The Yoga Journal conducted a study in which showed that 6.9% of adults in the United States practice yoga.
That doesn’t seem like that many people does it? However, that 6.9% equals 15.8 million people!
You may be thinking, “That’s great, but I’m not one of them.”
However, if you are a member of the Rebuild Your Vision Program, you may actually be doing exercises that are similar to the eye exercises practiced in yoga. We have mentioned that eye exercises provide many health benefits.
The practice of yoga attaches special attention to eye exercises for two main reasons:
- Many eye problems later in life can be contributed to eye muscles that have weakened through lack of use. Following an eye exercise program can keep the muscles toned and flexible.
- Tension in your eyes can produce an overall feeling of tension in your body. This is attributed to the connection of the eye to the brain by way of the optic nerve. Therefore, when you exercise your eyes, you relieve the tension in the eye muscles and help to reduce the tension in the rest of your body.
One celebrity, former Beatle, Paul McCartney has released his own eye yoga video. He claims that the eye exercises that he learned in India have helped his vision remain a healthy 20/20.
Members of the Rebuild Your Vision Program will find many similarities between the eye exercises we offer and those that are recommended by yoga.
A good example of this would be the exercise called “palming”:
Drawing up your knees while sitting on your mat, keep your feet slightly apart on the floor. Now charge your palms up with electricity by briskly rubbing them and then cup your palms and place them over your eyes as they’re closed.
Your right and left hand fingers should be crossed over each other while resting on your forehead. While your neck is kept straight, your elbows should be resting on your knees as they are raised. While palming your eyes remember your deep breathing techniques and remember not to bend your head.
What do you think of when you hear the word yoga? Do you picture a person sitting on the floor with their legs crossed in impossible ways? Yoga is much more than that!
Yoga is the practice of bringing your body and mind into balance. While yoga can help you increase your flexibility, increase blood circulation, tone and strengthen muscles, and increase your peace of mind it goes much further than that.
Aetna’s InteliHealth website states that:
Yoga has been shown to reduce heart rate and blood pressure, increase lung capacity, increase the amount of time you can hold your breath, improve muscle relaxation and body composition, cause weight loss and increase overall physical endurance.
Yoga may affect levels of brain or blood chemicals, including monoamines, melatonin, dopamine, stress hormones (cortisol) and GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid). Changes in mental functions such as attention, cognition, processing of sensory information and visual perception have been described in some research studies in humans.
Consider expanding your horizons; stretch your boundaries and your eye muscles. After all, 15.8 million people can’t be all wrong.
This amazing course will teach you how to improve your vision naturally without glasses, contacts or laser surgery.
thanks , i am planning to learn yoga, its good for mind and body.
I’m going on 83 and still read without glasses. Always good to learn other techniques. Drooping eyes is one of them…………PK
Yoga is a good form of exercise for the whole body and soul… go for it folks.
Dear Sir, I am suffering from this eye malady for the past one year – periodic formation of filmy substance in my right eye leading to globule of puss at the nose corner of the eye. I have consulted opthalmologists – they say that this may be due to blockage of the passge through which the tears drain through the nose (something they say nacrimal…) and a small operation for the clearing the passge is required. Since I am prone to blackouts (vasovagal syncope) they are hesitant to carry out the operation. None of the eye drops or eye creams have worked. I am 65 years old, read lot of books and use computers. I live in Kuwait. Is ther any non-invasive remedy. Thanks.
Thank you for another useful eye exercise.i already taught my children how to do it.
i am going to learn yoga soon
I have followed for many years -as did my late mother in 1904– The Bates Method of eye training there are still books on this wonderful method of eye exercise.
As a MCSP HPC registered physiotherapist in musculoskeletal practice I truly believe in exercise for every part of the human anatomy! Eyes have muscles just AS THE REST OF OUR SOFT TISSUE REGIONS OF THE BODY HAVE, tHIS THEN MAKES PERFECT SENSE THAT WE can IMPROVE EYESIGHT WITH EXERCISE TO THESE TINY MUSCLES!
Bates started with “palming and so many many more wonderful simple things that improve our sight
Grace-Olive Collins Physiotherapist Ware Herts England
I am interested in any comments
Many thanks
Wow….How nice information about Eye Health! Very good eye exercise. Thanks for sharing. Regards
I am going to be 74 and I do not use any glasses for reading or driving. It is probably because of the nutritional supplements I use, which are mostly similar to the OCUPLUS, but carnosine added to that and carrot juice. Do you think carnosine has a role in maintenance of my vision?
I’ve seen a saint in Pondicherry. He is around 95 years old and practices yoga. He has perfect eyesight. This just reminds me the power of yoga.
Regards.