The process of paying attention to facial expressions begins when we are babies trying to communicate with our parents.  We learn mirror their expressions and what they mean.

I recently made a study of identifying the body language of facial expressions and have found it to be incredibly useful when it comes to figuring out what’s on someone’s mind.

It’s really interesting when you start paying close attention to a person’s subtle facial expressions and what they are saying.  Are they always consistent? Body language signals always trump what someone says.

Facial expressions are displayed VERY quickly so you won’t always have a lot of time to interpret them.  The more you astutely observe them, the better you get at picking up the overall emotion.

Here are some common emotions and the facial expressions that represent them:

Sadnes — The eyelids droop as the inner corners of the brows rise and, in extreme sadness, draw together. The corners of the lips pull down, and the lower lip may push up in a pout.

Shocked — The upper eyelids and brows rise, and the jaw drops open.

Frustrated — Both the lower and upper eyelids tighten as the brows lower and draw together. Intense anger raises the upper eyelids as well. The jaw thrusts forward, the lips press together, and the lower lip may push up a little.

Hate- – This is the only expression that appears on just one side of the face: One half of the upper lip tightens upward.

Grossed Out — The nose wrinkles and the upper lip rises while the lower lip protrudes.

Afraid –  The eyes widen and the upper lids rise, as in surprise, but the brows draw together. The lips stretch horizontally.

Joyful —   The corners of the mouth lift in a smile. As the eyelids tighten, the cheeks rise and the outside corners of the brows pull down.

Obviously there are tons more and variants of each, but you get the general idea.  Are there any other expressions you can think of that are easy to recognize that convey emotions?

-Gary

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The majority of all communication is not through spoken word.  It’s from body language.  Understanding a woman’s body language will quickly let you know whether or not she’s interested in you.

It shouldn’t take you more than five minutes to figure out whether or not you’re interested in a woman. You have to realize that you are in the same attraction process and time frame as women, when it comes to figuring out if attraction is there or not. Women follow the same attraction factors as we do.

Ok, so verbal communication isn’t as important as body language, but it is still important not to babble on about your pet gerbils for ten minutes. The content of your conversation should grow more pertinent as time goes on, so you should try to keep it interesting from the start.

Make sure your body language also reflects interest.  Keep an optimistic and confident posture. Make sure that you position yourself for easy eye contact with your feet facing in her direction. Make sure it’s quite clear you’re interested in more than just finding out what time it is.

Watch how her eyes move.  If her eyes move from yours, to your mouth back to your eyes back to your mouth, or your body she’s interested! Avoid compulsive behaviors, lean back, relax and keep your cool.

If her eyes stay firmly focused on yours without ever straying past the nose line – bad news, she’s probably not interested.

Here are a few gestures that will help you understand a woman’s body language

• Mirroring – If she copies or mirrors your body language then she is flirting with you. This can happen consciously (if she knows it’s a way to flirt) or subconsciously.  Next time your out observe how couples often mirror each other’s body language.  If you know a girl is interested in you test it out on her.  Lean forward a little bit (or back) and watch if she does the same. Once you know what’s going on its fun to see it in action – really cool.

• Strong Eye Contact – A big part of flirting is using eye contact. If she holds eye contact with you for more than a few seconds at a time then it’s very likely that she’s interested.

• The Eyebrow Pop –  It happens fast. When you approach a woman watch her eyebrows. If they give a lift as you approach and fall then that is a great signal that she is interested.

Never single out just one body language gesture to determine if a woman is interested in you. You have to look at the position and actions of the body as a whole. If her arms are crossed and she has a snarl on her face, but she is holding strong eye contact it’s probably more likely she wants to kill you than have sex with you.  Use common sense when interpreting body language signals too.

-Gary

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It’s well known that more than 80% of communication is done through non-verbal communication, otherwise known as body language.  It’s important that you learn how to use strong dominant body language to aid you in meeting and attracting high quality women.

Women know in a second whether or not a man is worth their time. Just like you, they’re looking for someone who is mentally stable, confident, and attractive.  The tone of your voice, the way you carry yourself (body language), the clothes you’re wearing all can help you make it past that snap judgment when you’re meeting a new woman for the first time.

Using dominant body language is one of the fastest ways to instantly make yourself more attractive.  Here are three easy to implement dominant body language tips to convey confidence and set yourself aside from the pack of wusses who can’t event manage to hold eye contact.

1. Learn to hold eye contact longer before looking away with anyone else you’re speaking with.  Do not look away until she does. If you look away first it is a sign of submission.  It’s like saying with your eyes “I’m sorry, I realize I should not have been looking at you in the first place.”  If however, you hold eye contact it’s a deliberate action.  It lets her conscious or unconsciously know that you’re not afraid to purposefully engage her eyes. You’ll find the more you do this with both men and women you’re ability to connect with people in conversation will dramatically increase.
2. Don’t walk around with your head down looking at the ground.  Unless your looking for something you lost, or hoping to find money rolling around on the ground then I can understand. Eyes forward, head up, shoulders back, chest out.
3. Avoid making fast, twitchy, nervous gestures.  Not only does it make you look weird and nervous, it will also make those around you on edge and wonder wtf is wrong with you.  Control your nervous ticks, no leg thumping, hand tapping, drumming on the table, nail biting, ear pulling etc when you’re talking to a woman you’re interested in or on a date.  Move slow and with deliberation., but not like your stuck in molasses.  Just be calm and quell the storm inside.

-Gary

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She’s hot and before you know it you’re stuffing your hands into your pockets and just making weird movements while talking to a woman. You need to eliminate this and all forms of submissive body language to make yourself appear more confident and attractive.

When you see an extremely attractive woman, you want to meet her, yet you have anxiety. You have conflictingly high levels of both fear and attraction, chances are you will approach with submissive body language and shrink your chances of succes.

You may avoid eye contact. You only look when you know the other person is looking at something else, rather than holding eye contact.

You look down. You avoid conflict by averting your eyes, rather than looking the person you are speaking with directly in the eyes.

You adopt a submissive posture. You make yourself smaller and take up less space, rather than spreading out and making yourself comfortable.

You speak with a soft voice, rather than a strong deep voice.

You follow, rather than lead mentally and logistically.

Start consciously working on reducing these types of gestures in every situation, not just when you’re talking to women. You will find that when you change the state of your body it will change the state of your mind. Walk tall, shoulders back, chin up, look people directly in the eye, hands at your sides, move slowly and take up space. Give it a rip, and let me know how it goes in the comments below.

-Gary

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