Myopia / Nearsightedness Reversal - Yoga Concepts

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#1

There is an ‘eye yoga’ book, and even though a lot of its contents are less than accurate, the concept has some merit.

Myopia is a STRESS symptom.

Most ophthalmologists, operating as glorified fashion eyewear sales professionals, prescribe a ninety year old bit of ‘western medical treatment’ in form of corrective lenses. These mask the symptom, so that the stress can persist and permanently damage the eye, without the individual noticing the effects.

Interestingly, we now think most western medicine that came about ninety years ago was anything from quaint to fully dangerous. Not prescription glasses though, since those have turned into a very profitable industry.

You CAN reverse myopia though (in many cases), with targeted exercise. Just a quick post to plant some seeds of dissent. :wink:

#2

Chinese medicine is quite effective in treating the eyes. Here you have a few exercises:

http://www.eye-exercises-for-good-vision.com/chinese-eye-exercises.html

I think that you are right. Just changing the dioptries of your glasses as you grow older is not a method to cure; it is a method to make money from selling glasses. I have personally assisted at some verbal abuse between optometrists to get the order for your glasses. Really ugly.

However, we have to give credit to Western medicine for treating serious eye diseases, like diabetic retinopathia, macular degeneration, etc. No exercises could treat these serious diseases. You have to know your limits.

West meets East. There are some eye doctors from USA who went to China to study
TCM in treating eye diseases. They even practice TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) in
USA and even lecture TCM.

I do not know much about the Ayurvedic methods for eye diseases.

I posted before that virtually all degenerative diseases are accompanied by a lack of
GLUTHATIONE. This includes the eye diseases.

#3

Indeed. Prescription glasses facilitate turning the temporary stress symptom into a quasi permanent condition.

The core exercise concept is about changing the focal plane and encouraging the eye to expand its focal range through exercise at the edge of sharpness. When reading a book for example, keeping the text at a distance where the letters just about begin to blur - and changing that distance minutely to give the eyes a target to focus.