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Yoga is a great low-impact workout when you’re managing muscle strains – but few of us ever think of doing it for our eyes. Writer Jessica Harris chats with one eye yoga expert about why our peepers could do a good old stretch.
Just when you think you’ve mastered a downward dog, there’s another form of yoga to contend with. Forget ashtanga or hatha, we’re talking about a specific practice that targets one unlikely area of the body – the eyes.
With 10 million of us suffering from recurring headaches in the UK, eye yoga has been tentatively proven to not only contribute to eye health but also relieve head pressure. No wonder Paul McCartney credits it as the reason why he doesn’t wear glasses at the grand age of 79.
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