Meir Schneider

Meir Schneider Method of Self-Healing This practice became the basis for the Meir Schneider Method of Self-Healing through Bodywork and Movement: a non-medical, holistic health rehabilitation and prevention system. It trains us to use muscles and joints in a balanced way by isolating muscle groups, relaxing chronically overused muscles, stimulating brain- body neural connections, and—most importantly— enhancing circulation. And in 1980, Meir founded the School for Self-Healing, a non-profit center in San Francisco, California, that offers educational programs and teaches people to realize their potential, to improve their health and overcome their disabilities. Meir has helped thousands of people during more than 120,000 clinical hours over the past forty-five years. Meir Schneider overcame congenital blindness and developed an original self- healing approach of exercises to improve vision and increase brain flexibility. Meir is born with congenital cataracts to deaf parents. He underwent five unsuccessful surgeries that left him with massive scar tissue. He was raised reading Braille until he discovered eye exercises at the age of 16. That helped him to develop vision. From a vision of 1%, his vision is now in the normal range, 70%. Now he can write, read and drive. Despite the great damage from the surgeries and poor development of his visual brain, because of his diligent work on his eyes and on his body with many exercises, at the age of 28, he was able to obtain a California drivers license. Through his own healing journey, developing his vision exercises, Meir discovered that the same principles, by which he gained functional vision, could also be applied to the entire body. Meir learned the fundamental principles of his self-healing method, which he was able to teach to others and apply to all systems of the body and many health conditions. Therefore, he added his own regimen of self-massage and movement to complement the visual exercises and developed a new pathway to overall health.