Myopia is defined as short-sighted vision. This means you can focus better on near objects such as when reading than on distants objects.
The conventional treatment is to prescribe glasses that tend to become stronger every one to two years. Below are some of home exercises designed to help reduce the progression of myopia.
Warmup
Importance of good breathing is essential to getting the most out of your exercises. Breathing regularly will bring more oxygen to your eyes and reduce stress on your vision.
Blinking will help you from staring and working too hard as you do your exercises, which will also soothe, and moisturize the eyes.
Palming is done without any glasses or contact lenses, this exercises is to reduce stress around the eyes, by placing your palms around your eyes, you are stimulating very powerful acupuncture points which help to calm the mind, relax the muscles around the eyes and bring healing energy to the eyes.
Now, how to warmup?
Take a deep breaths, find a flat table to sit at, lean forward, place your elbows on the table, and close your eyes gently.
Now, place the palm of your left hand over your left eye, your fingers on your forehead, and the hollow of your palm directly over the eye, but not touching your eyes.
There is still room to blink. The heel of your hand rests on the cheekbones.
Then place the other hand over the other eye with the fingers crossing over the fingers from the other hand. The palm should be over the eye and the heel of the hand resting on the cheekbones.
Make sure your elbows are low enough so that your face and the weight of your head is resting in your palms so that there is no stress on the neck.
Palming gives you opportunity not to try to see, but to just focus on relaxing your mind and eyes simultaneously. Palming can be done for as little or as much as you like throughout the day as a way to relax your eyes and calm down from the tensions of daily life.
Figure Eights
What is this? This exercise increases the flexibility of your eye muscles in a relax way.
How to do?
Take two deep breaths, either stand or sit with your feet shoulder width apart with your hands at your sides. DO NOT cross your hands. Let your knees bend slightly and imagine a figure Eight 8 approximately ten feet from you lying horizontally.(Infinity symbol).
Let your eyes trace along the figure without moving your head. First trace in one direction, then in the opposite direction. Remember to continue to breathe and blink as your eyes move effortlessly along the figure eight. Check for tension in the jaw and let it release before continue.
The Hot Dog
This exercise is done to improve the flexibilty of the inside muscles of your eyes, which called the ciliary muscles. It is important to keep these muscles flexible.
How to do it?
Take two deep breaths, either stand or sit with your feet, shoulder width apart, if you are standing make sure your knees are slightly bent.
Aim your eyes on any target in the distance. While looking at your distant target bring your index fingers tips touching about eight inches in front of your eyes and into your line of sight.
Still aiming your eyes at the distant target calmly notice a mini hot dog has appeared between the tips of your fingers. Remember to continue to breathe easily and deeply. DO NOT let the awesome beauty of the mini hot dog to distract you and to cause you to aim your eyes directly at it. Continue to aim your eyes towards the distant target.
Pull the tips of your fingers apart slightly and observe the hot dog floating in the air. Now keep the mini hot dog for two breaths, then look directly at your fingers and the hot dog will disappear. Do not retrieve the hot dog for two breaths; then look again in the distance and find the hot dog again. Continue to switch back and forth for two minutes.
That all the exercises that I practise in my home to improve my myopia.
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How to Quit Smoking
Why people tend to start smoke? Smoking can temporarily make feelings such as sadness, stress, anxiety, depression, and boredom evaporate into thin air.
We all know the health risks of smoking, and most of us know that kicking the habit is the single biggest improvement to health a smoker can make. But that doesn’t make it any easier to kick the habit. Whether you’re a teen smoker or a lifetime pack-a-day smoker, quitting can be tough.
Why is it so hard to quit smoking, while is so easy to started it? Smoking is both a psychological habit and a physical addiction. The act of smoking is ingrained as a daily ritual and Some people smoking after their daily meal that provide comfort and relaxation, at the same time, the nicotine from cigarettes provides a temporary, and addictive, high.
Eliminating that regular fix of nicotine will cause your body to experience physical withdrawal symptoms and cravings. To successfully quit smoking, you’ll need to address both the habit and the addiction by changing your behavior and dealing with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
To increase your chances of success, you need to be motivated, have social support, an understanding of what to expect, and a personal game plan. It is possible to learn how to replace your smoking habits, manage your cravings, and join the millions of people who have kicked the habit for good.
To successfully quitting smoking, you will need to identify and address your smoking habits, the true nature of your dependency, and the techniques that work for you. These types of questions can help:
- Do you feel the need to smoke at every meal?
- Are you more of a social smoker?
- Is it a very bad addiction (more than a pack a day)? Or would a simple nicotine patch do the job?
- Is your cigarette smoking linked to other addictions, such as alcohol or gambling?
- Are you someone who is open to talking about your addiction with a therapist or counselor?
- Are you interested in getting into a fitness program?
Take the time to think of what kind of smoker you are, which moments of your life call for a cigarette, and why. This will help you to identify which tips, techniques or therapies may be most beneficial for you.
Source : Helpguide.org
We all know the health risks of smoking, and most of us know that kicking the habit is the single biggest improvement to health a smoker can make. But that doesn’t make it any easier to kick the habit. Whether you’re a teen smoker or a lifetime pack-a-day smoker, quitting can be tough.
Why is it so hard to quit smoking, while is so easy to started it? Smoking is both a psychological habit and a physical addiction. The act of smoking is ingrained as a daily ritual and Some people smoking after their daily meal that provide comfort and relaxation, at the same time, the nicotine from cigarettes provides a temporary, and addictive, high.
Eliminating that regular fix of nicotine will cause your body to experience physical withdrawal symptoms and cravings. To successfully quit smoking, you’ll need to address both the habit and the addiction by changing your behavior and dealing with nicotine withdrawal symptoms.
To increase your chances of success, you need to be motivated, have social support, an understanding of what to expect, and a personal game plan. It is possible to learn how to replace your smoking habits, manage your cravings, and join the millions of people who have kicked the habit for good.
To successfully quitting smoking, you will need to identify and address your smoking habits, the true nature of your dependency, and the techniques that work for you. These types of questions can help:
- Do you feel the need to smoke at every meal?
- Are you more of a social smoker?
- Is it a very bad addiction (more than a pack a day)? Or would a simple nicotine patch do the job?
- Is your cigarette smoking linked to other addictions, such as alcohol or gambling?
- Are you someone who is open to talking about your addiction with a therapist or counselor?
- Are you interested in getting into a fitness program?
Take the time to think of what kind of smoker you are, which moments of your life call for a cigarette, and why. This will help you to identify which tips, techniques or therapies may be most beneficial for you.
Source : Helpguide.org
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