Do you lose a few inches if you're bow-legged and can yoga help? These are the two
questions we are going to get into today. And what you will get out of this video
today is to find out why we lose the height and to find out how yoga can help
you get it back. My name is Chi and you're welcome to The Body Conditioner.
Here we work in, not out! If you are new to The Body Conditioner
Hi! You're absolutely welcome. Please say Hi in the comments section because I
really want to get to know you. What we're all about here at The Body Conditioner
is working in. And I really go deep because I want to give you those
exercises, the work-ins that work. I only have the best for you, the best out of
seven years of private yoga practice working with my clients one on one. And
here on this channel I give you the work-ins, the exercises that work. So
that means there is no trial and error, you just get the shortcut, the shortcut
to success. If you want me to make more videos on bow legs or you have questions
about your bow legs, then please drop them in the comments section or join one
of the Facebook groups. The links you will find in the description. So why do we
actually lose height if we're bow-legged? Have you noticed that in the mornings
you're actually taller than you are in the evenings. So when you get out of bed and
you're fresh, you've rested well, you are actually much taller than you are when
you go to bed in the evening. So in some cases the difference is up to 2.5
centimeters, that's about an inch. So what happens during the day is that the
compression and the weight, the weight bearing of the head and the load we
carry, all of that adds some compression to the spine and that shrinks it. So what
does that have to do with your bow legs? So any further imbalance causes tension
in the body. Okay? So as you are tensed in parts of your body for example your
external hip rotators remember? Your hip abductors. Here's one of the videos you
can look at if you don't remember again what that is. So if you are tense in your
hip abductors for example you create more and more tension in that area. What
happens is the more tension we have the more we actually pull the bones together.
Do you remember my video on the concept of biotensegrity? If not, you'll find it
here in the cards. In that video we did a nice visualization on understanding how
the body is built. The idea of in and around, the idea of complexity and the
idea of continuity in the body. But the continuity in the body is disrupted by a
bone structure. Now the more tense you get the closer you pull those bones
together and what happens is the space in between the bones ... remember? We have
space between the bones. So for example if I take my elbow now, there's space
between the two bones here of my forearm and my humerus, right? So, we don't have
pins in the body and because of the space here
there is mobility and there is spaciousness in the body. Now if we pull
these bones closer together that means we also have less space in the body.
Does that make sense? So if you have less space in the body also you're shorter. So
how can yoga help you? The more we lengthen the body again and stretch the body
and regain the spaciousness in the body, the longer you are. And there are very
simple tools we have, very simple stretches we can do to regain that. And
stretches help but also strengthening exercises. Always making sure that we
have a healthy body, and a healthy body needs strength and flexibility. So, do we
lose some inches due to our bow-leggedness? Yes, we do! And can yoga help? Yes, it
can. And remember if you want to get my free eBook on how to correct your bow
legs naturally, then please come on over to www.thebodyconditioner.com
and drop your email address. If you want to post your bow leg
pictures then please join one of the Facebook groups. I have one for ladies,
one for gentlemen and I'm there face to face to answer your questions and to
be of service on your journey of healing and minimizing your bow legs naturally. If
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