While the importance of relaxation in mental well-being is well documented, it is often overlooked when it comes to ocular health. Just like the rest of the muscles around your body, your eyes muscle can suffer from tension. This tension plays a part in both short and long sightedness and is only made worse by the use of corrective lenses.
If you wear corrective lenses you are effectively decreasingly the amount exercise your eyes have to do, this results in a deterioration in your focusing skills. So when you couple strained eye muscles with poor focusing you can see (or maybe you can’t!) how your eyesight continually worsens until you need stronger corrective lenses, and this process just keeps repeating.
Most opticians will keep this a secret but there are actually a number of exercises you can do to reduce strain and tension in your eyes. If you take just five minutes a day to do these eye exercises then you will find that your eyesight will slowly improve, and it could save you another expensive trip to the opticians!
Look Out The Window
This is a simple name for a simple exercise and it’s particularly effective for those who spend a lot of time indoors or working at a computer. All you have to do is look out of the window every now and again for a minute or so. The natural light will relax your eye muscles, especially after the strain caused by a computer monitor.
Palm Cupping
First rub the palms of your hands together to warm them up. Close your eyes and gently cup your palms around them. You will be able to feel your eyes relax during this exercise. Use this technique for ten to thirty seconds at a time.
Fixed Eye Movement
Whilst sitting or lying down look up as far as you can and hold for five seconds. Allow your eyes to centre again for a couple of seconds before looking down for five seconds. After those five seconds, again allow your eyes to centre. Repeat this process, looking both to the left and to the right.
Full Body Relaxation
Stand with your feet slightly apart, and with your knees bent a little. Slowly rotate your body at the hips from side to side while allowing your arms to move in a relaxed manner. Keep your eyes open and focus as the world gently spins around your gaze. This exercise is also very good for your lower back so if you’re someone who spends a lot of time sat at a computer then this is a “must-do”!
As well as the above exercises there are a few easy ways to cut down on eye strain everyday. Move your seating a metre or so back from your television, spend less time on the computer, get seven hours sleep a night and only wear corrective lenses when absolutely necessary.
Keep doing your eye exercises everyday and soon it’ll all become clear!
Jake Rhodes is the author of many self-help articles and currently runs top
hypnosis site
http://www.hypnobusters.com along with professional hypnotherapist, Jon Rhodes.
