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“OUR BODY TALK !”



                              WE DON’T NEED WORDS  TO EXPRESS HOW WE FE EL …




                                                                            “How your, expressions, gestures,
                                                                            and positions revealed how your feel,
                                                                            or has become a way of
                                                                            communication?”

                                                                            Sometimes, it doesn’t even take a
                                                                            single world to send out a message
                                                                            loud and clear. Is your body language
                                                                            skewing others view of you? Are your
                                                                            expressions, gestures, and positions
                                                                            revealing feeling that you rather keep
                                                                            hidden, or that you are aren’t even
                                                                            aware of?

                                                                            Body language refers to the
                                                                            nonverbal signals that we use to
                                                                            communicate. According to experts,
                                                                            these nonverbal signals make up a
                                                                            huge part of daily communication.
                                                                            From our facial expressions to our
                                                                            body movements, the things we
                                                                            don't say can still convey volumes of
                                                                            information.

                                                                            It has been suggested that body

                                                                            language may account for between
                                                                            50 % to 70 % of all communication.
                                                                            Understanding body language is
                                                                            important, but it is also essential to
                                                                            pay attention to other cues such as
                                                                            context. In many cases, you should
                                                                            look at signals as a group rather than
                                                                            focusing on a single action.












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