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| Has anyone ever experienced height increased after doing yoga for some time? I'm not expecting 1 foot or anything. Just maybe an inch or two.
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| Eric,
Yogadaner on this board has had a 1/2 inch height increase--but she's a longtime, intense yoga junkie. I've yet to hear about significant height increases. |
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| I actually think rather than a physical height increase you're more likely to experience a "feeling" of being taller, mostly because you become so much more aware of your posture and so you stop slouching, etc. At least, I've noticed this in myself! |
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| Dear Eric:
I have this experience during my teachings. But, actually the height increase is due to more flexibility and straight posture as one wrote above. And, as you said it is a small amount.
I would request you not to take any medication to increase height.
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| Yes. I grew one inch from practising yoga. I now stand at 5"1. woo hoo.
I didn't really grow so much as straightened my back.
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| No, Elizabeth. It's not a feeling.
I measured 1/2" taller. As I have said in the past, the feeling is that I have spent a great deal of time not only extending my spine, but building the muscles to support the extension. That's not a feeling, it's height gain that was not being experienced in my body.
So I'm taller and have broken 5'3".
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| Is the growth proportional Christine? I mean you don't have like a big ole long face with the extra height settling in you jaw or something do you?
 Sorry just couldn't help it. |
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| Stinker!
Let's just say it didn't make my husband's eyes pop.
Perhaps next growth spurt!
Christine |
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| Don't worry Christine maybe the next growth spurt will help. Blah to being tall I am 6'0 and it can get a little lonely up here  I actually have alot of tall friends and really small cute ones as well. I love them all.. |
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| But everyone has to have a dream, right? At least mine is only to be tall(er) and not Queen of the World. Because ... watch out. Dreams do happen! And wouldn't a lot of people be in trouble immediately after my coronation?
My husband is 6'5'' tall and all (yes, 2 sisters, brother, 5 nieces and nephews) are over 6'2. On my side, my sisters are 5'9'' and 5'10'' and although my mother is shrinking (no yoga!) she's still 5'8''. Her male siblings, etc. were all over 6'4''. So although we have shorter relatives (Aunt Mini at 4'9'' for example) I would love to be tall.
I happen to know that I have, however, a HUGE personality.
My sisters says to watch out for short people. They just get in there and bowl everyone over when you least expect it. I agree!
Christine
At a tall and elegant 5'3.25'' tall. Thank you, yoga. |
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| Your sisters are right my friends that are ...let me find the word...not quite as tall as some have very tall personalities. Ever wear high heel shoes. Men love that. Your husband eyes might pop. Pick up a pair of those sexy 4 inch heels. I love them |
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| 5'3.25? Lucky duck! I'm (realllllly) pushing 5'1".
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| Naturally short people are always full of energy or something. |
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| I agree - yoga DOES lead to height increases! (At least it did for me, but maybe that's because I had terrible posture which yoga is beginning to sort out....! |
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| I have a tallish yoga friend who has "grown" from yoga and she also has bone loss due to early osteoporosis so she "should" be shrinking. So the muscles supporting her spine have strengthened and lengthened which will help prevent breakage and further deterioration. Yay yoga! |
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| I don't doubt that yoga helps one achieve their physiological height potential. I would like to know from you folks who have experienced increased height after some regular practice, how old were you? The reason I wonder is that I know many folks who grow after an age that conventional wisdom says we're done growing. That growth spurt is brought on by a significant lifestyle change for the better. For instance, when somebody enters military service they go through a basic training where nuorishment and exercise is quite a bit improved from what they encountered at home on the farm, the inner city or what have you. |
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| My friend was over 50 when she "grew" - truly astonishing. I do know people in their mid twenties who have grown, as you say, past the age when we expect it but still physiologically possible, but this seems to be a totally different phenomenon involving elongation of the musculature. |
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| hello everybody,
this is swetha from india.22/F;ht:-5'2".i want to increase my height by 2 inches.is it possible at this age?if possible how long will it take approx.?i have joined in a yoga course today only.wht kind of asanas shud i ask my guru,specifically in this regard?
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| Generally the asanas which concentrate on straightening the spine help the most with increasing height. Whether or not you actually grow taller is a question I leave to the doctors. I do know that after a couple months I felt an inch or two taller.
