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Eye Exercise Six - Close Vision Strengthening Exercise
Close Vision Technique A: (Accommodative "Whipping Eye Technique")
"Whipping' is one of the best eye exercises for strengthening the accommodative eye muscles to improve close vision. How to perform the Whipping Eye Exercise: Cup your left palm over your left eye. Hold a card with a black letter on it, that you can easily see, at arms length in front of your eyes. Pull the card toward your right eye at a moderate speed within a few inches of your face. Next, quickly 'whip' the card suddenly back to arm's length. Repeat this movement several times. Then, use the left eye while the right eye is cupped with your right palm. Repeat several times. Next, practice 'whipping' with both eyes open at the same time. Repeat several times. Perform two to three times a week. "Whipping" is an exercise that greatly helps presbyopia (middle-age sight), farsightedness, and any other close vision problems.
Close Vision Technique B: "Tromboning'
How to Perform the Tromboning Eye Exercise: Hold a 2 x 3 card with a small black letter that you can easily see at arms' length. From arms length, 'slide' (move) the card three inches toward your right eye, then move it back to arms' length. Next, 'slide' the card six inches toward your right eye, then move it back out to arms length. Next. 'slide' the card nine inches toward your right eye, then move it back out to arms length. Progress in this manner three inches at a time until the card is a couple inches away from your eye. Practice several times with your right eye. Next, perform 'Tromboning' with your left eye, then with both eyes together.
Move the card at a moderate easy speed. Relax and breathe easily. After practicing this exercise for a few weeks, vary the speed of the card-- moving the card more slowly, other times at a brisk speed. Consistently practiced, Whipping and Tromboning eventually awakens and strengthens the focusing muscles for the close point, to where you can see the print sharp and clear.
Close Vision Technique C: "Close Point Eye Sharpening Technique"
Many people go through middle age with blurry vision at the close point. This does not have to happen. You can do something about it. And this exercise, as well as the previous one is a positive step in doing something to strengthen and improve your close vision. I have found this "Close Point Eye Sharpening Technique," when performed correctly, to be the most important eye technique to improve close vision. It is easy to do and only needs to be practiced twice a week. This is the latest eye improvement technique that I devised in 1995.
Step 1: Hold "Principles of Eye Training Chart" in front of your eyes, from 12 to 20 inches, where you can see it without strain.
Step 2: Trace the 8rst letter of the first (1.) paragraph with your eyes, for example, "V" in "Vision."
Step 3. Close your eyes and trace and visualize the letter "V" in your mind.
Step 4: Open your eyes, look at the letter "V" and trace it again.
Step 5: Close your eyes and trace letter "V" again, then open eyes while inhaling and exhaling a gentle deep breath, and look at the letter "V".
Step 6: Move the letter "V" "in" slowly towards your eyes while trying to see the letter as clearly as possible--when the letter starts to blur, stop the movement.
Step 7: Close your eyes for a few seconds. Open your eyes with a deep breath and move letter "V" away from your eyes, and notice the letter become clearer.
Step 8: Place both palms over eyes for twenty seconds, while visualizing a black color.
Repeat Steps One through Eight with the first letter of all eleven paragraphs, For example, 'T" for paragraph #2. "R" for paragraph #3 and so forth. Or go down to the smallest paragraph that you can see clearly. Practice this exercise at least 15 to 20 minutes, two or three times a week.
Eye Exercise Six - Stretch Your Vision - Distant Vision Strengthening Exercise
(To Improve Nearsightedness--Myopia)
This eye exercise was taught during the 1940s in Michigan, by two optometrists, Drs. Ross and Rhymer. "Stretch Your Vision" is extremely valuable in extending the limits of your distant vision, especially for myopic vision (nearsightedness). Practice "Stretch Your Vision" at least 15 to 30 minutes each session, two or three times a week.
Step 1: Stand straight and select one of the "letters" on the chart
Step 2: Trace your chosen "letter in your mind, then close your eyes for a few seconds. Relax your hands, shoulders, eyes, legs, neck etc.
Step 3: Open your eyes and look at the letter again. Next, place both palms over eyes and "Palm" while visualizing the "letter" in your mind for 15 seconds.
Step 4: Open your eyes with a deep inhalation and exhalation of breath, noting the "letter" becoming blacker.
Step 5: While looking at the "letter", begin swaying slowly from side to side. While you continue to sway, move s-l-o-w-l-y away from the chart, taking very short backward steps. Breathe naturally and allow the print to come in clearly. When you reach the point where the print becomes indistinct or unreadable, STOP! At this point, bend forward at the waist, continuing to sway, and again read the "letter". Now, resume your short backward steps. Again, even though you lean far forward, you will reach the point at which the printed letters are no longer legible. When this occurs, straighten up, move close to the chart and repeat the exercise on the next smaller line, following the above instructions. Repeat each line until you reach the bottom line of the chart. It is important to relax the entire body while performing this exercise. Mentally and physically feel your shoulders, neck, face, eye, arms and hands relax. Let go of your jaw muscles and let them drop. Let your eyes become soft and calm.
Eye Exercise Seven - Test Card Eye Exercise (To Improve Close and Distant Vision)
Dr. Bates recommended this eye exercise to help strengthen ones' distant and close vision: It can be performed during your regular routine, or during spare moments throughout the day. It is also a great eye exercise for those who have already achieved good eyesight, and want to maintain their excellent vision.
Close Vision Exercise - Stand two feet away from the Snellen Eye Chart
Step 1: Look at the top Eye Chart Letter 'A'-trace it with your eyes or nose.
Step 2: Close eyes for five seconds. Relax eyes and open a gentle breath, and notice the letter 'A' looking blacker and clearer.
Step 3: Palm eyes for twenty seconds. Open eyes with a gentle breathe, and notice the letter blacker and clearer.
Step 4: Look at the next line 'C' 'G' on the Eye Chart. Repeat the above sequence.
Perform these Four Steps all the way down to the bottom line on the Eye Chart. When you can see the bottom line, move three inches closer to the Eye Chart. Each week move closer, but do not be in any hurry to do this if you cannot see the Eye Chart letters clearly. In other words, move 'closer' ONLY when the letters come in clearly. Never strain to see the Eye Chart. However, you can move closer to the Eye Chart when working with the upper, larger letter-lines even if you cannot see the lower smaller lines. Move closer to the upper larger lines that you can see clearly. The goal is to read the smallest line at four or 8ve inches away. If you can do this, you'll have perfect eyesight at the close point. Practice two or three times weekly, until you achieve this goal.
Distant Vision Exercise
Stand three feet away from the Snellen Eye Chart 1.
