Body Language Seminar - Clinical hypnotherapy in Luton by Elliott Wald Hypnosis Expert

Body Language Seminar

If your company or organisation would like to hold Elliott's Body Language Expert Seminar, this can be delivered in a two hour, half day or full day Seminar, please contact Elliott Wald for details.

Unlike many of the proverbs, sayings and dictums that litter the English language, this one conveys a major truth that can be proven, demonstrated and, more importantly, used to great effect by those in the know.

Perhaps, like me, you have heard of body language. You may even have read a book or two on the topic a long time ago and yet you did little with the information.

Perhaps, like me, you have read about the way that humans communicate. Behavioural scientists tell us that only 7% of effective communication comes from the words that we use; 38% of the meaning is conveyed by the tonality with which the words are expressed and, a massive 55% from physiology – which is the more accurate term for body language.

If you were to focus on that 55% you would make all of your communication more effective; you would have a competitive edge in negotiations, you would create rapid rapport and your meanings and intentions would be understood with no risk of confusion. You would establish and sustain excellent relationships with your friends, family, staff, superiors, peers and subordinate colleagues. You would feel confident in any situation.

At last, through enjoyable and informative seminars, you can benefit from my years of study which have allowed me to present a series of models incorporating practical examples and techniques that you can use whenever the need arises. Your results may be so amazing that you will begin to use these ‘secrets of communication’ in your everyday life, at work, at home, and at play.

I suspect that one of the first words that I uttered as a toddler was ‘why?’ This quest for information and knowledge was no passing phase, it became a passion that is with me to this day. It is matched only by my determination to give the very best of myself for my clients. In combination, these two traits become a powerful motivator to share my accumulated awareness with others.

The easy option would be to simply repackage the tabloid newspaper take on body language. Lean forward to show interest, fold your arms to show resistance and so on ... most of which is pretty self evident common sense. To gain a fuller understanding of why non-verbal communication elicits such powerful responses, you need to know how human physiology has evolved. Did you know, for example, that a shake of the head to indicate ‘No’ is observable in babies who are just a few weeks old? Have you ever considered how infant tongue movements carry forward into adult life to convey rejection, concentration or uncertainty?

When you learn where many of our customary gestures and expressions come from, then you know why they are so effective and universally understood – and why, in some cultures they mean the direct opposite!

For the sake of completeness, we obviously discuss and explore the more obvious examples of non-verbal communication but then we move on to the even more interesting material that has formed the bulk of my extensive research.

Avoidance of jargon is always at the heart of my approach to information exchange, but sometimes it is unavoidable. A case in point is Micro Synchrony, a branch of the study of physiology which deals specifically with tiny, almost imperceptible changes in many parts of the body.

Without looking in a mirror, do you know what your eyebrows are doing as you read this page? What about your lips ... toes ... finger tips ... trunk ... and the pupils of your eyes? More importantly, do you know what they reveal to someone who has the necessary awareness?

By now you will have realised that we have moved on from the obvious conscious movements of your body to the subconscious mini-movements that send amazingly powerful signals, without you even being aware of them.

When you observe them in others and learn how to read them, you can tell if someone is truly sincere, if they believe in what they are saying or, if they are deliberately being economical with the truth. You can even detect when they may think they are outwardly telling the truth as they believe it, but are inwardly seeking to deceive.

You will discover the secret of ‘non-verbal leakage’. You will learn how to guide and lead a conversation with subtle mirroring, pacing and matching to gain the outcome or result that you desire and to evoke the feelings in the other party that they actually want to agree with you. You will have techniques to turn aggression into passive acceptance, criticism into praise and negativity into a positive attitude.

You will know how to recognise and interpret the 50 or so different types of smiles and the tiny movements of over 80 facial muscles that reveal if a smile is true or fake. You will know when sustained eye contact is beneficial and when it is time to break away and gaze elsewhere ... and crucially, where that ‘elsewhere’ should be.

The smallest indicators can be easy to observe. You can tell if a person is using their creative and emotional right brain or their calculating and analytical left brain. The mid-level signals, like ‘hand to face, can show you an individual’s comfort zone so that you know when it its limits are being broached.

All top flight sports champions know the importance of obvious body language and the signals that their physiology sends to their opponents. Many games or matches are lost or won on this basis alone.

Politicians, judges, lawyers, clergy, television presenters, counsellors and therapists have all found that an understanding of body language can help them in their work to establish rapport and create satisfactory outcomes.

Chief executives, functional managers, team leaders and personnel professionals have reported significant benefits in their management of change and achievement of productivity targets.

I am totally convinced that this awareness can assist you too ... whatever your age, gender, ethnic or social background. It can help you in every area of your personal, social and working life.

If your company or organisation would like to hold Elliott's Body Language Expert Seminar, this can be delivered in a two hour, half day or full day Seminar, please contact Elliott Wald for details.