Vision therapy can be very intimidating for people who has just begun. Where to even begin right? In this article, I want to introduce you to the basic concepts of natural vision therapy and end with one basic eye exercise for you to try out. With that said, let’s get started.

Unlike traditional vision theory, natural vision improvement involves relieving stress out of your eyes. Stress on your eyes originates from bad vision habits that you may have unconsciously learned. Some of the bad vision habits include staring, refusal to blink or prolonged period of usage despite the need to rest.

These bad habits places strain on your eyes. Meaning, your eye muscles have to exert itself, much like your biceps have to strain itself when you’re carrying weights. When the strain is continuously placed on those muscles, the muscles soon become chronically strained. That means it went out of your control. No longer can you relax it when you want to.

Unlike traditional approaches, the objective of natural vision therapy is to relax those eye muscles by correcting your vision habits. Once you’re back to seeing the way your eyes is meant to be used, those eye muscles will naturally go back.

But you and I know both know that habits are difficult to kick… especially those we are not even aware of. This is where eye exercises come in.

The term “eye exercises” should not be interpreted literally. The meaning is more like “breathing exercises” – they don’t strengthen your lungs, they merely teaches you how to breathe properly. When you perform eye exercises religiously, over a period of time, you’ll once again learn how to see correctly. These eye exercises, of course, are specifically designed to simulate how healthy eyes see.

That is the gist of vision therapy. Here, try this eye exercise:

Close your eyes and place your palms on them so that you block all light. Be careful not to press on your eyes though. When you’re “palming”, breathe abdominally and think of the most relaxing scenery you can imagine.

What you imagine – you literally see. To your brain, there’s no difference. Brain scans showed the same neurons are activated when you imagine and when you see. Thus when you imagine a relaxing scene, you’re actually relaxing yourself – including your eyes.

This vision therapy is great not just to improve your eyesight, it’s also great when you’re under a lot of stress and you just want to “chill out”. Instead of watching TV, try this instead. Palm at least for 10 minutes, 3 times a day. Once right after you wake up, once during your break from work and another one before you go to bed.

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