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Active Focus resolves a small amount of [[myopic defocus]]. Doing Active Focus provides the necessary stimulus to reverse the effects of [[myopia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://endmyopia.org/faq-items/what-is-active-focus |title=What is Active Focus |last=Steiner |first=Jake |website=Endmyopia |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vasudevan |first1=Balamurali |last2=Ciuffreda |first2=Kenneth |date=2009 |title=Accommodative Training to Reduce Nearwork-Induced Transient Myopia |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19786929 |journal=Optometry and Vision Science |volume=86 |issue=11 |pages=1287-1294 |doi=10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181bb44cf |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> It is also important in managing eyestrain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links/ |title=Active Focus: The Link List (+ Video Explainer) |last=Steiner |first=Jake |website=Endmyopia |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>

Active Focus attempts to push the distant vision of the eyes slightly further. However, as [[accommodation]] is ~~a voluntary~~ process, achieving Active Focus is not straight forward. While it is easy to move the skeletal muscles of your body, it is not possible to control the [[ciliary muscle]]s in the same way. However, by careful manipulation of the [[blur horizon]], it is possible to encourage the eyes to push slightly harder to achieve focus. This extra push is what Active Focus is about.

Active Focus attempts to push the distant vision of the eyes slightly further. However, as [[accommodation]] is an involuntary process, achieving Active Focus is not straight forward. While it is easy to move the skeletal muscles of your body, it is not possible to control the [[ciliary muscle]]s in the same way. However, by careful manipulation of the [[blur horizon]], it is possible to encourage the eyes to push slightly harder to achieve focus. This extra push is what Active Focus is about.

In order to do this successfully, it is important to introduce appropriate amount of [[blur]] challenge to the eyes. This can be accomplished by the use of [[normalized]] and [[differential]] glasses. As opposed to full correction glasses where everything is always sharp, normalized and differential glasses provide convenient access to a blur horizon. This blur horizon allows for the practice of Active Focus. Again, the blur challenge should not be so much that it is too difficult for the eyes and not so little that it is unnoticeable.

==Implementing Active Focus==

Practicing ~~Active Focus~~ should not be viewed as an exercise activity. It should be incorporated to your daily lives so that it becomes habitual.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steiner |first=Jake |title=Minimum Daily Active Focus Time? (PRO TOPIC) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQXqHXtpDp4 |access-date=11 June 2020 |publisher=YouTube}}</ref> With proper use of normalized and differential glasses, opportunities to do ~~Active Focus~~ throughout your day is everywhere. By turning it into a habit, blur challenges are automatically cleared, thus eliminating the need to "put in effort" to improve. Taking frequent breaks from near visual work to do ~~Active Focus~~ is critical in preventing ciliary spasm and the worsening of myopia. With consistent practice of ~~Active Focus~~, it is estimated that myopia will reverse at a rate of 0.25 diopters every 3 months.

'''If you feel strained by doing active focus, you can and should take a break.'''

Active focus is a [[distance vision]] activity. Practicing active focus should not be viewed as an exercise activity. It should be incorporated to your daily lives so that it becomes habitual.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steiner |first=Jake |title=Minimum Daily Active Focus Time? (PRO TOPIC) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQXqHXtpDp4 |access-date=11 June 2020 |publisher=YouTube}}</ref> With proper use of normalized and differential glasses, opportunities to do active focus throughout your day are everywhere. By turning it into a habit, blur challenges are automatically cleared, thus eliminating the need to "put in effort" to improve. Taking frequent breaks from near visual work to do active focus is critical in preventing ciliary spasm and the worsening of myopia. With consistent practice of active focus, it is estimated that myopia will reverse at a rate of 0.25 diopters every 3 months.

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==Active Focus in small words==

* Look at something that is [https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Blur_horizon only a little blurry]. Make it not blurry.

* Active Focus = Paying attention, that's all. Active Focus =/= Change from Blur to clarity. The latter is a possible but likely outcome of the former.

==Arguments against active focus==

* {{PAGENAME}} is known to cause [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/606146580051132448/1083960174991134842/image.png pigment dispersion syndrome]; as such, it might not necessarily be a safe method. Therefore, it is highly recommended to be skeptical and extremely thoroughy research all the possible methods to decide which one to use.

