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"In addition, because of his insecurity, his body language would also come across as forced and unnatural. The first thing I instructed Niko to do was to lower the pitch of his voice. Together we put together standard presentations on his business, and we practiced them over and over, focusing on increasing his speaking rate and ending his sentences with periods instead of question marks. After a few weeks, Niko sent me some mp3s of his speaking presentation, and the results were dramatic. Niko was coming across as more dominant and secure." - Tonya Reiman, The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter (Get the book.) "Let's look at each stage, what kinds of decisions are being made based on what kinds of signals, and how you can use your body language to your advantage. We'll look at signals that range from your body shape and the way you dress to how you can use specific movements to tap in to the other person's mirror system and connect with that person on a subconscious level. (Note: Our focus here will be on how you can make the best first impression. We are programmed to receive first impressions, so you don't have to learn how to interpret them—your gut will do that for you.) Stage 1." - Tonya Reiman, The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter (Get the book.) "These next three or four minutes are when true body language enters the picture. Do you know how when you've typed a query into your computer and hit "search," the little icon waves or spins or turns colors to let you know the computer is thinking? That's what's happening in this person's brain. She's inputting dozens of search terms?" - Tonya Reiman, The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter (Get the book.) "It was only when the translator arrived fifteen minutes later that it became clear my body language and gestures were not as clear as I'd hoped. The executives had taken my pointing at the glass to mean I had drunk too much and I was either still hammered or extremely hungover from the night before. Not exactly the first impression I'd hoped to make. Perhaps the businessmen, like me, had never been on a cruise ship before and had never encountered someone with such a pronounced case of seasickness." - Tonya Reiman, The Power of Body Language: How to Succeed in Every Business and Social Encounter (Get the book.)

"Mothers soon learn to interpret the baby's needs and wants from the noises, smiles, grimaces, and body language it uses. Our bodies have a similar relationship with us. They cannot speak in words, but they communicate satisfaction or need to us all the time. Our job is to be observant, to become consciously aware of the signals they are sending, and to understand what they mean. When our bodies are at peace, there is a feeling of ease. When they are under stress, there is a feeling of dis-ease." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"A placebo pill is no match for the acupuncturist's treatment act: the rituals, the beliefs, the body language, the explanations, and whatever else went on even though the needle didn't pierce the skin time after time. A Brief History of Complementary and Alternative Therapy The ancient Egyptians prayed to Imhotep. The Romans borrowed the Greek demigod Asclepios. Aesculapius was a son of Apollo who begot two sons, Mach-aon the surgeon and Podalirios the physician, and two daughters, Hygieia and Panacea. For the ancients, gods and demigods could cause and cure diseases and wounds." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.) "The only way to do so depends on emotion and body language, levels of communication foreign to bureaucracies. The inevitable contest may be broached by the health insurer who must approve treatment or, more often, by an insurance carrier who needs to determine the magnitude of disability consequent to "fibromyalgia." Lawyers who serve the claimant re- cruit "experts" who find many "tender points" and espouse biomedical theories to explain the claimant's injury-related complaints." - Nortin M. Hadler MD, Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America (Get the book.)

