Hygeia Eye-Strengthening Chart
– Colour, Focus & Eye Relaxation Exercise

A simple 5-minute colour exercise designed to encourage flexibility, relaxation and awareness in the way we use our eyes.

Originally developed by Hygeia Studios and colour-and-light pioneer Theophilus Heliodor Gimbel, the Eye-Strengthening Chart grew out of many years of practical research into colour, light and human perception, inspired in part by the work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Rudolf Steiner.

Why use the Eye-Strengthening Chart?

Modern life asks a great deal of our eyes. Computer screens, phones, reading and other close-up activities can mean that we spend much of the day focusing at similar distances.

The Hygeia Eye-Strengthening Chart provides a simple and rather fascinating way of exercising changes of visual focus while also allowing periods of complete visual relaxation.

It may be particularly interesting if:

• you spend a lot of time working at a computer or screen;
• your eyes often feel tired after concentrated close-up work;
• you are interested in colour, vision and visual perception;
• you would like a simple exercise to encourage greater flexibility in visual focusing;
• you enjoy exploring the relationship between outer vision, after-images and inner perception.

How does it work?

The chart is divided into three carefully designed sections and comes with easy-to-follow instructions.

You simply allow your eyes to rest on two complementary coloured forms, one at a time, with a re-balancing period looking at the white centre between them.

Two particular colours are used:

• Red encourages the eyes towards close focusing.
• Blue encourages a more distant focusing response.

Between the two, the eyes rest on the white central area while the naturally occurring after-image is allowed to appear and gradually fade.

In this way the exercise alternates between focus, release and visual rest.

Only about 5 minutes

A complete cycle takes only around five minutes. There is no equipment, electricity or complicated technique involved.

The appearance and gradual fading of the coloured after-images can also make the exercise surprisingly interesting and enjoyable to do.

More than 30 years of practical experience

The Eye-Strengthening Chart has been used by people interested in colour and natural approaches to visual wellbeing for more than three decades.

We have received many encouraging reports from users over the years, particularly from people wanting to give their eyes a different kind of activity alongside the intensive close-up focusing demanded by modern life.

Please note: The Eye-Strengthening Chart is intended as a visual exercise and wellbeing aid. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or correct an eye condition, and it does not replace professional eye examinations or advice from an optometrist or other qualified healthcare professional.

✓ Simple 5-minute exercise
✓ Encourages changes between close and distant visual focus
✓ Incorporates periods of visual relaxation
✓ Fascinating complementary-colour and after-image effects
✓ Developed from many years of colour and light research
✓ Over 30 years of practical use

60-Day Money-Back Guarantee

Try the Hygeia Eye-Strengthening Chart for yourself. If you are not entirely satisfied, simply return it within 60 days for a full refund.

Material: Printed card
Size: 60 × 25 cm – folds into three sections
weight: 60g