By making yourself bigger, in posture, and by raising your arms or sitting up tall with your hands behind your head - elbows out, you change your body's hormones. When you make yourself bigger, testosterone goes up, that is the bravery hormone and cortisol, bad stress, goes down. It is only necessary for you to be in the pose for 2 minutes for these measurable changes to be detected. This idea is beautifully presented by Amy Cuddy in her Ted talk. She says to share it with everyone. So here is the link <Amy Cuddy's Ted Talk> It goes for 21 minutes, but it is really worthwhile. Maybe a little tear at the end.
We feel more courageous when we stand tall with legs straight and strong and hands on hips, think 'wonder woman'.
Also from a self defence point of view, the Golden Canes guy Philippe calls it 'Roar'. When your feel threatened make yourself bigger and make a fuss, make some noise. It might just be enough to dissuade some "ne'r do well". This is what I'm talking about:- a picture of golden canes
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