It doesn’t take an expert to know that we could all do with a little less screen time. With headaches, muscle soreness and sleep issues on the rise, taking a break away from our devices could be a worthy insurance policy for our future eye health.

“Allowing your eyes to have some time away from screens to give them a moment to pause will only help improve the health of your eyes as well reduce puffiness around the eye which is common for those who are glued to screens and constant stimulation,” Robinson explains.

“By simply de-stressing the eyes, you can see huge benefits to the appearance around the eye as well as your vision and headache frequency.”

While more studies are needed to back up many eye yoga claims, there is evidence to suggest that doing it can help. A small 2013 study published in the Journal of Clinical Diagnostic Research found that simple eye exercises improved response time to what the study group was seeing. Another eight-week study found that eye yoga made eyes feel less tired and fatigued. As yet, no one has found it to improve eye sight, but that’s not really what the practice is about anyway.

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