How to Read Body Language of Women

How to Read Body Language of Women

Reading Body Language of Women

Generally speaking, placement of the hands or legs in closed positions, standing back a little, placing the body or head sideways or at an angle, and averting the eyes all tend not to be indicative of positive commitment.

But reversals of these stances, such as arms and legs in open positions, arms used to gesture, standing closer, standing square on (most of the time), meeting the other's gaze (most of the time) indicate positive commitment.

It is not necessary to have all the significant movements and stances listed for you to understand them. If you think for a while you can visualize many of them. If you watch an actor on stage (or TV), and you are looking out for it, you will see body language used extensively.

In fact, in the craft of acting, body language is one of the most important skills. Body language is usually performed unconsciously in response to our feelings. So, an unskilled actor, not realizing this, and not having any real feelings relative to his role, neglects the body language. His performance thus seems clumsy and unconvincing. He speaks his lines without the appropriate gestures, actions and stances.

But a skilled actor either has the ability to consciously perform the body language, or he pretends he is actually living through the experience of the scene. This latter is sometimes called "method" acting. The actor then actually experiences the feelings of the role, and his body language comes naturally. He is thus more convincing in his role.