A manual on the natural care of the eye with exercises to improve eyesight & treat various eye disorders. Also includes letters by Sri Aurobindo on yogic vision
This book, which is a comprehensive manual on the natural care of the eye, starts from the concept that eyesight is intricately connected to the mind and explains how good habits of eye care and mental relaxation can keep the eyes rested and refreshed. It then suggests simple but effective exercises to improve eyesight and treat various eye disorders. There are also chapters on the discoveries of Dr W. H. Bates and the physiology of the eye, as well as case histories, question-and-answer sections, and some letters by Sri Aurobindo on eyesight and yogic vision.
Hold the book at a distance from where it is seen best, move the head and sight with gentle blinking on each line. Usually the distance is 10 to 12 inches.
Move the book forward and backward.
Observe that each word appears darker.
Shift the sight just below the lines of letters and read.
Look at the white spaces instead of the black letters.
Move the body forward and backward.
For reading in lying posture, blinking is necessary.
Reading in dim light with strain helps myopic patients.
Reading in moving vehicles is not harmful.
Reading in candlelight is extremely beneficial.
Read Fine Print and chart at 10 ft. alternately.
Read a portion and look away.
Read with a card hole.
Stitch and read alternately.
Reading of photographic type reduction is very useful.
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