Your eyes are going to thank you after reading about these yoga poses for eyes.

Various yoga asanas that you may be aware of till now are mainly associated with the body parts. But, do you know there is a whole set of yogic exercises that can help you overcome your eye-related problems such as, watery eyes, itchy eyes, tiredness, etc.

There are few other serious problems related to eyes such as glaucoma, cataract, short-sightedness, long-sightedness, eye infections, etc. all these disorders may occur due to malfunctioning of eye muscles.

Power yoga for eyes

The various yogic exercises that can help you in improving your eye health are discussed below

1. Palming 

Palming is a simple yet effective way to reduce the tiredness in your eyes. It also helps to reduce swollen eyes to some extent.

Sit quietly and rub your palms vigorously such that you will produce a high amount of heat between the palms and touch your warm palms on to your eyes. Keep your eyes closed. Feel the warmth of the palm on your eyes and relax your eye muscles.

Place the palms till the warmth is completely absorbed. You can repeat it several no. of times.

2. Blinking

This is something not new to you but still, it needs to be there. People may tend to forget even blink in their long hours of staring at their phone screen. It is important to blink your eyes every 20 seconds to restore the fluid in the eyes. 

Sit in a comfortable position and blink 20 times as quickly as possible for you. Now relax for 30 seconds. You can repeat this several times.

Blinking of eyes can be done on your office chairs to take a break from your screen. And is effective to avoid dry eye problem.

3. Sideways viewing

Another simple movement for the eyes is the sideways movement. The movement rejuvenates the eyes and promotes health.

Sit in a comfortable posture and breath normally. Now look sideways on to the tip of your thumb by placing your hands in the air at the level of your eyes. Focus on one side then come back to the front. Now without turning your head, focus on the other side.

You can repeat the exercise anywhere between three to five times in one round. Close your eyes after one round and then repeat the same procedure for atleast three rounds.

4. Rotational viewing

Rotating over eyeballs is well known to reduce tiredness in the eyes. Sit in a comfortable position and place your palms on the knees.

Now hold any hand in front of you and look at its thumb. Focus on the thumb and now rotate your thumb clockwise and anticlockwise. Move with a moderate speed and focus on the movement of your thumb. 

You can do a few clockwise and few anticlockwise directions. Observe your breath during the movement and as you start the circle start with an inhalation. Exhale slowly while completing the circle. 

5. Up and down ogle

Sit straight and place your thumb in front of you. Now move your thumb in an upward and downward direction. The movement of thumb must be slow and try to focus on the tip of your thumb.

Raise your thumb gently and try to increase the range of motion each time. The head and spine should be straight during the exercise.

Repeat for 3 to 5 times and then relax.

6. Gazing at your nose tip

Gazing at your nose tip is always fun. Well, many of us might not be good at it but gazing is one of the best exercises that work intensely on the eye muscles. Initially, you may see two but as you focus, the tip becomes one. ( like it is )

If you are not comfortable with the tip initially or you are experiencing a lot of stress on to the eyes, then you can hold the thumb in front of you and move it near to the tip of the nose while focusing.

Make sure the movement of your thumb is very very slow and try to keep your focus on to the tip of your thumb.

Continue gazing at the thumb develops the muscles in the eyes and strengthen them.

Breathe in while pulling the thumb towards the tip of your nose and exhale as the arm is straightened out. 

7. Close and distant scanning

Close scanning and distant scanning needs a particular place to be performed. Sit on the place where you can see the horizon in front of your nose. Take your thumb in front of your nose and place it approximately 25cm away from the eyes and gaze with a certain focus.

Now as you look at the thumb ( or towards the horizon ) focus on the meeting point. You can focus on about 5-10 seconds.

Closely view your thumb with a subtle inhalation and look at the horizon with an exhalation. Relax your mind with your breaths.

ABSTRACT

Eyes are the most beautiful gift the universe has provided us. It is our responsibility to keep them healthy. There are top seven eye exercises discussed here

1. Palming
2. Blinking
3. Sideways viewing
4. Rotational view
5. Up and down ogle
6. Gazing at your nose tip
7. Close and distant scanning

The above-discussed eye exercises have many benefits, some of them are listed below

• Maintain vision
• Helps in eye-straining 
• Resolve tiredness
• Helps in short and long-sightedness
• Improves watery eye condition
• Promotes vision range

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