Yoga of Perfect Sight

Eye Strain during Sleep

Many people complain that when they first wake up in the morning, they are tired, that they have headaches, and that their eyesight is bad. Later on in the day their eyes feel better, and the vision becomes all right.

Many persons strain much more in their sleep than they ever do when they are awake. They see all sorts of unfamiliar dreams, some even scream while in sleep. Of course, people when unconscious of their acts during sleep are not aware of their dreams or eye-strain.

Eye-strain during sleep is sometimes difficult to treat. Some cases are benefited by palming for about half an hour before retiring. Others, by practising the long swing before and after sleep, have found great relief. Some persons are benefited by shortening their hours of sleep with the help of an alarm clock. One patient had the alarm set for 3 a.m. He would then get up from bed and practise the long swing and palming with the result that he slept the rest of the night very comfortably, and awoke the next morning with little or no evidence of eye-strain during sleep.

Some people are able to get good sleep by doing moderate muscular or breathing exercises. A girl patient was cured by reciting a prayer or a devotional song many times before going to bed. A boy was advised to run around a chair before and after sleep and this had a very good effect in curing his eye-strain during sleep.