Best 10 Exercises for Your Eyes
– This is an article about exercises for your eyes that came in a mail from a colleague. I think it is from an advertisement for glasses originally. If you know the source let me know.
Long hours on computer or television can be really hazardous for your eyes. Maintaining healthy eyes has now become almost a big challenge for people but it might not be as hard as you think. A few simple measures can ensure the safety of your eyes easily like using the right eye products or eating healthy food.
1. Palming
This is a perfect exercise to relax your eyes. Rub your palms together to warm them up. Now close your eyes and cup them with your palms. Make sure that your palms are not touching your eyelids. You can keep your hand on your forehead for support. Now breathe deeply a few times while holding that position. Then open your eyes slowly. You will notice that the colors will seem brighter than before.
2. Blinking
Blinking is a natural way of relaxing eyes but often computer users blink less when focusing on something. Take a break from your work and exercise blinking your eyes more rapidly. Blink your eyes every 2-3 seconds for a few minutes. This will remove the strain from your eyes and relax them. Blinking more often also presents a relaxed, friendly posture during communication.
3. Eye Circles
This is an ideal exercise when your eyes feel stiff. Sit straight and keep your neck stiff and then rotate your eyes in circular motion, alternating between clockwise and anticlockwise direction. This will exercise your eye muscles.
4. Figure Eight
Just like the previous exercise, this is perfect to exercise your muscles and make them flexible. Sit straight and keep your neck straight and now, instead of moving your eyes in a circular motion, move them as if tracing a figure eight with your eyes. Do it both ways alternatively for a few minutes.
5. Zooming
This exercise increases your focusing abilities. Focus on your thumb or index finger keeping it at an arm’s length. Now slowly move the finger closer to your nose while looking intently at it. Then move it back again. Do this a few times without losing your focus from your finger.
6. Near and Far Focusing
Select two focal points, one very near to you and one that is 10-20 feet away. First look at the point closer to you for a few seconds, and then switch to the point that is away. Keep switching between the two points while breathing deeply for 2-3 minutes.
7. Swinging
Sit straight keeping a stiff neck and move your eyes in a swinging motion. You can use a pendulum or the cursor on your screen by swinging it back and forth and focusing on it. This can loosen up stiff eye muscles.
8. Tracing
Focus on different objects that are at various distances from you and trace their perimeter with your eyes. Think as if your eyes are a pencil tracing the outline of these objects. This will improve your focusing ability and exercise your muscles.
9. Taking a Break
If you have been working for a long time, take a break and focus on something far away. If you were focusing on something in a distance while working, take a break and look at something close to you. This will notably take away the strain from your eyes.
10. Closing Your Eyes
And the simplest thing to do when your eyes feel strained is to close your eyes for a few seconds, relax and breathe deeply. It may not sound like an exercise to you but it is!
These ten simple eye exercises can keep your eyes healthy and strong easily. These exercises are easy-to-use, take only a few minutes and can be carried out easily.