Step 1: Look at letter 'A' at the top of the Eye Chart-now trace letter 'A'
Step 2: Close your eyes for five seconds. Next, open your eyes with a gentle breath, and notice the letter 'A' gets blacker and clearer.
Step 3: Palm your eyes for twenty seconds. Next, open eyes with a gentle breath, and notice the 'A' blacker and clearer.
Step 4: Look at the next line 'C' 'G' on the Eye Chart. Repeat the above sequence.
Perform the Four Steps all the way down to the bottom line on the Snellen Eye Chart (page 30). When you can see the bottom line, move one foot further away from the Eye Chart. Each week move farther back, but do not be in any hurry to do this if you cannot see the letters clearly. Move further back only when the letters come in clearly. Never strain to see the letter 9 on the Eye Chart. However, you can move further back when working with the top five lines on the Eye Chart, even if you cannot see the lower smaller lines. Move further back on the upper larger letter-lines you can see clearly.
Eye Exercise Eight - Tibetan Peripheral Vision Technique
How important is peripheral vision? Everyone uses their peripheral vision while driving, walking, playing sports, at work and at home. In fact, if we didn't use our peripheral vision, we would develop "tunnel vision." just like the old gray mare going down the street with blinders attached to the sides of his eyes. He can only look forward. He is blind to everything around him. We develop "tunnel vision" or lack of peripheral vision by concentrating to "hard" with the eyes fixed forward. Gazing hard, straight forward, makes the eyes lose the ability to see clearly peripherally (side-vision).
How well do you see on the sides? Before being taught to read, children can see with their side (peripheral) vision clear and sharp. The great sports athletes like Wayne Gretsky, Barry Sanders and Michael Jordan are praised by their peers for having "eyes behind their head." They have developed extremely good peripheral vision. They know where the ball or puck is at every moment. With strong, well-developed side vision, you can prevent accidents while driving your car. Your ability to play any sport will improve dramatically. Dr. William H. Bates, the famous eye specialist says. "The normal eye sees one thing BEST, but not one thing only." By developing your "Peripheral" (side vision), you too can have "eyes behind your head." Gazing straight forward, without movement to either side. Just pay attention to what is going on "peripherally." on your right and left sides.
How to perform the "Tibetan Peripheral Vision Technique":
Step 1: Hold a pencil in each hand, twelve inches in front of your eyes.
Step 2: Gaze straight out past the pencils into the "distance", without looking directly at the pencils. See the pencils with your "Peripheral Vision." Do not look directly at the pencils.
Step 3: Move each pencil s-l-o-w-l-y to the sides of each eye, as far as you can see them peripherally. Repeat this front-to-side movement at least ten times.
Step 4: Next, move the pencils, right hand upward and left hand downward, ten times.
Step 5: Next, move the pencils right hand diagonally upward, and left hand diagonally downward, ten times.
Step 6: Next, move the pencils left hand diagonally upward, and right hand diagonally downward, ten times.
Step 7: Next, hold pencils twelve inches in front of your eyes and make a circle about two or three feet in diameter, from in front of your eyes, out to the sides. Keep your eyes looking straight ahead in all Seven Steps. Perform circles clockwise and counterclockwise.
Eye Exercise Nine - Dr. Bates' and Yoga Eye Palming Techniques
Palming was re-discovered by William H. Bates, M.D. in the early 1900s. The ancient Indian Yogis and Chinese Taoists practiced eye palming techniques for thousands of years. They "palmed" their eyes as a form of meditation or inner visualization and relaxation. "Palming" is performed by gently 'cupping' both palms over the eyes, blocking out as much light as possible. Palm for five minutes daily. The Masters say that too much outward gazing at all the 'exciting', bright and fast-moving things in the world upsets the inner balance of our 'spiritual third eye. The physical eyes and brain become clouded confused and agitated, like a muddy stream. Palming calms the mind, emotions, spirit and body. The inner and outer eyes take on the qualities of a clear, tranquil, peaceful pool of water. When the mind and emotions are tranquil, vision focuses on the outer world with clarity and insight. Palming is one of the most important methods for relaxing eye muscles and eye nerves. Palming helps to calm the mind and improve color clarity. It is very helpful for many degenerative eye conditions when performed regularly.
Palming Soothes and Rests the Eyes
Palming is practiced and taught by many Visual Training Teachers throughout the world, i.e., in United States, Germany, the Yogis of India, Chinese Taoists, Tibetan monks, Naturopaths and Holistic Doctors.
This superior technique can bring about a complete transformation and restoration of your eyes. When you learn how to palm correctly, you'll be inspired to palm daily, because it relaxes the eyes, the body and the mind. When you first start palming, you may see the color gray, a white light or other colors while performing palming. As you continue practicing, however, you will see only black darkness. Total 'blackness' while palming means that your mind is relaxed and calm, and your eyes can heal and regenerate quickly.
"Let Go" Mentally While Palming
While palming, "let go" mentally, because your eyes cannot completely relax when the mind or body is full of stress and tension. The brain is like a camera--we see through the brain. You can strain the eyes while palming, if your brain is in "tension," thinking about your problems, the same as you can with them open. You must relax your "brain-stuff" (thoughts) while palming. Then you will see improved eyesight. For complete relaxation, breathe slowly, evenly and naturally. Give your problems to the Universe or Higher Power. Let your mind dwell on something beautiful--a blue ocean, sandy beach, sunset, mountains, a loving face etc. Complete relaxation leads to complete healing. This is your goal! Avoid strain or negative thoughts while palming. Shut out all light and think of a black box lined with black velvet. When your inner mind is able to see, visualize and remember black while palming, your vision will improve.
How to perform the Yoga Fetal Palming Technique
The Yogis of India discovered that performing palming in the Fetal Kneeling Position or Fetal Squatting Position is more relaxing and healing than in the upright sitting position. However, all three palming positions are beneficial and can be performed at any time. Always finish your eye exercise routine with palming. Palming in the kneeling or squatting position is an excellent method of complete eye, mind, and body relaxation. Fresh blood circulation and nerve flow to the eyes are also greatly enhanced.
Kneeling Fetal Position - Palming Technique
While kneeling in the fetal position (on knees and body bent forward. face down), bring head to floor in front of knees, with "cupped" palms over eyes). Rest the heel of your palms on your cheek bones, fingers crossed over your forehead. Be sure your palms do not touch the eyeballs; keep out as much light as possible.
Visualize BLACK VELVET.
Squatting Fetal Position Palming Technique: Squat down with feet 8 to 10 inches apart. Place arms over your knees and cup palms over eyes. Relax in this position with palms covering eyes. In the East people squat in this position to have babies, eat and eliminate. It is a natural position and very conducive to relaxation, meditation and palming.
