The LOOKING WITH EASE technique is usually used to get you ready to practice acuity or another vision skill at the distance of blur. Should you want to use this technique only for this purpose, it is an excellent use of it and all you have to do is to incorporate it into the "warm-up" part of your routine.

If it is easy for you to keep your visual system relaxed at the distance of blur, and if you want to "work ahead", it is OK to practice your LOOKING WITH EASE from an even more challenging distance while still practicing other techniques at the initial distance of blur.

Example 1: Let's say you are myopic (nearsighted) and your distance of blur/point of blur is at your arm length. Anything past that is blurry. You have learned how to keep your eyes and other muscles relaxed while looking at a reading or the Snellen chart at your arm length, but you have not reached clarity at that distance quite yet. What you can do is to continue practicing your acuity techniques at your arm length, but practicing the LOOKING WITH EASE technique at a distance further away from your eyes. You would have to place your blank sheet of paper or your practice charts on the wall and step away far enough so that your arm cannot touch the wall.

Example 2: You are a presbyopic or farsighted person. Your point of blur is also at your arm length (like in Example 1). You learned to look with ease at your arm length, but you cannot see clearly. You will continue practicing your acuity techniques at your arm length (the point of blur). You will also start working on "looking with ease" at a distance that is a few inches closer to your face.

Do not extend the distance too fast! Remember that you (and your brain) want to succeed! 1/2 inch to 1 inch at a time may be plenty. Inching to clarity will most likely happen faster than taking big leaps.