BODY LANGUAGE

When we talk to another person, only a small part of what they are saying comes to us through words. The rest, which is appproximately 60% comes from body language, in other words, through their gestures, their physical movements or their eyes. We call this type of communication body language.

What is body language?

Body language is something that we use every day of our lives. We are not always conscious that we are using it because it is a natural way of communicating.

Why it is important to develop body language?

We communicate through body language and we can express ourselves in different ways without speaking. It is important to learn more about body language because it helps us:

-Understand our bodies and feelings much better.
-Be more spontaneous and extroverted.
-Improve our communicative skills.
-Improve our social skills.
-Develop our creative abilities.
-Understand others

Gestures and postures.
The gestures, the postures and other movements we have learnt since childhood help form our personality.With our gestures, we transmit messages to other people.

We combine our postures with our gestures. We can distinguish two important characteristics:
-Open postures: express happiness, vitality, strength or security
-Closed postured: express sadness or a negative attitude