Important Eye Improvement Note: When you palm correctly, you will see "perfect blackness." The blacker you see while palming, the faster pour eyesight improve. Perfect blackness equals perfect eyesight. Perfect blackness indicates that your visual nerve senses are relaxed and are functioning correctly.
If you see gray or various colors while palming, it indicates that your vision is unclear and blurry. Palming while visualizing "black" helps to darken the palm area.
You cannot "force" blackness in the "palming field area" --this only makes more tension and weak vision. To see perfect blackness, visualize anything black, i.e., black cat, dog, car, shoes etc.
After each eye exercise session, palm for at least five minutes. Relax! After palming, open your eyes and notice how the trees, grass, sky, houses, people appear clear, bright and more colorful.
Heal Liver and Eyes with the Color of Green
In the Orient, the Taoist Masters teach us that "green" is associated with the liver and the eyes. Green vegetables and nature's green colors--trees, grass etc., help to heal the liver and eyes. Gently visualize green trees, green grass, blue-green ocean, and your eyes and mind become calmer, happier and more peaceful. You can palm at any time you feel the need to relax and let go--it refreshes your mind and rejuvenates your eyes.
The Sit Down Palming Technique
Place palms over your eyes, elbows on table, with back and neck straight. You can use a small pillow under your elbows if you wish; this helps to relax your arms. Use this method at work if you are unable to perform the Fetal Floor Palming Technique. (You wouldn't want to be caught on the floor when your boss walks in)! Both palming techniques will work. Just "do it" and "see" your vision improve. Happy Palming!
The Secret 'Black Globe' Palming Technique
The real inner secret behind perfect eyesight is to relax the eyes, body, brain and mind completely! Complete relaxation means complete healing of body, mind and vision. To do this, you must be able to visualize totally black space while palming with your eyes closed. While palming, when you have pictured a background as black as it can be, imagine a "round" very black "Globe" pictured against that back-ground. What do you see? You will see something still blacker than that background. Then let go of the background and let the Black Globe spread out until it becomes the background itself. Try to picture a still blacker Globe on the new background and so on, until you get a background so black that nothing blacker can be imagined. Perfect blackness equals perfect relaxation, and perfect relaxation equals perfect vision. Ten to fifteen minutes of "seeing black" while palming will prove to you what a marvelous relaxation technique this is. Some people have reported eye strain relieved in only a few palming sessions. After "seeing black", you will be able to see much more clearly and strongly--either at the close point or far point. To see the fullest degree of "blackness", first look at a perfectly black object, i.e., black car, black cat/dog, black velvet etc., and then (while palming try to remember that blackness.
The Key to Seeing Perfect Blackness.
Perfect blackness that is recalled and perceived, indicates that the mind is perfectly relaxed. When you cultivate the power to "remember and visualize black", your brain and mind rests and relaxes instantaneously, and your vision strengthenens tremendously. Your mastery in remembering to see black goes beyond relaxation. It enables you to see the letters 'much blacker' on a page, thus making them sharper and easier to read. Practice a few minutes each day and you will see marked improvement. Your subconscious memory of "perfect blackness", carried in your mind when your eyes are open, will give you a high degree of mental and visual clarity and strength. Thus, your vision can be improved immediately, if your memory and mental image of "perfect blackness" is visualized and retained. Bates and other natural eye training specialists state that many cases of imperfect eyesight--nearsightedness, farsightedness, aging vision--have been cured by the simple practice of "seeing black" while palming, over a period of time.
The Amazing Master Formulas Behind "Perfect Eyesight"
It has been discovered in ancient writings from ages past that the brain, mind and the eyes operate in close harmony. Defective eyesight can be improved by mental methods accompanied by proper eye habits, eye exercises, diet and physical relaxation techniques. This amazing "secret" to Perfect Eyesight lies in the coordination between the brain and the muscles controlling the movements of the eyeball.
The Three Master Formulas to Perfect Eyesight - Master Eye Formula Number One - Relax the Eye Muscles
Abnormal strain of the external muscles of the eyes is always associated by a strained, unnatural effort to see. When this strain is stopped, the eye muscles become normal and all errors of refraction vanish like magic. In each "error of refraction" there is a different kind of strain. Relaxing any type of eye strain will relieve that particular error of refraction. In other words, total relaxation of eye, mind and body reduces all "errors of refraction." When one is angry, stressed-out or tense, vision becomes blurry. Relaxation brings clarity.
Master Eye Formula Number Two - Relax the Brain and Mind
The strain of the eyes to see is literally strains the mind; conversely, when the mind strains, it is reflected as a strain of the eyes. Therefore, we see a very true connection between stressed-out mental states and defective eyesight, each acting upon and reacting to the other in a cause and effect relationship.
Master Eye Formula Number Three - Reduce Mental Strain and Strengthen Eye Muscles
The only real treatment for regaining your lost eyesight begins by relieving mental stress and strain, followed by a recovery of mental control of the eye muscles. The vision exercises in this book will help you reduce mental strain, physical stress, and allow your eye muscles to strengthen and function in a relaxed manner, as they were meant to do.
Dr. Bates once said: "When the mind is at rest, nothing can tire the eyes; and when the mind is under a strain nothing can rest them; anything that rests the mind will benefit the eves."
Do you want Perfect Eyesight? Develop mental poise and balance--a prerequisite of mental relaxation and removal of strain. Learn to "let go" of mental strain, worry, fear, anxiety, etc. Practice mental calm and watch your eyesight improve by quantum leaps!
Important Inspirational Eye Training Note: your eyes are your most precious possession. Consistent practice of the eye techniques in this chapter will allow you to always keep your "precious possessions" for a long, healthy and happy lifetime. Stick with it! You must give your eyes time to strengthen and heal. Let it be done! We wish you much success in your quest for "Perfect Eyesight."
What is Progressive Eye Training
Each month make your eye routine more progressive and challenging. Perform more repetitions. Walk back further away from the eye chart. Increase Palming time and frequency. Change your eye routine or perform different eye exercise for your specific eye condition. Progressive eye training exercises increase circulation to the eyes for quicker eye improvement. If your eyes get overly sore or fatigued from eye training, take a rest-break for two or three days from your eye routine to allow nerve, tendon and eye muscle healing and repair.
Vision improves during rest
Always move your eyes smoothly during the eye muscle exercises. Smooth eye movements relax the eyes, which helps you to see clearly. Keep practicing until you perform all eye routines smoothly and calmly. When you reach Perfect Eyesight--20-10 or better, a 15 minute eye routine, once a week, is enough to maintain perfect vision. Also, continue your daily natural eye habits for life. You can prevent eye problems and maintain Perfect Eyesight for as long as you live. Best wishes on your personal vision quest!
