The Tibetan Peripheral Vision Technique
Peripheral Vision, means seeing out of the ‘sides’ of your eyes!
In primitive times, peripheral vision was incredibly important… if you didn’t see the
saber-toothed tiger ‘comin at ya’ from the corner of your eye, you’d end up as
lunch!
Nowadays, we’ve pretty much lost the ability to use our peripheral vision, as our
modern society encourages us to ‘narrow our focus’ and stare straight ahead
(usually at the TV!) Unfortunately, for your eyes, exercising your peripheral vision is
actually very important to keeping them healthy.
In addition to improving your sight, having a keen peripheral vision will bring many
other benefits to your life. It actually increases your general awareness of what’s
going on around you – you get to notice more of life.
Whatever your goals in life, you can be sure that being more ‘aware’ will do
wonders for your success. It’s not just a metaphor… opening up the ‘range’ of your
vision seems to have the direct effect of opening up your mind, and allowing you to
see opportunities you just didn’t know were all around you, before.
Here’s how to do it…
Step 1: Hold a pencil/pen/stick (or some similar object – a finger will do!) in each
hand, about twelve inches (30cm) in front of your eyes.
Step 2: Gaze straight out past the pencils into the "distance", without looking
directly at them. See the pencils with your "Peripheral Vision." Do not look directly
at the pencils.
Step 3: Move each pencil s-l-o-w-l-y to the sides of each eye, as far as you can
see them peripherally. Repeat this front-to-side movement about ten times.