Tibetan Eye Exercises

Tibetan Buddhist monks have used eye exercises for centuries to improve and correct their eyesight, creating the standard Tibetan Eye Chart to strengthen eye muscles. This chart is a geometric design or mandala which exercises all of your eye muscles, causing your eyes to move in many directions. According to the Tibetan monks, after a few months of using this chart to perform eye exercises, you will no longer need glasses or contacts to see.

Tibetan Eye Chart Exercises

• Attach a Tibetan Eye Chart on a wall with the orange spot aligned approximately with your nose when you sit down. Your nose should be four to six inches away from the spot. Remove your glasses or contacts, if you wear them before beginning the eye exercises.

  Sit with your spine straight in front of the eye chart and move your eyes clockwise on each dot of the outer circle, until you have made a complete circle. Keep your head still at all times while moving only your eyes. Move your eyes counterclockwise in the same way. Blink your eyes a few times, then relax them.

  Notice the dots representing two o'clock and eight o'clock on the eye chart. Move your eyes back and forth between these two dots a few times. Notice the dots for four o'clock and 10 o'clock. Move your eyes back and forth between these a few times also.

  Palm your eyes by placing your right palm over your right eye and your left palm over your left eye. Let your fingers cross from both hands so they are at an angle, resting on your nose bridge. Support your elbows on a table or on your lap. You should feel a suction slightly on your eyeballs from the palms of your hands but no pressure, just soothing darkness. Sit for three to five minutes.

  Remove your palms and move your eyes clockwise slowly on the eye chart, this time on the outer edge of each of the arms. Repeat counterclockwise. If you feel like it, repeat again clockwise, then counterclockwise. If you feel eye strain, stop. When you're ready, blink a few times, then sit and palm your eyes as before for three to five minutes.

Eyesight Results

• Practicing the Tibetan Eye Exercises a few minutes each morning and each evening to help start improving your eyesight right away. These eye exercises, including the palming, help relieve stress and strain on your eyes, even more important if you work late hours or if you spend much time looking at computer screens. Purchase or freely download a Tibetan Eye Chart online.

  According to a 2005 study at the Christchurch Hospital, in New Zealand, eye exercises such as this has shown to improve a long list of disorders, such as learning disabilities and dyslexia, including performances after brain damage. However, since mainstream literature has not yet supported these type of eye exercises, practicing them is still considered to be controversial.