Hello and welcome back to practicing human the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miskara. In today's episode we're going to talk about how to use our body posture and body language to improve our mood.

More to come on that in a moment.

First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells. Okay.

Okay, so this is an exercise called Happy Body, Sad Body. And it is an exercise I used to teach when I ran children's courses for six to 11 year olds. And I'm going to do it with you today.

So, this is an interactive. and I'm going to do it with you today.

So, this is an interactive experience.

The first one is we're going to put on our sad body, hmm, our sad body. Hmm, our sad body.

So if you were to think of your body posture when you feel sad,

start to adjust your head, your shoulders, your hands, your arms, your legs, all your body to

fit how you would look and how you would hold yourself if you were feeling sad and really

do this with me right now.

What is your face doing?

What are your shoulders doing?

How about your hands?

Your neck? Anything? your neck anything with your arms legs feet so now evaluate what is your sad body chances are although this can change for people in

general the head might be a little bit lower, your eyes might be looking down, your shoulders may be slouched and hunched forward,

maybe your legs are crossed or your arms are crossed, and maybe there's even a bit of a frown on your face or a pouty face.

Okay, so this is your sad body.

Now, show me what your happy body would look like.

Notice any immediate adjustments that happen.

What's happening with the shoulders, the chest, the belly, the face, the neck.

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