Since this is my first post here, I would like to start with what can be argued as the most important eye exercise. If there’s any eye exercise that you would not only help you improve your eyesight but would also relax your whole body, it’s palming.

Palming is one of those activities that looked deceptively simple. Most of the people who I tell this to looked at me like I’m out of my mind. It couldn’t be this easy, they always say.

Trust me. Just try it when your eyes are really tired from hours of staring into the monitor.

To palm, simply place your right palm on your right eye and your left palm on your left eye, in such a way that your right fingers are laying on top of your left fingers. Close your eyes when you palm and there should be not light whatsoever that passes through your palm.

Dr.Bates, the one who invented this, once told a story of an old man who improved his eyesight in 24 hours just by doing this continuously in that time. Now, it’s one of those extreme cases and you probably wouldn’t see the same result but it’ll definitely benefit your eyes if you do it religiously.

Here are the best times to palm:

1. Right after you get out of your bed.

2. Every 3 -4  hours of intense eye activity – such as straing into the monitor, reading and watching tv.

3. Just before you go to bed.

There’s no need to palm for a few hours straight. I normally plam for 10 -20 minutes, depending on how tired my eyes were. So there, simply right? Go ahead and try it. It’s so beneficial, in fact, that if you’ve just started wearing glasses, you could probably see improvement in a matter of days if you do this religiously in that time.

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