The Art of Vision is a holistic approach to natural vision improvement.
To improve your eyesight just a bit of awareness is needed.

Yes, according to the Bates method, seeing well is an Art: better eyesight can be taught and learnt. Do you suffer from any of these visual problems?

Myopia (shortsightness)	Elongated eye ball and contracted crystal lens. Short sight = bad far vision.
Hypermetropia (farsightness)	Short eye ball and flat crystal lens. Far sight = bad near vision.
Astigmatism	Irregular shape of the cornea. Blurred vision at any distance.
Presbyopia (old age farsightness)	Stiff crystal lens. Bad vision up close.
Strabismus (squint)	Fault of coordination between the eyes. Double vision, or one eye switched off.

Are glasses a solution ?

Glasses and lenses don't "heal" myopia or presbyopia. just the opposite: they often make them worse, just in the same way that a wheel chair doesn't teach you to walk.

What about Natural Vision Improvement?

Visual training, the natural vision improvement approach to better eyesight, is expressly designed to train you to do exactly those things, needed in order to see well, that you often tend to skip.

Does it work?

Yes and always, as long as you use your awareness to apply what you have learnt.

Where does it come from?

W. H. Bates M.D., defined the core of this approach, the "Bates Method to natural vision improvement and better seeing without glasses", some 80 years ago. Since then it has transformed into a holistic approach that has solved the visual problems of millions of people around the world.

Why people don't know much about this kind of eye fitness?

In UK and the USA eye doctors and optometrists have been fighting a mean legal battle against the Bates method. There are no lobbies in favor, but there are surely powerful lobbies against it.

Who's doing it? Maurizio Cagnoli, 1947, is a sociologist, a spiritual seeker and an expert in natural and holistic visual perception. He has been leading workshops and seminars in Italy, Spain, Germany and India; Presently training teachers in Italy and Spain. To know more about his experience and background go to The birth of Buena Vista (new longer version)

Is it very complicated??

As long as you are available to change, natural vision improvement is a simple process, it is .... natural.

How to take part?

There are Natural Vision Improvement summer holiday courses in Italy and Spain : go to Holiday on Eyes

Where is the source?

This is the address of Buena Vista: Maurizio Cagnoli, via Palica Tiburzi 32 02040 S.Polo Sabino (Ri), near Rome, Italy, tel/ 0039 339 4817146

Rasterbrille?

Raster-what? This is the (german) word which is mainly used in Italy to refer to Pinhole Glasses. Yes, they can be really helpful in improving your eyesight. And they are atractive!

How to know more?

Working with people's eyes, Natural vision improvement according to Buena Vista: an exceptional document on line. Print it and read it . A german version, as well as the norwegian and the spanish version are also available the translation into hebrew (pdf)

Taking care of your eyes in everyday life: food, movement, relationships and massage: they all can give you a helping hand

A few good sites about myopia prevention, Bates method, laser operations and how to subscribe to mail lists in english, are to be found at links
Refractive surgery : here you find everything about eye operations (refractive surgery). Plus a collection of scientific reports: Refractive surgery: References and there is an interesting article from BBC : people who regained 20/20 through laser are NOT any more accepted in German police, due to poor night vision.

What to do when you have a Difference between the eyes?

How to be trained as a teacher? Provided that you speak either italian or spanish (or french),.... A one year training course is happening in Barcelona (Spain), another one in Madrid, and one in Rome (Italy) . Also in France

A few workshops in english may happen iIn different countries. Click here to know what to do to organize a workshop with Buena Vista in your country.