So if you are trying to increase your height in the near future you probably are well aware that you can take either prescriptions or you can do a variety of exercise mostly stretching to grow taller. Now of course this will take some time. But did you also know getting proper sleep can also have a great impact? The fact behind this is that while you are sleeping a growth hormone is released and goes to work. Now the key is to get eight hours of sleep and this needs to be quality sleep cycles, because really the hormone goes to work in deep sleep mostly.