10 Instant Tips to Relieve Your Tired Eyes

In the office you are glue to the monitor looking at the words and figures and at home you are networking at Twitter and Facebook. Your overworked and tired eyes are also affecting your muscles and nerves. You get headaches and body aches as well. Follow the 10 tips to let your eyes take a deserved break from time to time:


1. Look far way: You are lucky if you are sitting next to a window, because you can look far away through the window to relax your eyes. Another important thing is to blink your eyes often.

2. Warm towel: Do it three times a day for about 10 minutes each time by covering your eyes with a warm and moist towel. It helps blood circulation around the eyes. When you are too busy you can just do it once a day. If you don't have warm towel, rub your palms against each other vigorously for about twenty times or until both palms are warm. Then, press the palms lightly on both eyes for a few seconds .You will feel a sensation of warmth. Thus, it helps blood circulation.

3. Close your eyes: When you are feeling tired, just close your eyes for a while. It is another way to relax the tense eyes.

4. Massage: Close your eyes and let your fingers massage the areas around the eyes. It is yet another good way to soothe the eyes

5. Take breaks: Get away from the monitor and take a break after working for about 40 to 50 minutes. If you do get tired easily you should rest your eyes at shorter intervals.

6. Alternate your work: Instead of working on the screen at one go, alternate your work. Do filing, deliver documents to other departments or do other errands in between.

7. Look at greenery: I have a pot of plants on my desk and I look at it often. It is not only good for the eyes the plants purify the air in the office.

8. Exercise your eyes: Don’t move your head but move your eyes to look

• Left and right
• Up and down
• Go round clockwise
• Go round anticlockwise

9. Exercise your body: One of the best ways to exercise the body is jogging. Jogging stimulate blood circulation including the blood vessels surrounding your eyes. When you jog you also look far away and the greenery along the way.

10. Wear sunglasses: Put on your sunglasses under the hot sun. Your eyes will feel comfortable and also avoid the damage from the sun’s ultra violet rays.


Your eyes are the window to this beautiful and wonderful world. Take good care.