{"id":347,"date":"2016-02-24T13:38:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T13:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pcs.kennedy.bz\/?p=347"},"modified":"2019-03-04T22:04:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T22:04:06","slug":"the-dirty-dancing-rule-of-gestures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procommskills.com\/the-dirty-dancing-rule-of-gestures\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dirty Dancing Rule of Gestures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;The Dirty Dancing Rule of Gestures&#8221; subhead=&#8221;Talking with your hands&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; title_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; title_text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; subhead_font_size=&#8221;34px&#8221; subhead_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; subhead_line_height=&#8221;1.5em&#8221; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#141891&#8243; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#033d30&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/procommskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/gesture.jpg&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;overlay&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;150px||150px|&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.47&#8243; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.62&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<div>Actors are all too familiar with the what-do-I-do-with-my-hands panic. You\u2019re standing on stage and are all of a sudden become very aware of your arms and hands and can\u2019t find a way of positioning them in a way which feels natural.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Time and time again I hear trainee doctors speak of the same panic. I hear \u201cI\u2019m going to do this role-play sat on my hands because I wave them about too much\u201d &#8211; they think they gesture in an overly extravagant way and just want to feel \u201cnormal\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>At times like these I quote what I call \u201cThe Dirty Dancing Rule of Gestures\u201d.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_349\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/procommskills.comwp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tumblr_ntvqrlzaRa1u53g1mo2_400.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-349\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"wp-image-349 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/procommskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tumblr_ntvqrlzaRa1u53g1mo2_400-232x300.gif\" alt=\"Spaghetti Gesture\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spaghetti Gesture<\/p><\/div>\n\nThe Dirty Dancing Rule if Gestures tells us that we have our own \u201cGesture space\u201d this is the personal space around us that can be considered \u201cours\u201d. We can gesture inside our own gesture space freely because the space belongs to us, but, if we start to\u00a0 gesture outside of this space then we are giving \u201cSpegeti Gestures\u201d and people start to think we are somewhat peculiar.\n\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Gestures are a viral part of communication.\u00a0Only <a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/pf_article_102425.html\">7%<\/a> of what we communicate involves actual words\u00a0so to do away with body language including gestures is putting yourself at a massive disadvantage.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>How strange would it be to talk to someone who is completely inanimate? It would just be unnatural, the complete opposite of the feeling of \u201cnormal\u201d that these doctors want to achieve. Think of a situation where you want to show you understand where someones pain is, you can point to the same place on your own body for example. You can see that gesturing is a vital part of any consultation or even any discussion between two people.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So when in doubt, remember The Dirty Dancing Rule of Gestures and relax. Be yourself and use your Gesture Space to your advantage.<\/div>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26945,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[35,39,40,37,38],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Dirty Dancing Rule of Gestures - Procommskills<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Do your arms feel in the way during a consultation? 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