| Okay, they are not so much eye exercises, but | | | | depending on how well you've relaxed, see better than |
| techniques that are, in my personal experience (since | | | | before. |
| I've restored my vision), as well as others, most | | | | A couple more tips, when seeing, do so without an |
| effective of all. 2 of them are geared towards relaxing | | | | effort. Every effort on your part causes tension, |
| our eye muscles, while the third one improves out | | | | therefor bad eyesight. When palming, don't stare, |
| vision, through stretching it. So, let's get into it. | | | | instead, think of something nice. This is quite important |
| You may have heard of this one, it's been given a | | | | because closing our eyes doesn't automatically |
| name "Sunning" (by Dr. W. H. Bates, a New York | | | | guarantee relaxation - our eyes can still stare, therefor |
| (U.S.A.) ophthalmologist), and you may have even done | | | | are as tensed as they wear when your eyes were |
| it before, but do you know how to do it in the most | | | | open. This is also true for when we sleep. When we |
| effective and safe way? Safety is quite important | | | | close our eyes just before we switch off into The |
| throughout all exercises, and especially this one, | | | | Never-Land, we need to make sure that our eye |
| because doing things wrong may cause things that | | | | muscles are not tensed, or else we'll most definitely |
| range from a slight delay in your improvement, to a | | | | have tensed eyes throughout our whole sleeping |
| fairly sever eye problem. Sunning, as you've probably | | | | period, which, kind of, defeats the point of rest, |
| already guessed, involves the sun, and you may have | | | | altogether. |
| heard all oculists and doctors out there all in one throat | | | | Now, this last exercises helped me improve my vision |
| telling us that sun is bad for our eyes, that it damages | | | | from almost -5 both eyes (deteriorating fast), to literally |
| them, etc. etc. Well, although this is true, sun actually | | | | an eagle vision now. I've never seen so well before in |
| has a very powerful healing effect that helps us to get | | | | my whole life, and I'm forever grateful for that! So pay |
| a better vision. That is why we need to take care | | | | attention. What you do here is you stretch your vision. |
| when doing Sunning. | | | | If you are "hyperopic" (or long-sighted), then you push it |
| Here's what we do. First of, we fully relax our eye | | | | closer. It's as simple as that. That technique (if you can |
| muscles, while doing Sunning. This should, preferably, be | | | | call it that!) alone will happily improve and even restore |
| done outside, or at least next to a window. Now, you | | | | your eyesight, proving you do it well. Unfortunately |
| should only do Sunning during an early sunrise or a late | | | | what I found is that when I stretched my vision while I |
| sunset, or else you are risking of getting yourself eye | | | | was just walking down the street, it did little good... So |
| floaters, that will, eventually form a Cataract. If you | | | | here's what worked for me: as I sat in our University |
| don't have sun near by, then you may use a light, 150 | | | | library, with fairly dim lighting (normal lighting during the |
| watt bulb. It will not be as effective as using the sun, | | | | day), and I looked outside a window that was roughly |
| but will still help relax our eye muscles, which is what | | | | 25 meters away from where I was sitting. But I didn't |
| we want. Another highly recommended thing to do is | | | | just look, instead, I had forced (to start with, until I could |
| you should cover one of your eyes with your palm, | | | | do it via other techniques, like through controlling my |
| while Sunning. Make sure to use your palm, and not | | | | mood &, eventually, by simply blinking in a certain |
| your fingers, as this not only insures the best cover of | | | | way), then, when I got the desired flash of good vision, |
| sunlight, but also has a healing effect, since our palms | | | | I kept that good vision for as long as I possibly could. It |
| emit healing energy. Now, sit down on a chair, facing | | | | lasted for a second or two at the start, but then |
| the light,, cover one eye, and spin your head like a | | | | quickly started to last longer and longer, until, eventually |
| pendulum, form one side to the other. Do not focus | | | | (literally over a week, from that point) my vision had |
| your vision on anything, just swing your head from right | | | | returned to perfect (pre my 13 year old age, which |
| to left, and vice-versa. Do this for 2 minutes or less, | | | | was ten years ago, and that's the time when I was |
| and then do the same with the other eye. | | | | first equipped with my first ever, and so much hated |
| Second exercise is called "Palming". Palming should | | | | thereafter, vision aid!). |
| always be done after Sunning, in order to reinforce | | | | What you should look for in this last exercise is a place |
| relaxation. Palming is a harmless exercises, in that you | | | | where you can most easily keep that flash of good |
| cannot over-do it, even if you sit at it continuously for | | | | vision for longer. For me, this place just happened to |
| hours (although that is not recommended). There were, | | | | be our University Library. A very important point to |
| apparently, a few people in Dr. Bates's practice that | | | | remember is when you get this good vision, you keep |
| were going almost blind with their vision, and after | | | | it while you're fully relaxed, or else it'll not be as |
| sitting, doing palming for 20 hours continuously were | | | | effective (if effective at all), You will possibly |
| able to fully regain their vision (i.e. they saw the last line | | | | experience discomfort and even a slight pain in your |
| of the eyesight test from 20 feet away). Palming is | | | | eyes, like I did. This is good, because it means that your |
| also geared towards eye muscle relaxation. To start | | | | eye muscles are stretching. You will see a significant |
| with, rub your hands vigorously against one another | | | | improvement in your vision after this exercise. |
| until they are warn. Then put them one on another in a | | | | It's all so simple, it's even a little disgusting (mostly |
| cross, and cover your face so that the centre of your | | | | because we are not told this by anyone), and yet it is |
| palms rest exactly on your eyes. Try to eliminate all | | | | so powerful that it may make your knickers wet... (brrr, |
| light, and close your eyes. The minimum you should | | | | an extremely unpleasant experience, always have a |
| spend at this stance is 5 minutes, and, for the best | | | | spare with you. - just kidding!) |
| effect, it is recommended to spend 10. After you're | | | | Please discuss this article on my blog, it would be nice |
| done, put your hands down while keeping our eyes | | | | to hear some feedback, and get a discussion started |
| closed, then inhale deeply, for supply of fresh oxygen | | | | on my new forum that would help that will greatly |
| to our lungs also relaxes our body, therefor our eye | | | | benefit yourself, as well as the community. |
| muscles, and open your eyes slowly. You will then, | | | | |