BODY LANGUAGE MORE MEANINGFUL THAN WORDS

BODY LANGUAGE STUDY IS NOT AN EXACT SCIENCE. NO SINGLE BODY LANGUAGE SIGN IS AN ABSOLUTELY REALIABLE INDICATOR. WE SIMPLY TRY TO INTERPRET SIGNALS FROM A PARTICULAR CULTURE TO INDICATE A COMMON TRAIT.

 

HERE´S A LIST OF COMMON GESTURES AND THEIR MOST FREQUENT MEANINGS:

GESTURE:ERECT WALK,WALK TALL

MEANING:CONFIDENCE

 

GESTURE:STANDING WITH HANDS ON HIPS

MEANING:READINESS,AGGRESSION

 

GESTURE:SITTING WITH LEGS CROSSED

MEANING:BOREDOM

 

GESTURE:SITTING WITH LEGS APART

MEANING:OPEN,RELAXED

 

GESTURE: ARMS CROSSED ON CHEST

MEANING:DEFENSIVENESS

 

GESTURE:WALKING WITH HANDS IN POCKETS

MEANING:DEJECTION

 

GESTURE:HAND TO CHEEK

MEANING: EVALUATION, THINKING

 

G: TOUCHING,SLIGHTLY RUBBING YOUR NOSE

M: REJECTION, DOUBT, LYING

 

G:HANDS CLASPED BEHIND BACK

M:ANGER, FRUSTRATION

 

G:RUBBING HANDS

M: ANTICIPATION

 

G:OPEN PALM

M: SINCERITY, INNOCENCE, OPENNESS

 

G:TAPPING or DRUMMING FINGERS

M:IMPATIENCE

 

G:FONDLING HAIR

M:LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE, INSECURITY

 

G:QUICKLY TILTED HEAD

M: INTEREST

 

G:LOOKING DOWN, FACE TURNED AWAY

M: DISBELIEF

 

G:BITING NAILS

M: NERVOUSNESS, INSECURITY

 

G: PULLING or TUGGING AT EAR

M: INDECISION

G: HEAD TILTED BACK

M: NO( IN TURKEY)

G: MOVEMENT OF THE HEAD FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

M: DOUBT

 

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE FOLLOWING GESTURES MAY MEAN?

HEAD NODDING

HEAD SHAKING

GRIPPING YOUR OWN UPPER ARMS

HANDBAG HELD IN FRONT OF YOUR BODY

FINGER WAGGING

CRACKING KNUCKLES

HANDS CLASPING HEAD

NECK SCRATCHING

LEGS CROSSED STANDING(SCISSORS STAND)

SHOE-PLAY  

HAND OVER YOUR HEART (in Muslim countries)