Baba Ramdev Yoga
Baba Ramdev is a yoga guru from India. He popularized yoga practice through television and yoga camps in India and a few other countries. Pranayama and some other yoga poses that heal certain illnesses are the focus of his yoga. We have discussed Baba Ramdev Yoga exercises for the eyes in this article. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
Baba Ramdev Eye Exercises
1. Eye- Rotation- Up and Down
Procedure: To do the up and down eye rotation, sit on the floor with legs stretched out. Keep your back and head erect. Place both your hands on the respective knees.Close your right fist and place it on your right knee with the thumb facing upwards. Keep your gaze fixed on any object in front of you. Now, breathe out deeply and take your gaze upwards, keeping your head fixed. Breathe in and get back your gaze to the object. Do the same from lower gaze to upper gaze. Repeat the same procedure with the left fist on your left thigh. Close your eyes for 15 seconds before repeating the exercise. Do the exercise 10 times.
2. Eye-Rotation- Sideways
Benefits: Side movement of eyeballs is good for people with myopia and hypermetropia. Procedure: To do sideway rotation, sit down in Padmasana keeping your head and back erect. Stretch your arms forward with your fists clasped and closed and thumbs facing upwards, replicating the Linga mudra. Keep your gaze fixed on the thumbs. Bring the clasped fists closer to your eyes, placing them in between your eyebrows. Move the fists to the right, with your eyeballs following the path. The head should remain straight while doing so. Bring the fists back to in between the eyebrows with your eyes following back. Repeat the same on the left side. Repeat the entire procedure ten times, closing your eyes for 10 seconds after every repetition.
3. Eye-Rotation- Clockwise and Anti-Clockwise
Benefits: Clockwise and Anti-clockwise rotations relax the eyes and safeguard them from any diseases and disorders. This exercise is ideal for those who spend long hours in front of the computer. Procedure: To do this rotation, sit down in Padmasana with your head and spine erect and hands resting on your knees in yoga mudra. Lift the right fist with thumb facing upwards. Keep your elbow straight while doing so. Focus your eyes on the thumb, keeping your head straight. Move your thumb clockwise with your gaze following it. Repeat this five times and do the same anti-clockwise for another five times. Repeat the entire process by shifting your gaze towards the left thumb.
4. Palming
Benefits: Palming is warming up your eyes for better circulation. It is a quick and easy way to relax your eyes. It improves blood circulation and keeps tiredness and puffiness at bay. Procedure: To do Palming, sit in a comfortable position. Rub your palms against each other, vigorously until you can feel the heat radiating from them. Place the palms over your closed eyes and feel the warmth spreading.
5. Trataka
Benefits: Trataka means to gaze at an object continuously for a fixed period. Doing so improves your concentration and vision. This eye exercise lowers high myopic eye powers. Procedure: Sit down comfortably, either in Padmasana or Vajrasana. Place a candle at about two feet from where you are sitting. Light the candle and gaze at the flame without blinking. You can count numbers in your head to keep track of time and for your mind to not waver. Look as long as you can. The longer you do, the better.
6. Bhastrika Pranayama
Benefits: Bhastrika Pranayama boosts blood circulation to the head and improves vision. It also refreshes your physical and mental being. Procedure: Sit down in Padmasana with your spine erect. Using your right thumb, close your right nostril. Inhale and exhale forcefully and quickly through your left nostril. Do this about 20 times. You can feel your abdominal walls bellowing while doing the exercise. Make your last breath, long and profound. Now, repeat the same process on your right nostril with the left thumb closing the left nostril. Finishing the exercise on both the nostrils makes for one bhastrika. Relax for about 30 seconds and repeat the entire process again. Do it for about 10 minutes.