==See also==

* [[print pushing]]

* [[Guide:How to find Active Focus]]

* [[Community:A Million Ways to Find Active Focus|A Million Ways to Find Active Focus]]

* [https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links Active Focus: The Link List (+ Video Explainer)]

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 Active Focus resolves a small amount of [[myopic defocus]]. Doing Active Focus provides the necessary stimulus to reverse the effects of [[myopia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://endmyopia.org/faq-items/what-is-active-focus |title=What is Active Focus |last=Steiner |first=Jake |website=Endmyopia |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vasudevan |first1=Balamurali |last2=Ciuffreda |first2=Kenneth |date=2009 |title=Accommodative Training to Reduce Nearwork-Induced Transient Myopia |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19786929 |journal=Optometry and Vision Science |volume=86 |issue=11 |pages=1287-1294 |doi=10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181bb44cf |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref> It is also important in managing eyestrain.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links/ |title=Active Focus: The Link List (+ Video Explainer) |last=Steiner |first=Jake |website=Endmyopia |access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>
-Active Focus attempts to push the distant vision of the eyes slightly further. However, as [[accommodation]] is a voluntary process, achieving Active Focus is not straight forward. While it is easy to move the skeletal muscles of your body, it is not possible to control the [[ciliary muscle]]s in the same way. However, by careful manipulation of the [[blur horizon]], it is possible to encourage the eyes to push slightly harder to achieve focus. This extra push is what Active Focus is about.
+Active Focus attempts to push the distant vision of the eyes slightly further. However, as [[accommodation]] is an involuntary process, achieving Active Focus is not straight forward. While it is easy to move the skeletal muscles of your body, it is not possible to control the [[ciliary muscle]]s in the same way. However, by careful manipulation of the [[blur horizon]], it is possible to encourage the eyes to push slightly harder to achieve focus. This extra push is what Active Focus is about.
 In order to do this successfully, it is important to introduce appropriate amount of [[blur]] challenge to the eyes. This can be accomplished by the use of [[normalized]] and [[differential]] glasses. As opposed to full correction glasses where everything is always sharp, normalized and differential glasses provide convenient access to a blur horizon. This blur horizon allows for the practice of Active Focus. Again, the blur challenge should not be so much that it is too difficult for the eyes and not so little that it is unnoticeable.
 ==Implementing Active Focus==
-Practicing Active Focus should not be viewed as an exercise activity. It should be incorporated to your daily lives so that it becomes habitual.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steiner |first=Jake |title=Minimum Daily Active Focus Time? (PRO TOPIC) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQXqHXtpDp4 |access-date=11 June 2020 |publisher=YouTube}}</ref> With proper use of normalized and differential glasses, opportunities to do Active Focus throughout your day is everywhere. By turning it into a habit, blur challenges are automatically cleared, thus eliminating the need to "put in effort" to improve. Taking frequent breaks from near visual work to do Active Focus is critical in preventing ciliary spasm and the worsening of myopia. With consistent practice of Active Focus, it is estimated that myopia will reverse at a rate of 0.25 diopters every 3 months.
+ '''If you feel strained by doing active focus, you can and should take a break.'''
+Active focus is a [[distance vision]] activity.  Practicing active focus should not be viewed as an exercise activity. It should be incorporated to your daily lives so that it becomes habitual.<ref>{{cite web |last=Steiner |first=Jake |title=Minimum Daily Active Focus Time? (PRO TOPIC) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQXqHXtpDp4 |access-date=11 June 2020 |publisher=YouTube}}</ref> With proper use of normalized and differential glasses, opportunities to do active focus throughout your day are everywhere. By turning it into a habit, blur challenges are automatically cleared, thus eliminating the need to "put in effort" to improve. Taking frequent breaks from near visual work to do active focus is critical in preventing ciliary spasm and the worsening of myopia. With consistent practice of active focus, it is estimated that myopia will reverse at a rate of 0.25 diopters every 3 months.
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+==Active Focus in small words==
+* Look at something that is [https://wiki.endmyopia.org/wiki/Blur_horizon only a little blurry].  Make it not blurry.
+* Active Focus = Paying attention, that's all. Active Focus =/= Change from Blur to clarity. The latter is a possible but likely outcome of the former.
+==Arguments against active focus==
+* {{PAGENAME}} is known to cause [https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/606146580051132448/1083960174991134842/image.png pigment dispersion syndrome]; as such, it might not necessarily be a safe method. Therefore, it is highly recommended to be skeptical and extremely thoroughy research all the possible methods to decide which one to use.
 ==See also==
+* [[print pushing]]
 * [[Guide:How to find Active Focus]]
 * [[Community:A Million Ways to Find Active Focus|A Million Ways to Find Active Focus]]
 * [https://endmyopia.org/active-focus-links Active Focus: The Link List (+ Video Explainer)]