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From: ganetauk
Date: Fri Jan 10, 2003 1:52am
Subject: Re: Mirroring Strategy
i should add this step...
6. an ecology check. Check no one else is around
--- In a previous message ganetauk wrote:
>
> Kinesthetic technique for control of breathing in others...
>
> 1. pick a subject. (It is best to start with someone shorter than
> ones self.)
> 2. expose subjects neck area by removing any ties, necklace etc.
> (although in a complex version of this technique, one may use
> these "neck aids")
> 3. place you left hand around the subjects neck. Adding your right
> hand, once the left hand is in place.
> 4. squeeze your hands using the following time frame...4 seconds
> squeeze....4 seconds let go...4 seconds squeeze....4 seconds let
> go....and so on
> 5. You'll be able to control the subjects breathing using the
> kinesthetic pattern. Cool ha!
>
> :o)
> Terry
> --- In a previous message dsimon9874 wrote:
> > Can anyone suggest a strategy for adequately observing someone's
> breathing pattern in order to mirror it (consciously)?
> >
> > Let me clarify ... what if your "subject" is wearing clothing
that
> acts as a barrier to observing the chest, or, and this may be more
> important depending on who you are, what if you don't want you
female
> colleagues to think you are staring at their boobs?!!
> >
> > Are there any other signs to watch for and match? Maybe
shoulders,
> or nostril flares? I'm not tuned to these subtleties yet (what
> subtleties yadda yadda yadda?).
> >
> > Also, what if the person you are mirroring is talking alot, and
you
> can't adequately asceratin their breathing pattern? Do I say, "Shut
> up so I can look at your breasts please!"?
> >
> > Please take the lecherous comments in the tongue in cheek manner
in
> which they are written. (Whose tongue, what cheek blah blah blah?)
> >
> > Simon
