Natural Vision Correction Therapy (written for Improving Eyesight Naturally)
Did you know that you could improve your eyesight naturally? Mainstream optometry might lead you in another direction, but natural methods boast proven success.
You might wonder what kind of a commitment you will have to make in order to achieve healthy vision naturally. Surprisingly, it is very simple, and not time consuming at all. Truly, strengthening your eye muscles is similar to strengthening any other weak muscles in your body.
If you have been wearing glasses or contacts for years, natural vision correction therapy may be something you doubt. Natural vision therapists, however, suggest that poor eyesight develops from poor vision habits (straining and staring). Consider natural vision therapy to be in the same class as strengthening other muscles in your body. Therapy and exercise typically trumps surgery, right? Natural therapy involves very little time or money; instead, it is mostly about creating positive habits for your eyes. It might take you about twenty to thirty minutes of concentration each day.
If you knew you could invest such time and concentration each day, would you gladly give up optometry exams, glasses, contacts, and the lure of Lasik surgery?
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.
You Can Exercise Your Eyes
Eyes need exercise, and staring at a screen does not exercise the eyes. Consider marathon runners. Some of them are well into their older years, but their bodies are in great shape. This can be true of your eyes, also if you exercise them now. Following are five exercises that you can do to maintain your vision, or restore your vision.
1. Blinking
People who are sitting in front of a computer screen or staring at a television typically blink less often than normal. They are so focused on what they are doing that they do not blink. Blinking reduces the strain on your eyes, and each blink give your eyes a period of much needed darkness. Blinking also shuts down previous information and prepares your eyes and mind to take in new.
2. Palming
Palming is a special technique that involves putting your elbows on something, cupping your hands over your eyes, closing your eyes, and allowing yourself time to rest in that darkness. Don't restrict yourself from spending even ten or fifteen minutes palming. It is very effective, and will increase your productivity amply.
2. Figure of eight
This particular exercise works your eye muscles and strengthens them. Simply picture the number eight about ten feet in front of you, and then turn that eight on its side in your mind. Follow the shape of that eight with your eyes starting one direction for a few minutes, and switch directions for another few minutes.
3. Near and far focusing
Assume a comfortable position, and then stretch your arm out in front of you with your thumb sticking straight up. Focus in on your thumb, and then breathe. Then, take your focus off of your thumb and look much further away for a few minutes. Finish the exercise by returning your focus to your thumb. You can repeat that as often as you would like. You will improve your vision and strengthen the muscles in your eyes.
5. Zooming
As in the above-mentioned exercise, assume a comfortable position, and stretch your arm and thumb out similarly. Focus on your thumb, and then start moving your thumb in closer to your face. Finish this exercise by returning your thumb to its original starting place.
