OUR STORY
Hi. My name is Irena Castle. I am an eyesight development coach, the founder and CEO of Overbound, and the company’s Director of Program Development. I have been fortunate to have done a lot of great stuff in my life and always work from the point of deep passion for what I was creating. Little did I know that my passion could reach a whole new level, until the day I kicked-off my vision improvement and development coaching journey.
I literally stumbled upon it when my husband and I looked for ways to expand our son’s peripheral awareness during soccer. My search for the right program took me to existing sports eyesight development practices, vision therapy, and natural vision improvement methods. I learned many different approaches, principles and techniques. I earned my certification with Bates International in London. I took mentorship with the best Bates method teachers and those who have practiced holistic vision improvement for decades to become one of the very few individuals who coach people how to bring their eyesight to proficiency. It was when I trained the first athletes and taught my first students when I knew there was no way back. I saw their vision expand, saw them seeing the field. I saw myopia disappear and clear vision take its place. The passion turned into my life purpose and I became an eyesight coach by heart.
Along the way the innovator in me took over. I started seeing inefficiency and inconsistency in the way some vision development tools have been used and responded to the problem by creating Overbound Eyesight Trainer - a pair of specialty goggles that respects all principles of natural vision development. The trainer is the first tool of its kind that features 360° peripheral openness and is designed for all eyesight practices that benefit from selective vision obstruction.
I founded Overbound in 2019 and took two years to bring the Eyesight Trainer to life. The trainer, accompanied by several specialized practice programs for you to choose from, is now used by students in nearly 30 countries around the world. This is where the journey begins for you.
“Whether you dream of seeing without glasses or whether you are an athlete who wants to become a true asset for their team, I challenge you to join Overbound on a journey to eyesight without boundaries.”
— Irena Castle
WHAT WE ASPIRE
At Overbound, we see the world where no one’s potential is limited by the capability of their eyes and where proficient eyesight and the benefits that come with it are achieved through the practice and development of visual skills in the environment native to where these skills will be used.
WHAT WE DO
Therefore, we thrive to introduce products and services that help people develop their eyesight skills in an engaging manner, leveraging their own natural capabilities, so that they can see without the use of corrective devices and engage with the world in a brand new way.
RESULTS WE PROVIDE
We teach athletes, and all people with common eye conditions to expand their visual field and maximize their visual skills, so they can see well without corrective devices, perform at the highest level and reach their goals.
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FOR SEEKERS OF VISION CLARITY
Leveraging the Overbound Clarity Eyesight Trainer and Program, we teach people the skills of clear seeing, so they can toss their glasses and contact lenses and start seeing the world in a brand new way. Our programs are based on the principles of the William Bates method for clear eyesight, basic principles of neuropsychology, and techniques used in sports eyesight development. They are highly effective and fun to practice!
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FOR ATHLETES
Leveraging the Overbound Performance Eyesight Trainer and Method, we help athletes develop all visual skills necessary for elevating their sports training and performance in the game, mainly peripheral awareness, dynamic acuity, depth perception, and reaction speed.
Since athletics is why Overbound was born in the first place, we have dedicated a whole separate website to eyesight development for athletes and coaches. So, click the button below and immerse yourself in the vision world of athletics.
THE OVERBOUND GOAT
WHAT DOES OVERBOUND MEAN?
Overbound stands for “overcoming boundaries”, such as those of limited vision.
In old British English the word (overbound) means beyond a boundary; to exceed the bounds or limits of (something).
Overbound Eyesight therefore stands for vision without limits.
AND WHAT’S UP WITH THE GOAT?
The “O” in the Overbound logo is in the shape of a goat/ram’s horn. We also use goats across our products' packaging and training materials. Why?
The Alpine Ibex (mountain goat) is an animal that can overcome unbelievable obstacles to get to its food, minerals, or to otherwise fulfill its needs. Additionally, mountain goats (and goats in general) have the gift of an enormous visual field of 320-340 degrees horizontally. Given peripheral vision lacks in most humans with limited vision (and even in many who can see clearly without glasses), and despite the fact that people cannot physically reach such level of visual field due to the front facing position of our eyes on the face, we take the goat as an inspiration.