Eyesight Training Exercise Schedule -- Weekly Eye Training Program
1. Eye Muscle Exercises - 5 to 10 minutes two or three times a week
2. Side Vision Exercises (Peripheral) - 5 minutes, two or three times a week
3. Distance Seeing Exercises (For Nearsighted people) - 15 to 30 minutes, 2- 3 times a week
4. Close Seeing Exercises (For Farsighted people) - 15 to 30 minutes, 2-3 times a week
5. Yoga Neck Rolls - 3 minutes, two or three times a week Head, Face, Eye Massage - 5 minutes, two or three times a week
6. Taoist Yoga Chi Kung Constitutional Exercises -15 minutes, 2- 3 times a week
Daily Eye Training Program
1. Eye Palming - 5 to 10 minutes daily
2. Eye or Nose Edging and Tracing (Close & Distant)-3 to 5 minutes
3. Practice Distance Seeing throughout the day
4. Look Up From Your Close Work every 10-15 minutes
5. Hold book or reading material at least 20 inches from eyes
6. Sit and stand with a good posture
7. Eat wholesome nutritious foods for your Body Type
8. Stop eating lifeless junk food
9. Obtain sufficient rest and sleep
10.Go outside daily in the fresh air and sunshine
11. Go outside, look into the distance or take a slow walk after eating
12. Use natural, whole-food vitamins, minerals and herbs daily
13. Use herbal eye drops or take a Herbal Eye Bath
14. Head Lift Technique
Internal Chi Kung - Energy Exercises For Vision Improvement
How to Build a Strong Healthy Constitution
Good posture and internal organ health is vitally important for clear sharp vision. The Yogis and Chi Kung Masters practice stretching and posture exercises to strengthen their kidneys and lower back area. In the Chinese Five Element Medical System, the kidneys are considered the health and longevity organs of the body. If you want to stay young, vibrant and full of energy, practice these internal exercises daily. These powerful exercise movements have been taught and practiced throughout the world in every culture.
Internal Exercise Number One "Kidney and Lower Back Strengthening Movement"
Chinese Traditional Doctors say that the kidneys are the Mother Organs of the body. They regulate water and protein in the body. Too much or not enough of each can result in poor health and illness. Kidneys are considered our constitutional longevity organs. Strong kidneys impart calmness to the mind and spirit--they give us the will and energy to accomplish our goals. Weak kidneys instill fear and trembling throughout the body, mind and spirit. This Kidney Exercise helps to strengthen the kidneys, bladder and lower back area.
How to perform the Kidney and Lower Back Exercise: First, stand with feet close together. Reach forward, without bending the knees; look upward with your eyes and bend forward while trying to touch the floor with your hands. Feel the stretch in your lower back. Looking up keeps your back straight. This movement normalizes the lower back, strengthens the kidneys and helps you to stay grounded and balanced. Perform 8-12 times daily.
Internal Exercise Number Two "Spine Straightening Movement"
Good posture is the key to good energy-chi circulation to the body organs, blood and lymph system that feed nourishment to the eyes. This simple exercise is invaluable for overcoming a 'craned neck,' or 'hunched backed' upper spine. It is an excellent movement to improve and maintain a healthy strong posture for life.
How to Perform the "Spine Straightening Movement": Simply let your head fall backward all the way back while standing in an upright posture. Hold this position for 15 seconds, while breathing slowly and deeply from your lower abdominal area (Hara). This simple movement straightens the upper spine and raises the chest. You become more poised and graceful when your posture is properly aligned. Perform this movement several times a day. This posture enables your lungs to expand and breathe more deeply; it makes it easier for the blood to circulate through the heart and imparts confidence and courage.
Internal Exercise Number Three "Reaching for the Sky"
This movement also benefits the eyesight, ears, complexion; it increases lung capacity and respiration; stimulates the liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines and colon; it helps to overcome constipation, improves sex gland function, trims, tones, strengthens and flattens the abdomen; overcomes fatigue, and increases energy.
Stretch up to the sky and watch your energy zoom!
How to Perform "Reaching for the Sky." Stand with your feet 12 inches apart, with arms in front of body and fingers intertwined. Inhale a gentle deep breath while lifting your arms up above your head and stretching up on your toes. You can keep your head forward, or for variation, look upward at your hands. Then, hold your breath and stretch your arms upward and hold for a few seconds. Exhale, lower your arms down sideways. This movement helps to remove the 'hump' out of the upper back and straightens the spine and posture. This natural upward stretch breaks-up the blockages in the body for improved circulation, digestion and internal organ function. The result is greater health, better vision and more energy. Repeat 6-10 times daily.
Internal Exercise Number Four "Tibetan Rejuvenation Rite"
The Tibetan Rejuvenation Rite comes from the Tibetan Monks high up in the Himalayan Mountains in northern India. This powerful 'Rite" increases health in the following ways: Strengthens the back and shoulder muscles; neck and leg areas; increases blood and nerve circulation to the brain and vital internal organs; helps to overcome constipation, slows down the aging process; increases lung capacity and breathing ability; overcomes lung problems; trims, tones and firms the waist and buttocks; helps bring circulation, blood and healing energy to the eyes.
How to Perform the Tibetan Rejuvenation Rite: Lie on your stomach and place hands on the floor, shoulder width apart. Next, push upper body (shoulders and head) up and back, with hips almost touching floor--stretch neck and upper body as far back as possible. From this position raise on toes and hands, while lifting your hips straight up, while pointing the top of your head to the floor and touching your chin to your chest. Breathe "in" as your hips are raised, and breathe "out" when raising your head. Start with 6 repetitions and work up to 15 or 20. You'll feel invigorated and full of chi energy!
Internal Exercise Number Five "Sufi Bear Walk" (Egyptian)
Perform this "walk" for one minute for a month, and add one minute each month until you are walking on all fours for three minutes. The Sufi Bear Walk strengthens the nerves and allows fresh blood to circulate directly to the eyes and brain. It tones the shoulder, back, arm and leg muscles. When you "Bear-Walk" at a fairly fast pace, you'll increase your endurance and stamina. Bears have a straight and powerful posture. The "Bear Walk" rebuilds postural muscles and overcomes the downward gravitational pull, which helps to overcome falling organs. It also imparts an internal massage to the abdomen and colon, thus helping to alleviate constipation and gastrointestinal problems. Perform at least three times per week.
How to Perform the "Sufi Bear Walk": Babies and animals walk on all four limbs in a 'cross-crawl' fashion like a bear, dog or cat. This exercise takes some practice to perform correctly. You have to bring your opposite arm and leg forward while moving forward on all fours, just like a bear. Using opposite arms and legs on all fours activates the right and left hemispheres of the brain, bringing balance and harmony to the body/mind connection.
