This body language can be thought of as ‘beginning to get up’ body language. You’ll notice that their posture becomes erect and they place their hands on their knees. Think of the body language people display when their stop is about to arrive while traveling by train. It almost looks like the person is ‘beginning to walk’ towards that which interests them.
Second, this gesture is an attempt to reduce the personal space between the people involved.
This gesture conveys interest and/or attraction because of two reasons.įirst, the person is pointing their foot toward the other person and the direction in which we point our foot reveals where we want to go.Įven though the person is already engaging in a conversation with the other person they find interesting, they’d still like to go in their direction and engage with them more. Of course, the interested person will be the one who assumes the foot forward position. If only one of them finds the other interesting, you’ll only see one foot stepping forward. Watch two people who’re totally interested in each other in a conversation and you may notice that each points their one foot (the lead foot) forward towards the other person. They’re literally asking to be approached. That is to say, foot pointing precedes body orientation.īody orientation, prolonged gaze, and foot pointing, taken together, are sure signs that a person is interested in you. It’s interesting to note that even before the person orients their body in the direction they want to go, they orient their foot. The person will try to keep you in their line of sight as long as they can and as often as they can. You can confirm this by the occasional, stealthy look they give you. The person who points their foot towards you is thinking of approaching you in the back of their mind, even if they seem to be engaged with their own group. Even if they seem engaged in conversation with other people.įor instance, if you see a person talking to someone but their foot is pointing towards you, it means they are interested in you and want to approach you. In body language, the direction in which a person points their foot reveals the direction in which they want to go. It doesn’t matter whether we’re standing or sitting. In a situation where we’re interacting with others, the direction in which we point our dominant foot reveals the direction in which we want to go. As a result, a body language expert won’t find it difficult to understand what’s on your mind merely by looking at your feet. Thus, our feet often give away our true feelings without us being aware of it. This means that while we can easily manipulate our facial expressions to hide our emotions or convey emotions we don’t feel, it’s hard to do so with feet. The more distant a body part is from the brain, the less aware we are of its movements and hence the less we are able to manipulate it. Yet, as I mentioned in an earlier post on the body language of feet movements, what a person’s foot does can be the most accurate clue to their attitude. We pay little, if any, attention to gestures of the body and when it comes to feet, we almost never look at them. When we communicate with others, we focus our attention mainly on their words and facial expressions. Can we deduce what’s on a person’s mind merely by reading the body language of their feet? That is the question this article attempts to answer.
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