Palming Stick

This Palming Stick is a vision education tool for relaxing your mind and eyes. It allows you to more comfortably practice palming, a foundational technique of the Bates method of natural vision improvement.

Supporting your arms with a Palming Stick allows for better posture and more relaxed shoulders, so you can remain comfortable while palming for longer periods of time.

This sturdy Palming Stick is lightweight, strong and stable. It was designed and handmade by myself, using repurposed new and gently used consumer products and non-toxic materials, with the aim of being more environmentally friendly.

Made with aluminum adjustable tubing (color may vary), solid poplar and baltic birch woods, painted with a water-based clear coat and covered with an odor-free TPE (Thermoplastic Elastomer) foam padding that is adhered with an oder-free water-based adhesive.

Weight is approximately 1 ½ lbs.

Height is adjustable, with a minimum height of approximately 13″ and a maximum height of about 20”.

The poplar wood arm support is 18″ wide, 3 ½” deep and ½” thick, and is covered with a 1/2″ thick foam cushion.

The poplar wood base is 10 ¾” wide, 2 ½” deep and ¼” thick.

The baltic birch half-round balls, used for attaching the aluminum tubing to the arm support and base, have threaded brass inserts that securely hold the thumb screws. The thumb screws make it quick and easy to assemble the Palming Stick for use and disassemble for storage or travel.

It comes with both a wooden platform base and a non-slip rubber cane tip which can be interchanged as desired. The platform base is very stable, allowing for greater relaxation during longer palming sessions. The non-slip rubber cane-tip, preferred by many, allows for gentle relaxing movements, such as rocking or swaying, which can be very beneficial in soothing the visual system.

It will be shipped unassembled, with written instructions for assembly and use included.

If you have any questions, please contact me.