid reader and used to read at night after everyone was asleep , in low light of course . She went straight to -2.5 . She doesn’t like her glasses now and wants to get her vision back .

@otiebrown9999

2 ай бұрын

Near work creates myopia.

hey how many hours of active focus should i do a day? so for example if i’m reading a book?

Mam , can you please explain active focus to me in simple words , and how to do it..plz

After coming back to 20/20 vision do I have to blink to see a text when that was blurry at -3 diopters or my eyes automatically see the text clearly without blinking?

@otiebrown9999

3 жыл бұрын

Now at 20/20. Normal blink.

So what you mean is that when we look at things which are blurry without glasses our eyes start watering as our ciliary muscle is actually relaxing, and after some time we can see that thing clearly even if it’s for just a few moments, that’s active focusing?

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is one kind of active focusing called Pulling Focus. Your eyes don't have to water for it to be active focus, but they certainly can, especially when you are first starting, and especially when pulling focus / looking at distant objects.

So i i have just come across active focus so if im reading a book do i need to make it so the reading it just clear to see? then stare at it? ive never worn glasses my left eye is some what fine but my right is REALLY WEAK anything close or far away its not having it, so maybe cover my left eye when doing so some times?

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, hold the text where it JUSt goes from crisp to a but fuzzy, right on the edge of blur. And then just look at the letters, and the type, at the ink on the page, and try to notice the crisp clear edges. Take your time, and let your eyes guide you. Once you have that, it can be fun to try holding the book just a tiny bit further away, and discover how, even if it keeps falling into a bit if blur, your eyes can keep pulling it back in to focus if you place your attention on the letters. If you feel you need to do a bit of patching, go ahead. Jake has found, from the experience of loads of his students, that 15 minutes of patching a day can be beneficial. More than that does not yield better results though, so just 15 minutes a day should be sufficient if patching is something you'd like to do.

Hey Gemily,all your videos are really awesome.I came to know about jake's endmyopia through your channel,thankyou..i recently started practising active focus but have one doubt,while print pushing do i need to keep on reading the blurred text or wait for each and every text to become crisp and clear in my blur horizon.also many times,i am not able to clear the text.Please suggest..Thankyou in advance😍

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! So exciting to hear that my channel led you to EndMyopia! Yay! When print pushing, have the text just on the very edge of blur - it doesn't need to be very hard. And it may come in an out of clarity. You can do print pushing by just using the text as a tool to work on your clarity, while not actually reading, or you can do print pushing while actually reading. If you can't keep it in focus it's okay, just remember to keep trying to bring it back into focus as you go, and only give yourself a challenge that you can achieve - not too much.

@veenanair7495

3 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez Thankyou Gemily for your response..i was really wanting someone to clear my doubts....i am your new subscriber👍..you are also doing a wonderful job of helping people to get rid of myopia..

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yay! Glad I can help. 😃

Hi there ! I’ve just stumbled upon this method to improve eyesight. I’m really in a confusion right now, but I’m getting there. But I have a question though. My myopia is around -7.25 and -7.50 and I want to ask if I should wear glasses while doing active focus. I can’t see anything without glasses unless it’s like really close to me. Thanks

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Hello! So glad you stumbled upon EndMyopia! All you need in order to do active focus is a tiny bit of blur. It can be in glasses or without. It all depends where you find blur. For me, I can do active focus without glasses if I am reading a book. I do active focus on a computer screen while wearing differentials (glasses that are about 1.5 diopters below my full correction), and I do active focus at a distance in my normalised (glasses that are about 0.25 diopters below my full correction). With -7.25/-7.50 you'd probably have a hard time doing AF without glasses at all, as it would have to be up very close to your face. The first thing to do (if you haven't already) is to get yourself some differentials - some weaker glasses you can use for close up. Then you can start getting into AF. After you have worked that out, and had those glasses for a month, you can look at getting some normalised.

@alexbean5876

4 жыл бұрын

Gemily Mez well I got my glasses on February 2019 for a somewhat around -7.00 or -7.25 . Then on November 2019, I checked it again at my optometrist place, it was -7.25. And I think my eye might have increased a bit. Is that fine ? Because I don’t really want to change though

@tammyjohnson1884

4 жыл бұрын

Can get a cheap pair of glasses that are weaker from Amazon to practice with. Just search for -6.50 myopia glasses. 👓

Is active focus works with astigmatism?

