10 Simple Yoga Poses For Increasing Your Height

 
Do you want to increase your height? Looking for the best solution which
can increase your height without any side effects and pain? If your answers
for all of these are yes, then you are at the right place. Now you can increase
height by practicing a few simple Yoga asanas at your own convenience.
Children generally reach their maximum height till the late stage of their
adolescence period. As far as increasing height is concerned, it depends
upon various genetic and environmental factors. However it is possible to
gain a few inches even after adolescence by practicing yoga. Yoga provides
energy to all parts of the body and thus places the body at ease. It is
beneficial for the overall health and well-being of the body. Yoga affects
your height indirectly by correcting your body posture, such that your body
utilizes all the energy and grows in height.

Yoga To Increase Height:

By creating suppleness while regulating your breath and stretching your
body through its full range of motions, yoga helps in increasing height at
many levels. The deep inhalation involved in yoga releases the stress that
causes tension in your back muscles, thus removing the obstacle to enhance
growth of the body. A number of yoga postures can help in increasing your
height by keeping your body upright. Given below are yoga poses for
increasing height.

1. Surya Namaskar:
Surya Namaskar is being practiced for centuries and involves 12 different
postures which should be performed in a chronological manner.

 Stand with your face towards the sun and your feet touching each
other.
 Bringing your hands near your ears, do the namaskar or in other
words touch a palm with the other, index finger to index finger and
little finger to little finger.
 Inhale and raise your arms upwards.
 Now bend backwards and stretch your arms above your head.
 While bending forward exhale slowly and try to touch the ground by
keeping your hands in line with your feet and your head touching the
knees.
 Inhale and slowly move your right leg back without a jerk.
 Keep your hands and feet in such a position that only your toes touch
the ground. Having done so, slowly raise your head as much as you can.
 Now get your head back to the normal position.
 Push your left leg backwards, making it parallel to your right leg with
only your toes touching the ground and exhale while doing this step.
 Keeping your arms straight, raise your hips and align your head with
your arms forming an arch and push yourself up.
 Now, exhale and lower your body to the ground. Touch the ground
with your feet, knees, chest forehead and palms.
 Inhale and raise your head backwards as far as possible.
 Pushing yourself up as much as possible, rest only on your palms and
feet.
 Inhale and slowly bend the left leg at your knee. Bring your feet
together and lift the leg upwards.
 Exhale slowly, keeping your hands firmly on the ground and bring
your feet together to align them with the hands. If possible, touch your
head to the knees.
 Inhale slowly while raising your arms upwards. Then, slowly bend
backwards, stretching your arms above the head.
This yoga pose is beneficial for digestion and height gain. It should be
practiced at dawn or in the evening for best results.
2. Sukhasana:
Sukhasana is the centre position from where all other yoga poses originate.
This position helps in controlling your breathing and tones your lower back
and hip, thus helping the cartilage in those areas to decompress.
 You can start this exercise by sitting on the floor in a cross legged
position with your hands resting on your knees.
 The focus should be on controlling your breath so that it is deep and
even paced.
 Your spine should be perfectly aligned.
 Now, push your buttocks to the floor and gently lower your knees.
 Take at least 5 breaths, inhaling as you raise your arms upwards and
over your head. Exhale while bringing your arms down, gently and
steadily.
 This move should be repeated 5 to 7 times.

3. Tadasana:
Being extremely easy and beneficial, this asana keeps your body supple and
strengthens your arms, legs and spines. It is also beneficial for height gain
and should be practiced right from childhood.

 Stand straight, keeping your feet together and your spine erect with
hands by your side, palms facing the thighs.
 Clasp both your hands with your fingers and inhale deeply while
lengthening your spine and stretching your hands above your head. Your
palms should face each other. Now lift your heel and balance yourself by
standing on your toes. Stretch your entire body as much as possible. After
this, exhale while returning back to your original position.

4. Konasana:

konasana helps in improving your balance and enables to have good posture.
This exercise is particularly beneficial in relieving tension.
 Now stand keeping your legs 3 to 4 feet apart and your feet parallel to
each other.
 Raise your hands while keeping it at a straight line with your
shoulders.
 Bending towards your right side, touch the toes of your right leg with
the fingers of your right hand. You can also try touching the toes of your
right leg with your left hand fingers.
 Raising your left hand towards the ceiling, look up towards your left
hand.
 Maintain this position for a minute. Repeat this procedure with your
right side.

