DON'T FORGET YOUR EYEBALLS

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We make sure to pump up our biceps and tone up our legs but let's not forget our eyeballs! Our sense organs, such as, the nose, ears, eyes, tongue, and skin need attention too. By practicing eye/neck exercises the vision gets better and clearer as the eye nerves receive a healthy supply of blood.

Try these neck exercises that should take you only 10-12 minutes.

Sit comfortably with a straight spine (very essential).

Relax. Be conscious of the body only from the neck up.
Close your eyes.
Gently let your head drop backward, then forward and backward. (4 x's)
While doing this keep the facial muscles soft, lips parted slightly.

Next.
From the same comfortable seated position, turn your head to the extreme right.
Back to center.
Then to extreme left. (4x's)
Try to keep your head on a horizontal plane, chin level, don't tilt the chin as you turn the head. Shoulders relaxed.

Next.
Bend your head to the right, moving your ear towards the shoulder.
Repeat to the left, then right... (4x's)
While bending the neck don't lift the shoulders and try not to tilt the head, let your head move horizontally.

Next.
Like a turtle, stick your neck out as far as you can. In doing so, you will make a gliding forward movement with your chin, like you are trying to reach far with it.
You will feel a stretch in the back of your neck.
Repeat 4x's

Next.
Drop your head forward as if it was really heavy, then lift it slowly and roll clockwise several times. Keep the shoulders relaxed.

Next.
Pat the back of the neck with your palms and fingers.
Then under the chin.

Next.
Exercise your eyes. Head straight. Body Relaxed. Look up. Look down. Look left. Look right. Repeat 4X's. Close&Relax.

These quick exercises will help with eye strength. If we keep less tension in the neck muscles, our eyes will benefit. Plus, these exercises prevent 'double chin.'

A good resource for therapeutic yoga postures:
Light On Yoga, by BKS Iyengar