Exercises for the eyes
- Sit erect with hands on your knees.
- Lift your eyes and find a point, which you can see without any strain.
- Then shift your gaze down to the floor and find a point where you can focus effortlessly. This shifting of gaze at a particular point, up and down is an excellent exercise for the eyes.
- Breathing should be even and regular.
Note
The body must be relaxed and the head should not move when the eye exercises are performed. Except for the eyes, all parts of the body should be in a relaxed position.
Palming
This exercise is very good for the eyes and produces a calming effect on the nervous system. Palming is very useful to break the stress of the eyes because eyes need darkness to recover from the stress of light. So, when we cover the eyes and breathe deeply, we experience release from tension in the eye muscles. The nerves are enriched with blood supply.
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Steps
- Rub your palms till they are charged with heat and gently place the palms over the eyes.
- While cupping the palm over the eyes, take care not to apply direct pressure on the eyes. The eyes should relax in the darkness and stillness.
The warm prana current flowing from the palms relieves the tension and strain around the eye muscles.
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Horizontal eye movements
- Move the eyes from left to right and again right to left and relax the eyes by cupping your hands over the eyes.
- Then, move the eyes diagonally from left top to right bottom and right top to left bottom.
- Then, rotate the eyes in full circles in clockwise direction and anti- clockwise direction 10 times.
