In one of the most spectacular research, Anna Gislen discovered how sea gypsies constrict their pupils in deep water instead of the usual reaction to expand them. The difference in constricting the pupils and expanding it, determines whether one could see under water or not.

This research showed just how much your brain affects your sight. Truth is, it’s not you eyes that determines whether you can see or not. It’s your brain.

For those of you out there who are just starting out vision exercises, I know it can be a little overwhelming. Just about two years ago I was right where you are. Truth to be told, I felt like giving up. There are so many things to learn about natural vision improvement that sometimes I felt it’s easier to dismiss them as quackery.


Lucky for me, I was desperate enough to keep moving forward.


For those of you facing the problem, here’s my advice: Take little steps. Don’t try to do all the vision exercises because you’ll find them overwhelming. Here are the three that I recommend you start with:

Everyone knows that their body can adapt to demand and challenges. If you carry a lot of weight, your body will grow muscles to overcome the challenges. If you run long distances, your body grow stronger heart so as to sustain prolonged period of energy release.

But did you know that it’s not just your body that can adapt? That’s right. Your eyes also can adapt to different needs. If you constantly look at close range objects, like reading, watching tv and doing the dishes, your eyes adapts and pretty soon you’ll soon find yourself excelling in looking near distance objets… but at the expense of long distance sight… thus the myopia.

Photo by K’s World

One of the most common questions I received ever since I started telling people about eye strengthening exercises is, “Why haven’t I heard of it?”

My answer to them is always the same: There a lot of things that you don’t know!

Ever heard of the saying “Money makes the world go around?”

Well, it couldn’t be truer in this case. The optical industry is a big industry. It was worth $30.2 billion dollars 10 years ago. Disregard exponential growth for a moment, how much do you think it’s worth today?

Photo by Chris Gin

If you’ve read my previous on how sunning can benefit your eye and how glasses deteriorate your vision, then you would know by now that keeping your eyes relaxed is key to perfect vision.

Contrary to popular belief, the more effort you put in to seeing, the worse you eyesight gets. Look at that picture, even birds rests their eye (just kidding). Seriously, your eye works best if no effort is involved in seeing.

If you feel the need to close your eye, don’t keep it open. If you do, that counts as effort and it will definitely strain your eye.