As part of my yoga practice, I do a series of eye movements called netra vyayamam — a.k.a. eye yoga. It’s basically like a calisthenics routine for your eye muscles and it feels amazing. Honestly, it feels incredible, as if I’ve cleaned my actual eyeballs. Everything seems a little crisper, my face feels more relaxed, and I feel relief from extended screen-time induced eye fatigue. And these types of exercises are all over social media, touted as a way to help with the aforementioned fatigue but also potentially improve your vision. But we know better than to believe everything we hear, so I asked eye doctors to explain the actual benefits of eye fitness — if any at all are backed by science.
