When the eyesight gets worse the optometrists
prescribe eyeglasses. But before wearing them everyday try yogic eye exercises
that existed for centuries and helped millions to get perfect vision back. Here
is the short version of yogic eye exercises described in the book of Yogi
Ramanantata.
Start with massaging your lower eyelids with the tips
of your ring fingers. Use short and gentle circular
movements.
Close
your eyes half way down. You will notice that your upper lids constantly tremble
with different amplitude. Concentrate your efforts on stopping this trembling.
(Little hint – it will be easier to do if you look at further objects). Slowly
close your eyes, like your eyelids are made out of puffy cottony clouds. Think
that your eyes get extremely comfortable in their position. The blood filled
with the oxygen flows through your eye sockets. When you inhale imagine the
breezy oxygenized air coming through your nose into the eyes. Exhale through the
mouth. Breathe this way for one or two minutes and end this exercise with a
smile.
Concentrate your vision on the tip of your nose (in yoga practice it is called NASAGRA-DRUSHTY)
Blink. Always remember
about the blinking to lubricate your eyes, cleanse them and at the same time
relax all of the muscles surrounding your eyes.
Sit straight, look to the most left side and hold to
stretch your eye muscles. Return your gaze back to look straight in front of
you. Blink for a few seconds in order to relax your eyes. Repeat. Blink a
few times. This exercise has to be repeated for other eye positions (right, up,
bottom, right top corner, right bottom corner, left bottom corner and left top
corner). Do not forget about blinking.
Draw a horizontal number eight with your eyes. Blink
Draw a circle with your eyes. Blink with your eyes closed.
Perform Palming to relax your eyes after Stretching set of Eye Exercises.
Spend 2 minutes to give yourself Eye Acupressure Massage to prepare your eyes for the Dynamic Eye Exercises.
Sit straight. Look to the most left position and move
your gaze to the most right position. Repeat 3 times. Blink a few times. Repeat
looking up and down, diagonally (from the left top corner to the right bottom
corner and from the top right corner to the left bottom corner). Each movement
has to be repeated 3-4 times in the beginning. Do not forget to blink.
Perform focusing exercises. Look at the tip of your
nose and then on the far object and back to the tip of your nose. Repeat 10
times dynamically. Be inventive. Choose objects on the different distance and look at each of them.
Finish up with Palming to relax your eyes.
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