Yoga for Healthy Eyes

Eye yoga is the secret to a relaxed look and a healthy mindset. Simple eye yoga exercises can provide comfort and relaxation to tired eyes – especially as most of us spend up to eight hours a day looking at electronic screens, causing red and dry eyes.

Eye yoga can be practiced anywhere and any time to quickly revive and rejuvenate dry, sore eyes; the experts at Silhouette recommend practicing their bespoke routine as often as possible, especially at the office. A few minutes a day is all it takes to provide a balanced effect and restore relaxation and rest to overworked eyes.

Start your day with Eye Yoga

• It’s so important to stretch your body after waking – after that, sit cross-legged on a cushion on the floor and concentrate on breathing in and out for a few moments.
• Look up and down five times and close the eyes.
• Open the eyes, look to the left and right five times and close eyes.
• Open the eyes, look to the upper right and the lower left five times and close again.
• Open the eyes, look to the upper left and lower right five times and close again.
• Rub your palms firmly together and lay them on your eyes.

Your head shouldn't move at all during the exercises; only the eyes move.

After a few days, some additional exercises may be added to the morning eye yoga routine:

• Roll the eyes clockwise and counter-clockwise, start by looking down and fixing on a point on the floor.
• From there, look slowly to the left and then up to the ceiling, then to the right and back to the floor.
• This exercise must be performed very slowly and the eyes must move in a large circle, with the head remaining still throughout.
• Blink a few times after the exercise, close the eyes and rest with closed eyes by lying down for three minutes, before repeating the exercise counter-clockwise. 

The eyes should be relaxed after these intensive exercises. Both of the following relaxation exercises are suitable here:

Sit with open eyes and blink quickly 10 times. Keep your eyes closed for minimum 20 seconds. Repeat this exercise at least 5 times.

Close your eyes as firmly as possible. The eyelids must be pressed together firmly and the eye muscles must be noticeably tensed. Hold this contraction for 3 seconds and then quickly release it. Blink a few times and repeat the exercise at least 4 times.  

Energy for tired eyes

This exercise relaxes and rejuvenates the eye muscles and stimulates the intraocular fluid circulation. It is an in-between exercise for the eyes and quickly revives tired eyes again.

·       Close your eyes and rub your palms firmly together until they are warm. Once the hands are nicely warm, put the arched palms gently on both of the eyelids without directly touching them. The palms’ warmth passes over onto the eyes and relaxes them. This exercise should be repeated at least 3 times.

Twinkle with your eyes

• This exercise requires you to first deeply breathe in and out, and then to gently open and close your eyes. It is important that the forehead remains completely relaxed.
• Then close the right eye and cover it with the right hand, lightly touching the eyelid with the fingers. Then start blinking with the left eye.
• Imagine that the eyelashes draw the eye lid down and lift it up again. The eyelid just follows the movement of the eyelashes but itself is without tension. Move the left eyelid so gently that the right eyelid remains without tension and there is no movement that the finger can feel.
• Massage your forehead gently during this exercise: The left hand's fingers touch the thumb, and then the fingers open slowly, massage the forehead with this movement.
• After the exercise with the left eye, the exercise is now done with the right eye. Cover the left eye gently with the left hand's fingers. Blink relaxed and slowly with the right eye. Massage the forehead gently with the right hand’s fingers during this exercise.

Although this exercise is very simple it is very powerful. It should comfort the eye and not stress it. It may be done during the course of the day, whether you’re standing in a queue, waiting for the bus, or just at the office.