Body Postures

In every dream in which you, another person, or even an animal appears, a body posture is expressed.

Mostly we are used to expressing or being communicated with via language, but in fact most of the communication that takes place between you and other people and creatures is through body language, postural shifts or movements. What we understand from such silent communication is mostly subliminal, but if we observe and ask what we are gathering from what we see and feel it becomes clear. If you have any relationship with an animal for instance or a baby, it communicates in this way most of the time, and if we are paying attention we will understand what is being expressed or ‘said’ by the posture or movement.

So if you consider the posture in a dream and ask yourself what it is expressing it usually becomes clear. If it is difficult stand in that way yourself and observe what you are expressing or feeling. Even if it is an animal of another person you will still arrive at what it expresses – after all it is your dream and you created the dream out of your own observations and feelings. Perhaps those observations were done unconsciously, but you can bring them to the fore by a little exploring. For a description of some of the common postures and movements see postures movement and body language.