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Using Yoga for Your Eyes
Two schools of thought apply to the use of yoga for the eyes. The first
looks at the movement of the eyes as an aspect of stilling and focusing
the consciousness. Eyes that wander restlessly detract from the
individual's peace of mind so some yoga disciplines call for gazing
fixedly at a lamp or some other point to develop peaceful
attentiveness. A second, more active school of thought, however,
employs a series of exercises to correct vision problems resulting
from a lack of muscle tone and the reduction of flexibility leading to
reduced vision.
Yoga for Combating Visual Eye Problems and Eye Stress
These yoga for the eyes exercises can be both preventative and
corrective in their effectiveness and carry the added benefit of
stress reduction. Tension and fatigue in the eyes contributes greatly
to an overall sense of exhaustion. Dry bloodshut eyes, eyelid stress,
eye pressure and flashing in eyes are some causes of eye stress.
Simply relaxing the eyes and addressing this fatigue works wonders in
restoring an individual's ability to concentrate and to think clearly.
Basic Yoga for the Eyes
Yoga for the eyes involves a series of motions that cause the
eyes to go:
up and down
left and right
diagonally
and in a circular motion
Additionally, multiple techniques are used in concert with these
motions to provide intervals of rest and relaxation. These include:
blinking, squeezing the eyes closed tightly and then releasing,
and palming, a technique in which the palms are gently placed over the
eyes.
Palming is a simple technique that can be used at any time to create
warmth, darkness, and a temporary sense of stillness or isolation that
is a soothing break for the sensory overload often experienced by our
eyes. Sight has been described, accurately, as the most overloaded of
the human senses.
Beginning Yoga Eye Movements
Although there are many forms of yoga for the eyes, some basic
exercises involve the use of fixed points within the field of vision. Sit
with good posture including an erect spine. Hold the body relaxed and
raise the eyes to a level position. Find a point directly ahead you can
see without straining, then lower your eyes and find a comparable point
near the floor. These are the points to which you will return as you:
move your eyes up as far as you can without straining
and return to the point directly in front of you
repeating the maneuver four times
followed by a series of blinks to relax the eyes
Following the same guidelines, bring your eyes down and back four
times followed by repetitive, relaxing blinks.
Repeat this pattern by finding points to your left and right that you
may mark either by holding your fingers in the correct position or some
straight object like two pencils. Always use four repetitions followed
by a series of blinks.
When you have completed these motions, pick points on the diagonal
and move your eyes from the upper right to the lower left and then
the upper left to the lower right with the same pattern of four
followed by blinking.
Variations and Cautions
Other yoga for the eyes exercises may involve clockwise and counter
clockwise rotations or placing your index finger between your
eyebrows and following the course of the finger with your eyes as you
move it to the tip of your nose. In the latter exercise it is important
not to blink until the maneuver is complete. Your eyes will tear, which
is the point as the sequence is specifically designed to lubricate dry
eyes.
In performing yoga for the eyes it is important to remember to never
strain the eye muscles with exaggerated or extreme movements and
to stop what you are doing at the first sign of discomfort. Start slowly
and be gentle. Your eyes are a precious commodity and the point of the
yoga movements is to relax and strengthen the eyes, not to cause
further tension.
Two schools of thought apply to the use of yoga for the eyes. The first
looks at the movement of the eyes as an aspect of stilling and focusing
the consciousness. Eyes that wander restlessly detract from the
individual's peace of mind so some yoga disciplines call for gazing
fixedly at a lamp or some other point to develop peaceful
attentiveness. A second, more active school of thought, however,
employs a series of exercises to correct vision problems resulting
from a lack of muscle tone and the reduction of flexibility leading to
reduced vision.
Yoga for Combating Visual Eye Problems and Eye Stress
These yoga for the eyes exercises can be both preventative and
corrective in their effectiveness and carry the added benefit of
stress reduction. Tension and fatigue in the eyes contributes greatly
to an overall sense of exhaustion. Dry bloodshut eyes, eyelid stress,
eye pressure and flashing in eyes are some causes of eye stress.
Simply relaxing the eyes and addressing this fatigue works wonders in
restoring an individual's ability to concentrate and to think clearly.
Basic Yoga for the Eyes
Yoga for the eyes involves a series of motions that cause the
eyes to go:
up and down
left and right
diagonally
and in a circular motion
Additionally, multiple techniques are used in concert with these
motions to provide intervals of rest and relaxation. These include:
blinking, squeezing the eyes closed tightly and then releasing,
and palming, a technique in which the palms are gently placed over the
eyes.
Palming is a simple technique that can be used at any time to create
warmth, darkness, and a temporary sense of stillness or isolation that
is a soothing break for the sensory overload often experienced by our
eyes. Sight has been described, accurately, as the most overloaded of
the human senses.
Beginning Yoga Eye Movements
Although there are many forms of yoga for the eyes, some basic
exercises involve the use of fixed points within the field of vision. Sit
with good posture including an erect spine. Hold the body relaxed and
raise the eyes to a level position. Find a point directly ahead you can
see without straining, then lower your eyes and find a comparable point
near the floor. These are the points to which you will return as you:
move your eyes up as far as you can without straining
and return to the point directly in front of you
repeating the maneuver four times
followed by a series of blinks to relax the eyes
Following the same guidelines, bring your eyes down and back four
times followed by repetitive, relaxing blinks.
Repeat this pattern by finding points to your left and right that you
may mark either by holding your fingers in the correct position or some
straight object like two pencils. Always use four repetitions followed
by a series of blinks.
When you have completed these motions, pick points on the diagonal
and move your eyes from the upper right to the lower left and then
the upper left to the lower right with the same pattern of four
followed by blinking.
Variations and Cautions
Other yoga for the eyes exercises may involve clockwise and counter
clockwise rotations or placing your index finger between your
eyebrows and following the course of the finger with your eyes as you
move it to the tip of your nose. In the latter exercise it is important
not to blink until the maneuver is complete. Your eyes will tear, which
is the point as the sequence is specifically designed to lubricate dry
eyes.
In performing yoga for the eyes it is important to remember to never
strain the eye muscles with exaggerated or extreme movements and
to stop what you are doing at the first sign of discomfort. Start slowly
and be gentle. Your eyes are a precious commodity and the point of the
yoga movements is to relax and strengthen the eyes, not to cause
further tension.
Yoga and Breathing Breath is our life force, our connection between the physical and spiritual.
The conscious use of the breath separates yoga from other forms of exercise. Namaste
The conscious use of the breath separates yoga from other forms of exercise. Namaste
| We live in illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing,you are everything. That is all. ~ Buddhist Saying |