Clearer Vision - Transformation Grid by Dr. Greg Johnson
- gjohnson6493
- Jul 19, 2025
- 3 min read
*Nothing in this post is to be construed as optometric or medical advice and is not intended to replace the care and advice from your licensed eye care professional. If you have any concerns about your vision or about any possible result of the following activity described, please do not proceed and consult your eye doctor.
When I discovered this new principle on how to truly employ Dr. William H. Bate's ideas [I hate calling it the Bate's Method as Bate's said whatever would alleviate the strain would lead to improvement], I was asked to explain my method by one of my vision therapists. I drew what I remembered seeing right in front of me... THE CROSS. Of course, the cross is the answer to everything right? I certainly believe so. I drew this and explained. I tried it on a couple of patients for explanation of my method and began to realize... WOW! this thing really works. 125 years of optometry boiled down to this? There has got to be more, and yes, there is more, but I'll explain only this for now so this can be experienced as easily as possible.
I am not going to explain in this blog post how this works neurologically, I'll explain that later on, but I have a working theory ecompassing Dr. Bate's ideas on the extraocular muscles.
I call this the Transformation Grid as I am instructing my patient's to do something similar with Dr. Bill Padula's Transformation Cube.
This by far gets me to demonstrate to my patient's the fastest way possible. Does it work on everybody instantly? No, it wouldn't be optometry/medical care if it did. My higher myopes have the most difficulty with this.
It is very important that you do NOT fixate the lines. I mean extremely important as it will not work if you look at the lines. Instead, see these as shapes, that is, 9 tiles put together. Looking at the lines would be akin to attempting to look out the window by looking at the supporting bars of the window itself.
The goal is to distract the mind from the lines and the clearness (or lack thereof) with pattern recognition. First, recognize the cross or "+" pattern in this grid.
Then try to recognize the 5 pattern (like the 5 on a domino or dice) pictured below.
Understand that the goal is to NOT hold the pattern (there are other activities for that in a later post. The activity is the alternation or switching of the pattern back and forth as follows.
I do not expect that you will see clearly merely looking at the gif above. This gif is to only demonstrate the point of what you are to be recognizing in the grid. It must be recognized and switch mentally/cognitively/visually with the 9 square block. Scroll back up and give it try a few times.
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You should feel or sense the motion. There is a subtle yet distinct feeling as you switch. If it blurs, do not worry, just keep alternating your recognition of the pattern. Remember to blink and to not hold your breath.
Now, if you are nearsighted (having trouble seeing far away), take off your glasses and put the screen just outside of your distance of clarity. I beleive it is important to see at least see the first few rows of the eyechart below clearly. Once situated, alternate the pattern recognition of the grid and experience the slight and subtle motion and feeling of the pattern switch. Do this several times and then look at the eyechart. When you look at the eye chart, it is important to also not fixate on the letter themselves, but at the entirety of the space between the letters. So objectify the space, and not the letters directly themselves. I call this "Seeing Spaces." If it blurs quickly after alternations, just repeat. Give it a try.
If you have just a smidge of extra clarity or less blurriness, you were successful in that moment. If you are farsighted or wear bifocal. Situate the eyechart and gride the same way. If you are having difficulty or your screen doesn't allow a side-by-side view, I would suggest you print them out as the contrast is much better on paper than digital and may likely be a big help. Make sure you have plenty of light.
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