Bates Method Teacher Profile: Badri Ameri (mBAVE)
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United KingdomEast Sheen Iran Esfahãn Tehran |
Background
I first qualified at London University as an architect and intererior designer. It was after working in this field for 15 years that I experienced the starting signs of presbyopia (old age sight) at about the age of 40. Any kind of close work, reading or drawing would give me a severe headache and I was prescribed reading glasses.
Soon after receiving these glasses I started to have difficulty with watching TV and driving as well. I disliked wearing the glasses so I avoided them as much as possible as it seemed to me the glasses didn't address what I could sense was happening to my whole being: I was becoming increasingly impatient, quick to anger and depression... I didn't like what was happening to me! Yet the vision problem I had kept varying so I knew intuitively that the glasses were not a solution - sometimes I could see very clearly.
Shortly after I was also diagnosed with vitreous detachment - things seemed to be going from bad to worse, but around this time I was lucky enough to come across the Bates Method through one of my best friends.
I was fascinated with the Method and completed my training as a teacher in 2007 in the London Bates College of Vision Education. Here was something that made sense, not only with its techniques, but its whole philosophy: that vision is not just purely physical but involves the mind - much more than the orthodox approaches would have you believe.
Using Dr Bates' holistic approach can change your whole being, making you positive, focused, and seeing life in a clear way. It doesn't only help your sight, but your insight as well.
Now I no longer need glasses for reading or driving and there is no longer any symptoms of vitreous detachment.
Practice
The Bates Method and its philosophy has not only improved my vision, but has also transformed my life - and working as a Bates Method Teacher I find it easy to help others to share that wonderful experience..
Each lesson is tailor-made to the client and comprises instruction in the techniques to help you to re-educate the mind in order for your eyes to see in a balanced and relaxed way.
I teach and help all different ages and eyesight conditions, including short-sight, long-sight, presbyopia (old-age sight), astigmatism, squint, amblyopia ('lazy' eye) and many others, and I especially love to work with children to help them learn how to improve their eyesight.
I have a purpose built clinic in South West London where I have my main practice. I also teach periodically in Iran at the clinic of an ophthalmic surgeon in Esfahan and also in Tehran.
Lessons are mostly 1 hour and one to one though I can be contacted to talk to groups to introduce the Method. Occasionally I will also give as part of the lesson a head and eye massage to help relax the muscles around the eyes and help with circulation and releasing stress.
My lessons are affordable: I love my profession and get enormous satisfaction from hearing the feedback from my clients!
I walked down the stairs after my lesson when I heard Badri calling me from above. She said "You forgot your glasses!" I didn't even know I didn't have them on. For six years I only took them off for going to sleep. What's happened to me?! I could see perfectly without them!"