Why do you want to be taller? |
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Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | I always feel taller after a good yoga practice. When I haven't practiced in a while, I feel heavier and shorter. So, I suppose there may be some truth to this....maybe that's the reason my pants have felt like they are too short sometimes and then again...back to normal in length too. I thought it was that darn washin' machine, or because those yoga pants I bought from Old Navy were made in China,  |
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| BBB:
Generally, height does not depend on person's nutrition. What I mean is : If person is given better nutrition, that person may not increase in height. And, if person is deprived of needed nutrition, it may result in detriment somewhere other than height in general. Height depends on the constitution of a person. Also, height does not increase substantially after the maturity age, as agains growth in muscles, etc.
Now, one may achieve a small increase in height due to stretching in Yoga, if that shall not be more than an inch or so.
BTW: I watched Portrait of Ireland video the other day, and thoroughly enjoyed music by James Galaway. I wish to purchase that video. It has no speech, only music and Ireland.
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| kulkarnn - 2006-01-09 3:01 PM
Generally, height does not depend on person's nutrition. What I mean is : If person is given better nutrition, that person may not increase in height.
Actually I think this depends on the stage a person is at. In the US people generally enter the military around 18-19 when there is still the potential from some (not a lot) growth. You only have to look at the substantial differences between the two generations of Chinese people to see the difference a good diet makes in earlier development. |
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| Actually Neel, I saw a study done in Mexico where they gave vitamin supplements to a group of indigenous people and those children were all taller than their parents or any of the other children in the control group. Quite a lot, actually. 5 inches as I recall and it was only a very small supplement. Unfortunately in a way, those children were also brighter, did better in school and most moved away from their villages to get more education and better jobs. |
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| hello green jello,
was this the answer to my query?i think so.
i am only 5'2" tall;i find myself being too short when i wear jeans and other trousers!thats the reason y i wanna grow taller.i think 5'2" is not a gud height.
neway thank u so much for the reply;now that u told me that asanas that straighten the spine are beneficial in this regard;can u just tell me how long(the time span) shud each asana be performed and how many times in a day?
thanks once again!!
GreenJello - 2006-01-09 10:29 AM
Generally the asanas which concentrate on straightening the spine help the most with increasing height. Whether or not you actually grow taller is a question I leave to the doctors. I do know that after a couple months I felt an inch or two taller.
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| I think most of the height increase I think I've experience from yoga has come from straightening the spine, so it's not going to help with your desire to wear longer jeans. Also if I have gained any height, it's probably at most an inch or so, over a 6' frame. As far as asanas or practice go, I'm not a teacher, I can't really help you there. |
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| thank u so much for the reply,green jello!
GreenJello - 2006-01-10 9:44 AM
I think most of the height increase I think I've experience from yoga has come from straightening the spine, so it's not going to help with your desire to wear longer jeans. Also if I have gained any height, it's probably at most an inch or so, over a 6' frame. As far as asanas or practice go, I'm not a teacher, I can't really help you there. |
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| Hi swetha - I am also 5'2" and I have short-ish legs. I always have to hem my jeans but once tht is done, they look great, if I do say so myself. Wear shoes with a small heel (don't do the big, heavy shoe thing so many shorter women do - it makes you look silly) and be sure your tops fit well and aren't too long so you are well proportioned and you will look lovely And do some yoga asana. It will make you stand straight and look taller and help keep you fit and forget a bit about what is "wrong" with your body. |
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| Tourist wrote: Expert Yogi
Posts: 2915 Actually Neel, I saw a study done in Mexico where they gave vitamin supplements to a group of indigenous people and those children were all taller than their parents or any of the other children in the control group. Quite a lot, actually. 5 inches as I recall and it was only a very small supplement. Unfortunately in a way, those children were also brighter, did better in school and most moved away from their villages to get more education and better jobs.
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Well, if the parents were extremely deficient in nutrition, and the children got that nutrition at early age, that would make a difference. But, this does not happen once a person has reached maturity level, let us 18 for now. Next, suppliments if they are real food, then they would make sense. Otherwise, if they make the growth harmones in multiplicity due to exciting the harmonal system, then it would add height, at the cost of health, so that is undesirable.