Internal Exercise Number Six "Oriental Jade Hop"
This is an excellent "grounding" exercise. Too much thinking, worrying, reading, computers and other close work cause our energy to stay in our head-we become ungrounded and unstable. We become top heavy in the head and not centered, balanced and grounded in the Hara (lower abdomen). Life becomes more difficult when we think about our problems too much, or worry too much. Excessive thinking or mental activity creates stress, strain and tension in the brain, which can easily cause distorted blurry vision, and further eyesight degeneration. However, when we learn to ground our energy in our Hara area, answers to our problems come more easily; we see life as it is. When we are grounded we feel more relaxed and calm to handle any situation life brings to us. We can perform our daily activities and goals with creativity, mental and visual clarity.
How to Perform the "Jade Hop": Stand and simply start hopping up and down on your toes one or two inches, in a relaxed manner. Continue until you feel slightly winded, one or two minutes. This simple but potent exercise strengthens the sexua| organs, stimulates the pituitary gland in the mid-brain, and the thymus gland. It builds strength in the legs, rejuven-ates the kidneys and adrenal glands, it also helps to prevent the formation of kidney stones. "The Jade Hop" decongests the head, sinuses and lungs to allow fresh blood to circulate to the head and eyes for improved vision. It also helps to move and circulate the lymphatic system to detoxify the body, which helps build immunity. You can also use a jump rope for variety.
Internal Exercise Number Seven "Centering Movement"
After performing the last two 'grounding' exercises, your energy moves into your legs and feet and away from your head, Centering your energy is next. When your body becomes properly grounded, the tough times of life are easier to handle. Centering your body places you in harmony with life to enable you to see the correct solutions to your problems. This wonderful movement loosens the back and squeezes the internal organs for good blood and nerve circulation.
How to Perform the "Centering Movement": We do not have a picture of this movement. Written instructions will suffice as follows: Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and relax. Bend your knees slightly; let your arms hang loosely like ropes, while your mid-body and shoulders move in circles. Let your breathing be natural. Move your right shoulder forward and up in a circle, and then lower it backward. Do the same with the left shoulder, moving it forward, up in a circle and back and downward in a circle. As your left shoulder is moving upward and back, let your right shoulder come forward and up again. Alternate in this manner while twisting your waist with the rotating movement. Do not tighten-up while performing this exercise: You Must Relax! Become like a "rag-doll." Just hang loose! When first starting this movement, perform easy, small shoulder and twisting movements; gradually increase to larger circles. Put a smile on your face and pretend you are doing a dance. The "Centering Movement" helps to expel toxins from the body. absorbs fresh chi-energy, increases your vitality and heals the internal organs. While twisting and squeezing your internal organs, it massages them thoroughly; it helps to release gas, belching and rumbling sounds--a sign of toxins being expelled from the body. It is also great for weight reduction. eases shoulder and back pain. and strengthens the sexua| organs. It helps to drain and massage the lymphatic glands. This movement also helps to strengthen the spine and improve ones' posture. At first, perform 16 times. Eventually, perform for three minutes non-stop. Happy "centering!"
Special Oriental Do-In: Self-Healing Massage Techniques for the Eyes - Vision Health and Healing Secrets
From the Orient has come stories of miraculous healing powers never before seen in the West. What do the Orientals' know that the West has yet to learn? One of their great secrets is a self massage practice called Do-In (Doe Inn) in Japan. The Chinese refer to self massage practice as Tao-Yin" (Dow Yin). Many of the Japanese and Chinese Taoist Masters who practice Do-In and Chi Kung are reported to be well over 100 years young and going strong! Along with Do-In and Chi Kung Yoga practice, they consume mainly whole natural foods consisting of whole grains, vegetables, yams, squash, rice, rye etc. By practicing these methods, they say, one's health, immune system and energy levels improve by quantum leaps. Do-In and Chi Kung practice, in addition to wholesome nutrition, herbs, meditation and prayer are the keys that have been taught by the ancient masters of all religions to maintain super health and overcome degenerative diseases. A good friend of ours from Canada, Frances Bates, was suffering from partial paralysis of her left arm. A few days of performing Do-In and Chi Kung exercises, and she was able to move her arm freely and without any pain. Do-In has many varied techniques and modalities for self healing. When you improve circulation to one part of the body, the healing benefits are felt in other parts of the body. The following is a very simple Do-In routine. Just simply "rub" and "massage" the following areas in this order:
Daily Do-In Self Healing Massage Routine
· Rub the crown of the head and temples for mental clarity
· Rub the ears to heat-up the body and invigorate the kidneys.
· Rub the eyes to regenerate the liver, improve vision, and freshen the spirit.
· Rub the nose to help heal heart problems.
· Rub the mouth to help improve stomach digestion.
· Rub the nostrils and cheeks to eliminate mucus, sinus problems and to cleanse the lungs.
· Rub the neck for emotional problems, stress, and to increase vitality; also helps for calmness and poise.
· Rub the arms for heart problems, nervousness and emotional love problems.
· Rub the chest and upper back for depression, grief and the courage to face life without fear.
· Rub the heart area for greater circulation and spiritual love.
· Rub the liver (under right rib cage), to strengthen the eyesight and for sustaining energy.
· Rub the kidneys for better hearing or ear problems.
· Rub the big toe to clear the brain and achieve mental clarity.
· Rub the four small toes to help heal the eyesight and hearing.
· Rub the feet for mental and physical grounding and physical strength.
· Rub your legs to release past problems and to place mind in the here and now moment.
· Rub your buttocks for sciatic nerve problems, relaxation, tension or stress.
· Rub the sacrum for lower back pain, hemorrhoids, and menstrual cramps.
· Rub your belly (hara) for abundant health and centering, and to gain wisdom, intuition and insight.
· Rub in the exact order as outlined above for grounding and centering.
Do-In Clears Blockages for Healing
The basic purpose of Do-In is to break up blockages in the organs, meridians, nerves, muscles, tendons, which increases blood and chi or energy circulation throughout the entire body, including the eyes. When these conditions are, met, the body and eyesight automatically receive healing energy. Some of the most vital areas to massage are the neck and solar plexus (hara). The neck, according to Chi Kung Masters,' is not only the gateway between the mental and the physical centers, but is also a 'gateway' for the emotional and spiritual centers. In my youth I read a passage in the Bible that stuck in my mind: "This wicked and stiff necked generation..." and the terrible things that were going to happen to them. Mikhael Aivanhov, a Cabala Master states, "The brain and the solar plexus work together. If there is a blockage in the neck and the communication is not very good, you must massage the neck in the region of the cervical vertebrae so as to reestablish the current going from the solar plexus to the brain." This is also important to allow nerve and blood circulation to flow to the tiny nerves and capillaries in the eyes and eye muscles. The eyes actually 'see' out through the brain. Vision is really a miraculous phenomenon of Great Nature and the Creative Force of the Universe!
