GOOD POSTURE GOOD VISION
Vision is inter-connected with body posture. Therefore, to improve eyesight, you must also improve posture.
The explanation is that vision health is holistic health, which means it
includes the health of the body, the mind, and the spirit. Eyesight is an
integral part of vision. Your eyesight determines how you see the world at
large; your perception is your reality. Therefore, your perception becomes the
raw materials of your life experiences, which will directly or indirectly affect
your physical, mental, and emotional wellness. By the same token, your
physical, mental, and emotional health will have a bearing on your vision
health, and hence your eyesight.
According to Dr. William Bates (1860 - 1931), the founder of natural
vision improvement, poor vision is the result of eyestrain, due to mental and
physical stress on the eye, and hence the distortion of the eye shape, causing
nearsightedness and farsightedness. Dr. William Bates strongly believed that
eye relaxation holds the key to improving vision.
But eye relaxation begins with the mind first, not the eye. The mind must be
completely relaxed before it can relax the body—and then the eye, which is only
one of the organs of the body.
Improve posture to relax the body and the mind, and hence the eye. After all,
posture health is overall health: it affects your whole being in many different
ways.
Improve posture to improve your breathing. Incorrect breathing results in
compromised lung functioning, leading to inadequate oxygen intake by all body
organs and tissues, and hence a host of health issues, including vision health.
Improve posture to optimize breathing for vision health.
Improve posture to avoid debilitating body pain, such as neck pain, leg pain,
and even headaches. In addition, an arched back exerts undue pressure on the
joints and nerves, causing joint pain and rheumatism. Due to poor body posture,
all the muscle groups supporting the crooked spine may become stretched and
strained, causing wear and tear, resulting in lower back pain. Chronic body
pain often interferes with natural sleep, which is a major factor in relaxation
of the body and the mind, in particular, the eye. Therefore, it is important to
improve posture for eye relaxation to improve eyesight.
To successfully improve posture, you must develop an acute awareness for good
posture at all times.
Good posture does not mean "jamming your shoulders back, tucking in your
tummy, and standing stiff"; this posture does not align your body, nor is
it practicable in that you can maintain that position over an extended period.
Good posture means that in any standing position, you body posture should be as
follows:
Your head is directly above your shoulders.
Your chin is tucked in.
Your ear, shoulder, and hip are in a straight line from a side view.
Your upper back is straight, not slouched.
Your shoulders, relaxed and straight, are flat against your back.
Your pelvis is in a neutral position.
Your knees are unlocked.
Be mindful not just of your standing posture, but also your sitting and
sleeping posture—they all play a pivotal part in eye relaxation, which holds
the key to improving eyesight.
Stephen Lau
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by Stephen Lau
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