Improve Eyesight & Reduce Eye Strain: 15 Eye Exercises & Relaxation Techniques - Part 2
5. Pen Focus Exercise
Pen focus exercise aims at strengthening the weak
eye muscles. How to perform this exercise:
1.
Sit erect in a sturdy chair.
2.
Now take a pen on your right
hand. Hold it straight in such a manner that it is held exactly in front of
your body.
3.
The pen should be held upright.
4.
Take normal breaths. Focus the
tip of your pen. Keep focusing at this position and count from one to ten.
5.
After this, bend your arm and
slowly bring the pen towards your nose tip. Do not shift focus. Our focus
should still remain on the pen’s tip. At this position, count from one to five.
6.
Extend your arm and slowly and
bring it back to the original position (in front of your body). Keep focusing
the pen tip. At this position, count from one to five again.
7.
It is important that you should
not blink or shift your focus from the tip of the pen during this exercise.
8.
Rest your eyes and count from one
to ten.
Step one to seven can be repeated three times every
day.
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6. Figure of Eight
Figure of eight is an exercise that enhances eye
muscles’ flexibility. Though it is a simple exercise, it is an excellent
exercise. What
is figure of eight?
1.
Visualize a huge shape of the
number eight in about ten feet in front of your face.
2.
Imagine this 8 on its sideways
(∞)
3.
Slowly trace the outline of this
shape with your eyes. For the first few minutes do this in one way and then in
the other way for the next few minutes.
4.
It might seem odd to begin with
but it is worth continuing this exercise.
7. Eye Circles Work-out
This is an exercise that aids to tone and stretch
out the eye muscles.
The work-out:
1.
Rotate your eyes clockwise for 20
times.
2.
While doing this, you should
broaden the circle with every succeeding cycle.
3.
Now stop the exercise, gently
close the eyes for 10 seconds.
4.
Resume the entire process again
in the anticlockwise direction.
These three steps are to be repeated three times
every day.
8. Zooming
Zooming is an exercise that strengthens one’s eye
muscles and their focusing abilities.
1.
Before starting, take deep
breaths (twice)
2.
Position your thumb at an arm's
distance in front of your midline. Focus on your thumb.
3.
Slowly, inhale and simultaneously
bring the thumb towards yourself.
4.
When the thumb is around 3 inches
from your face, move away your arm.
5.
Repeat the exercise.
