Open body language

Uncrossed, chest open, you take up the space you have

Open body language

Smile (Commons). Open body is a fundamental, not a line.
Field	Fundamentals
Also known as	open posture, uncrossed arms
Origin	pickup literature fundamentals / folk overlap
Related	Posture; Eye contact; Walk; Attractiveness fundamentals

Open body language is uncrossed arms, chest up, you occupy the space you have. Folk advice put it on the dating iceberg. In practice: it is a fundamental, installed on days 2–3 of the Newbie assignment — posture and eye contact before clever talk.

Method

1. Walk the venue with a lifted chest and high head (assignment day 2).
2. Uncross. Stop hiding the sternum behind a drink.
3. Pair it with eye contact that does not flick down (submit) on a stranger you want.

Failure mode

Open body plus a hostage face. That is incongruent. See congruence.

See also

• Posture
• Eye contact
• Walk
• Attractiveness fundamentals
• Newbie assignment