Rosemary Gaddum Gordon
Compassionate approaches to healing eyesight and trauma.
A founding member of the faculty at the Vision Education Training Institute, Rosemary graduated in 1968 from Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, with a diploma in orthoptics, (someone who works with ophthalmologists to help people improve the coordination of their eyes.) In 1973 she studied with a Bates teacher and improved her own vision. After receiving a master's degree in 1981 in Vision Therapy from Lesley College, Cambridge, MA, Rosemary added a number of modalities to her skill-set. These include Reiki, Educational Kinesiology, Focusing, CranioSacral Therapy and Self Regulation Therapy. She finds these techniques aid in teaching a student to relax, coordinate their eyes and improve their vision more easily.
Rosemary uses Self Regulation Therapy (SRT) on it's own as well as with the vision improvement work. Significant overwhelming events at anytime in one's life - such as motor vehicle accidents, surgeries, or exposure to violence - can result in changes in the nervous system. These changes can negatively impact the way a person feels and relates to others and the world. SRT is a psychophysiological approach aimed at reducing the dysregulation in a nervous system that results from such traumatic events. Simultaneously, it increases the neural pathways that connect to contentment and joy. By easing the integration of these overwhelming events, balance is returned to the nervous system.
"I find that both Holistic Vision Improvement and Self Regulation Therapy are gentle, compassionate and empowering methods of reducing stress and increasing ease and happiness. The aim is for you to learn how to better care for your good vision and your comfort in the world, so you no longer need me."
Rosemary teaches individuals, groups and workshops in the U.S. and Europe.