Free Eye Exercises to Improve Your Vision without Glasses or Surgery

Copyright © Rebecca Turner

If you suffer from poor eyesight, I urge you to try these free eye exercises which may help improve your vision without glasses or laser eye surgery.

Eye exercises are a controversial subject, because to date there have been no serious clinical trials that advocate their use. However, I strongly believe that one day, the efficacy of vision training will be fully understood and more widely recommended by optometrists around the world.

The theory behind eye exercises is that if you re-train and relax your eyes daily, you will give your eyes the flexibility they need to focus and accommodate properly. This idea was first propagated by Dr William H Bates, MD, who published the book Better Sight Without Glasses in 1920. He concluded that the biggest cause of blurry vision is eye strain - and that wearing glasses actually makes your eyesight worse due to increased near-point stress.

Free Eye Exercises to Improve Your Vision

Nowadays it seems, many people don't spend enough time using their natural vision without glasses. It's no wonder their vision only worsens with time. That's why I recommend vision training which can improve your vision over time. The following free eye exercises taken with permission from Rebuild Your Vision will give you a taste of vision taining and, I hope, encourage you to begin a full program to improve your eyesight for life.

Eye Exercise #1 - Distant Night (for Relaxation)

This is an easy eye relaxation exercise to do when you feel the effects of near-point stress. You may feel tension in your forehead, dryness of the eyes, blurry vision, tired eyes and eye strain. These are all signs that you need to step away from your computer and give your eyes a break.

To perform Distant Night, take a few deep breaths and rest your elbows either on your knees or on the desk in front of you. Cup your hands over your eyes so that your fingers are on your forehead and no light can enter your eyes. Make sure you can still blink under your palms without restriction.

Now, with your eyes closed, stare into the darkness and visualize a night sky. Imagine you can see hundreds of tiny stars in the far distance. Give yourself time to adjust your focus. Apply a little pressure with your palms around the eye socket, where the muscles are tense. Now take some more slow, deep breaths and release all the tension in your forehead and around your eyes.

I perform the Distant Night technique for anywhere between 30 seconds and 2 minutes when my eyes are feeling fatigued.

Eye Exercise #2 - Ferris Wheel (for Flexibility)

This free eye exercise can help both coordination and flexibility. It feels a bit weird at first, but you'll soon get the hang of it and it will feel natural. You can do this eye exercise at any time anywhere, with your eyes open or closed.

Sit up straight and look straight ahead, with your shoulders relaxed and your hands in your lap. Then raise your eyes as high as possible without moving your head. Then, smoothly and slowly, roll them clockwise and trace a big circle around the room. Try to see as much as possible - if you feel a little pain or resistance, that means you're stretching your muscles properly, which is good. A full revolution should take at least four seconds. Do this 10 times then repeat counter-clockwise.

To make it smoother, imagine you're looking at a huge ferris wheel up close - no jerky movements, just slow and steady all the way round.

Eye Exercise #3 - The Three Cups (for Focus)

To perform The Three Cups eye exercise, adjust your chair so that you are 12 to 24 inches from the computer monitor at eye level. If the image is not perfectly clear to you that's all right, as long as you can make out the image.

Hold a pen vertically between the two circles approximately 1 inch from the screen. The top of the pen should be at the same level as the image.

Focus on the top of the pen as you slowly bring it toward your face. You will notice the two circles appear to become three circles. When it appears that the three circles are all the same shape and proportion, stop moving the pen.

Try to shift your focus from the pen to the center circle. This may be difficult and could take a few days to master. Or you might get it straight away.

Once you can focus on the center circle, move your pen away while maintaining your focus. Try to see the center circle as clearly as possible. As you increase your focus you will notice that the center circle becomes three-dimensional. It will look as if you were peering down into a Styrofoam cup.

Your final goal for Level One is to look at the two circles and create the three circles, the center one appearing three-dimensional, without using your pen at all. Once you can easily achieve this, proceed to Level Two described in the Rebuild Your Vision training routine.

The Rebuild Your Vision Program

I'm a huge advocate of Rebuild Your Vision. It's how I dramatically reduced my myopia and cured my astigmatism in a matter of weeks. The course is currently available under a free 30-day trial (only pay when you actually see it works). It's also downloadable so you can begin eye exercises in the next few minutes. This program has a 94% success rate among thousands of customers who decided it was finally time to improve their vision. Now you can do it too - for free!

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