Starfish

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Your body language shapes who you are is one of the most popular TED Talks of all time. In it, Harvard Business School professor and researcher, Amy Cuddy, explains how adopting expansive postures causes people to feel more powerful. One such expansive posture, or power pose, that she mentions is the “Starfish” pose. In this pose you stand up straight with your arms out at about a 45-degree angle with your hands over your head and your legs spread so you are in the shape of a starfish. Try holding that position for two minutes and see how it makes you feel.