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Understanding Body Language Cues

Body language is a form of non-verbal communication that involves gestures, postures, and signs to convey messages to other people. It discusses how different parts of the body including the head, arms, torso, and legs can send signals. It provides details on how specific actions with the eyes, shoulders, legs, and head can affect how confident and engaged someone appears during a conversation. Maintaining some eye contact but not staring, taking up space comfortably, relaxing the shoulders, and occasional nodding while speaking can help create better connections with others.

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Understanding Body Language Cues

Body language is a form of non-verbal communication that involves gestures, postures, and signs to convey messages to other people. It discusses how different parts of the body including the head, arms, torso, and legs can send signals. It provides details on how specific actions with the eyes, shoulders, legs, and head can affect how confident and engaged someone appears during a conversation. Maintaining some eye contact but not staring, taking up space comfortably, relaxing the shoulders, and occasional nodding while speaking can help create better connections with others.

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BODY LANGUAGE ?

Body language is a form of non-verbal


communication involving the use of stylized
gestures, postures, and physiologic signs which
act as cues to other BODY
people.
LANGUAGE

OPEN CLOSE
Parts-of-the-body language
You can send signals with individual
parts of the body as well as in concert. Here's
details of the contributions of each
part of the body.
•Head: Face, Cheek, Chin, Mouth, Lips, Teeth,
Tongue, Nose, Eyes, Eyebrow, Forehead, Hair
•Arm: Elbow, Hand, Finger
•Torso: Neck, Shoulder, Chest, Back, Belly,
Bottom, Hips
•Legs: Thigh, Knee, Foot
1. Don’t cross your arms or legs – You have probably
already heard you shouldn’t cross your arms as it might
make you seem defensive or guarded. This goes for your
legs too. Keep your arms and legs open.
2. Have eye contact, but don’t stare – If there are
several people you are talking to, give them all some eye
contact to create a better connection and see if they are
listening. Keeping too much eye-contact might creep
people out. Giving no eye-contact might make you seem
insecure. If you are not used to keeping eye-contact it
might feel a little hard or scary in the beginning but keep
working on it and you’ll get used to it.
.
3. Don’t be afraid to take up some space – Taking up
space by for example sitting or standing with your legs
apart a bit signals self-confidence and that you are
comfortable in your own skin.
4. Relax your shoulders – When you feel tense it’s
easily winds up as tension in your shoulders. They might
move up and forward a bit. Try to relax. Try to loosen up
by shaking the shoulders a bit and move them back
slightly.
5. Nod when YOU are talking – nod once in a while to
signal that you are listening. But don’t overdo it and peck
like Woody Woodpecker

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