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Have you noticed that when you are feeling down, your shoulders are hunched? Or when you are worried, your muscles become tense and your neck feels tight and strained. Our body can physically reflect the emotions we are feeling.

Amy Cuddy in her TED Talk talks about the power pose and how we can ultimately ‘trick’ our brain to serve us better. By adopting some of these wonder-woman like poses before big events (such as a presentation or meeting), we can immediately feel  bigger, stronger and more powerful. It can also benefit us to use this technique when we are feeling on the back foot and anxious.

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