Guest guest Posted April 27, 2001 Report Share Posted April 27, 2001 There is a rumor that practicing Yoga for many months can add an inch to your height due to increasing the thickness of the discs in your spine. Has anyone reported a noticable height gain in this manner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2001 Report Share Posted April 27, 2001 Oddly enough, I've noticed a heightend sense of self (oh my...that pun was soooooooo bad).<br><br>B'dom ching...but seriously...I have noticed I measure taller than I used to, 1 year ago, how much of that is due to proper posture, and standing taller, however is anyone's guess....<br><br>Namaste!<br>Lilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2001 Report Share Posted April 28, 2001 i went to measure just to help you out- and can report that i am a half inch taller. ( That took years of yoga though ....and particular effort to stretch out the natural compression tendencies in my lower back.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2001 Report Share Posted April 28, 2001 My sister used to do stretching (not yoga) for many years, and she has become taller by several inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2001 Report Share Posted April 28, 2001 Stop. "Several inches" is too much - according to my dictionary, 1 inch = 2.54 cm already. My older sister reported an increase in height of 3 cm, from 170 cm to 173 cm. She was 30 years old then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2001 Report Share Posted April 28, 2001 Shining_skull:<br><br>Do you know what kind of program she follows? Does she stretches everyday? <br><br>I assume that Yoga or some kind of stretching program could help me get taller, I'm 20 years old so I assume I haven't developed completely yet. <br><br>Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2001 Report Share Posted April 29, 2001 Yes!<br>A couple of years ago my school nurse told me that I would gain no more height. That time I was about 162 cm tall. Now after a year of yoga practice I have become over 2 cm taller than I was then.<br><br>I quess that's because now I keep myself in more upright posture (or what ever is the correct term) than I used to then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2001 Report Share Posted April 30, 2001 I can't tell you exactly how the stretching routine of my sister looked like - she doesn't do stretching anymore. Instead, she enthuses over sub-aqua sports now.<br><br>It was not yoga. However, she once showed me a book she found very helpful: it was Maxine Tobias' & Mary Stewart's "Stretch and Relax" (currently out of print). This book is strongly rooted in Iyengar Yoga, a style of yoga in which it is not unusual to spend up to 3 minutes or more in postures like e.g. the forward bends - and unlike Astanga, where you usually keep a pose for no more than 5 ujjayi breaths. So the stretching effect of iyengar yoga might be greater than that of astanga, although, on the other hand, astanga is much more vigorous than iyengar.<br><br>Also, I suspect that yoga works differently on a woman's body than on that of a man: i.e., the stretching effect of yoga on the human spine may possibly be greater with women than with men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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