Striking an open poses alters hormone levels, make you confident, study finds
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from:msnbc.comWant to be more powerful? Acting like it will make it so
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That's what we need, more big egos-legends in their own minds!
I found it interesting that women who made the fist equated that with powerlessness. While men equated that with powerfulness.
Maybe women, in the back of their minds, realize they are not as physically strong as men, and making a fist makes them realize this, thereby making them feel powerless.
I found that strange as well. I tried it myself and it only made me feel tense, not more or less powerful (I'm a woman). I realized that making a fist makes me dig my long nails into my palm - not comfortable.
@ dlincoln - I think you are right. The 2 times in my life when I was almost attacked, I immediately looked for an object to defend myself as with. Perhaps subcconciously I knew that I would not be able to defend myself against the attack with just my fist.
Interesting article.
I dunno... sometimes I think scientists should just stop by and talk to me. This is old well known stuff...Kinda like when researchers discover dogs have emotions.
Yeah, I know they think there's an advantage in quantifying the obvious...
.....beats working for a living, I suppose.
Interesting. Back in the mid '80's I participated in an advanced form of communications called Neuro Linguistic Programing. This article lends evidence to our thinking back then. The connection between what the body does on a microbehavioral level and what a person's mind is doing are directly associated. As a result one can "calibrate" to anothers behaviors and then through the use of anchors redirect said behaviors by influencing one's beliefs.
Qigong—Chinese mind/body exercises--helped me immensely in my successful battles with four bouts of supposedly terminal bone lymphoma cancer in the early nineties. I practiced standing post meditation, one of the most powerful forms of qigong--as an adjunct to chemotherapy, which is how it should always be used. The standing post postures dovetail with this article about "poses." One holds his or her arms in an arc in front of the body stimulating energy flow. The postures are relaxed--but powerful. After standing in them one feels calm--but also impenetrable to the "slings and arrows" of everyday life. This feeling carries throughout each day.
Bob Ellal
Author, ‘Confronting Cancer with the Qigong Edge’