A Good Eyesight Results in A Good Memory

Maintaining better eyesight is important in keeping your memory sharp. Relaxation is the key to maintain your good eyesight for many years. Vision and mental focus go hand in hand and both don’t do well with stress and fatigue. Proper relaxation techniques and inner peace is important in remembering things. All these things are connected on each other to function correctly.

           

A good way to check the condition of your eyes is a mental memory exercise. In this exercise, the objective is to maintain a visual image for as long as possible. To start, cover one eye and glance quickly at a letter on the page with the other eye. Close your eyes and hold the image of the letter in your mind as long as possible. Count how many seconds the image stays in your mind before fading away to darkness. Take note of this number. Do the same thing for the other eye and compare your findings.

           

Now try to relax the eyes and repeat the process. One way to relax the eyes is to close them and focus only on pleasant thoughts and happy memories. Let your eyes to focus on the darkness and forget everything around you. Open your eyes and try the exercise again. Hopefully the results are different and the image stayed longer the second time around. If not, you may need to find some eye relaxing exercises and work on removing the strain.

           

Your memory can be affected by your vision. We need the vision to see the image. The more clearly we see the image the more detail we can recall on later. Focusing on the positive things can help keep the mind relaxed and the eyes free of strain.

           

The following exercise can help you relax and sharpen your memory. Try it before going to bed. While lying in bed tonight concentrate on all the positive memories that happened throughout the day. Picture the events of the in as much detail and color as possible. Try picturing your lunch or the clothes the person who complimented you was wearing. Focusing on the positive things can clear your mind, relax the body, and give you a better sleep at night.

           

Your eyesight will not only improved but also your memory can be sharp again just by eliminating too much strain from your eyes.