Yoga for Eye Sight Improvement

18 | Yoga for Eye Sight ImprovementYOGA FOR REFRACTIVE ERRORSLooking at the problems of the eye, where Yoga has beenfound to be effectively used, let us try to understand what arethe errors of Refraction, Myopia or Short Sight, Hyperopia orLong Sight, Astigmatism or Irregular Curvature, Pressbíopiathe ageing changes where people need to use reading glassesare all problems of Refraction. This is due to the inability ordifficulty of focusing of the image that has to fall right on thesharp point called the Fovea or Macula in the Retina. The shortsight or Myopia is a condition where the eye ball of the personis too long and therefore the, the sharp image which has to beat the focal point of the lens is falling too far in front of the Fovea.The eye ball, has become too deep now. Thus the imageis falling too far in front. By the time the image reaches theFovea, it is blurred. The person moves the object very near.Thus the image gets pushed further back. He will be able tosee better. Thisis called ShortSight.What is LongSight? In longsight it is the reverse.The imageis falling too farYoga in Education for Total Personality Development SERIES - 2