Week 1 Day 3

Today participants will learn how to exercise their eyes in preparation for reading rapidly. Because reading is a visual activity, the eyes must be kept free of stress and strain. The following presents several simple eye exercises designed specifically for Light-Speed Reading. The same exercises may be used for simple stress and eyestrain relief. Practice each of these exercises daily or whenever you read. Spend today’s time just learning how to move the eyes before and during reading. We’ll get to the actual reading later.

Begin with the same imagery you experienced yesterday (Center of Creation). Make sure everyone is well grounded afterward. Holding hands, hugging, or other strong body contact may accomplish grounding. Placing the right hand on the top of the head may help.

Eye Exercises
Preparing to read:
???? Look to your left knee then to your right knee. Look back and forth until your eyes feel like they want to blink a lot.
???? Roll your eyes in large circles as far as you can stretch them to the periphery.
???? Continue rolling your eyes first clockwise then counterclockwise several times.
???? Stop and shut your eyes very tightly - then open - close tightly - then open — continue for 5 blinks.
???? Hum a bar or so of music (“Happy Birthday”).
???? Count from 1 to 10 forward, then backward from 10 to 1.
???? Hum a bar or so of music (“Happy Birthday”).
???? Take a deep breath and exhale all at once.
???? Continue the movement-blink-hum-count-hum-breath exercise about 3 times (this will take about 1 minute).
???? Breathe in deeply through your nose - hold for a count of 3 (imagine you could gather all the stress in your body into the breath) - then release it all at once out the mouth (mouth wide
open) - a big sigh! Let your shoulders drop and relax with the breath (notice them drop).

You may replace the above with the RET Emotional First Aid process.

Taken From: A Course in Light Speed Reading
A Return to Natural Intuitive Reading