The Ultimate Body Language Book

It is not all that surprising that our feet go unnoticed. Our faces are complicated and at times
expressive, even though we quickly learn to hide our emotions so as to deceive others. We learn early
enough that when cameras are shoved in our faces, to smile, even though we have nothing to smile
about or to “turn that frown upside down” when we are in a bad mood. Naturally we get good at
feigning emotions with our “poker faces.” Yet throughout the years, our feet pass under the radar,
tucked under tables, hidden under clothing and shoes to do menial tasks like bring us from point A to
point B and back again. Our feet and legs can display boredom through repetitive motions, joy by
lifting the body up and down, fear by being tucked under a chair, depression by laying lazily or
motionless and sensuality by being uncovered and flaunted. The list goes on.
As you read this book pay particular attention to foot and leg language which is peppered throughout,
as these will be cues that indicate true hidden meaning and emotions that is much more reliable than
other body language cues.
Chapter 2 – The Basics Of Understanding Body Language
Negative Body Language Is Usually More
Honest
It looks like the conversation is going well, but she is gripping her arms showing negative thoughts.
When reading people we often get mixed messages. People’s faces appear genuine and honest, they
show concern, fear, disgust, or happiness but their bodies sometimes show something else altogether.
So how should we handle detecting different messages emanating from various parts of the body at the
same time? Because people often “put on a mask” as they walk through life, and because we spend so
much time focusing on the face, we learn early on to control our facial expressions. This makes the face
a particularly bad place to rely on when really trying to weed through mixed signals. What if the
“honest feet” as just discussed, conflict with messages delivered by the arms, hands and legs? Should
we just rely on the feet and concentrate on nothing else, or is there some rhyme to the reason? In actual