Importance of Body-Language & Gestures & Postures

Remaining part of the 1st Presentation

1. BODY LANGUAGE

2. WHATS YOUR BODY TELLING YOU?
•BODY LANGUAGE:THE GESTURES, POSES,MOVEMENTS AND
EXPRESSIONS THAT A PERSON USES TO COMMUNICATE.
•7% VERBAL(CONVEYED THROUGH WORDS)
•38% VOCAL(INTONATION,PITCH,PAUSES,ETC.)
•55% NON-VERBAL(BODY LANGUAGE)

3. BODY LANGUAGE
KINESICS PROXEMICS HAPTICS
FIVE TYPES OF BODY LANGUAGE :
EYE CONTACT
FACIAL EXPRESSION
POSTURES AND STANCE
GESTURES
SPACE RELATIONSHIP

4. PURPOSE FOR EYE CONTACT
•SPEAKING INFORMATION
•SHOWING INTEREST AND ATTENTION
•INVITING AND CONTROLLING INTERACTION
•DOMINEERING,THREATENING,INFLUENCING OTHERS
•PROVIDING FEEDBACK DURING SPEECH
•REVEALING ATTITUDES

5. •TOO MUCH EYE CONTACT : DOMINANTS,LACK OF
RESPECT,THREAT,WISH TO INSULT.
•TOO LIL EYE CONTACT : NOT PAYING ATTENTION,
IMPOLITE , INSINCERE, SHY.
•WITHDRAWING EYES : SIGNAL OF SUBMISSION.

6. CAN FACE SPEAK???
•HAPPINESS
•SADNESS
•DISPLEASURE
•ANGER
•FEAR
•INTEREST

7. SOME COMMON GESTURES
•SHOULDER SHRUG : I DON’T KNOW.
•PUFFED CHEST : PRIDE OR ACHIEVEMENT.
•SUCKED STOMACH : I AM NOT AS FAT AS I LOOK
•FINGER CROSSING : PROTECTION
•EYE RUB: AVOIDING EYE CONTACT , LYING
•NOSE TAPPING : MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
•THUMB UPPING : BEST LUCK,VICTORY
•RUBBING PALM TOGETHER : POSITIVE EXPECTATION
•THUMB AND FINGER RUBBING : MONEY EXPECTANCY
•HANDS CLENCHED TOGETHER : CONFIDENT

8. •STEEPLING HANDS : FRUSTRATED , REQUEST
•HANDS IN POCKET : AGRESSION
•HANDS ON HIPS : AGGRESSIVE,ACHIEVER STANCE
•CHIN STROKING : MAKING A DECISION
•MOUTH GUARD : SUPRESSING DECEITFULL
WORDS,TELLING LIE.

9. POSTURES AND STANCE
•STANDING
•SITTING
•LYING

10. SOME COMMON POSTURES
•SAGGING : DEPRESSION
•FORWARD LEAN : POSITIVE ATTITUDE
•BACKWARD LEAN : NEGATIVE ATTITUDE
•ARMS FOLDED ACROSS THE CHEST : UNSYMPATHETIC
•ARMS HELD LOOSE : OPEN POSITIVE ATTITUDE
•UPRIGHT POSTURE : HIGH STATUS , I AM THE BOSS
•BOWING HEAD : LOWER STATUS
•SELF WRAPPING : WITHDRAWAL , SELF PROTECTION
•MODERATELY UPRIGHT : ENTHUSIASM , FRIENDLINESS

11. PROXEMICS
WHEN YOU INVADE MY SPACE
REACTIONS TO AN INVASION OF YOUR SPACE :
1.FEEL TROUBLED
2.GET DEFENSIVE
3.BECOME AGGRESSIVE
4.RETALIATE

12. HAPTICS
•BODY CONTACT : ACCIDENTAL
•TOUCH : DELIBERATE
TYPES OF TOUCH :
• FUNCTIONAL
•SOCIAL
•GENIAL
•PASSIONATE

13. KINDS OF TOUCH DEPENDS ON VARIOUS
FACTORS
•WHICH PART OF BODY IS TOUCHED ( VOLUNTARY / INVOLUNTARY )
•HOW LONG THE TOUCH LASTED
•PRESSURE USED
•MOVEMENT AFTER CONTACT
•MOOD WHILE TOUCHING
•RELATION BETWEEN THE TWO PERSON

14. TYPES OF HANDSHAKE
•STIFF ARM HANDSHAKE : EQUALITY
•DEAD FISH HANDSHAKE : WEAK CHARACTER
•AGGRESSIVE HANDSHAKE
•POLITITIAN HANDSHAKE
•PALM DOWN : DOMINANCE
•PALM UP : SUBMISSION
•KNUCKLE GRINDER : AGRESSION
•FINGER TIP GRAB : KEEP AT CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE
•ARM PULLING : INSECURITY

15. DOUBLE HANDED HANDSHAKE
•UPPER ARM GRIP : TRANSMITS FEELING
•SHOULDER HOLD : PENETRATES INTIMATE ZONE

16. HOW TO BE ATTRACTIVE
•EYE CONTACT
•FACIAL EXPRESSION
•HEAD MOVEMENTS
•GESTURES
•POSTURES
•PROXIMITY
•BODY CONTACT
•APPEARANCE AND PHYSIQUE
•TIMING AND SYNCHRONIZATION