Give Your Eyes A Break Using These Yoga Suggestions

Eyes are the windows to the soul. The most beautiful things in life are introduced to us visually - watching a bird sitting on the windowpane, the moon that shines oh-so-bright, the fast pacing cars on the road and many wondrous things. But as life takes over, recreational gazing is replaced by mobile phones and laptop screen time for a majority of the day. We depend so heavily on our eyesight, yet we do so little to take care of our eyes.

The number of children suffering from weak eyesight is growing by the day. Why? Because outdoor playtime has been replaced by videogames and watching videos on a tablet. Even those of us who are health conscious and make smarter health choices such as avoiding sweets, going to the gym, clean eating and more, still neglect to improve and maintain one of our most vital senses- our eyesight. If one can dedicate just a few minutes daily to the following asanas, they can reap the benefits of improved eyesight as well as relax and de-stress their eye muscles. Sarvesh Shashi, Co-Founder at SARVA Yoga, Mindfulness and Beyond, has given few easy yoga workouts for your eyes that we hope you will incorporate in your daily life.

Sideway Rotation

This is an excellent way of stretching and strengthening the eye muscles.

Step 1: Move your eyes slowly from side to side.

Step 2: Then start to move the eyes all the way around in a circle.

Step 3: Ensure that the neck does not move in the process.

Step 4: Complete 20 such rotations.

Palming

This exercise is a great way of relaxing the eye muscles. It is an excellent method to replenish and energise yourself after a long day at work.

Step 1: Rub your palms together until they feel warm.

Step 2: Place both the palms on your eyes and hold till the palms feel warm.

Step 3: Release when they stop feeling warm and repeat the cycle.

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Focus Building

This exercise is excellent for building visual strength and focus.

Step 1: Stretch one arm out in front of you.

Step 2: Make a loose fist with the thumb pointing up (like a thumbs up)

Step 3: Focus on the thumb.

Step 4: Keep the focus on the thumb and start moving the thumb to the nose till the point the thumb is no longer in focus.

Step 5: Stretch arm back to original position.

Step 6: Repeat 10-12 times.

Blinking

One of the easiest exercises that one can practice for bettering eyesight. You can do this while you are commuting or taking a coffee break on those very hectic days.

Step 1: Sit in a comfortable position with eyes open.

Step 2: Blink 10-15 times very quickly.

Step 3: Close your eyes for a few seconds and keep the focus on your breath.

Step 4: Repeat this 5-10 times.

These 10-15 minutes exercises can help enhance the health of your eyes and enables us to enjoy good eyesight.

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