Not everyone is blessed with good eyesight. Nobody likes wearing thick glasses but it is a necessity for those with poor eyesight. Nowadays, almost everyone is wearing glasses because of their long hours of staring at laptop screens. You need to take care of our eyes. There are few food that you can include in your diet to improve your eyesight. Yoga is also very beneficial to your eyesight. You can practice these six yoga poses and can ditch the glasses forever.
1. Palming
Palming is warming up your eyes for better circulation. It is an easy way to relax your eyes. It improves blood circulation and keeps tiredness and puffiness at bay.
How to do it – To do Palming, sit in a comfortable position. Rub your palms against each other, vigorously until you can feel the heat radiating from them. Place the palms over your closed eyes and feel the warmth spreading.
2. Bhastrika Pranayam
Bhastrika Pranayam boosts blood circulation to the head and improves vision. It also refreshes your physical and mental being.
How to do it – Sit down in Padmasana with your spine erect. Using your right thumb, close your right nostril. Inhale and exhale forcefully and quickly through your left nostril. Do this about 20 times. You can feel your abdominal walls bellowing while doing the exercise. Make your last breath, long and profound. Now, repeat the same process on your right nostril with the left thumb closing the left nostril. Finishing the exercise on both the nostrils makes for one bhastrika. Relax for about 30 seconds and repeat the entire process again. Do it for about 10 minutes.
3. Bahya Pranayam
Along with being an excellent way to improve circulation and cleanse the lungs, this also helps in easing disorders associated with reproductive organs. Make sure that this pranayama is performed on an empty stomach.
How to do it – Sit comfortably in Sukhasana or Padmasana. Inhale deeply and empty your lungs with a forceful exhalation. Now, holding your breathing lock your chin with the chest. This is known as the Jalandhar’s Bandha. Pull your belly inwards as much as possible so that it comes closer to your spine. This is known as the Udhiyana Bandha. Now, hold the groin muscles upwards or hold yourself in Mooladhara bandha. Hold the Bandhas together for about 10 to 15 seconds to start with. Taking a deep breath, release the Bandhas. Repeat for about 2 minutes, to begin with, increasing the time from 5 to 7 minutes.
4. Trataka
Trataka means to gaze at an object continuously for a fixed period. Doing so improves your concentration and vision. This eye exercise lowers high myopic eye powers.
How to do it – Sit down comfortably, either in Padmasana or Vajrasana. Place a candle at about two feet from where you are sitting. Light the candle and gaze at the flame without blinking. You can count numbers in your head to keep track of time and for your mind to not waver. Look as long as you can. The longer you do, the better.
5. Sarvangna Asana
This exercise doesn’t just help your eyes but your brain as well. This pose stimulates blood circulation in the brain and optic nerve. You can also lay on your back and lift your legs upward, as high as you can go. This exercise increases blood circulation to the eyes, brain, ears, and nose, thereby improving their functioning. This pose also helps you detoxify and maximize the performance of all the other organs.
How to do it – Lie down on a mat and using your arms, lift your body waist downwards in the air so that your legs are straight and toes point outwards.
6. Bhramari Pranayama
Also known as the humble bee breath, this exercise is really calming and can drown down the unnecessary noise in your head, making you feel relaxed with just a few breaths.
How to do it – Sit on the floor cross-legged or however you feel comfortable. Now place your fingers over your eyes horizontally. Exhale and when you inhale make a bee-like buzzing sound. Make sure you apply very little pressure on the eyeball and keep your lips sealed.