7. Kapalbhati Pranayama
Benefits: Cleanse your lungs and improve your circulation for a better vision with this skull shining breathing exercise. This is a very powerful exercise that ensures you a flatter tummy, better vision, lustrous hair, and much more. The inhalation is almost nil while exhalations are powerful and in rapid succession. Procedure: Sit in a comfortable position. It could be Padmasana, Sukhasana, or Vajrasana. You can allow yourself to be supported by a wall, if you have back pain, as this breathing exercise is a powerful one and beginners could find themselves subjected to back ache.Close your eyes and keep your hands in yoga mudra.Focusing on your lower abdomen, make a quick inhalation followed by powerful and quick exhalations, [about 8 to 10 per inhale-exhale cycle for 1 to 2 seconds], to start with. A beginner can keep her hand on the belly as she might find it difficult to concentrate during the initial repetitions.Increase the number of cycles slowly. With regular practice, you can reach up to 100 counts.
8. Bahya Pranayam
Benefits: Along with being an excellent way to improve the circulation and cleanse the lungs, this also helps in easing disorders associated with reproductive organs. Make sure that this pranayama is performed on an empty stomach. Procedure: Sit comfortably in Sukhasana or Padmasana. Inhale deeply and empty your lungs with a forceful exhalation. Now, holding your breathing lock your chin with the chest. This is known as the Jalandhar’s Bandha. Pull your belly inwards as much as possible so that it comes closer to your spine. This is known as the Uddiyana Bandha. Now, hold the groin muscles upwards or hold yourself in Moolabandha. Hold the Bandhas together for about 10 to 15 seconds to start with. Taking a deep breath, release the Bandhas. Repeat for about 2 minutes, to begin with, increasing the time from 5 to 7 minutes.
9. Anuloma – Viloma Pranayama
Benefits: This is the easiest of the pranayamas and is also known as the alternate nostril breathing exercise. Procedure: Sitting in Padmasana or Sukhasana, stretch out your hands, resting the palms on your knees in yoga mudra.Lift your right hand in Pranayama mudra.Using the thumb, close the right nostril.Take a deep inhalation with the left nostril.Closing the left nostril, allow exhalation through the right nostril.Now, inhale through the right nostril and allow exhalation via left nostril.This completes one round of Anuloma – Viloma Pranayama.Repeat for 10 to 15 times to start with, increasing to 50 to 75 times, gradually.
10. Udgeeth Pranayama
Benefits: This is basically a meditation exercise, wherein you are expected to chant “OM”. This is ideal for those who want to relax. Kids can practice this to boost their memory power. This breathing exercise involves inhalation and exhalation of longer duration. Procedure: Sit comfortably in Sukhasana or Padmasana.Take a deep inhalation.As you exhale, chant Om as long as you can. The longer you can hold your breath, the better the results are.One chanting completes one round. Relax with your eyes closed, breathing normally, for about 15 seconds before moving ahead with the next repetition.Repeat this for 2 to 3 minutes, to begin with, increasing the duration to 10 minutes gradually.
11. Agnisara Kriya
Benefits: Agnisara is a combination of two Sanskrit words – Agni (fire) and Sara (cleansing or washing). To be more precise, this exercise focuses on cleansing the fire or Manipura chakra situated near the belly button. Procedure: Stand with your legs apart from each other and take a deep nasal inhalation. Bend your knees slightly.Bend your head slightly downwards and exhale through your mouth.Make sure that the back is erect always, with your abdominal muscles in the relaxed position. Pull your navel up and inwards so that it comes closer to your spine.Hold your breath for about 15 counts and then flap the abdominal muscles, forward and backward for 10 times with the breath under hold.
12. Shavasana
Benefits: You should allow your body to relax after any workout session and the Corpse Pose is the ideal asana. Procedure: Lie down in supine position.Keep your feet together or stretched out, as per your comfort level.Allow your hands to rest on either side of the body, palms facing the ground.Close your eyes.Inhale and exhale deeply, allowing your body to relax completely. Is surya namaskar good for the eyes? Surya Namaskar has asanas that can stimulate blood throughout the body (1). This may benefit the eyes too. However, there is no scientific evidence to prove the significance of Surya Namaskar for the eyes. Can anulom vilom increase eyesight? Anulom vilom is a breathing exercise and there is no evidence to prove its effectiveness for the eyes. However, since it may affect your respiratory and heart health, it might have some effect on the eyes too.
