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counselors and naturopaths. They can also make recommendations regarding learning and assist you or your educators or employers on strategies for improving learning and overall success. Such an expanded view of the visual system also gives the practitioner information on specific strengths and weaknesses in your personality. Iridology gives you information on who you are as a person, how your body func- tions, how you learn and even how you show up in the world, at school, work, at play and in relationships. These insights can be shared with family members or other support people such as a mentor, coach or psychotherapist in order to improve relationships, sports performance or advancement in personal development. Iridology goes beyond the eye and allows Iridology: Power us to see and address our blind spots, freeing up energy for more of the life we want and love. The intelligence gained from this expand- in Your Eyes ed view allows us to recognize and step over obstacles, gaining access and support for needs we did not know we had. No greater assessment How You Look is How You Be tool is available that can so quickly give you information in so many areas of your life. What by Randy Schulman better way to achieve personal empowerment ost people go to the eye doctor computer use. If you have trouble with eye move- than through the eye? because they have trouble seeing ments or tracking, you may have difficulty with It is important to further understand that clearly and need new glasses or reading or staying in the lines when writing. If any condition within the eye or the body can be Mcontact lenses, or they have been referred by your eyes do not focus or team well, it will make viewed as a call to listen to what the body and their internist or pediatrician. An eye examina- it harder to maintain focus for reading, shift your spirit is telling you. Many vision conditions are tion is not just for glasses to improve eyesight; it focus while driving and negatively affect sports signals to address concerns regarding physical, reveals so much more. performance. Poor eye-hand coordination or mental and emotional health. Specific therapies, Most eye doctors look at eye health, which reduced visual auditory skills will correspond including colored light therapy, prisms, home- is a strong indicator of overall health and well- to clumsiness, disinterest in sports and trouble opathy and meditative practices, can bring you ness, and refraction, which is a measure of the following directions. If you have difficulty with into balance and harmonize areas in your life need for compensatory visual processing, you may also have difficulty in that are calling for attention. eyeglass prescription. An integrative recalling information or staying organized. For more information on iridology including dis- vision care specialist looks at all of that and Behavioral optometrists will determine if cussions on spirituality, vision and consciousness, more. Behavioral or integrative your current visual status can meet your daily see the works of Dr. Ellen Tart Jensen at Ber- optometrists look at eyesight and eye health demands and make recommendations for treat- nardJensen.com, Dr. Marc Grossman at Natu- concerns, measuring nearsightedness, farsight- ment, including therapeutic or stress relieving ralEyeCare.com, Dr. Sam Berne at DrSamBerne. edness and astigmatism as well as checking for glasses, vision or perceptual learning therapy com, Dr. Jacob Liberman at JacobLiberman.org, glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration. and lifestyle modifications. Denny Ray Johnson at Rayid.com or Roberto But on top of that, these doctors additionally A select few eye care practitioners will go a Kaplan, OD at Beyond2020Vision.com. assess focusing, eye teaming, eye movements, step further in assessing your visual functioning visual processing, eye-hand-body coordination and overall health by looking at the eyes. Along Randy Schulman, MS, OD, FCOVD, specializes and auditory visual integration, as well as take with the vision examination, iridology allows the in behavioral optometry and vision therapy, a detailed history regarding lifestyle—includ- doctor to gain insight into the health of specific pediatrics, learning disabilities, and preventative ing sleep, nutrition, exercise, life stressors and organs and systems in the body, learning style and integrative vision care for all ages. EyeCare habitual demands. and even personality. 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