Subtle facial expressions

The types of facial expressions that most of us are familiar with are what are known as strong or full facial expressions. All of us can easily recognize when a person is feeling happy, sad, angry, afraid, etc. just by looking at their facial expression because the expressions for these emotions are full, strong, and conspicuous. …

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Why reading facial expressions is important

Reading facial expressions is something comes naturally to most of us. But if you learn to observe them more carefully, you’ll take your communication skills to the next level. A person’s face is the seal of his identity. Our face is what gives us our distinct identity and separates us from others. You are you and …

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3 Common gesture clusters and what they mean

Isolated gestures are rarely noticed while observing body language. Often, a person will convey his emotional state via more than one gesture and this combination of gestures is known as a gesture cluster. While analyzing body language, it’s imperative that you take into account as many gestures as possible because that will provide a more …

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Walking and standing body language

How we think and feel is reflected in the way we stand and in our walking style. This article explores the various nonverbal signals you give off with your standing and walking style. The attention position This is a standing position in which the feet are placed close to each other so that the legs …

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How important is height in body language

One morning you wake up and find yourself not in your home but in a small wooden hut. Startled, you look outside through a hole in the hut wall beside your grassy bed, a prototype what we today call the window.  You see people walking around dressed in long, white robes. You go outside and …

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Body language: Truth of the pointing foot

Can we deduce what’s on a person’s mind merely by reading the body language of their feet? That is the question this article attempts to answer. When we communicate with others, we focus our attention mainly on their words and facial expressions. We pay little, if any, attention to gestures of the body and when it …

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Body orientation in nonverbal communication

In order to highlight how body orientation matters in nonverbal communication, consider the following scenario: You’re browsing through some items in a provisional store. You notice an old high school friend at the far end of the store and you decide to approach him.  You move towards him walking backward- yes, with your back turned towards him. As soon as you …

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Figure four leg lock body language gesture

Whilst seated, a person doing the figure four leg lock gesture rests one leg horizontally over the knee of the other leg. The legs are spread out and the person leans back slightly. If you look at this gesture from the top, the legs appear to be making the shape of the number ‘4’ and hence …

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