When you think about improving your eyesight, natural therapies are not usually the first thing that you think of. Usually it is whether you are going to go for glasses or contact lenses. However, thousands of people now have better vision without glasses or laser surgery by using a combination of relaxation techniques and exercise. [...]

This is an exercise borrowed from the Chinese and its purpose is to promote better eyesight. It relieves stress in the eye and the area surrounding the eyes. As it is based on Chinese acupressure it releases energy flows, or “Qi” or “Chi” energy. You can combine all of these eye acupressure areas in one [...]

If you spend a lot of time using a computer, reading, or watching TV you could be straining your eyes. This happens because for the majority of the day your eyes are focused on objects that are close to you, so your eyes become conditioned to seeing close objects. As a result of this the [...]

One of the best ways to strengthen eye muscles is eye rotation. Eye rotation also improves coordination and flexibility. Sit relaxed with good posture and look straight ahead Keeping your head in the same position, move your eyes to look as high up as possible without straining Smoothly and slowly begin to rotate your eyes [...]

For any comparison to be made there must be at least two things to compare. For you to notice eye strain you must be able to experience relaxed eyes. The opposite is also true. If your eyesight has worsened over the years then you probably have not noticed how gradual the strain has become, and [...]

Over many years a teacher had observed that a lot of her students became more short sighted (myopic) nearer the end of term, so much so that they could hardly see the writing on the blackboard. She began to use the bates method of eye exercise using an eye chart on the wall. By the [...]