What do you think of methods from Myopia is Mental? He described using your peripheral vision constantly and just being aware of it

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

I don't watch his stuff the way I watch the EndMyopia videos, but I have seen some of his videos. I think it is great that Mark is on a vision-fixing journey of his own, and I love his curiosity and open mind. And I reckon it can't hurt to try to be ore aware of your peripheral. Having said that, I personally give more credit to Jake and to EndMyopia because Jake has done it, he has his 20/20 vision, and he has been able to describe the process and technique with other people reproducing his results, and as well as that it is all backed up by science. So, EM and Jake is where I am taking my lead from. I am not anywhere near as likely to put Mark and Myopia is Mental up there at that level of reliability, just because he seems to still be doing some trial and error, working out how to get to 20/20, and lacks the student success stories Jake and EM have. But the more people realising myopia is reversible, and spreading that message, and encouraging others, the better! And another perspective never hurts. Have you tried the peripheral vision thing yourself?

I'm really frustrated because I can't find active focus. I have very high myopia and I'm trying it with differentials I swear that I'm doing it on purpose but it doesn't appear Okay I tried again and I think I only find active focus with eye drops, which I don't know if it's okah

Im trying to get active focus for a while but i have a question does it still work even without glasses ? Cause i really wamt to get new ones but since there's a global pandemic i cant...

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

You can't get new glasses? Whether you can do active focus without glasses may depend on how bad your myopia is. Theoretically, yes you can. This will be easier on the edge of blur - so if you myopia is quite high, your edge of blur may be very close. But you could also do that other kind of thing I was doing - staring into the blur and my eyes watered and I got that clear flash. That is still helpful, and I have only ever experienced that specific scenario when not wearing glasses.

From the success of Chris, Matt, and Jake - it is clear that you are going in the right direction. Do yourself a favor: Set up a Snellen, and have the goal of consistently reading the 20/50 line. (Appox, 1 inch at 20 feet.) OD measurements are terrible. Measure yourself.

@PS-qf9fj

4 жыл бұрын

What does OD mean? I am at a -6.50 and a -5.75 with a 0.50 cylinder and a 005 Axis...recently have begun trying this. Could you explain what OD means? Thanks

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Here, Otie is referencing Doctor of Optometry (OD). Often though, you will see it meaning.... OD = oculus dexter (right eye). OS = oculus sinister (left eye). So glad you found EndMyopia! Good luck!!

Mam plz help what should i do for reducing my myopia

I see clear images for 4 5 seconds for 1 month, but it disappears when I blink My vision improves, but when I wear my glasses, there is no blurring my eye power is still the same how long should i continue Sometimes i feel so hopeless

Hi. I started this week with active focus thing. And when iam outside do I have to stop and find something to read that is blurry? Like you can't focus while walking I hope u understand what I mean

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

You can active focus while walking, it just may be harder to actually make the image clear than when you are still, but it does get easier over time, and practise makes perfect!

do I have to close my eyes as hard as I can or close it just relax .... sorry my English bit weak

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely relax.

Is it like when you push the focus and it gets blurrier and then clear, like the cameras do?

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

It can do that. When it gets blurrier first, that is a defocus, and can allow your eye to reset and try again. You don't have to defocus first before you focus actively, but you can. And for situations where you are trying to clear up a lot of blur, I find if I stare for a while and just let me eye work it out by itself, it does tend to defocus first, yes. That is more what happens for me when I am looking at something further away, like my pot plant sign, and my eyes will often water. When I active focus on close things, or when wearing glasses, I don't often defocus first, and my eyes don't water either.

@laurenfantin840

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez oh ok! Thank you

Useful

Hey Iam new to this thing can u tell me can I do active focus in artificial room light? I mean under yellow light? Pls reply

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can. Sunlight makes it a lot easier, but you can active focus anywhere, in any light, it may just not be as easy or become as clear.

