| From time immemorial yoga has been considered as | | | | yoga exercises. |
| an effective way to exercise the mind and provide a | | | | In the motionless state of the body, allow your open |
| fulfilling spiritual experience. It enhances the body’s | | | | eyes to wander about in different directions but in a |
| general physical health. Well, you do not have to | | | | consistent pattern. Control your breathing while |
| believe in everything there is to say about yoga, | | | | avoiding tension at the same time. Focus on the |
| especially the whole thing about spirituality. | | | | movement of the eyes. Look upwards then |
| Nevertheless, it is a matter of fact eye yoga | | | | downwards. Identify an object or a point upwards you |
| exercises are an excellent means of exercising your | | | | can see with your raised eyes without overstretching. |
| eyes, relieve strain, and improve your eyesight. | | | | Do this four to eight times making sure each time you |
| The eye is one of the most delicate parts of the | | | | raise your eyes you are able to clearly spot the object |
| human body and if you do not use it properly you lose | | | | or point. |
| it. Tension in the eyes is one of the reasons you might | | | | Now look downwards, again without moving any other |
| experience poor eyesight or blurred vision. Lack of | | | | part of your body (not even the head). While looking |
| exercises, exposure to polluted air or hazardous | | | | down identify a spot you can see clearly without |
| radiation (e.g. from a Cathode Ray Tube Monitor) may | | | | causing your eye muscles to strain. Do this four times |
| hinder proper functioning of the eyes. The eyes are | | | | and look at the point you identified every time you |
| affected such that ciliary and suspensory ligaments | | | | lower your eyes. All this time keep your breathing |
| weaken leading to a condition referred to as muscle | | | | under control. During eye yoga exercises , also |
| atrophy. The eyes lose elasticity and become rigid. Eye | | | | remember to blink a little to allow your eye muscles to |
| yoga exercises can be utilized to attain optimum use | | | | relax and refocus. |
| of the eye’s muscles and all their functionalities | | | | In order to fully work out the entire muscle structure of |
| A unique aspect of eye yoga exercises is | | | | the eye one must also incorporate the look right, left, |
| motionlessness of the body. You need to be laid flat | | | | and diagonal eye yoga exercises. Focus your eyes to |
| and still, head static, eyes open, spine erect and hands | | | | a chosen angle and keep on alternating from left to |
| resting on your knees or just the lower region of your | | | | right in order to contract and extend the eye muscles. |
| body. In eye yoga exercises, the only part of the body | | | | Then do the same for the diagonal axes. Repeat the |
| allowed to move is the part being exercised - the eye. | | | | eye yoga exercises four times and incorporate |
| This allows your brain to focus its resources on the | | | | frequent blinking. Finally close your eyes to help relax |
| eyes and this enhances effectiveness of the eye | | | | the eye muscles. |