Expanding Shapes Exercises

The expanding shape exercises are designed to expand your field of vision. This is the area of your vision that you can see clearly. Most people, when they read, focus on about three letters at a time. The average length of most words in the English language is 4.7 characters, with many words being much longer than this. What this means is that we are inefficient readers simply because we cannot take in enough information to even read one word in a single glance. The exercises where you see expanding shapes such as ovals and squares which expand in concentric circles outward from the center, help you to expand that area you see in clarity, helping you begin to see and process more letters in a single glance. If you can see up to 8-10 letters in clarity, then you will more than double your reading speed, and increase your reading comprehension as you see and process information more rapidly and accurately. Plus, this exercise is very mentally challenging. This is not something we do in our normal day-to-day lives. Because of this, our brains have to think about how to properly do this new function. This stimulates the brain and forms new neural pathways.

To correctly do this exercise, begin by looking at the shape in the center of the screen. As you see the rings start to expand outward from the center, keep your eyes looking on the shape, but try to keep the expanding rings in focus as they get further and further from the middle. It will feel like your eyes are getting wider and wider as the rings expand. With time, this exercise will make you a much more efficient reader and will activate your brain!