HISTORY 

Being able to see clearly without glasses for one’s entire life, is not a new idea. It was started by Dr. William Bates, who was born in 1860.

He was a highly respected orthodox physician and surgeon, operating on organs of the head. He discovered that eyes could heal, and he became dissatisfied with the Ophthalmological Association. He said “glasses do not cure anything, they are only a crutch, causing dependence and further deterioration.”

He asked his colleagues to explore his unconventional theories, but they ridiculed him and continued with personal attacks.

So he left his New York practice and went away to Grand Forks, North Dakota, where he developed the programme that we use today, which has been handed down through the century, by the dedicated teachers who followed in his footsteps.