Baseline Beats Body-Language Dictionary
Build a baseline before interpreting a body-language shift.
Baseline is the comparison that makes body language usable. The Teach A body-language cue is not a definition. A baseline is the person's ordinary pattern when they are relatively comfortable and the stakes are low. You are looking for their default posture, gaze rhythm, gesture size, response pace, self-touch, and orientation. Why It Works The nervous system spends energy differently under comfort, discomfort, and pressure. But people start from different defaults. Baseline lets you notice topic-linked change: the exact moment a person shifts from normal to compressed, distant, frozen, rushed, or over-controlled. How to Use It Observe first. Then compare.…
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