How Does Body Language Affect Our Mind

Many studies in recent years have found increasing evidence on the theory that body language affects our mood. Sometimes our bodies reveal our moods or thoughts without our awareness.

There are mainly three purposes to body language as pointed out by David Lambert:

We wink or give thumbs up, as a replacement for speech; we use hand gestures to put our point as a reinforcement of speech; dilate our pupils or point our bodies as a reflection of mood. Before the language was even evolved the main way of communication was through body language. Our bodies appear to be more expressive than we realize them to be.

As per the recent studies our bodies not only express our minds, but it can directly influence the mind in its own way.

There is an emerging field in psychology known as embodied cognition,

So clearly, our posture affects our minds. When we alter our posture and body language, it unknowingly influences our thinking and decision-making.

POWER POSE

A power pose involves opening up your body and making it bigger, for example taking deep breaths ,throwing up your arms or standing straight with your hands on your waists. It has been shown that the pose increases confidence and reduces stress to the person practicing it.

It has also been shown that our walking style can make us feel low or make us happy and confident. It is proposed that an "open" power walk can make us more confident and feel more commanding.

SMILING

Smiling has also been linked to making a person happy. According to Dr.Paul Ekman "a really full smile, that uses not just the lips but causes the skin around the eyes to move, can produce brain activation patterns of positive