How to Biohack Your Vision for Sharper Focus, More Energy, and Better Brain Function
What If You Could Workout Your Eyes The Same Way You Workout Your Body?!
We’ve been told for years that vision loss is just a normal part of aging, that it’s something we can’t control. But what if I told you that most of what we believe about vision is wrong?
Vision isn’t just about seeing clearly. It’s about how your brain processes and responds to the world around you. If you’re constantly straining to focus, struggling with reading, or dealing with brain fog by the end of the day, it’s not just your eyes, it’s your brain.
But here’s the exciting part – stronger prescriptions and declining vision doesn’t have to be a life sentence. With the right approach, you can actually improve your vision, even as you get older!.
Most people think vision is just about seeing clearly, but that’s only part of the picture. Your eyes are controlled by your brain—and just like memory or muscle, you can train them to work better.
In this post, we’ll explore how vision biohacking can help you:
- Improve focus and cognitive function
- Reduce brain fatigue and eye strain
- Slow down, stabilize, and in some cases even reverse nearsightedness naturally
- Enhance depth perception and spatial awareness
- Train your brain to process visual input more efficiently
And because we want you to not only learn things, but start to see results for yourself stick around. By the end , you’ll have actionable 10-minute exercises you can use daily to strengthen your vision and boost mental performance. Let’s dive in.
Vision is More Than 20/20 Eyesight
Seeing clearly doesn’t mean seeing well. You can have 20/20 eyesight and still struggle with:
- Eye Strain
- Blurry or double vision
- Difficulty focusing for long periods
- Motion Sensitivity
- Sensory overload in visually crowded or bright environments
That’s because vision isn’t just about clarity, or how well your eyes can see at near v.s. far, it’s about how your brain processes and responds to what you see.
If your eyes aren’t working efficiently, your brain has to work harder to compensate, which leads to headaches, fatigue, struggles with attention, and more!
The Reality: Undiagnosed functional vision problems are messing with your life in more ways than you’ll ever realize!
The Hidden Costs of Poor Vision
Most people think blurry eyesight is the only issue, but functional vision problems go far beyond what a standard eye chart can detect. These deeper imbalances affect how your brain and eyes work together, which in turn impacts focus, energy, and overall cognitive performance.
If you’ve ever found yourself:
- Rubbing your eyes after reading, even if you’re not sleepy
- Losing your place mid-sentence or re-reading lines over and over
- Struggling to focus (or stay calm) in bright, noisy, and fast-moving environments
- Noticing your prescription changing or increasing frequently
- Feeling off-balance while walking or tense while driving
- Experiencing motion sensitivity or headaches in visually demanding situations
- Feeling fatigued after screen time (not just mentally but physically)
…then you might be dealing with more than just “tired eyes”.
That’s because vision isn’t just about seeing clearly, it’s a full-body process that STARTS in the brain. In fact, over 50% of the brain’s cortex is involved in visual processing, making it one of the most energy-demanding systems in the body (University of Rochester).
That’s why when your brain and eyes aren’t working in harmony, your body has to step in and compensate. This extra effort uses more energy, focus, and cognitive bandwidth than necessary. Over time, this mismatch doesn’t just lead to eye strain or fatigue, it can ripple outward, affecting everything from memory and attention to balance and mobility(NCBI).
So when your brain and eyes are out of sync, your body compensates by using up more energy, focus, and effort than necessary. Over time, this can affect everything from memory to mobility(NCBI).
Find yourself doing one or all of those things listed above?
Take the FREE MyVisionFirst Quiz to discover if your symptoms could be linked to functional vision problems and what you can do about it.
The Nearsightedness Epidemic: Why Our Vision is Declining
If you’re struggling to see far away, needing stronger prescriptions every year, or noticing that your kids are getting glasses younger than ever? This isn’t just a coincidence.
We are in the middle of a nearsightedness epidemic. Nearly 43% of Americans are now nearsighted. According to The Atlantic, by the year 2050, nearly half of the world’s population is expected to be nearsighted, a dramatic rise attributed largely to lifestyle factors like increased screen time and reduced outdoor exposure. [source]. But here’s the thing, our genes haven’t changed, our environment has.
Between excessive screen time, harsh artificial (junk) lighting, and lack of time outdoors, our eyes are being forced to adapt to a world they weren’t built for. And the result? A global vision crisis.
However, you CAN actually reverse this trend with the right habits and get ahead of these problems before they spiral out of control.
Dave Asprey’s Personal Vision Training Journey
Dave Asprey has spent years optimizing his body and brain, but even he has struggled with declining vision. After LASIK surgery, his vision dropped to around 20/80 with newly acquired “astigmatism” after just 6 years. He retrained his eyesight and achieved 20/15 vision, which lasted 15 years.
Over time, his vision started to decline again, proving that vision training, like fitness, must be maintained. His experience proves that vision isn’t just something you’re stuck with, it can be improved. And if one of the biggest names in biohacking saw results, imagine what’s possible for you. When Dave Asprey joined us for a week-long Vision Intensive, the transformation was powerful.
