Keep Your Eyes Healthy with Simple Yoga Exercises

I am doing the following from the book 1 Minute Yoga by R. Mohan. Since I am using computer all day, two things were off concern, first the wrist pain and the second eyes getting tired. There is a good set of exercise for the wrists in the book, which will take about 5 minutes and then the eye exercises given below, which takes about another 5 minutes. You can do both of these exercises not only for existing problems but also as a preventive method for the future. The eye exercises are the following I do (you can do them either indoors or outdoors):

1. Stand straight (motionless) and look straight ahead at a distance for 5 seconds
2. Keeping the head straight, look down for 5 seconds
3. Repeat Steps 1 and for 3 cycles in total.
4. Keeping the head straight, look to your left all the way for 5 seconds
5. Look to your right all the way for 5 seconds.
6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for 3 cycles in total.
7. Keeping the head straight, look all the way up for 5 seconds
8. Look all the way down for 5 seconds.
9. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 for 3 cycles in total.
10. Keeping the body straight and rotate your eyes clockwise (moving the head in the process) slowly for three rotations.
11. Rotate your eyes counter-clockwise slowly for three rotations.
12. Brush your palms together vigorously for 5 to 10 seconds, which will generate heat in the hands. Put your palms gently over the eyes, it gives a good massage.

Do this before you begin the day or before you start your computer work or any work, it keeps your eyes cool and healthy. This set of exercises allows more blood circulation in your eyes keeping it healthy. Also, last but not the least, keep blinking your eyes often through out the day, we forget to blink our eyes often, so try to blink more, that also helps the blood flow in the eyes.

If you do this regularly it can improve or maintain your eyesight. Even if you do this exercise for a few days, you will see a noticeable difference, your eyes doesn't feel as much tired as before.

Here is a video showing an alternate Yoga method for your eyes, which is equally good and follows most of the above steps.