EMPOWERING BODY LANGUAGE EXERCISES

Note: Do these exercises prior to leaving your house.

1. Be Aware

Make an audit of your current body language at this very moment. See how your posture is (don’t try to fix it, YET), just see how it currently is. Pay attention to how it is when interacting with others and in situations when you get nervous or feel uncomfortable.

2. Study Others

Observe other people, especially those you admire. See how they hold themselves, how they move, smile, and interact with others. This will be crucial for a future exercise so perhaps keep 2 or 3 people in mind.

3. Emulate Those You Admire

As you pay close attention to the body language and non-verbal communication of those you admire keep a mental picture to visualize them, and you embodying that body language. See yourself moving, walking, speaking and using the same mannerism as those you admire.

If you are looking to convey a more powerful and confident presence in business then likely you’ll envision and emulate someone like Richard Branson. If your purpose is something else then visualize someone who excel in that field or area of life.

4. Prep with a power pose.

According to Harvard professor Amy Cuddy, two minutes of power posing--standing tall, holding your arms out or toward the sky, or wonder woman or superman, with your hands on hips--will dramatically increase your confidence.

Try it before you step into a situation in which you know you'll feel nervous, insecure, or intimidated. (Just make sure no one is watching.) It may sound strange…but it works.

If you are sitting then open up. Rest and stretch out your arms and take up space.

5. When you’re feeling down, SMILE.

Frowning and other negative facial expressions send a signal to your brain that whatever you're doing is difficult. That causes your brain to send cortisol into your bloodstream, which raises your stress levels.

Instead, force yourself to smile. It works.
It will take maybe a minute or two before you start feeling much better. Plus, this will help put others at ease and possibly bring out a smile in them as well. Remember, EMOTIONS ARE CONTAGIOUS, and so are SMILES.

Those are some of the most important ways to communicate a confident precense. This course will go over eye contact, handshakes, proper distance or space between people, touch, and other ways to communicate/connect non-verbally.

See you in the course!!

SherazKing SherazKing

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