Specific Yoga Postures and Stretches Can Make Some People Grow Taller Permanently

There are always many constructive criticisms made by readers and regulars saying that they want me to give them advice on something that they can implement/do to increase their height. The theory and the science is not enough for them. The most common question is to ask what can they swallow to help them grow taller. I haven’t found much that would work for adults except 2-3 compounds, but they provide on average just a few millimeters of increase with the upper limit said to be 3 cm. Instead of just drinking something, I would recommend doing specific yoga postures and stretches to help the people loosen their joints out a little. That would be much more effective.

Now, I have already in the beginning of the website wrote multiple posts explaining which asana postures would work best. Here is an updated, more specific and advanced outline on which postures would give the best results. Some people would notice that they managed to increase their height quite permanently.

So how is it possible to increase one’s height permanently? – For a small minority of people in the population, their normal (sitting, standing, sleeping, running) posture which they have developed since they are young children is not actually optimized for height. They have the chance of gaining permanent height based on a term which I coined years ago called “Hidden Height”. For an example, refer to SkinTightFlash who has been a fan/follower of the Grow Taller Guru on Youtube. His unique body shape and posture meant that with just a short burst of stretches, he was able to increase his height by 3 cm, which has stayed with him for at least 2 years so far, which has not been lost.

In addition, it was found that a sizable minority percentage of adults have some irregular curvature in their vertebrate. They may not have full blown scoliosis but during their growth process, the vertebrate did not come out completely straight. In terms of their regular everyday lives, the curvature is almost never noticed and does not reduce the person’s overall quality of life at all. the curvature is very small and hardly noticeable.

A recent brief meeting with my acupuncturist (yes, I have been meeting an acupuncturist for the last month or so to try to treat a certain chronic medical issue) made me rethink back to the positive height increasing effects of yoga. I remember reading an article by this writer “Alex bon Bidder” who supposedly published an article in Men’s Health about a couple of years ago (Feb 2011), who was supposed to be some yoga instructor in NYC. He said that from doing yoga regularly (2-3 times a week ) for at least 1 full year would lead to an increase in 1 extra inch of height. Some sources like GymFlow100.com said that Alex might have even claimed one can get up to 2 inches of height, but I think that was an exageration. The same article was published on the Esquire.com website.

Here are the main yogic poses/asanas you want to focus on to make the spine/back area more flexible.

1. Supine Twist – aka Simple Reclining Twist
2. Cobra Pose

Some sources have said that one should also do the downward facing dog position and the cat pose, but I don’t think those postures would make the back more flexible.

Here are some advanced postures which would be much more effective in stretching out the back, while at the same time providing fitness and health to people who perform them. Yoga in general is just an overall low-impact, fat burning, core-strengthening type of exercise.

1. Tittibhasana pose
2. Dwipadasirsasana pose
3. Karnapidasana pose

All of the more advanced poses is based on the idea that you want to use the force of gravity to your advantage and flip either your legs or your torso over. What is probably the best posture when leveraging gravity is when you are using your upper limbs/arms to hold yourself above the ground. Arm length does not contribute to height, but leg length does. When you are holding your body up against gravity, the force will act on every other part of your body trying to push them down. The best option would in fact to just down a handstand to get the gravity to pull your body in opposite directions (or maybe with gravity boots or inversion table) but I’ve noticed that when you completely are in the upside down position, there is a higher chance for certain medical conditions to develop. The hip areas are also loosened by both Tittibhasana and Dwi Padasir Asana. I will be doing a post soon which will shown how loosened hip joints seems to have some really major anatomical effects on bone alignment.