Exercise: The Emotional Center

In considering the concept of the Emotional Center, Observer how you position the Frame of your body in relation to how you are feeling toward other people, the content, or your own internal preoccupation. When in front of others, or your computer, do you maintain an open torso or do you shift your torso away at times? Do you feel a shift in comfort by moving from a wider stance to a narrower stance? Or by adjusting your seated position from open to crossed-leg?

Understanding how the positioning of the torso affects the Focus Relationship between people, space, and objects such as a display or screen, is vital to strategically managing the Emotional Center toward a communicative advantage.

Reflect upon how you naturally position your torso