![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Higher cortisol levels are an indicator of stress, negative feelings and overall poorer health. Why is this important? Higher testosterone levels are a key marker of good health, and is associated with feelings of positivity, confidence and success. Adopting a “poor” posture can lower your testosterone levels by as much as 10% and increase your cortisol levels by as much as much as 15%. And our behaviour can change our outcomes.įor example, research conducted by Cuddy shows that simply by adopting a posture that exemplifies “power”, can increase your testosterone levels by as much as 20% and lower your cortisol levels by as much as 25%. By simply changing your posture, and other non verbal cues such as our facial expression, we can essentially change not only how others perceive and judge us but also our own attitudes about ourselves as well. The interesting question, that social psychologist, professor and researcher at Harvard Business School Amy Cuddy discusses in her Ted Talk, is whether non verbal cues can also govern how we think and feel about OURSELVES? The answer is yes. There are literally dozens of possible variations or postural “cues” incorporating the posture of many of our body parts that others read subconsciously. What kind of postural “cues” do we exhibit? We can change our chin position – upward or looking to the floor head forward and strained or upright and tall the height of our shoulders – whether we are collapsed and slouched inward or chest outward with a full breath arms crossed in front of us or open with our palms facing outward our feet positioning – facing forward or to the side whether we are standing tall or slouched. Human beings predictably exhibit posture that mirrors how we are feeling or what we are thinking internally. One of the most important non verbal cues is your posture. Likewise, our non verbal “cues” also govern how people think and feel about US! It works both ways. Subconsciously, we “read” others and form opinions, judgments, and make decisions subconsciously based on these non verbal cues whether we realize it or not. That is, our facial expressions, eye position, movements and importantly our posture. It has been said the upwards of 90% of communication between human beings are what we call “non verbal” communication. ![]()
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