A Mouthful of Gestures

Do you realize that your mouth, which does most of the talking literally, can say a lot more physically too? Here's how…

 

·                    A smile, which does not bare your teeth, shows that you are in a reflective mood and are amused at your musings.

·                    During an upper smile the upper incisors are exposed and there is usually eye to eye contact. Such a smile is used while meeting friends or greeting parents.

·                    A wide smile is associated with laughter. Both the upper and lower incisors are exposed and an eye-to-eye contact seldom occurs.

·                    Beware of the oblong smile. It is used when someone has to be polite and pretend to enjoy a joke or an off-the-cuff remark. The lips are drawn back from the upper and lower teeth forming an oblong.

·                    Highly emotional people in a sorrowful situation take deep breaths and expel air slowly making long sighing sounds.

·                    If a cigar smoker blows the smoke upwards it indicates confidence.

·                    When a cluck sound is made the tongue is raised to the roof of the mouth and released to drop quickly. This sound is associated with a self-satisfaction gesture.

A hand covering the mouth while speaking is a gesture of astonishment, or when someone is sorry about what one said.