Be Proactive About Your Vision Health (written for Improving Vision Naturally)
Being able to see is such an integral part of our day, each and every day. Almost everything we do, we do best if we can see. Thus, eyesight is a terrible thing to lose. And, if there are some simple exercises that you can do to maintain good eyesight or improve your impaired vision, would you consider doing them?
Today, however, instead of us walking around exercising our eyes, many of us wear glasses or contacts to do our day-to-day activities. Glasses and contacts act merely as patches for our impaired vision. Instead, we could be proactive about the health of our eyes by learning and practicing some natural techniques to improve the health of our eyes.
Your eye muscles are no different than all the other muscles in your body. If you train them well, you can improve your vision and not need glasses or contacts.
Thank goodness, of course, that glasses and contacts are available. Many people are unaware of any other option, and to walk around not seeing well could definitely cause a problem. And typically, if a person starts to notice a change in their eyesight for the worse, they will go to an eye doctor for an exam and probably receive a prescription for their glasses or contacts.
But, we do not treat other muscles in our body that way. If we strain a hamstring muscle or a back muscle, we rest it, rehab it, and work to strengthen it. Could you do this for your eyes? Of course you could! Look at this list of simple eye exercises that could set you on a track for restored vision: palming, focusing, eye circles, eye massages, sunning, scanning, splashing, and wearing glasses or contacts that are actually not strong enough for you. All of these are ideas for how to both relax and strengthen your eye muscles that will guide you to improved vision!
A Few Simple Exercises A Day Keeps Glasses Away
Many people think that poor eyesight is due to genetics. Actually, stress is a common cause of poor eyesight. When you are stressed, your muscles become tight. This is true for your eye muscles too. They need to be massaged and relieved.
If you could commit to relaxing and exercising your eyes for a total of thirty minutes each day (not even in one sustained stretch of time) your vision could improve greatly.
You may thinks thirty minutes each day would just be too much. Consider approaching your goal this way: commit to doing four to seven eye exercises/techniques each day. You can do them whenever you would like, just as long as you complete each of them.
The exercises are simple, such as rolling your eyes in big circles-first clockwise, and then counter clockwise. Repeat many times. Or, hold a pen out in front of you and focus on it for about three seconds. Then, look elsewhere for a few seconds before returning your eyes to the pen. Repeat several times.
The exercises are simple, they are not time consuming, and they can produce amazing results.
Posture and Eyesight Are Connected
Those who come from a holistic health view agree that being healthy includes mind, body, and spirit. Therefore, how you view life-literally, through your eyes-affects your health in all areas: physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental. And, these holistic doctors also believe that the reverse is true-that your overall health affects your vision.
Dr. William Bates founded "natural vision improvement;" he taught that when you experience stress (either physical or mental), you strain your eyes in order to see and then cause your eye shape to change. Distorted eye shape leads to impaired vision. Dr. Bates taught that learning how to relax the mind, the body, and the eye is the key to good vision.
Carrying yourself with good posture allows you to relax your body and your mind because it leads to correct breathing. If you are not breathing correctly, you restrict your lungs from getting enough oxygen. Blood carries oxygen from the lungs to all other parts of the body, and a shortage of oxygen in your body cannot support healthy vision.
If you typically practice poor posture, you may experience various pains: aching neck, unrested legs, and headaches. Some postures (such as an overstated arch) stress your nerves and joints, which can lead to joint pain and various forms of arthritis over time. Poor posture affects your spine and changes its alignment over time. All of these aches and pains can cause problems during your sleep; and, if you do not sleep well, you cannot relax your body, your mind, or your eyes.
To improve your posture and your ability to relax, become aware of how you move through space. Ask yourself the following questions regularly:
" Is my head squared above my shoulders?
" From the sides, are my ears aligned with shoulders, and are my shoulders aligned with my hips?
" Is my chin tucked in?
" Am I slouching, or is my upper back straight?
" Is my pelvis in a neutral position?
" Are my knees unlocked and natural?
" Are my shoulders relaxed and are my shoulder blades flat against my back?
Paying attention to your posture while you are standing, sitting, and moving throughout your day, could lead to an improvement in your eyesight and your ability to relax.
