1. Introduction - in which the author explains what eye training is; 2. Vision and Eye training today - in which he explains that it is preventative medicine, and that glasses and contacts are not necessarily the answer to vision problems; 3. Understanding vision; 4. The basics of eye training - explaining that we should establish physical and visual habits that promote healthy vision; 5. Holistic Eye Training - explaining that we see with our whole body, that our vision is more than just in our eyes, that we need to consciously participate in what we see; 6. Eye training in 5 Lessons -- the lessons include eye relaxation, refreshing and strengthening eyesight, eye movement, accommodation, spatial perception and visual memory; 7. Healthy Tips for the Eyes -- which include vitamins for good vision, eye showers, eye baths, using eye pillows, acupressure, and using light; 8. Disadvantages of visual aids -- in which the author discusses why we should try to take off our glasses when we do not need them, and/or use weaker glasses or progressive undercorrection to allow an improvement in our vision, and he also talks about pinhole glasses; 9. Eye training with posters/Exercising your perception of contrast -- to increase visual perception, to train the external eye muscles, to exercise near vision, to aid stereoscopic vision (3D posters), and to increase visual memory; 10. Short Exercises for Lively Vision -- a chapter with 20 quick exercises that can be done in a few minutes. The exercises are based on what was covered throughout the book. This chapter also includes "8 steps to success."

The book is not organized terribly well, and apart from the 20 quick exercises routine at the end, there arent many tips on how to design your own program. But for a nice overview of different visual therapy techniques for natural vision improvement, this book does a good job. There are lots of color plates and it is printed on nice heavy stock. The author likes to emphasize that these exercises are not just for those with "defective" vision, but also (and even more so) for those with "perfect" vision, in order to prevent vision problems that seem to come inevitably to just about everyone. One thing I did not like about the book is that on the back of the book, it says, "Whether your eyes are 20/20 and you want to keep them that way, or whether you want to restore lost vision, here are all the methods youll need to do it." But then in one of the first sections, it says, "people with defective vision should know that the eye training program presented in this book wont reverse their condition. At best, this program might stop a condition from deteriorating, and it might strengthen visual acuity. However, evidence of that does not necessarily show up in lower dioptric numbers." He seems to want to say that this program could improve your vision, but he doesnt really want to, at the same time. I assume he doesnt want to give anyone false hope.

I have seen many of these techniques in other books, so I know that they are fairly well-known types of natural vision improvement, especially the Bates method componenents, which include relaxation, palming, sunning (sunbathing the eyes), and swinging. Its not as though the author made them up. In fact, he is the director of the Institute for Visual Training in Bad Vilbel, Germany, and he is a Gestalt and color therapist.