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Keywords

eye health, vision therapy, sunlight exposure, full spectrum lighting, color therapy, iridology, holistic health, eye strain, light therapy, wellness

Summary

In this conversation, Dr. Sam Berne discusses various aspects of eye health, including the importance of eye coordination, the benefits of sunlight exposure, and the role of full spectrum lighting. He also explores light therapy and color therapy, emphasizing their impact on overall wellness. Additionally, Dr. Berne explains iridology and how it can provide insights into a person's health. He concludes with practical advice for maintaining eye health and resources for further learning.

Takeaways

• Eye strain can be alleviated through specific exercises.

• Natural sunlight is essential for eye health.

• Full spectrum lighting can improve mood and reduce stress.

• Color therapy can help balance energy and emotions.

• Iridology offers insights into genetic health tendencies.

• Eye health is interconnected with overall wellness.

• Regular check-ups with an eye doctor are important.

• Mind-body connection plays a role in vision issues.

• Light therapy can aid in healing and relaxation.

• Practitioners can benefit from training in holistic eye health.

Sound Bites

• "My left eye is shutting off."

• "Light is basically a food."

• "Color therapy is so amazing."

• "We attract what we need to heal."

• "The eyes never lie."

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Chapters

00:00Understanding Eye Strain and Coordination

02:58The Importance of Sunlight for Eye Health

05:54Full Spectrum Lighting and Its Benefits

08:58Exploring Light Therapy and Color Therapy

15:51The Connection Between Eye Health and Overall Wellness

19:54Iridology: Mapping Health Through the Eyes

23:06Final Thoughts on Eye Health and Resources

Sam Berne (00:00.238)

Can you provide an example of how this works for a specific condition? All right. So let's say somebody comes in and they're having eye strain and their eyes are getting worse. So there's a test that I can do which measures how well their two eyes are working together. So this is vision. They read the eye chart a distance very well. So there's no problem with eyesight and 20 feet.

But what I'm finding is that when they look at the certain picture their brain is suppressing the left eye. So the right-handed the right eye dominant. Okay, so we we are able to identify that the left eye is suppressing and the right eye is doing more of the work unless you do a test like that. You're never going to discover that issue, but it means that the right eye is carrying the load. Okay, so there's a great exercise that I recommend called

This the brock string. This is a string if you can visualize it. It's got three beads and a string and you tie one end of the doorknob and you spread the three beads. So the first speed is about 12 inches from the eyes. The second bead is 24 inches. The third bead is say 36 inches. So one end of the string is on the doorknob. The other end is at the nose and the first bead say is here the second bead the third bead.

This is a great way to have them focus both eyes at the first bead and they might say something like, my goodness, the left string is fading out on me. When I look at that close bead. now understand that my left eye is shutting off. So we ask them to go into their breathing to blink to feel their body to relax into it. now the left string is coming in with the right string. I see if I relax now, my two eyes are working together.

Now I look at the second bead. my this left string is shutting off again. If I relax and blink and breathe and maybe I have to touch the bead now that left string is coming back and then I do the third bead and then the second bead in the first speed. So I'm going to do this exercise for one minute three times a day and what will happen over a few days that left eye starts to turn on and when it turns on it will start to work with the right eye.

Sam Berne (02:22.402)

So after about a week, the person says, you know, I'm working on the computer. Now. I'm not getting that eye strain or red eyes. It's going away two weeks. It's going away more three weeks. Wow. I'm actually able to work for a whole hour. My eyes feel really good. So that is a very simple way to discover on my left eye is suppressing. Let me bring it back in after three weeks. Now my two eyes are working together. I've got vitality back into my eyes. So that's

one example of a physical therapy exercise.

a general thought if someone was again highly motivated, what should our relation with the Sun be? Is this something where you're saying get sun in the early morning? Are you saying get 20 minutes an hour six hours 12 hours? What would be perfect if someone was motivated regarding our relation with sunlight? Well, just the general mainstream person what I would say is that getting third 30 minutes of natural sunlight in the morning as long as it's not

triggering a blink reflex. So you don't have to look directly in the sun. Even if it's cloudy outside, you're still getting the sun. You can wear a hat. You can you know, you don't want to look directly at the sun go walk. You know, that's a good time to do it. The more advanced people I would say end of day is also great. We get color therapy at that time because usually around sunset. Sometimes we get the different colors and our eyes need different colors.

Red is more stimulating. Violet purple blue green is more relaxing. So that would be a way to get color therapy, but I think we've been taught to be afraid of the sun. I think there's a lot of fear out there and I think it's really overblown. Yes, UV and high amounts can change the lens health, but we actually need trace amounts of UV. One of the people that I love mention this book.

Sam Berne (04:25.249)

John Ott, it's called health and light and one of the things I talked about was something called malillumination just like malnutrition and what he would say is that we're not getting the proper light diet. You know, I remember an example of this in my office. I had a very busy office and I had seven people working up front. know, they were processing all the insurance claims and there was always a lot of conflict and fighting and you know, just

bad vibes. So one weekend I went in and I changed the the light bulbs to full spectrum fluorescent lights and I didn't tell the staff so about a week later, you know, we had a meeting and they said, geez, you know, did what did you change? We're feeling so much better in the front office and I told them and they said, that makes sense. Now we're now in natural full spectrum lighting and our bodies are less stress. We're more open to it. So

Full spectrum lighting is like full spectrum living and we need to get away from artificial light. We need to get away from the digital and we need to go into a space where we're getting the natural sunlight. Is it bad if you're a gardener and you spend all day outside? Is that a good thing or a bad thing to your eyes? Well, if I was a gardener, a forest ranger or a lifeguard, I would certainly be investing in a good pair of sunglasses.

And a lot of it depends on my, you know, my skin health, how sensitive I am to the sun. I think using sunglasses is actually a really good thing. I think you want to get a good neutral brown or neutral gray, pay a little bit more and get a high quality sun lens. But again, we're talking moderation. You get that natural light in the morning 30 minutes.

You know, I know for me, I like to hike. sometimes today was hiking with my dog and for part of the time I was wearing sunglasses because I was right in the sun and then we were up at a stream playing up there and the sun was indirect. So I took my sunglasses off. I do a lot of skiing. I ski up in Taos and I wear sunglasses, you know, I go out in the ocean and I wear sunglasses. There's nothing wrong with that.

Sam Berne (06:51.146)

I think what it is is you need to feel your body and give your eyes and your body what it wants talk to your eyes. If it's too bright, it's perfectly fine to wear sunglasses. If you're driving into the sun wear sunglasses. Now where you are the sun isn't quite as extreme as where we are in the desert Southwest. So I might wear sunglasses a little more than say where you are. But if you're sensitive protect yourself. There's nothing wrong with that.

But the fear part of it changes the neurochemicals in the brain and that's where the issue comes in. You know, I want to have good levels of serotonin dopamine and oxytocin. I want to embrace the sun and I also want to be sensible about it. As soon as I go into my fear, what happens? My cortisol levels go up my dopamine and serotonin go down. So be aware of what your mind is doing and understand that

Basically, we're heliocentric. We go towards the sun just like the plants and then we just have to moderate how much and how long.

And if we every day want to take a three or four hour walk outside, we seem to like the sun. We don't really want to wear sunglasses. Are you comfortable or are we doing damage to our No, we're comfortable with that. We're comfortable with that. And you know what? You can always check in with your eye doctor and eye health see what's going on with your, you know, your macular health and your lens. I'd recommend routine exams so you can monitor that. So if you start developing a cataract, you can go, okay, why is that? it because of the sun?

Is because of my sugar. So, you know, I think it's really important to check in and go to your doctor,