The Hindu Yoga Accommodative Eye Exercise
emember we talked about ‘accommodation’ in the section on ‘how the eye
he accommodative eye muscles, just like any other body muscles, become
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different in this respect than other
uscles of the body. Exercising increases blood flow, oxygenation, removal of
tep One: Pick out a distant object, 20-30 feet or more away (10m). This could be
anything you can see easily. This is your ‘distant vision
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u to see clearly, on a small
ard or piece of paper, and hold this in your hand.
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works’? This exercise is great for exercising the eye muscles responsible for eye
accommodation.
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weaker over time, not because you’re getting older, but because they aren’t gettin
used!
Muscles need exercise, and eye muscles are no
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toxins, improves elasticity and flexibility and a whole heap of other good stuff ….
bottom line:
better vision!
How to do it
It’s best to do this outside, or at least in a well lit room, whilst looking out the
window.
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a tree, car, a building…
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Step Two: Write some black letters, large enough for yo
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Step Three: Hold the card at eye level and at arms length away, (or wherever you
can see it clearl