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How someonesits or stands canindicate whether
youre welcomed orjust tolerated.
B y DR L w C H S ng
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HOw sOmeOnes legs are positioed
he sitti ad stadi ca tell
us much their persoalities ad
attitudes. As ith most aspects of bod
lauae, observatio of le positios
ill be able to let ou obtai a lot more
iformatio tha simpl talki to thatperso.
This is especiall useful i Asia
culture, here people ted to ear
masks he deali ith others.
For istace, if ou ask our fried
hat he thouht of the cake ou had
baked, he ould most probabl utter a
complimet to please ou.
To uderstad his true feelis, ou
should observe the positio of his les
as he sas those ords. As to hat
he miht have actuall meat, the
explaatios belo ould ive ou a
better idea of the actual messae.
Confdent legsTo better aue a persos opeess
or level of codece i a situatio,it ould be easier to observe their les
he there i a sitti positio. Do
ote that for a oma eari a skirt,
the les ill be ol slihtl apart due
to modest.
Most importatl, les kept toether
ad closed at the kees idicate
opeess plus a sese of self-
assuredess. Frakess ad hoestca be demostrated he a perso
has both feet o the roud ad
poiti toard the other perso.
Les crossed displa codece ad
self-assuredess for both me ad
ome, but ol if oe kee is crossed
directl over the other.
whe perso is feeli eutral toardsa situatio, the have o crossed les
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hich meas eative or closed opiios hile
their feet ot be poiti toards ahere iparticular. This positio ehaces the codece
level of a perso.
This esture shos a sese of self-assuredess.
Further, the locki of their crossed le positio
usi oe had idicates a clear si of a stubbor
or touh-mided idividual ho is closed to a
other opiio but their o.
Dominant legsThis esture impliesobod ill move me from
here because I have m
feet ell positioed o the
roud
A domiat perso ould
stretch out his les or crossed
i frot of someoe. This
bulli behaviour shos theperso has a stro ill ad
appears to be self-cetred i
order to be oticed.
If ou ecouter such a perso, tr ot to
arue ith him. Usi a persuasive method
is more effective tha reasoi ith him.
He miht ot liste to ou therefore,
reasoi ith him or eve correcti his
errors must be doe carefull.
Lone legs I dot care ho ou perceive me. what
matters is that I feel comfortable.
whe riti books at home, I love to sit
ith oe le uder the other. I love this
stle because I feel comfortable ad Iam ot cocered about ho ad
hat others thik of me the.
Hoever, m mother complais
of this improper sitti positio.
wh? A pscholoist or bod
lauae specialist ma iterpret
this esture as someoe bei
aturall idepedet, free-
spirited, ad iformal.
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whe commuicati ith someoe ith loe
les, ou do ot eed to be
too serious. Flexibilit ad
iformal discussios bri
reater results tha the formal
discussios.
Inclusive andexclusive legsFrom le positio observatios,
e ca quickl determie if e
are icluded or excluded i a
coversatio. For example, he
oure at a semiar or a part, ou
ca determie if ou are elcome
or simpl tolerated b observiother peoples les.
If their feet sta i place ad the tist ol their
upper torsos i our directio,
the dot reall at ou to joi
i the coversatio. Hoever, if
their feet ope up to iclude ou,
ou ko that ou are elcometo joi the coversatio. Also, the
foot earest ou ill tur slihtl
i our directio.
The to us o the riht are
ithi the coversi roup
because their les are faci
each other. The u o the left is
excluded from the coversatio
because his les do ot facethe speaker.
From leg
position
observations,
we can quickly
determine iF we
are included or
excluded in any
conversation.