You can learn various eye exercises for better eyesight. Many of them focus on reducing your habit of staring or straining which in terms of damaging your eyes are the worst possible things you can do. Your eyes need to be relaxed and in order to do this it is important to keep them mobile, moving around, taking in your surroundings. It is when they stop moving and attempt to focus on one item that they can become strained.
Have you ever heard of REM. It’s the name of a band of course but in this instance we are talking about Rapid Eye Movement. It is what our eyes do when we reach a deep sleep. At a time when our body remains still to regenerate itself while we sleep, our eyes continue to move because that is when they are most comfortable.
The next time you are out and about taking in the sites, pay some attention to your eyes movement. As you walk your eyes never stop moving unless you stop them or unless your brain doesn’t recognise something straight away. This is when you begin to focus on an object and you will notice your eyes do not feel as relaxed, they can become strained as you stare intently until you break the stare and go back to taking in the sights.
If you notice you are straining to look at certain things there are eye exercises for better eyesight which will help you to relax your eyes.
One such exercise is known as tracing. You can teach the eyes to move smoothly by tracing objects. Trace your eyes around the outline of an object, be it a car, a couch, a tree, etc. As you trace the object should get clearer and the colour brighter. Try to do this at least once daily and your eyes will remember how to look at things rather than stare.