5. Trikonasana:

This position strengthens your back and improves your body balance and
thus contributes to height growth.

 Stand with both your legs stretched out towards their sides.
 Lift both your hands, keeping them in line with your shoulders.
 Turning your torso towards your right, touch your right foot with your
left hand. The right hand should be faced upwards with your fingers
pointing outwards.
 Look towards your fingertips. Hold this position for 30 seconds. After
this, release and put your arms in line with your shoulders. Repeat this
procedure with the other side.

6. Dog and Cat:

These popular movements focus on extending your spine fully in two
different directions, thus stretching every cartilage disc in your spinal
column.

 Stand on your hands and knees with your hands slightly ahead of your
shoulders and knees hip width apart.
 Inhale and tilt your pelvis up, curve your spine such that your stomach
drops towards the ground and your head is upwards.

 Stretch your body fully but gently and then move into cat position by
reversing the curve of your spine.
 This exercise should be finished with your pelvis down and chest and
stomach in.
 Move your body through this movement fluidly and repeat the full
cycle many times.
7. Adhomukha Savasana:
This asana is also known as the downward facing dog and is relatively easier
to perform. It increases the blood flow to your face and neck, thus keeping
your skin glowing. As it is done against gravity, it helps in boosting mental
confidence and reducing stress and anxiety.

 Stand on the ground with your hands and knees.

 Position your legs directly underneath your hips and your arms
underneath your shoulders.
 Your palms should face the ground and should get a proper grip by
spreading out your fingers.
 Now sink your stomach in with a deep inhalation.
 Lift your knees off the floor while supporting yourself with both
palms and toes.
 When your knees are lifted off the floor, your tailbone automatically
starts rising up to the ceiling.
 Try to stretch your spine and legs as much as possible such that your
tailbone is pointing upwards and your body assumes an inverted V shape.
 This pose should be held for 5 breaths.

8. Tree Pose:
This yoga posture is very useful in strengthening your calf muscles and your
legs and improves your overall balance.
 Stand with your spine erect holding your hands together (Namaste)
stretched over your head. While doing so, your feet should be kept
together.
 After positioning yourself in this way, lift your right leg bent at the
knees and place the sole of your right feet on the inner thigh of your left
leg. The knees of your right leg should be facing outwards.
 Take a normal breath. Repeat this procedure with your left leg.

9. Chakrasana:

Also known as the wheel pose, Chakrasana will help in increasing your
height at any age. It helps in making your spine more elastic and your body
flexible. Thus, it is very effective in height increase. In this asana, the body
is bent forward or backward.

 You have to start this by lying on your back and bending legs at the
knees level such that they are placed nearer to the hips.
 Put your palms on the sides of your head by bending the elbows and
fingers towards your body.
 Now inhale while raising your body upwards and resting on the feet
and the palms, thereby curving your spine.
 Remain in this position for a few seconds and gradually increase the
duration by breathing normally.

10. Padahastasana:

This yoga pose is very effective in gaining some extra height. It focuses on
every body part from head to toe and is suitable for those who have a shorter
upper part or the lower part of the body and want to increase their height to
look and feel better.
 Stand straight with feet together and arms alongside your body. Your
weight should be balanced equally on both feet.
 While inhaling, extend your arms overhead and while exhaling bend
forward and down towards your feet.
 Maintain this posture for 20-30 seconds and continue to breathe
deeply.
 Your legs and spine should be kept erect, hands should be rested
either on the floor, beside the feet or on the legs.
 While breathing out, move your chest towards the knees, lift your hips
and tailbone, press your heels down, let your head relax and move it
gently towards your feet.
 Continue to breathe deeply. Bring your arms to the sides while
exhaling.

These yoga techniques can be extremely effective in increasing your

height in addition to a range of other health benefits that they offer. It also
relieves you from stress, tension and depression. It is advisable to practice
these exercises at an early age to get maximum results. Those suffering from
ailments or injuries should consult their physician before resorting to such
postures.

For best results, it is advisable to practice these exercises under the

supervision of a yoga practitioner only. Practice them regularly and lead a
happy life. Yoga for height increase is a science that has proved its
effectiveness over the centuries.  Feel free to share your experience by
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