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How someonesits or stands canindicate whether

youre welcomed orjust tolerated.

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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.