Did you know that stress can affect your eyes? The stress response causes your pupils to dilate, allowing more light into your eyes, so you can see ‘potential threats’ better. This constant dilation can make you sensitive to light, cause eye strain, and tighten the muscles in and around your eyes. Because our eyes are composed of muscles, it is important to let them rest throughout the day, and especially important to give your eyes periodic breaks from looking at screens.
Here are two easy ways to help relax your eyes, and in turn the rest of your body!
Palming
Let go of tension in your shoulders, arms and hands. Warm the palms of your hands by rubbing them vigorously together for a few seconds. Once they are warm, cup your hands over your closed eyes while resting your elbows on a table. Enjoy 10 slow relaxed breaths, letting the heat in your hands relax all the eyes and their surrounding muscles.
Because the light is reduced, the eyes don’t have to focus on anything, and therefore there is nothing for them to do but relax!
Eye Massage
Similar to palming, eye massaging can relieve eye strain. With clean fingers gently make small circles massaging your eyelids, the muscles above your eyebrows, your under-eyes, and temples.
By doing so, you are increasing the blood circulation to your eyes and relaxing all of the muscles in the area.
Try these two exercises a few times throughout the day, and notice how much better your eyes and body feel!
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