“What’s the one thing that your optometrist doesn’t want you to know about?” asks a “human optimization specialist” who goes by the name Samantha Lotus in a recent video on her Instagram account. “The fact that you do not need glasses,” she answers, removing a pair from her own face.
Lotus goes on to explain that it’s “a lie” when eye doctors tell patients they require corrective lenses because, in fact, poor vision is caused by “mental, emotional, physical, and even spiritual” factors which can be “healed.” To that end, she offers a Vision Healing Masterclass for $11, in which she claims students will learn how to “truly see” through a “holistic multidimensional” process.
The strange clip gained viral attention thanks to scrutiny from @this_is_mallory, who prefers to be identified only by her social media handles and describes herself as a “skeptic” passionate about identifying wellness misinformation, as well as how it spreads online.
Her curiosity piqued by Lotus’ anti-glasses take, @this_is_mallory signed up for Lotus’ Zoom vision class. Before longs, she says, she deduced that it was, at least in part, a setup to pitch doTERRA Essential Oils, as she detailed in a viral thread on X, formerly Twitter. Lotus is a sales rep for the multi-level marketing company, according to a list of active members on their website. Earlier this year, it was hit with an FTC fine over misleading claims that their supplements could prevent, cure, or treat Covid-19. (It’s unclear if Lotus,...
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