"Impairment in social interaction, as indicated by two or more of the following: (a) Significant impairment in multiple nonverbal behaviors, including eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body language, and gestures that express social interaction. (b) Failure to develop peer relationships appropriate to age and developmental level. (c) Lack of spontaneous sharing of enjoyment, interests, or achievements. (d) Lack of social or emotional sharing and interaction. 2." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "With no feedback from the interaction of facial expression and body language, autistics can be blind to love, even when it's right in front of their faces. All of this damage and dysfunction in the autistic brain is now undoubtedly daunting to the neurological researchers who are trying to find valid treatments for autism. Do they focus on the amygdala? The thalamus? Serotonin? Dopamine? Mirror neurons? My approach, of course, is to resist the temptation to focus too closely on any one area." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"The best doctors listen to both the patient's words and his body language. When a doctor responds to a patient's unspoken feelings, she is doing more than providing comfort; she's creating emotional space, a quiet moment that allows the patient to talk more freely about his symptoms and help the doctor come to the right diagnosis. Cyndra Mogayzel was a gifted diagnostician, one of those doctors who could get even the most reticent patient to talk." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Our general approach is reflected in terms of body language. Different types of people show different configurations. "The person who sleeps on the back is a person who is ready to receive, who is used to being given everything; the world shares their products and wealth with them. A person who sleeps on the side sleeps between the face-down and the back position, so is flexible. This position is characteristic of the majority of Americans. Sixty percent, I would say, sleep in the side position with the knees slightly bent, a semi-fetal position." - Gary Null and Amy McDonald, The Food-Mood Connection: Nutrition-based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"Choose your body language, tone of voice, and words carefully. Be aware of the 55:38:7 communication equation. 55% of your communication (as it is perceived by others) is non-verbal. This includes: physiology, body language, eye contact and gestures. 38% comes from the sound and tone of your voice. 7% of your communication is the based on the actual content of what you are saying. Be there in the present moment with anyone you find before you throughout the day. Really listen to what they are telling you. Ask questions." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"Significant impairment in the use of multiple nonverbal behaviors, such as eye-to-eye gaze, facial expression, body language, and gestures that express social interaction. 2. Failure to develop peer relationships that are appropriate to age and developmental level. 3. Lack of spontaneous sharing of enjoyment, interests, or achievement. 4. Lack of social or emotional sharing and interaction. B. Restricted, repetitive, and stereotypical patterns of behavior, interests, and activities, as indicated by at least one of the following: 1." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "This therapy also helps them to better recognize facial expressions and body language, which is hard for most autistic kids (probably because this brain function occurs primarily in the amygdala). Sensory Integration Therapy uses games and exercises to help kids block extraneous sensory input, and focus on what's important. Physical Therapy focuses exclusively on motor skills, such as eating and drawing, and on the development of coordination, balance, and strength. Kyle did a lot of physical therapy, and got a great deal of good out of it." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"After a little tweaking Mark could stand up and walk, but his body was still out-picturing some disturbing body language. He no longer appeared to be paralyzed—an obvious improvement. He now resembled an adult male who had grown up with cerebral palsy, with perhaps a few echoes of the stroke pattern still playing itself out in his neurology. Probing the depths of alternate scenarios and playing this deeply are very taxing, so we decided we needed to eat. You should have seen the looks on people's faces in their cars as we walked the short half block to our favorite restaurant." - Richard Bartlett, Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation (Get the book.) "Dunn was absolutely convinced, and I am sure his unconscious body language communicated this to the patient's awareness, that nothing would happen. Against all expectations of either party to this unfolding drama, the client suddenly felt rumbling in her long-dormant intestines and raced to the bathroom. This concluded my friend's first personal experience of helping someone by utilizing weird or "voodoo medicine." This experience led Dr. Dunn to conclude that TBM actually stood for Totally (awesome) Bowel Movements." - Richard Bartlett, Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation (Get the book.)

"In the meantime, his contribution to the 'conversation' is attention and body language, perhaps along with some excited babble, which makes his appreciation clear. All this may seem obvious, but in fact it's a uniquely human interaction, and one that probably underpins a great deal more than learning what a doggy is. By recognising his mother's intention when she gestures to the dog, the baby is in effect 'reading her mind', something non-human animals simply don't seem to do." - Sue Palmer, Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About it (Get the book.) "To begin with, the dance of communication is mostly to do with body language - in social species like ours, non-verbal communication (including eye contact, smiles, other facial expressions, pointing and gestures) is as important as talk, and children learn from every interaction. Mothers naturally exaggerate their expressions and gestures - often using rhythmic movements and sounds as part of the communicatory dance - and infants respond by copying." - Sue Palmer, Toxic Childhood: How the Modern World is Damaging Our Children and What We Can Do About it (Get the book.)

"This includes: physiology, body language, eye contact and gestures. 38% comes from the sound and tone of your voice. 7% of your communication is the based on the actual content of what you are saying. Be there in the present moment with anyone you find before you throughout the day. Really listen to what they are telling you. Ask questions. Some of the most incredible stories I have ever heard came from seemingly boring people. I find something fascinating in every person I meet." - David Wolfe, The Sunfood Diet Success System (Get the book.)

