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These eye exercises will relax and refresh your eyes,
strenghten your eye muscles
and help you to prevent eye strain and headache.
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At first, wash your face and eyes with cold water.
Sink your eyes in the palms of your hands filled with cold water and blink a couple of times.
Massage gently your eyelids and surrounding face.
Palming:
Cover your eyes with palms of your hands without pressing eyeballs.
Relax your whole body and watch the darkness a while. The darker the better.
Try to find a comfortable position when doing this, make sure you are not tensed.
Darkened room is a good place for palming.
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Look up, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Look down, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Repeat 5 times.
Blink your eyes a few seconds.
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Look left, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Look right, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Repeat 5 times.
Blink your eyes.
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Look up left, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Look down right, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Repeat 5 times.
Blink your eyes.
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Look up right, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Look down left, hold 5 seconds, relax your eyes.
Repeat 5 times.
Blink your eyes.
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Rotate eyeballs 10 circles to left.
Blink your eyes.
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Rotate eyeballs 10 circles to right.
Blink your eyes.
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Cross your eyes by looking at the tip of your nose.
Look up at your eyebrows and then back to the tip the nose. Relax your eyes.
Repeat 5 times.
Blink your eyes.
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Close your eyes as tightly as you can.
Hold 5 seconds, then relax.
Open your eyes wide open.
Hold 5 seconds, then relax.
Repeat 10 times.
Blink your eyes.
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Focus on an object (pen, finger ...) a few inches away from your eyes,
then focus far into the distance (through window for example).
Repeat 10 times. Blink your eyes.
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While these eye exercises can help in relaxing your eyes and relieving
some stress, if any pain or discomfort persists, you should immediately
consult an eye care professional.
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