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The Number One Eye Remedy

By Shannon Sexton, Yoga+ Our eyes filter and absorb an endless stream of visual stimuli day after day. We often take them for granted, but when we strain them the pain can be acute. Accordin…

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Meditation Technique to Clean and Heal the Eyes

If you’ve ever been transfixed by a candle flame and felt your mind clear, you may have been tapping into a yogic focusing practice called trataka. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika defines trataka as “looking…

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Exercise Your Eyes Back to Health

By Jacob Liberman, Ode.com Have you been diagnosed with progressive myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), astigmatism (the asymmetric curvature of the cornea) or presbyopia (far…

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Quick Fix for Tired Eyes

Oh the tired eyes. I have known some people rather addicted to commercial eye drops in an effort to combat strained eyes--and I never thought that sounded quite right. But I feel their need. That's wh…

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Look at the World with Quiet Eyes

Calming the mind is more easily said than done, but Sharon Salzberg suggests a way towards that goal in her new book Unplug: For an Hour, a Day, or a Weekend Guidebook. Theologian Howard Thurman r…

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