2020 Vision

In an era where our eyes are fixed on screens, try protecting your vision with yoga!

by Debby Siegel, MSA, ERYT, 500 RYT (2020)

A student recently asked if yoga was good for vision and continued to share with me that each time she attends class after work and changes clothes in her company’s ladies locker room, she needs her glasses to read the lock. Then after our hour of breathing, strengthening and stretching together, she consistently sees the numbers without any aid. Could it be yoga is helping her vision? After a bit of online research, I discovered that yes, in fact, yoga is good for vision too! One such study involving office workers in India indicated that daily yoga can significantly cut down on the blurry eyes, pain and dryness that frequent computer users experience.

In an era where our eyes are increasingly fixed on screens, the health of your vision can literally be in your hands. Between standard poses that enhance eye health and specialized moves especially for your eyes, yoga can help you cut down on eye strain and enjoy better vision and eye comfort. One totally accessible, therapeutic eye exercise I have added to classes since this conversation — Eye Palming — goes like this:

Not only is yoga physically good for your vision, it metaphorically helps us truly “see” better. Yoga gives us that pause necessary to reflect long enough to really see what’s going on in our lives and in our Selves. The pause at the end of practice known as Savasana is the space for our body to pause and integrate into its memory what we offered it in class. This translates to our lives. When we pause, we are better able to integrate the current lessons that life is offering us at that moment. Without the pause, we may have to continue to face the lesson. This is one reason it’s so critical to stay for Savasana if you’re able to in each yoga class.

Yoga provides great benefits, but only you know your own body and limits. Like any exercise, please consult your health care professional with any questions or concerns before starting any exercise program. When participating in any exercise or exercise program, there is the possibility of physical injury. Yoga Evangelist, Debby Siegel, is not a licensed medical care provider and represents that she has no expertise in diagnosing, examining, or treating medical conditions of any kind, or in determining the effect of any specific exercise on a medical condition.

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