Your eyes are extremely important part of your body. It’s through them that you are able to comprehend this universe, and the seven colours of a rainbow. Indeed eyes mean a lot in all fields of endeavour. They can size up a man in minutes and play significant role in a person’s charm and beauty.
Use these precious pearls of nature for keen observation—and reap a bounty. As your eyes literally mean everything in your earthly life, you must reciprocate by taking a good care of them. Here is how you can do it.
Give adequate rest to your eyes
Your eyes get tired working all day long. So, they need rest. After getting their well deserved rest they serve you better adding to fun and efficiency at work.
How exactly to rest your eyes, we’ll try to explore this. Listed here below are 3 ways of relaxing your eyes.
Palm press
This is the best technique of relaxing your occular organs. As name suggest, palms of your hands are used in conducting this exercise.
For this, what you do is to maneuver your palms into cup shape, and place these cups (inverted) on to your eyes. Take care that cups touch your eyes gently. Now experience the soothing darkness so created. This relaxes your eyes reasonably, and being handy, you can do this exercise at any place—any time.
Eye irrigation method
This aims at not only relaxing your eyes, but cleaning them too. For this you may place a specially made irrigator glass (tumbler) available in market, or make use of a drink bowl.
This exercise may as well be carried out simply by handsprinkling of water on eyes for 2-4 minutes.
To begin with the ware assisted method, take an eyewash glass and fill it with fresh cool water. Raise it to the level of your eyes; with water level touching them, engulfing them. You will have to lower your face to do this. Once done, you may raise your head, with water glass stuck around eye balls—bathing them in its cool and refreshing content. Hold for a minute, then let go and free your eyes to air outside. Then refill the glass with fresh water and repeat earlier steps. Do this 3-4 times; each with a fresh fill of water. And feel for yourself the vigour and vitality that pervades your eyes—to serve you better than before.
Eye blink method
This is a natural way, quite in vogue even if one is not conscious of it. Infact it is a natural response when dust, sand particle or straw falls into your eye. You then blink—impromptu. Otherwise too, blinking is routine and regular, unless you fix gaze some where for some reason. Staring wide eyed is indeed tiring, unless intervened by blinking shuts. Ensure that lighting arrangements at work place are adequate, especially at night. This will enable your eyes to work more efficiently for longer periods of time.
Keep your eyes healthy
Just as resting and relaxing your eyes is important, keeping them healthy and well nourished is all the more so. Ergo, you should take adequate dose of eye friendly Vitamin-A which abounds in green vegetables. Fruits are also rich in Vitamin A. So make sure your food is rich in Vitamin A or carotene. Even pharmaceutical preparations of this vitamin can be had from over the counter sale—if need be.
Exercise your eyes
Apart from a good diet balanced in vitamins and minerals, what your eyes need is good exercise as well. Exercise keeps accular muscles fit and trim, contributing to good eyesight.
Exercise begins with rotation of eyes, first clockwise ten times. And then anticlockwise for same number of times. Rotations should be done gradually and with caution. At the end of these movements, rest your eyes by palming as explained in foregoing. Adequate exercise followed by rest and relaxation will keep you eyes healthy and strong. So, be regular in exercising your eyes, and giving them ample rest.
The right way to study
Generally speaking, children, as also adults, don’t seem to know how to sit properly for their studies. They stoop too low on to their tables, or adopt postures that are inadvisable. Children in particular need to be counselled on how to sit for their studies. Sitting backwardly makes an angle of 450 with the backbone. That, obviously, puts strain on many parts of body, including eyes. Here are a few tips to enable you sit properly and comfortably for work and study :
❑ Sit straight while in study. Head should be held in a manner as allows neck muscles to tilt back and forth for relaxation.
❑ Hold your book or reading material at an angle of 450, and eyes should rest at a distance of about 12 inches from the print.
❑ While reading, rest your hands on the table in front.
❑ Don’t close in too near to the fine print while reading as it puts strain on eyes. It may also lead to myopia or short-sightedness.
❑ At times people are seen sitting on edge of their chair. This shifts centre of gravity more toward the lower end of vertebral column (backbone). Such posture is tiresome for body and mind, and inimical for digestive system.
❑ While writing, keep your body straight and balanced. Feet should rest fulsome on floor, and thighs should rest at right angle to the torso.
❑ Last but not least, the place where you study should be peaceful and well lighted. And while in study, your mind must concentrate wholly on course contents.