It is a False Notion in the western world that a short person is either not beautiful or smart. That notion should be treated more than the height.
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| hey tourist,
thank u so much for the reply.i'll do wht u said. |
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| kulkarnn - 2006-01-11 10:33 AM
It is a False Notion in the western world that a short person is either not beautiful or smart. That notion should be treated more than the height.
Not quite sure where you're getting this one. I think most woman want a man who's taller than they are, and it's so common and cross cultural that I think it might be somewhat genetic. I also think that most men don't want a woman's who's much shorter than they are. (Makes things a bit awkward) That having been said, it's pretty common knowledge that Tom Cruise is shorter than you average man, yet he's also displayed as a sex symbol.
I've never heard anything about short people being dumb. There does seem to be that sort of prejudice against people who are over weight, but not so much for short people. |
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| My experience is that men like short women. And I have never had a problem beng taken seriously but then I have had good role models of tiny but powerful women. Geeta Iyengar is one of the more recent ones - she is a little shorter than I am but VERY authoritative |
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| tourist - 2006-01-16 10:14 AM
My experience is that men like short women.
I actually like taller woman, but then at 6' 2" I need to! I also like Glenda, so maybe it's what's on the inside that counts. |
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| I think the trend may be changing. I had a tall friend in high school and she used to moan that the guys all went out with the short girls but my tall DD has never had that experience. At least I have never heard her complain about it. And she seems to find plenty o' tall good lookers (when she is looking) who are interested in taller gals. My perception is that the kids nowadays have a lot fewer preconceptions or conditions than we used to back in the day. I guess we did a good job of raising them to be open minded  |
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| tourist - 2006-01-16 10:55 AM
My perception is that the kids nowadays have a lot fewer preconceptions or conditions than we used to back in the day. I guess we did a good job of raising them to be open minded
Yes, the best indication of this is that most people in my generation seem to be have no problems with interracial dating. |
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Interracial dating is so "guess who's coming to dinner"-1960s. Let's talk same gender
instead: I have noticed that the....[trying not to be rude here]...more conservative
elements... are pretty upset about same-sex marriage. Exactly what is wrong with two
people who love each other setting up a household?
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| I have no clue why same sex marriage bugs people. When I hear the phrase, "It's a threat to the institution of marriage," my first question is, "What's the threat?"
For what it's worth, I know a lot of Republicans who don't care and never supported the idea of a marriage amendment. |
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| I know, I never quite got that either. Two people who love each other wanting to make it legal and be recognized by the world as being together - that is scary. We all know what sorts of sordid things MARRIED people do! They largely stay in their homes and hang out together! EEK!
What I find a lot more threatening to the institution of marriage are the of folks who really don't love each other but have some other reason for tying the knot (money, unexpected pregnancy, want to move out of Daddy's house, because all my friends are getting married, etc). Those are the people who generally wind up divorced 2 yrs later and I feel THAT weakens marriage in general.
Even that, though, doesn't bother me that much. On the scale of things that bother me, who marries who does not even register a blip! I wonder what is up with these people who care so passionately about the topic. Maybe their own marriages didn't turn out to be what they wanted, so they have to make a big fat ruckus about other people's personal lives.
How in the heck did we wander so far from height increase? 
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| Thread hijacking happens. Sometimes I do it, and it's my own thread!
On the political forum I used to frequent, we had quite a few Christian Fundamentalists. I got to know them over a long period of time and found they were really cool people, but man...they could not wrap their heads around things like homosexuality and sex outside of marriage.
The conversations were always interesting.
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In the long run, love is a whole lot more important than sex...some folks just can't
get past the S-word.... |
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| The impression I get is that there's a struggle going on to legitamize homosexuality. Same sex marriage further legitamizes this life-style. Not being a homosexual, I really can't comment on what it's like to be one, and if it's a good or bad thing. I will say that most of the homosexuals I know are pretty normal. ie just as screwed up as the rest of us. |
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Location: A Blue State | Hi GJ --
I had to think a while before answering your post...I don't mean to jump down your throat...
