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Strategy #7 - Legs. The way a person’s legs are positioned when
they’re either standing or sitting down is important indicators as

to what they’re thinking and feeling. Having them tightly crossed
(not in a relaxed manner) while they’re sitting down indicates
that feeling “closed off” towards the other person. When a
person is not feeling particularly comfortable, relaxed or at ease
during a conversation, it tends to show. For example, if a woman

is wearing a skirt that perhaps turned out to be a little shorter
than she anticipated when she sat down, being worried about a
possible wardrobe malfunction is going to translate over into the

rest of her body language because that’s what her mind is
preoccupied with. The conversation can rapidly deteriorate when
her apparent discomfort becomes obvious, and if the other
people who are present during the conversation misread the
signals. People who deal with anxiety can unconsciously

translate these messages through their feet in the form of foot-
tapping or leg-shaking, which sends a very loud and clear
message to everyone else around them that they’re either feeling

anxious, irritated or both. Given that a person’s legs are the
largest limbs we have, it’s pretty hard not to notice when
excessive movement is taking place.