You might have heard it from your ancestors or might have seen your parents or grandparents that after waking up, they see their palms,rub them together their palms and place it over their eyes.

Ancient belief is that our palms are home of Indian god and goddess Lakshmi, Saraswati and Vishnu jj and you should start each day with their blessings.

Now you might be wondering that this was the spiritual angle but is there any science associated with it? Of course yes, our palms contains innumerous nerve endings which is responsible to send nerve signals throughout the body.

When you rub your palms, these nerve endings gets activated and it helps to wake up the entire body. If you feel very tired in the morning, then please try this activity which might awaken your entire system.

Besides, there is an important benefit when you rub your palms and place it over your eyes.This activity is a blessing for eyes. So the next question might be as to why is this so special? Human eyes contain two photoreceptors, which are referred to as rods and cones. Rods are utilized in effective night vision during dim light, and cones are for visualizing things in bright light.

You might have noticed that when you move from dark room to bright light then your eyes takes time to adjust and adapt. Cones are inactive in dim light and it takes few seconds for them to get activated when we move to bright light. This is the only reason why you see blurred object when you move to bright light from dim.

This is exactly what happens when we sleep. Cones are inactive at night and in the morning if we activate them drastically, it can develop eyesight issues. We have seen that earlier eyesight related issue was only with middle age people or with old age, but these days even the little kids are impacted. This is because of lots of stress on their eyes after using Television, video games and multiple gadgets. Besides their physical activities have been reduced drastically. Hence, it becomes our duty that we develop these seemingly small but important habits in kids.

When you rub your palms, there is an energy that generates due to that. It is only this warmth and energy that helps activate our photoreceptors. Hence not only morning but whenever you wake up, rub your palms together and place it on your eyes. Follow it regularly for few months. Not only will your eyes be relaxed but there is even possibility in improving eyesight.

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