So do i need to get some other weaker glasses to do this , or do i just focus at some word until it focuses, like just tell me a clear answer

@rafay1539

4 жыл бұрын

You need to get weaker glasses like -0.25 less so that the blur is there

@kaaynn-rn

4 жыл бұрын

Gaming 360 would your previous prescription be fine? Considering it’s a bit similar to my current prescription?

First of all thank u sooo much for helping your followers. So I had a problem with active focus. I couldn't get it. Everytime I see a sign or something that has to do with letters/nr, I look at it and it dosent become clear. So yesterday I was in the airport to say goodbye to my mom. The airport is like 4 minutes away from my house. You know those signs for gates, It was completely blurry and it became clear. So I realized that I can only do active focus if the letters was made of light. So should I just continue like that?

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Someone else posted a similar question just now on my most recent video (kzread.info/dash/bejne/dap10dqqgdqviNo.html). So I will give the same response: You can start there. Over time though you'll need active focus for more than that, unless you are going to stare area glowing distant object for hours a day. But it is okay to take your time, and start with what you can do. It'll develop in time. It's so great you found active focus! Every win is a win!

@kheirallah2

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dap10dqqgdqviNo.html

You are beautiful and the eyes ahh the prettiest

I am still confused but from what I like how much I got from the video. We have to focus at like a word on a piece of paper without glasses and we have to try to figure out the shape and all that and make it as clear as possible until you're able to see it at that distance right? if that make sense.

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

That can be right. You don't have to do this without glasses, but you do need a blur challenge, so you can also do it will differentials (close up glasses) or even using normalised glasses for things further away. But if you have low-medium myopia (maybe -2 to - 4) you can probably do this without needing correction. What you are saying sounds almost right - but you don't have to "figure out the shape" because it should already be clear enough to see the shape - you're just making it go from a little bit fuzzy to crisp. Just a small challenge is all you need.

@eureka1886

3 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez I have low myopia and 2.25 astigmatism how to do active focus with or without glasses

U said well about active focus.....thx

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. :)

@aparnadatta9276

4 жыл бұрын

How much u have reduced your myopia by active focus?

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

I have reduced my myopia not only by active focus, but also by having a significantly reduced correction for close up, and a slightly reduced correction the rest of the time, which I step down about once every 3 months. Using this EndMyopia reduced lens/active focus method, I have reduced by 1 diopter so far. I started in September 2019.

@aparnadatta9276

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMezThanks for replying. that's great Gemily .... i am reducing my -1.5 diopter in one eye only and in the other eye it is near about 20/20 . But after doing some close up work i am getting double image (diplopia). I have stopped wearing differentuals is it ok? I am trying active focus will i be able to improve it by doing the following.....plz reply. Thanks:)

It’s likely that the watering of the eye is the cause of the momentary clearing up of the sight. The water acts like a lens.

Thank you for this video. Why couldn’t people all along just say not to look at things passively and when you look at something actually really look at it I don’t know. I finally have active focus down now. Whew!

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

That is excellent!! Congratulations! :D

Please tell me why I need differential glasses. Like isn't normalized glasses enough?

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

That depends on how high your myopia is. If you can see your computer screen comfortably without glasses, then you don't need differentials - just don't wear any correction for close up. Otherwise, if you can't see your computer screen clearly enough not to use glasses, then you need differentials for that. This is because normalised are strong enough to still let you see things reasonably far away. For close up, you only want correction that is just enough to see up close. Over correction, especially for close up, is what causes progressive myopia.

@Mr.J_2003

Жыл бұрын

What if I don’t have a computer? I still do close up work. Just not computer. I’m not sure if -3.25 D is too much for a TV (I sit 8 feet away)

Hello mam... I am having a doubt. Can we just focus on far away objects rather than focusing on nearby objects(I am having bad eyesight). In other words, Will we be able to improve eyesight by just focusing on far objects... Please tell if you find some time Thanks..

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, far away objects are actually better to focus on!

