Comments on: Palming – Simple Instructions, and a FAQ

By: Svp

Svp — Sat, 06 Jul 2019 12:06:52 +0000

In reply to David. kindly share those exercises for keeping active

By: David

David — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:31:54 +0000

In reply to vst. People with bad vision tend to direct their vision-related attention with too much tension. A little bit of visualizing the eyes relaxing is worth doing if you find it helps, but relaxation really isn't anything special and is just an absence of undue tension. Relaxed eyes don't feel like anything.

By: David

David — Mon, 02 Jul 2018 22:27:14 +0000

In reply to Maria. Yes, you can still learn to see better if you wear them sometimes, but of course less will make it easier.

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 18:57:54 +0000

In reply to vst. I would on the contrary concentrate on the eyes and visualize how they become healthy, correct shape (from elongated like in myopia for example into round to have the rays focused in the retina). Where your attention goes, there goes the energy.

By: Maria

Maria — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 15:42:02 +0000

Hello and thank you for your website and useful information. I have a question about lenses as well: if I still wear them part of a day, would the exercises still work for me? I have myopia (both eyes -3.0)

By: David

David — Fri, 27 May 2016 17:26:14 +0000

In reply to Caroline. Caroline, I think that's normal, in that it should be easy to keep your eyes open. As you get rid of tension in the area it should also get easier to keep them closed without so much effort.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Thu, 26 May 2016 21:05:12 +0000

Thank you for your answer, David. It’s funny but it takes a little bit of effort for me to keep my eyes closed when palming. If I completely relax my eyes, they open by themselves. But I’ll experiment a bit more with it.
My favourite exercise up till now is sun bathing. When I open my eyes after it, the relatively sharp images and vibrant green colours of the garden around me are really amazing!

By: David

David — Wed, 25 May 2016 23:55:14 +0000

In reply to Caroline.

Try keeping your eyes closed and move your fingers around to block more or less light and see if you can tell the difference. I would bet that with your eyes closed you can’t tell any difference between blocking 100% of the light and letting a bunch of it in between your fingers.

But if you don’t find any relief from palming, maybe it isn’t the right thing for you to do right now. You might need exercises that are more active, to “wake up” your system instead of slowing it down further.

By: Caroline

Caroline — Wed, 25 May 2016 08:18:05 +0000

Hello there! I really like your very informative site and posts. 10 days ago I decided not to wear my lenses (-3.5 and -2.75) anymore. I try to do my exercises but I can’t seem to find a comfortable position to palm in for a longer period of time. My hands and arms get tense after 10 minutes and when I have an itch for example, it distracts me as I don’t want to interrupt the palming to scratch. When I try to relax, a lot of light comes past my hands and I can’t maintain my position. Would it be a good idea to buy a good sleep mask that leaves room for my eyes to open etc.? I know that hands are preferable, but with a sleep mask I would be able to relax much better in different positions and prolong the darkness, which may make me progress a bit.

By: David

David — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 03:34:00 +0000

In reply to vst. Good suggestion... It does indeed help to turn your attention away from your eyes so the tension can leave them.

By: vst

vst — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 09:42:00 +0000

Great post! I’d like to add one more tip though, completely forget about your eyes, and whatever you do, don’t think about them.