Boost Your Eyesight and Relax Your Eyes Naturally with Yoga

Many people nowadays go through all sorts of procedures both medical and physical in attempt to have a younger looking face. What a lot of these people do not realize is that your eyes are also a part of your body that loses function on with age. We stare at computer screens and television screens without realizing exactly how they affect our eyes, they affect our eyes adversely.

We use our eyes for almost every single daily function and most of us are not fully aware of how important they are, in fact many people do not realize the gift of sight until they are blind or have lost considerable vision with age. The eyes can be exercised in a variety of ways which can help to improve vision and also help to tone the eye muscles, this helps improving circulation to the area around the eyes. When following these exercise techniques it is important not to overdo it, since with any exercise the body takes time to adjust and adapt.

You should try to sit comfortably with your back straight and your legs uncrossed with your hands resting lightly in your lap or crossed. Your chin should be kept pointing downwards and only your eyes should move, not to your head or your neck. You should try to breathe deeply and evenly yet gently and evenly throughout the exercise and never tried to strain yourself or force any movements. Always try to close your eyes tightly for 20 seconds at the beginning and end of each exercise to help your eyes to relax.

For the first exercise you should try to look up towards the sky or the ceiling as far as high as you possibly can, almost as if you were trying to look up into your head. You should hold the position on for 3 seconds where your eyes are looking up towards the ceiling and then release. You should repeat this exercise three times.

The next exercise should have you doing the exact opposite, which is looking downwards as far as you possibly can, while still in the sitting position should be trying to look down to your toes without moving your head. This position should also be held for 3 seconds before release and should also be repeated three times.

The third exercise conscious of moving your eyes to the left and right as far as you possibly can this should be alternated, i.e. look left and then look right. Again, each time holding for 3 seconds and then releasing three different times.

You should then move your eyes in a smooth circular motion for about 10 seconds and then close your eyes to rest, this should be repeated four times.

In the final exercise you should focus both eyes on the tip of your nose for approximately 5 seconds and then relax them, this helps to exercise eye muscles deep in the skull.

References

1. 10 Minute Facelift. Jennie Harding2. Free Facial Exercises for the Forehead http://www.dermaxime.com/facial-exercises-eye-forehead.htm