Healing Hara Massage
Do-In recommends to massage the entire hara (stomach, liver, intestines) from under the rib cage to the pubic bone. Massage deep and slow. Massage the entire abdominal area just before sleep at night. When the hara is relaxed during sleep, the internal organs and eyesight are allowed to heal naturally. Plus, we can receive the proper spiritual guidance or intuition for the next day's activity. The brain and the mind can never have true or correct answers for us. Zen Masters' tell their students to "cut off your head;" figuratively, of course! We are taught to stop worrying or constantly thinking about our problems. Instead, concentrate on the belly "the God center," for peace, guidance, health and happiness.
The Three Power Centers
There are three power centers in the abdomen:
1. The Solar Plexus, in the pit of the abdomen (arch of the rib cage);
2. Behind the belly button area; and
3. The Dan tain or Tan tain, 1 1 /2 inches below the belly button.
Massage the entire abdomen for a few minutes daily, and you will experience peace, tranquility, self control and answers to your problems. It is also a good idea to receive a hara massage from your partner or massage therapist. In Japan, the hara massage therapist works on the entire abdomen for an hour or more. Many people experience healing after these intense hara massage sessions. We learned these deep techniques from Chinese and Japanese Do-In and Chi Kung Masters.
The Heart and the Belly
When the ancients' talked about the heart, they really mean the belly. "When initiates speak of the intelligence of the heart," according to Master Aivanhov, "no one, not even the theologians have understood why it is the heart which possesses the veritable intelligence, nor what this intelligence is. To the initiates, 'the heart is not the pump which propels the blood through the organism, but it is another heart, the Solar Plexus (belly area)." Do-In is practiced to prevent disease, maintain high-level health, and to commune with the Creative Force of the Universe. Do-In practitioners also use hara massage to help cure illnesses. Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine both concur that disease begins in the hara (stomach. liver, intestines). Ayurvedic Medicine says: "There is no disease without first gastro-intestinal disorders." The Chinese call the Hara area "central energy," where health and energy is generated and maintained. This is also the area where disease manifests. For example, when the colon, stomach and liver are functioning below par--weak digestion, fatigue, lack of energy, diabetes, low blood sugar etc.-- the eyesight also weakens and becomes diseased. The Taoists Masters' teach that we must open the blockages in the physical body to receive energy and healing. During an energy imbalance and illness I developed several years ago, I began performing hara massage rubbing. Today, my energy zooms like never before in my life--even more than when I was 20 years old. I feel like I have never aged a day past 20! And my vision improves every year. There is no limit to how well one can see. With the proper knowledge, understanding and practice, you can keep your vision for as long as you live. This is really good news. But, you have to take action to follow through on these valuable vision and health training secrets,
Hara Massage for Unlimited Energy
Hara massage is for everyone. Start today on your road to energy and vitality. It is easy to do. It takes about 10 minutes to perform before going to sleep, or you can do it in the morning. It doesn't take much energy to do; in fact, after a few minutes of "belly rubbing" you will feel more energy, along with less stress and nerve exhaustion. Your vision will also improve quicker by performing Hara Massage daily. Do not massage the head, ears or eye areas at night, because the energy may go to the head and keep you awake. Perform Do-In head massage in the morning instead. Always finish a Do-In session with a belly massage. This brings the energy to the center of the body where it belongs, and creates balance, centeredness and calmness. Mr. Jean Rofidal, writing in "DO.IN: The Philosophy" says, "Many people think they can get by without paying any respect to the rules of the Universal Order which may be classified under four main headings: nourishment, respiration, exercise and meditation... "they give us the opportunity of doing something about our well-being. For instance, by acting on the exterior of our bodies, we can act on the interior and by acting on the gross we act on the subtle." "Do-In affords a splendid method of acting on our bodies physically, mentally and spiritually."
"Foot Slapping" to Invigorate the Kidneys and Nourish the Eyes and Liver"
Chi Kung Master Huang Runtian, writing in "Treasured Qigong of Traditional Medical School," states that this "Foot Tapping Technique" ... "can nourish the liver and improve eyesight; curing chronic diseases of the liver, gall bladder and eyesight diseases (near-sighted, far-sighted. and poor-sighted).""As a result of conscientious practicing of the Qigong exercise, the liver wood nourished by sufficient kidney-water and abundant "earth Qi" would be full of vigor and vitality. Thus the Qigong can nourish the liver and make eyes clear." "Frequency and duration of exercise." Slap or clap your feet 50-104 times. For health protection perform once a day before going to bed."
Positive Benefits of Foot Slapping
Here are some ailments Chinese Medicine attributes to being helped by foot tapping or slapping: Yin (cold) deficiency, yang (hot) excess, upper body heat excess, lower body deficiency (ungroundedness), kidney and heart problems, excessive rise of liver yang, seminal emissions, night sweats, heart palpitations, poor memory, insomnia, mental stress, neurasthenia, migraine headaches, knee and back pain, blood deficiency, burning red face, mental depression, poor eyesight, liver and gall bladder problems etc."In practicing this {Do-In~," states Master Runtian, "you need not believe in it, but you must do the exercise earnestly. You will get bene8ts from it, whether you believe it or not."
My Personal Experience of Foot Slapping
While visiting Zen-Taoist Master Hyunoong Sunim, in Washington State several years ago. I was awakened early one morning by a loud clapping. I found out later that he was slapping his foot. I tested his eyesight a few years later, and found that he has better than 20-20 vision--his eyesight is 40-10-much better than 20-20. He can see and read the 10 foot Snellen Eye Chart at 40 feet away without glasses or contacts! An amazing feat for someone in his 40s. We have been performing this foot slapping technique for several months, and our health and energy is the highest its ever been. Practice this technique daily, and see for yourself the positive benefits you will see and feel. Good luck and happy foot tapping! I have found this exercise to be one of the best Do-In techniques for improving one's health and eyesight. I perform foot slapping 75 times in the morning and before bed. If you have more energy, you can "slap" your feet 200 or 300 times. The goal of this "foot slapping" technique is to open-up the energy points on the foot kidney point and the energy acupoint on the palm. Once they are opened, slapping 50 times before bed is su8icient. Do not overdo it to exhaustion. Just relax and slap at an even slow tempo, about one second for each slap.
