They say curiosity killed the cat. But why kill the cat when you can read body language?
Is he angry? Is she happy? Is he sad? Is she excited? Is he jealous?
While meeting/interacting with people we often come across these questions. We are not...
According to researchers, there are more amounts of nerve connections between our hands and our brain than any other part of the body making it the most revealing and visible area of our body when trying to read body language.
1. Palm(s) up or open indicates submissive, truthful, honesty, appealing.
2. Palm(s) up, fingers pointing up is an instruction to stop or defensiveness.
3. Palm(s) down is generally defiance or firm disagreement.
4. Palm up and moving up and down as if weighing shows the person is striving for or seeking an answer.
5. Hand(s) on heart (left side of chest) although easy to fake, the underlying meaning is one of wanting to be believed, whether being truthful or not.
6. Finger pointing (at a person) indicate a lack of social awareness or self-control aside from arrogance on the part of the finger pointer. The finger is thought to represent a gun, or pointed weapon.
7. Finger point and wink is a signal of acknowledgement or confirmation.
8. Finger pointing (in the air) is generally used to add emphasis, by a person feeling in authority or power.
9. Finger wagging (side to side) is a signal of warning, refusal.
10. Finger wagging (up and down) indicates admonishment, emphasis.
11. Hand chop is used like a guillotine, as if to kill the discussion.
13. Finger tips and thumbs touching each other on opposite hands ('steepling') is a signal of thoughtfulness, looking for or explaining connections or engagement.
14. Steepled fingers pointing forward tends to indicate high-minded or connective/complex thinking, however when this hand shape is directed forward it also acts as a defensive or distancing barrier between the thinker and other(s) present.
15. Palms down moving up and down, fingers spread is one of suppressing or holding down a rising pressure. Teachers use this gesture when trying to quieten a class.
Now exercise time!
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