Posted on 05/13/2021 12:37:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Paul McCartney revealed the “eye yoga” he’s practiced for decades, saying it's the reason he still didn’t need glasses at the age of 78.
The former Beatle said he discovered the exercises in India, where a yogi explained the reasoning to him.
“He explained that your eyes are muscles whereas your ears aren’t, so you can’t exercise your ears,” McCartney noted on a recent episode of Table Manners With Jessie Ware. “But your eyes, you can.” He went on to explain how this works: “So, head still, and then you look up as far as you can – one, two, three – go back to the middle, then down – one, two, three – then back to the middle. You do three lots of that, then go to the left and the right. Now you’ve got a cross, up and down and sideways; now you do the diagonals.”
McCartney explained that "it’s pretty good stuff. It makes sense, though, doesn’t it? It makes sense if they are muscles. I don’t know if it means that that’s why I don’t need glasses when I’m reading a newspaper. It makes sense, you know? It’s a good idea.”
The Beatles traveled to India in 1968, believing that transcendental meditation might be helpful for their lifestyles and ambitions. “We'd been into drugs," McCartney said later. "The next step is you've got to try and find a meaning then.” He said the experience was “very much like a summer camp.”
I got it. I was just tagging my 2 cents to the end of the thread.
Very good. Especially with most of us in cities and never focusing more than 2 blocks distance for most of our lives. Especially in childhood.
My g’mother (born in 1888 - Norway) was big on self care. First thing in the morning was our tablespoon of cod-liver oil.
When out of urban areas focus on the horizon then back to something close - back and forth. I do the moon and the branch or a tree in my backyard every night that’s clear.
I like your thumb exercise. Makes perfect sense and very handy. ;-)
He and Paul still do TM regularly - as do I. They started in ‘68. I started in ‘71. I’ll be 79 in a few weeks. Look like I’m early 60s. My friends tell me that if I dyed my hair I could pass for 50 easily.
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