For Strengthening Eye Muscles and Removing Eye Strain

* While sitting upright in a chair, extend your right hand direct in front of you.

Pointing outward with the index finger of the right hand, move your arm very slowly to the right following the movement by keeping your eyes on the fingertips.

Do not move your head.

Move your arm slowly as far right as your vision permits, then move it back to its former position very slowly. Repeat the exercise, this time with the left had swinging to the left in the same way.

* At a point about a foot away from the eyes, hold a pencil upside down and focus on it.

Move the pencil away to arm's length. Focus again. Finally focus on an object some distance away.

Try to do this exercise in front of a window that offers you a pleasant view.

* Turn your eyes up and down without moving your head.

* Turn your eyes from right lo left as far as possible.

* Look up and to the side through the corner of your right eye, then down and to the side through the corner of your left eye.

* Look up and to the side through the corner of your left eye, then down and to the side through the corner of your right eye.

* Roll your eyes slowly, first towards the left, then towards the right.

* Sit out of doors, look at the tip of your nose, and then look as far into the distance as possible.

For Relaxing Strained and Tired Eyes

* Wherever you happen to be sitting, close your eyes and cup the palms of your hands gently over them. Shut out all the light, but be careful never to press on the eyeballs.

Take a few deep breaths. Think black. Shut out everything from your mind except the idea of black.

* Roll your head without moving the shoulders. This movement relaxes the eyes and lessens developing wrinkles due to strain. The fresh How of blood encouraged by the head roll brings the needed nourishment to the tissues. Strain eases away with only a few minutes of this movement.

* Another useful trick is to close your eyes and think of something pleasant for a few moments. Open your eyes and look into the distance for a few moments. This relaxes the eyes and their surrounding muscles. Focus again, this lime on an object at an arm's length.

Repeat this exercise several times a day.

*Raise your eyes diagonally leftwards to the ceiling, then lower them to the floor. Repeat the exercise raising your eyes diagonally rightwards. Do it at least seven times.