| Do you think that I'm exaggerating when I say that I | | | | to a client awhile ago and he told me that he has |
| can make you two inches taller in just two minutes? | | | | shrunk 1-inch in the past 10 years. The reality is that |
| I'm going to prove to you, right now, that I can help | | | | he didn't really shrink. His posture simply fell apart. If |
| you do this. | | | | you look at him from the side you'll see that his head |
| First, go and stand next to a full length mirror. Turn | | | | is resting not over his shoulders but over - air. There |
| sideways. Now look at yourself. If you're like 95% of | | | | is no support from his bodies' natural pillar-of-strength. |
| Americans you'll notice that your head is jutting | | | | To grow taller in two minutes all you have to do is |
| forward. | | | | think "S.B.D." |
| Why is it jutting forward? Well, modern life has | | | | No, that doesn't stand for the Small Business |
| dictated that you will spend a good portion of your | | | | Development-Center. SBD stands for "shoulders- |
| time - sitting. That's right. We sit in our cars. We sit | | | | back-down". I want you to keep your shoulder blades |
| at home. We sit at work. We sit when we eat. We | | | | pushed back toward each other and down toward |
| sit all day long, for the most part. | | | | your back pockets. Do this all the time. You'll notice |
| What this does is it causes muscle imbalances to | | | | that when you do this that your chest pops up. Also, |
| occur. When you sit for most of the day the muscles | | | | when you SBD your head will pull back over your |
| on the front of your body become tight. Just think | | | | shoulders. |
| about this for a second. Imagine you could look down | | | | This will make you two inches taller. You'll also feel |
| at yourself right now as you read this. You're | | | | more confident. If you already have perfect posture |
| probably in sort of a half- fetal position. | | | | and are confident, then this will make you arrogant. |
| You're probably leaning forward, shoulders hunched | | | | Just kidding. Anyway, that's all there is to it! |
| and your upper back is being stretched. Your hips are | | | | SBD. Shoulders, back, and down. |
| drawn up toward your chest. And your torso is sort | | | | If you're doing it right now you are two inches taller. |
| of curved forward. | | | | Do it all the time. |
| All of this makes you essentially shrink. I was talking | | | | |