"This is especially important if you see body language that hints at impending violence. Calmly leave the immediate environment if another person is rapidly escalating his expression of anger (such as getting louder and louder and more physically agitated), throwing objects, verbally threatening to physically harm you, or trying to grab you. If you need an excuse—sometimes a very angry person may try to restrain you—say you've got to go to the bathroom. If there is violence, or if the angry person has a history of being violent, call 911. Acknowledge the person s feelings." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"As the body language of physical suffering was translated into its emotional substrates, Abner was able to reflect on his fantasies of destructive rage and emotional devastation. Once again, Abner recognized how he protected his father's grandiosity by perpetuating his own sense of dependence. Despite Abner's prodigious business acumen, he disparaged himself as an impostor—"a boy sent to do a man's job." Abner ensured his own survival by not "raining on his father's parade." Unfortunately, Abner's legitimate wish to develop his abilities became confused with his fears of hurting his father." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.) "Abruptly, his movements slowed and he became so cautious, so fragile, so tentative that he was suddenly a caricature of the driving, confident man who strode through my door only moments before. His body language made it clear that he was either experiencing excruciating pain or feared the pain would strike him if he made the slightest wrong move. As a medical doctor, I could empathize with his suffering. My specialty is mindbody disorders, and I see cases like this every working day." - John E. Sarno, M.D., The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders (Get the book.)

"The best doctors listen to both the patient's words and his body language. When a doctor responds to a patient's unspoken feelings, she is doing more than providing comfort; she's creating emotional space, a quiet moment that allows the patient to talk more freely about his symptoms and help the doctor come to the right diagnosis. Cyndra Mogayzel was a gifted diagnostician, one of those doctors who could get even the most reticent patient to talk." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

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"Of course, this is not a verbal exchange, but the unspoken reality is most certainly communicated through abrupt tones and body language. (If you have ever been in a situation like this, you understand fully what I'm talking about.) What just happened? Physicians want to help their patients, and most often they feel the only way to accomplish this task is by finding a disease process and beginning treatment with a prescription." - Ray D. Strand, What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You (Get the book.)

"As we develop a friendly rapport, our bodies harmonize with each other; our shared body language is a telltale sign of this. Laughter can help seal this harmonic state, as we tune in to each other's wavelength. As people were by-and-large coming to me on referral by another doctor, they had usually been fully investigated in a formal medical way, and I was free to start delving more deeply into their problems. I became conscious of how important it was for us to share this special place of harmony; but also I needed to protect myself from absorbing their pain." - Robin, Dr. Kelly, The Human Antenna: Reading the Language of the Universe in the Songs of Our Cells (Get the book.)

"NLP uses a variety of techniques including eye position, body language, communication and awareness. The initial ideas of NLP were developed by Richard Bandler, John Grinder and Gregory Bateson in 1973. The term describes a set of models and principles about how the mind, neurology and language patterns are involved in our subjective reality and resulting behaviors. You can experience NLP through books, DVDs, seminars and private practitioners of NLP. The process can be used for self development or to assist others. USER COMMENTS: "I took the Diamonds of the Mind course originally." - Alan E. Smith, UnBreak Your Health: The Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Therapies (Get the book.)

"By means of body language, hysterics communicate with themselves and others, especially those willing, perhaps even eager, to assume the role of protecting and controlling them. Understanding the linguistic-semiotic perspective on hysteria requires a measure of familiarity with certain technical concepts, which I shall summarize. Anything in nature may or may not be a sign, depending on a person's attitude toward it. A physical thing—a chalk mark, a dark cloud, a paralyzed arm—is a sign when it appears as a substitute for the object for which it stands with respect to the sign user." - Thomas Szasz, The Medicalization of Everyday Life: Selected Essays (Get the book.)

"The only way to do so depends on emotion and body language, levels of communication foreign to bureaucracies. The inevitable contest may be broached by the health insurer, who must approve treatment, or, more often, by an insurance carrier who needs to determine the magnitude of disability consequent to the fibromyalgia. Lawyers who serve the claimant recruit "experts," who find many tender points and espouse biomedical theories to explain the claimant's injury-related complaints." - Nortin M. Hadler, The Last Well Person: How to Stay Well Despite the Health-Care System (Get the book.)

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