@darshit7106

3 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez thanks mam for taking out your precious time and reply me.. 😊

Maam plz say did ur journey may be in short how much max prescription u got and how much u reduced ...and if so did u do it without wearing glasses and doing reading stuff or as Jake says lowering the prescription a little bit for AF mam plzz reply am so sad with my eyes

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry to hear that you are so sad with your eyes. I was very sad with my eyes too. Sometimes I would cry because I was so worried and scared. I started my journey at -2.5 in my right eye, and -3.00 in my left eye. I measured my vision on the EndMyopia vision calculator ( endmyopia.org/focal-calculator/calc.html ). It told me that my correction was right. So I got my differentials for close up (using the computer, mainly. I can read books without any glasses). They were 1.5 diopters above my full correction, so -1.0 for my right eye, and -1.5 for my left eye. I also got normalised glasses for wearing all the time. They were 0.25 diopters above my full correction, so -2.25 for my right eye, and -2.75 for my left eye. Since then, I have been reducing bit by bit as Jake Steiner recommends. Going well so far!

@BC---vi8le

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez u are too good mam thanx a lot😇

@BC---vi8le

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez 1 last q ma'am I am from India and here online ordiring of glasses is possible from one site only that's too it's too costly so ... Can I use as u recommended reducing 0.5 of prescription for close-up and same for distance ...I may not afford 2 pairs that too changing it continuously as I am only 17 yrs old and my parents will think me mad😢

I saw your previous frames and I would also be depressed

Plz make a video on plus lens therapy

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the suggestion. I will see what I can do.

What is differencial power What is normalised power I have -5 on right and left Please tell me the difference

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Differentials are a correction you wear for close up work, like if you are on a computer. They are approximately 1.5 diopters weaker than your full correction. Normalised are glasses that are just a tiny step weaker than your full correction - about 0.25 diopters weaker - so instead of seeing clearly all the time, you get a small amount of blur that you need to concentrate to make clear. You wear them whenever you are not doing close up work.

Do you wear glasses when practicing active focus?

@spirittouchrecords2785

3 жыл бұрын

active focus should be done at a distance, so I would say everyone who has higher myopia than 0,5 needs glasses which give the edge of blur for a text at 2m distance, because noone can see without glasses clear at 2 meters with higher myopia than 0,5, even better would be 3 meter distance

Is active focus is done with or without glasses?

@kheirallahsajer969

4 жыл бұрын

With, but you have to get glasses with blur

how can i get a clear flash my eyesight is clear for 2 secs before going back to blurry

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

You can't really make a clear flash happen - they just happen - a moment when everything is in alignment, in your eyes and in your brain.

@briannaarmogan6513

3 жыл бұрын

Gemily Mez ok thanks!

@baller10345

3 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez what if i told you that I can make it happen anytime under 1 second, is that active focus?

How did you achieve active foucos

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Answer at 1:32

I get clear flashes and get teary eyes and its increasing day by day is it normal or diff from active focus ? Am confused can you help me out please.

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you are pulling focus. It is a kind of active focus. It sounds like your eyes are working it out! 👍

@ryuken1638

3 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez so its good right ?

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's good

Today i got my first clear flash

@otiebrown9999

8 ай бұрын

Good.

Thank you very much. U explain with your own experience I understand it clearly. Your explanation is like how a mother explain her children. Make more videos like that which are easy to understand. I can't know English very well but I understand it very clearly. Thank you so much

@jairamprajapati9657

3 жыл бұрын

Bhai muje kuch samaj nhi Aya please explain kr do please please 😶😶😶

Still can't get it.

@GemilyMez

3 жыл бұрын

Did you check out the links in the description? The reddit link really helped me understand. Do check it out! And just keep making sure you are actually looking at things, imagine you are trying to pick things up using just your vision (not squinting though).

Please help me too I have very high myopia of -7

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Have you done the 7 day free email guide? wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Seven_day_free_email_guide

@ibnazhussain670

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez yes I started but after that it's paid and I will be unable to buy any of the courses due to financial problem

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

I am not doing the paid course either. That's okay! Next thing I did after the 7 day email course was listened to alllll Jake's EndMyopia videos, and lots of other student videos until I felt I understood it. Also, there is a wiki now! You can do this even if you can't afford the structured program. We have to pay if we want Jake's time, of course, but he doesn't want people to suffer just because they don't have money. Go check out the wiki: wiki.endmyopia.org/

U r awseome ❤❤🤓

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you! So are you!