Overcoming Depression and the Sentimental Diseases with Foot Slapping
There is a Chi Kung technique in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) that is given to help those who suffer from an excess of the seven human emotions--joy, anger, anxiety, worry, grief, apprehension and fear. These emotions, in excess, are the cause of much depression and sentimental diseases. We have an epidemic of mental illnesses, depression and sentimental diseases in the world today. These illnesses effect ones' health and vision directly. What are sentimental diseases? Sentimental diseases are caused by the misuse or abuse of the emotions. For the most part, these emotional illnesses are based on negative mechanical emotions. For example, we have all heard of people who have died of an excess of grief. Ones' hair can turn white almost overnight from an excess of fear or stress. Losing a job or a break-up of a relationship has caused people to stay depressed for years--also causing headaches, bulimia, anorexia and crying spells. One can worry themselves sick. Diarrhea or a loose bladder can be caused by fright People have had heart attacks after "winning" at the race track. Anxiety and fear has kept many people from success, with its paralyzing effect Excess anger can cause strokes and weaken vision. These are just some of the many examples of "sentimental diseases."
The Hara, Brain Activity and Visual Clarity
Zen. Taoist and Yoga Master s say that we use our 'brain-machine' far too much to our detriment, unlike the ancients' who had slower brain activity, less worry and anxiety and less thinking. Too much and emotionally caused diseases create an excess of energy up in the head, instead of down in the Hara or Abdominal area where it belongs. The Hara and Solar Plexus is called the second brain. This is where we get the "gut" feeling or intuition. When ones' mind is confused, visual clarity also diminishes dramatically. One refuses to see that they caused their own problem in the first place. To overcome these negative states, we must learn how to balance the upper and lower body centers.
Balancing Upper and Lower Body Centers
Because we overuse our brains, we are more strongly afflicted with the "seven negative sentimental emotions." As a result, we suffer from an excess of energy (Qi, Chi), in the upper part of the body and a deficiency in the lower power center of the body (Hara/abdominal area). By reversing this energy, we ' can restore balance between the Yin (lower), and the Yang (upper) part of the body to enhance health. We can balance and nourish upper and lower body centers by consuming natural whole foods. Exercise, chi kung and by practicing the following Do-In technique...
How to Perform the "Foot Slapping Do-In Technique" to Strengthen the Kidneys and Adjust the Chi
The regular practice of this Foot Slapping Do-In Technique has shown in Traditional Chinese Medicine to renew physical and mental health and help one to attain superb health, good vision, and long life.
Foot Slapping: Part One
Step One: Sit on a chair, close eyes, relax body
Step Two: Breathe naturally. Rid the mind of distractions. Be silent for a few minutes
Foot Slapping: Part Two
Step One: Open eyes. Place right foot on left knee (reverse this position for females)
Step Two: With open palm, slap the arch of the right (left for female) foot with, the palm of the left (right for females) hand. In the palm is located the "Laogong Point" acupoint. The acupoint on the foot is called the Yongquan Point. The hand acupoint (Laogong) is slapped on the bottom of the foot--Yongquan Acupoint.
Step Three: While tapping (slapping or clapping, hit with an even force and a relaxed tempo)--with cupped palm--not too hard. Do not slap your foot with a stiff or rigid hand. Keep your wrist area loose and relaxed while slapping your foot. Then do the same with the opposite foot.
Step Four: Meditate or be silent for a few minutes.
Step Five: Frequency: Slap or clap your foot at least 50 times in the morning and 50 times at night. Work up to 100 times.
Point of Attention
If you are a beginner at foot clapping, go easy--do not cause pain or redness. Just slap your foot gently for the first 2 weeks. Take it easy and relax. Once the foot acupoint is opened, the sting or redness will no longer be there. After the point is opened, perform the foot clapping only 50 times before bed. If one has low-blood pressure or hypoglycemia, place one hand on the top of the head, while the other hand taps the foot. Do not practice the tapping if you suffer from a serious health condition or are extremely weak (cancer. heart conditions). For the seriously ill just rub the foot and finish by rubbing the belly a few minutes.
Tapping the Feet Balances Water and Fire in the Body
Chinese Medicine teaches that water naturally moves downward and fire moves upward. For good health, the body requires that water move upward and fire move downward. The head must remain cool, while the hands and feet remain warm. When one is ill, the head is hot with fire, and the hands and feet are cool, cold or clammy (moist). Tapping or slapping the bottom of the feet brings the fire down and helps the water to go up. Good health requires that we maintain su8icient Kidney Chi or strong well-functioning kidneys. When the Kidney Yongquan Point is opened you will be able to draw the energy of the earth into your body (earth magnetism). Slapping the Yongquan Point can also help those who have performed chi kung incorrectly or who have had a bad kundalini experience (chi energy not flowing smoothly throughout the body)--constant nausea, headaches, dizziness, hot head, cold hands, ear ringing etc. Foot slapping harmonizes the heart and kidneys. When the kidneys become healthy and vigorous. they nourish the liver, which also improves its function, and enhances the eyesight--near and far. Start practicing this Foot Slapping Technique today and feel your health and energy zoom!
Nutritional Secrets for Perfect Eyesight - Vision Healing with Whole Foods
Good nutrition is vitally important in your quest for strong and healthy eye muscles, nerves and blood vessels. These three eye pathways determine the health and vitality of vision. If you are weak, tired or run-down, with dull unclear vision, malnutrition or malabsorption of vital food nutrients is likely to be the immediate cause. Good health and nutrition is a personal responsibility each of us must do on our own. How we eat determines our state of health. If we eat devitalized foods, we develop a 'devitalized' body, and our eyes become dim and lifeless. Hypocrates, a Greek physician, and the father of modern medicine, once stated that: "Your food should be your medicine, and your medicine should be your food." Food is our direct link to Mother Earth. Natural whole food gives us natural chemical elements called minerals, vitamins, enzymes, fiber, trace elements and organic liquid. Dr. Frederick Tilney once called these vital elements 'The Liquor of Life." These are the life-giving elements that feed the cells, tissues, hair, skin, bones, teeth and eyes. Without a daily flow of these powerful little dynamos in your system, you can forget about good health and Perfect Eyesight! Make nutrition, health and fitness your daily routine and habit. Health should be your first and foremost hobby. Is a car, house, boat, or expensive "toys" more important than the health of your most important possession--you and your loved ones!?
"Physician, Heal Thyself." Who is the only "Physician" that can heal you? You Are! If you seek good health and Perfect Eyesight, only YOU can give yourself the necessary understanding to apply the universal laws of nutrition to your Divine Temple!