As someone with a highly sensitive and unique neurological makeup, Dave spent years unknowingly compensating for vision challenges, like reduced depth perception, motion sensitivity, and difficulty integrating input from both eyes. Through targeted visual and visual-brain based testing, we helped him uncover the threshold his brain needed to reset and reorganize.
With the right sequence of customized Vision Performance Training treatment that incorporated movement, balance work, visuo-cognitive challenges, and vestibular integration, Dave was able to reboot his brain’s visual system. He reestablished communication between disorganized neural pathways and recalibrated how his brain processes visual information, leading to reduced visual confusion, enhanced depth perception, and a more efficient, unified visual experience. And even improved eyesight too!
Our Vision Intensive programs are designed to achieve exactly what Dave experienced – a complete recalibration of how your brain and eyes work together, especially if you are someone who:
- Is sensitive to motion, light, or visual clutter
- Experiences eye fatigue, double vision, or eye coordination issues
- Has avoided or struggled with reading or computer engagement
- Struggles with focus, depth perception, or stable cognitive performance
- Feels like something is “off” visually, but can’t quite explain it
Each Intensive includes a customized treatment plan of Vision Performance Training that integrates movement, balance, vestibular integration, and visuo-cognitive training into the work. It’s not just about seeing better – it’s about thinking, moving, and functioning better while improving vision to the point where the gains become a part of you.
How to Biohack Your Vision in Just 10 Minutes a Day
Think of these exercises like strength training for your eyes. Just like you wouldn’t expect to get stronger without lifting weights, you can’t expect your vision to improve without training the right muscles with the right sequencing of learning.
Near-Far Focus Drill:
This exercise is essentially push-ups for your eyes. This drill helps strengthen the tiny muscles that control your eye’s ability to switch focus between distances. Over time, it improves your focus flexibility, can reduce eye fatigue, and sharpen clarity, especially important for screen-heavy days or aging eyes.
- Cover one eye gently with your hand to isolate the focusing effort.
- Hold a pen or finger at arm’s length, directly in front of you.
- Slowly bring it towards your nose until it becomes slightly blurry.
- Once blurry, refocus your vision on the object and hold your gaze for 5 seconds.
- Then shift your focus to something in the distance as far away as possible and relax your gaze.
- Alternate your focus: near - far - near - far, at a steady pace.
- Repeat the sequence with the other eye and initially shoot for 2 minutes for each eye.
This exercise helps reduce strain from close-up tasks (like reading or phone use) and supports a healthy, responsive visual system.
Peripheral Awareness Training:
This exercise is essentially push-ups for your eyes. This drill helps strengthen the tiny muscles that control your eye’s ability to switch focus between distances. Over time, it improves your focus flexibility, can reduce eye fatigue, and sharpen clarity, especially important for screen-heavy days or aging eyes.
- Choose a central focus point. For example, a doorknob or picture across the room, Fixate your gaze on it and keep your eyes steady.
- While maintaining your gaze straight ahead, bring awareness to your side (peripheral) vision.
- Point with your finger to an object that you notice in your side vision without moving your eye to it. This could be a lamp, a chair, or a person walking by.
- Check your accuracy by shifting your gaze after pointing to confirm how accurate you are.
- Repeat on both sides and vary the distance and type of object for continued improvement.
This practice improves spatial awareness and supports better performance in everyday tasks like driving, reading, and even playing sports by expanding your field of visual attention.
Eye Stretches
Just like any other muscles in your body, your eye muscles need movement and flexibility to function well. These simple stretches help loosen tension, improve eye mobility, and reduce fatigue caused by screen time or prolonged near work.
- Gently cover one eye with your hand (without pressure, just block the vision)
- With the uncovered eye, look up, and hold for 5 seconds.
- Then look down and hold for another 5 seconds.
- Repeat the same motion to the left, and then the right, and then try the diagonal directions (top left to bottom right and top right to bottom left)
- Switch eyes and repeat the same sequence.
Doing this regularly helps maintain smooth and coordinated eye movement, increases visual range of motion, and eases discomfort from digital eye strain.
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The Future of Vision Biohacking
We train our bodies to stay strong. We eat well to fuel longevity. We prioritize sleep, track steps, and chase the perfect aesthetic, all in the name of health and performance. But what about the one system we rely on more than any other to interact with the world?
Your eyes. Your vision. Your most dominant sense.
We accept declining eyesight as inevitable, but it doesn’t have to be. With intentional training you can sharpen focus and attention, reduce (or in some cases even eliminate) the need for corrective lenses, and prevent long-term vision decline. When you train your vision, you’re not just seeing better, you’re thinking clearer, reacting faster, and feeling more energized.
Your eyesight isn’t set in stone. It’s adaptable. It’s trainable. And it’s time we start treating it like every other part of our body we work to strengthen.
How to Get Started Today
Don’t know where to start? Start with these three simple steps:
- Try the three vision exercises shared above for 10 minutes a day.
- Spend more time outdoors to reset your vision naturally.
- Take our FREE online vision assessment to understand if you’re being impacted by functional vision problems.
Your vision isn’t just about how well you can see, it’s about how you show up in the world, how you focus, how you connect with others and how much energy reserve you have to do what you love. Small changes today that compound over time can mean sharper, clearer vision for years to come.
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