061: Free Your Mind and Shift Your Eyes with Gloria Ginn
The Naked Eye Podcast: Exploring Natural Alternatives to Glasses, Contacts, and Surgeries
Release Date: 05/23/2022
The Naked Eye Podcast: Exploring Natural Alternatives to Glasses, Contacts, and Surgeries
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info_outlineIn this episode, Certified Bates Method Teacher, Nathan Oxenfeld interviews Gloria Ginn who has been teaching natural vision improvement for over 40 years.
Gloria tells us the story of how she improved her own vision, overviews the different levels of vision improvement, recounts the collection of Gary Gunter's talks into her book Free Your Mind to Improve Your Eyesight, explains what a Shifter is and the benefits of using it properly, and provides plenty of powerful vision tips along the way.
You can get your own Shifter and learn more about Gloria's work at her website https://www.schoolofbettereyesight.com/
You can also hear her on Episodes 13, 22, and 37 of The Better Eyesight Podcast at https://bettereyesightpodcast.com/
More information at https://integraleyesight.com/
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