@reshmaparveen1572

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMezPlz do give it a read. . i know i m younger to u ..🤓❤😳and with all due respect ....i want to tell u that i m only 18😂 and worsen my eyes to about 4.75 in left eye and 4.00 in the right😅 ....i also accidently bumped in one to the jake sir's video and from there was highly motivated to improve my eyesight😊😗 ...becoz it gave me a sight of hope that the myth i always had that if something like eyes perceptions go do not recover 🤯but as i started i m facing some problms ..😐 * Like when in bright i move on to my terrace my eyes flickers..slight pain which tends me to just close or low down my eyes .....😿 * Second i am having a lot of problm in finding active focus ....when i gaze or stare at something ...it just makes it more blur ... ** Hence i may be getting problm but i will relax my eyes keep doing active focus till i find it ...i will also do the reduced lens method for sure ....but lastly i wanna know if u hv some suggestions ❤❤much love again u r amazing ..and congo for ur achievements 🤓🤓🤓😘❤❤

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know about the flickering. Sometimes when I am doing active focus my vision "swims" a bit, but not flickers... Sometimes migraines can affect vision like that. Is that something you get? Or is it perhaps floaters drifting past your central vision? 🤷‍♀️ If it is worrying you, getting a check up from an opthomologist is always a good idea. I do get slight pain too when I am doing a kind of active focus called "pulling focus" if I have been doing too much close up. Some people say that they feel a slight stinging, and a number of people think that is the ciliary muscle relaxing. I don't know if that is true, but some stinging when doing AF is not uncommon. I am trying to collect a few different descriptions of active focus ... I found some good information here: www.reddit.com/r/ImprovingEyesight/comments/feaghb/squinting_quotes_1_active_focus_12_supporters/

@reshmaparveen1572

4 жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez thankuu for sure i will do that 😘...i will surely go for an appointment 😊❤💗💗💗💗❣

If only this pitch, were given when you were 20/60. Then you could get back out of it. Or at least I did. To 20/40, pass the DMV. Took 2 years.

it seems to be like AF is like hunters looking keenly at their prey while modern life is reading words on a book without actually noticing and seeing the letters clearly....eyes get lazy and weak

7:35 that feels 🤣🤣

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

😂 Glad you can related. Haha!

ey, wanna go watch the telly, love? your british accent is funny.

@GemilyMez

Жыл бұрын

Could that be because it's Australian?

@zadock6370

Жыл бұрын

@@GemilyMez australian and british accents sound so similar.

It's good, on you recent posts, that you are close to 20/60. Please check. Reduced minus has no meaning. Only objective 20/60 to the DMV!

4:04 Sorry to say it but that's bullshit because your tears acted like minus lenses. As soon as you blinked the clear image went away because your tears did too.

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds exactly right. I certainly think my tear layer made the correction, not my eyeball. But how amazing are eyes that they can create these tears and make these tiny adjustments until the tear layer is exactly right to correct my vision for a moment! So precise! Bodies are truly miraculous if we pay attention to all they are doing for us all the time.

Did she just said cool at 6:10 :'(

Excellent Video. We have a series Video of the Week on r/ImprovingEyesight. I've chosen this video for the Video of The Week 3. It will come up on the weekend and I’ll link your channel. www.reddit.com/r/ImprovingEyesight/

@GemilyMez

4 жыл бұрын

Yay! Your reddit group is really good. :D

Marry me.

Don't grimace because it loses the seriousness of what you're saying.

No new revelations- everything she mentions is what other ppl mention. But it’s nearly impossible to watch and listen because of her sophomoric intonations, dumb giggles, “like,” meaningless bits of personal situations, and the annoying music on top of it all. Seriously, grow up and talk like an adult. Whatever meaningful info she has could be condensed into 5-10 min at most.

@otiebrown9999

Жыл бұрын

You can click away in 30 sec.

@zzc8505

Жыл бұрын

@@otiebrown9999 you can keep scrolling in a split second.

@otiebrown9999

8 ай бұрын

​@@zzc8505 5 months later ...

bruh why do they need to make it sund so cultist? jake is a nice guy but endmyopia as a whole is super cringe. btw you are lovely