Only you can know how to flow with the natural rhythm of life. Only you can know when you are hungry, tired, sleepy, thirsty etc. Only you can know when to eat when you have 'true hunger.' rest when tired, sleep when sleepy, drink when thirsty, exercise when full of energy, meditate when the spirit moves you and eliminate when 'nature calls.' etc. When you pay attention to your 'original nature," which is your internal physiological needs and intuitive feelings--you will be led to a 'natural' moderation in all your activities. Learn to eat correctly, and your health, vision and energy will zoom with rocket-like power. Eyes are the most abused organ in the body. They reflect the condition of the body organs--good or poor. For example, the liver and gall bladder meridians are connected to the eyes, forehead and temples. These two organs work together to detox the body of excess chemicals, fats, junk food and environmental poisons. If one has a weak, malfunctioning liver and gall bladder, the eyes may show some of these symptoms and characteristics: aching eyes, headache in the forehead, temple and the top and sides of the cranium area, bloodshot eyes, yellow eye whites, jaundiced eyes, excess bulging eyes, watery eyes, eye spots, itching eyes etc. A weak toxic liver can also cause fatigue, candida yeas, memory loss and immune system degeneration.
Discover the Inner Secrets of - Health, Nutrition and Unlimited Energy
The Five Health-Nutrition Keys to Perfect Eyesight - Health Key Number One
Eat only when hungry and take liquids only when thirsty
It is said that 'Very few people die from starvation, but millions die prematurely from over-eating.' Another wise jokester stated: "Half the food we eat feeds us, the other half feeds the doctor." The stomach, which is the central organ of the digestive system, operates something like a pot belly stove. If you over-stuff a pot-belly stove with wood, you get nothing but smoke; it refuses to burn smoothly. But, all the same stove 1/2 to 3/4 full and the wood burns smoothly without smoke. Similarly, the stomach will also not burn (digest) food smoothly if you stuff it to the "gills." with food. Health preservation requires that we consume food to 1 /2 or 3/4 full and stop! Not overeating can add 30 to 40 healthy years to your life. Overeaters always suffer with constant illnesses, i.e., diabetes, liver disease, colon problems, pms, fatigue syndrome, skin diseases, blood diseases, cancer, arthritis and on and on, and invariably die prematurely. Health and energy follows those that heed this timely advice. The Greek physician, Plutarch advised his clients to 'fast (refrain from food for a day or two) when feeling ill.' Eating too soon after a previous meal is also a poor health habit. Stuffing down another meal, snack or liquid too soon after the last one has been completely digested and evacuated results in putrefaction and fermentation. This causes indigestion and toxemia--a loss of nerve energy, fatigue, poor vision and further ill health. Overeating destroys the nutritional value of the food eaten. There is an inner physiological voice within you, which tells you when, what and how much you need to eat everyday. Listen to your body intelligence. What do you feel? Are you really hungry or do you eat out of boredom, depression or emotional problems? What are the physical and physiological sign of real hunger? Your mouth should water. The tongue must be pink, watery and clear--no yellow, green, brown or black coating. Tongue coating indicates that undigested food has not evacuated the stomach, small intestines or colon. The tongue is directly connected to the lower gastrointestinal system. The tongue is the upper part of the entire digestive system. Hunger is a mouth and throat sensation--not stomach pangs. Stomach grumbling or stomach pangs indicate that toxins or undigested food is still in the stomach. It could also mean one has over-indulged in excessively stimulating foods and drinks such as, meats, processed foods, sugar, candy, cake, pop, alcohol, pasteurized dairy products etc.
Positive signs of true hunger: If you are truly hungry, you will be happy, joyous, with a real yearning for food at mealtimes. Your energy should also be high before eating. Tiredness, fatigue, emotional upsets and stress is not a good time to eat If you are upset, rest 30-60 minutes first, then eat when your energy is restored. Food digests smoothly when one is rested and full of energy and vitality. In fact, indigestion is one of the greatest causes of energy loss that the body can experience! There is an ancient proverb that admonishes us to "Eat to live--not live to eat" Most people live only to see how much they can stuff down their gullet. They live only for "mouth amusement," or to tickle their "jaded taste buds." Food must be delicious, nutritious and tasteful, but don't obsess over it. If you eat wholesome, nutritious foods, you will be satisfied with less food--and be better nourished. If food is digested and assimilated well--with no stomach aches, indigestion or gas--the eyes can receive a good flow of micro-nutrients. You will experience better results with steady vision improvement by heeding the signs of true hunger.
Health Key Number Two: Chew Your Food Well. Your Key to Good Eyesight and Health
Observe the 12 noon lunch hour at the office. The robot-like machines rush from their desks to the nearest "fast-food greasy- spoon slop-house." The food is gulped and swallowed like swine-in-swill. No thought is taken about the quality of nourishment that goes into ones body. All of this lifeless junk food is then washed down with a large sugared-drink or coffee. How can one build good health, energy and vision with 'fast-foods.' Fast foods lead to fast diseases and a fast demise. Like anything else in life, disease is a "process" that one builds over time. The following scenerio goes on in millions of lives every day. "I must eat fast. There is so much work to do back at the office." "I must rush back to my work." "My lunch break is very short, so I have to eat in a hurry. "By 3 or 4 pm, I am exhausted and stressed out, so I reach for another coffee and donut to boost my sagging flesh and spirit." This scenario goes on every day in every big city in the world. And the hospitals and morgues are filled with such sad souls that didn't have time to chew, relax, digest, assimilate, meditate and contemplate on where the food came from. Where is anybody going on this earth-mud-ball anyway? What is the purpose of life on earth? Food gulped down on the run cannot possibly be digested properly. Proper chewing sets our digestive juices flowing. It gets the food ready for thorough assimilation in the gastro-intestinal tract and healthy bowel elimination. Bowel problems start with poor eating habits. Colon and stomach disease also cause poor vision. Eating too fast prevents good digestion. Consequently, the food lays in the stomach and immediately putrefies and ferments. So, you hear 'gas-wars' going on in millions of offices throughout the land. We have no real gas shortage! Scientists should find a way to hook-up 'that gas' to run our cities' electrical power! It all gets back to chewing. Chewing is an art. Why? Because our stomach has no teeth to handle unchewed food. Although, I did hear of a man who swallowed his false teeth. So, he could gulp his food and chew later! Seriously, digestion starts with the saliva in the mouth with an enzyme called ptyalin. Ptyalin breaks down starch in the mouth before entering the stomach for further digestion. We by-pass the first step of digestion when we gulp and run. Long-lived people always chew their food slowly--20-30 times per mouthful. Macrobiotics say: "Chew fine, think fine. Chew rough, think rough." Think about that. Enjoy the taste of your food; this makes your digestive juices flow smoothly, and enables you to utilize the essential nutritional ingredients of the food for improved eyesight.
Part 3 of Perfect Eyesight
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