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which pose each person had done, but they rated the presentations given by the power posers as of much higher quality than the presentations of the weak posers. The power posers were more fluid in their communication and showed less reliance on their notes. The weak posers conveyed much less confidence; they stuttered more and used their notes more.
The judges were also asked whom they would employ if the presentation had been part of a job interview. Their choices were always those who had power-posed.
In some of my talks and workshops on self-love, I enjoy getting the entire audience power posing for two minutes. I time it. Itâs surprising how long two minutes feels when youâre standing in a silent room full of people in a power pose. Itâs actually a lot of fun and produces quite a bit of laughter.
Think of how your own daily interactions might be different if you practised power posing!
A few weeks after I taught power posing during a talk I delivered at a conference, I received an e-mail which said:
âI was due to go for a first interview a few days after the love course and I just wanted to drop you a line and say thank you for the power pose ⦠I felt a bit of a prat standing next to my car in the Coventry Arena doing it. So much so that I opted to visualize doing it in my head for the second interview, but it still had the same effect. And I got the job.â
New research studies are adding weight to that fact that body posture affects how we feel. In a 2014 study by scientists at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, 74 participants were asked to sit in an upright or slumped position. They even had their backs strapped with physiotherapy tape to ensure their posture remained constant. Then they were given a stressful task whereby they had to tell a panel why they were the best candidate for a fictitious dream job, having only about five minutes to prepare. Those who sat in an upright position reported higher self-esteem than those who sat slumped. They also had more positive moods and lower fear. The scientists even noted that they used more positive words than those who sat slumped. They were also more effective. 8
Stand as Though Youâre Enough and Wire Your Brain Networks
Our muscles, posture, body language, breathing, heart rate and many other physiological parameters not only affect our physical chemistry but also affect our brain networks. Furthermore, consistent changes in any of these also change our brain networks. For example, people who meditate regularly tend to have more connections in the front part of their brain above the eyes, an areaknown as the prefrontal cortex. It thickens and becomes denser in connections on account of the meditation practice.
Most of us never change how we hold our body unless weâve had an injury and have been taught by a physical therapist, osteopath or chiropractor to stand or walk in a new way. So our brain networks donât change that much. But if we were to stand or walk differently â say, moving from not enough to enough âthen our brain networks would change to reflect this.
Why is changing brain networks important? Because when the wiring in the brain changes, we donât have to think about something anymore. It becomes automatic. In this case, enough becomes our natural state.
This all happens because the brain is highly neuroplastic . This means it changes all the time in accordance with how we move, what we learn and even how we think. Remember the thicker prefrontal cortices that were caused by meditation practice? Practice is the key. The brain doesnât change on its own â itâs the things we do that change our brain .
So, as we learn to stand, walk and behave in a way that says âI am enoughâ, the circuit wiring in our brain will start to change. Before long, the wiring of âI am enoughâ will take root and what started out as a practice of remembering to hold and move our
The judges were also asked whom they would employ if the presentation had been part of a job interview. Their choices were always those who had power-posed.
In some of my talks and workshops on self-love, I enjoy getting the entire audience power posing for two minutes. I time it. Itâs surprising how long two minutes feels when youâre standing in a silent room full of people in a power pose. Itâs actually a lot of fun and produces quite a bit of laughter.
Think of how your own daily interactions might be different if you practised power posing!
A few weeks after I taught power posing during a talk I delivered at a conference, I received an e-mail which said:
âI was due to go for a first interview a few days after the love course and I just wanted to drop you a line and say thank you for the power pose ⦠I felt a bit of a prat standing next to my car in the Coventry Arena doing it. So much so that I opted to visualize doing it in my head for the second interview, but it still had the same effect. And I got the job.â
New research studies are adding weight to that fact that body posture affects how we feel. In a 2014 study by scientists at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, 74 participants were asked to sit in an upright or slumped position. They even had their backs strapped with physiotherapy tape to ensure their posture remained constant. Then they were given a stressful task whereby they had to tell a panel why they were the best candidate for a fictitious dream job, having only about five minutes to prepare. Those who sat in an upright position reported higher self-esteem than those who sat slumped. They also had more positive moods and lower fear. The scientists even noted that they used more positive words than those who sat slumped. They were also more effective. 8
Stand as Though Youâre Enough and Wire Your Brain Networks
Our muscles, posture, body language, breathing, heart rate and many other physiological parameters not only affect our physical chemistry but also affect our brain networks. Furthermore, consistent changes in any of these also change our brain networks. For example, people who meditate regularly tend to have more connections in the front part of their brain above the eyes, an areaknown as the prefrontal cortex. It thickens and becomes denser in connections on account of the meditation practice.
Most of us never change how we hold our body unless weâve had an injury and have been taught by a physical therapist, osteopath or chiropractor to stand or walk in a new way. So our brain networks donât change that much. But if we were to stand or walk differently â say, moving from not enough to enough âthen our brain networks would change to reflect this.
Why is changing brain networks important? Because when the wiring in the brain changes, we donât have to think about something anymore. It becomes automatic. In this case, enough becomes our natural state.
This all happens because the brain is highly neuroplastic . This means it changes all the time in accordance with how we move, what we learn and even how we think. Remember the thicker prefrontal cortices that were caused by meditation practice? Practice is the key. The brain doesnât change on its own â itâs the things we do that change our brain .
So, as we learn to stand, walk and behave in a way that says âI am enoughâ, the circuit wiring in our brain will start to change. Before long, the wiring of âI am enoughâ will take root and what started out as a practice of remembering to hold and move our
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