BODY LANGUAGE –GESTURES

Some Do’s & Don'ts

BODY LANGUAGE

• only as less as 15% is expressed with words, more than 50% is expressed through your body

• Sense organs in play

• Left and right brain

• Subconscious signals

BODY LANGUAGE- FACE & EYE

• Feelings, attitudes & emotions- more than body

• Sarcastic comments/ sincere

• Eyes- lying

• Establish bond

• Involve

EYES (AS YOU SEE THEM)

Eyes - upward to the right (their left). Trying to recall memories.

Eyes - upwards to the left (their right). Creating visual images (we think in pictures).

A hand over the mouth whilst talking indicates deceit. A desire to try and stop the words coming out of the mouth.

Indicate critical analysis.

Is an evaluation signal. Generally a positive evaluation. It's a time for thought process.

Women - bottom of the chin

Is an evaluation gesture.It is generally a positive evaluation of your ideas,

suggestions, information or requests.

She may feel comfortable. She may look cool.

Careful, You have a very negative signal, even if she is smiling.

The lowered stapling of the hands indicates listening, and can also be a negative confidence gesture.

The scratch to the back of the neck indicates uncertainty.

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It can mean nervousness or deceit. It can mean a desire to shut out the words they are hearing,

or the words aren't 'going in'. they've heard enough.

Hot under the collar! People touch their face 10 times more than normal when they feel uncomfortable. When you lie, you

feel a tingling sensation around your face and neck, and feel you need to touch or relieve the area.

Hand clasping at a desk or in a chair on its own may indicate nervousness, insecurity or anxiety. The more tightly clasped they are, the more the anxiety.

Clasped hands in front of the body are a barrier signal, seeking reassurance.

The higher the hands are , the more confident the feeling.

Here's the mother of all confidence gestures. This gesture can denote even arrogance.

The most supreme will be when the chair is tilted back onto two legs.

Crossed legs can be comfort, but often indicate negativity. Holding a clipboard

This is extremely negative.

Indicate lethargy. They maybe don't want to be there

Indicate indifference. The attention they are giving you is minimal.

It normally indicates mild confrontation and stubbornness at that point.

This is blatant territorial ownership. Claiming territory. It could easily be disregard of other people's territory

if it were say your feet on someone else's desk.

This is an aggressive gesture, indicating their hidden behavior as being aggressive.

Watch for people's feet movements.

WET FISH from a man this normally means a weak character, someone who is easily persuaded.

THE BONE CRUSH handshake It's a show of strength and dominant character to the extreme.

A palm down handshake indicates control.

Anyone who gives you a handshake with two hands, when first meeting you, is likely to be insincere and

overwhelming, or even deceitful.

Openness

Lean forwardOpen palms

or shoulder motion

Unbuttoning

Defensiveness

Arms crossedOr

grippingLeg over chair

or With a leg across

Evaluation

Hand to cheekor

Beard strokingor

Lowered specsor

Chewing specsor

Pinching the bridge of nose

Suspicion & secretive

Sideway glanceor

Touching noseor

Rubbing ear/behindor

Rubbing eyesor

Hand over mouth

Readiness

Hands on hipsor

Sitting on the edge

Reassurance

Clenched hands with thumbs rubbingOr

hand pinchingor

Women- adjusting necklace

Frustration

Back of heador

Tightly clenched handsor

Wringing handsor

Pain in neckor

Hot under collar

Self-control

Clenched at backor

Crossed ankles

Here's a neutral position. Sat upright, legs together,

arms apart, possibly with the palms of the hands showing, indicating honesty and sincerity.

BODY LANGUAGE

Two basic groups of Body Language

Open/closed

Forward/back

BODY LANGUAGE

open

closed

forward back

responsive reflective

escapeeargumentative

RESPONSIVE     REFLECTIVE    FUGITIVE   COMBATIVE

ENGAGED leaning forwardopen bodyopen armsopen hands

LISTENING head tilted lots of eye contact nodding high blink rate

BORED staring into space slumped posture doodlingfoot tapping

LET ME SPEAK finger tappingfoot tappingstaring 

EAGER (sprint position)open legsfeet under chairon toesleaning forward

EVALUATING sucks glasses/pencilstrokes chin looks up and rightlegs crossed in 4 pos.(ankle on knee)

LET ME GO feet towards doorlooking aroundbuttoning jacket  

AGGRESSIVE leaning forwardsfinger pointingfists clenched   

READY TO AGREE closes paperspen down hands flat on table   

ATTENTIVE (standing)arms behind backsmileopen feet  

REJECTION sitting/moving back arms folded legs crossed 11 pos(thigh on knee)head downfrown

DEFIANT (standing)hands on hipsfrown   

DEFENSIVE (standing)feet pointing inhands clenched    

LYING touches face hand over mouthpulls eareyes down glances at you shifts in seat looks down and to left

 

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BODY LANGUAGE-MOVEMENT

• Do not be frozen

• Display energy & variety

• Purpose

• No pacing, rocking, swaying

BODY LANGUAGE-MOVEMENT

• Forward - making point

• Backward

• Sides

BODY LANGUAGE

Clothes : 23%+

Gestures : 57%+

Facial expressions : 20%

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