... there are two things you said that I want to comment on. First, saying homosexuality
is a "life-style" -- it's a subject of debate, of course, but a lot of people who are homosexual
believe that it's not just a "lifestyle choice". They would tell you that they are simply that way,
born that way or whatever, and that they could no more decide to be straight than you
or I could "decide" to be of the opposite gender. Second thing, saying that there's
a "struggle to legitimize" homosexuality. Yes, there is a struggle, but many people regard
it as a struggle to end discrimination. There's long historical precedent for discriminating
against homosexuals, but that doesn't make it right...not any more than a historical
precedent for slavery or anti-semistism makes those discriminations right.
I don't mean to imply that you (GJ) carry any of these negative beliefs -- I've read too many
of your posts to have that impression of you -- but, after thinking about this for a couple of
days, I did want to comment on the two phrases you used, as above.
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| There is no real good answer for this one is there? I really don't understand homosexuality I don't think anybody else does either, so we're all forced to muddle along. If any of my language is offensive, I appologize. I was struggling (and still am) to find neutral terms to describe something that's anything but. Since I don't understand it, I also don't want to chose sides, either for or against.
That being said, I think the way that homosexuals are treated in this country is pretty ugly. As a fairly odd person myself, I had to see anybody picked on, brutalized, or stimatized in the manner.
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I'm 5.6" tall and my short stature had always been an impediment for achieving poise and self-confidence. It was about two years ago that I met my wife and we almost instantly made connection. She is about half an inch shorter than me but I would always feel a little insecure whenever she wore sandals. This would make her look much taller than myself. Not that anything wrong with that but society collectively feeds us with some stereotypes and a guy shorter than a woman would always raise eyebrows. My wife (who back then was my girlfriend) was conscious of myself being a little uneasy. She started coaching me on improving my dress coordination and also suggested that I should try wearing those walktall shoes. Doing a little research myself I gathered some info on stretching exercises. Although it’s true that exercises will not make you grow taller but it definitely helped me improve my posture. We certainly have more height hidden behind our slouched back and shabby dressing than we ever realize. There are some very basic stretching exercises and vertical fashion techniques that together can make a noticeable improvement in your height. And lastly it’s all a matter of perception. It all boils down to how we perceive ourselves. A better height can add to our confidence, but again, it’s our mind that perhaps makes us insecure. Some short dudes possess endless energy that makes their presence much taller than their height. You can follow the link below to get more info on posture exercises and some basic visual height enhancement techniques:
http://www.walktallshoes.com/grow-taller.html
Good luck
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| tourist - 2006-01-16 10:14 AM
My experience is that men like short women.
Short women make me feel tall, lol. I'm 5'8" 1/2, hopefully yoga will stretch me up to 5'10". |
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| GreenJello - 2006-01-25 10:53 PM
There is no real good answer for this one is there?
The soul is neither male or female. All the matters is love. |
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| no way! I had no clue about this...interesting. Maybe more extensive research needs to be done on this. |
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| I have a (male) friend who's 5'3. He exclusively dates women who are taller than him, because he feels that being a short guy who can get a tall girl makes him look good. Regardless, I've never found it particularly odd when the guy in the couple is shorter than the girl, but what I HAVE found unattractive is men who've I've dated (I'm 5'9) who have felt insecure about their height because of mine, and who have not liked me wearing heels because of this. I think tall girls are sexy, but I don't think that a couple's height difference makes any big impression on people, unless you have something comical, like someone who's 6'7 with someone at 4'11. |
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| Around 70% of your height is based on genetics. The other 30% is based on nutrition and how much growth hormone your body produces. Unfortunately, you cannot stretch your body taller :/ |
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| I too believe it's all about better articulation and posture. Ultimately though, it's about doing yoga for a certain amount of time until you find that your posture is better, it's about maintaining yoga's discipline and constant awareness of our bodies as temples. |
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| By using Yoga we can increase our height. Everybody want to be tall. so it is good to do yoga. |
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| In fact,i think rather than an increase in physical height are more likely to experience a feeling to be higher, especially as you become more aware of your posture and bend and stop, etc,it so, i've noticed this in myself. |
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| I can perfectly said that Yoga will effect the height. It may becomes the height increase factor... |
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| If yoga could increase height, wouldn't all Indians be tall by now! |
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| I always experience taller after a excellent yoga exercise. When I haven't used in a while, I feel heavier and taller. |
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