Listening For Emotion - Reading the Unspoken Vibes!

Humans emit emotional signals like radio stations emit songs. When you tune in to someone by paying careful attention with your heart, by watching and listening and carefully observing you can almost SEE the emotions being given off as energetic signals.

Then you can match your approach and communication with their emotional state. Sometimes you can even figure out how to give them what they need to enhance or improve their emotional state.

Humans and animals can get into very primal states - emotions that are common to all of us. These include fear, panic, grief, curiosity, anger, excitement, love, fatigue, hunger, relaxation, happiness and loneliness. When we reach out to each other and show that we can recognise the emotion the other person/animal is experiencing, it provides great comfort and reassurance. Everyone wants to be heard and understood, even when they are not sure themselves what they are trying to say or do. We all want to belong, and we all want to feel loved.

In this next video humans help animals by listening for emotions. They might look a bit silly, but just like dogs, they are willing to get down on their friend's level and really tune in to those primal emotional signals:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tc7bdx7EBIU

Learning: Humans radiate emotion, through their body language, facial expressions, the way they dress and their tone of voice. We can tune into this emotional vibration ,and by understanding it we can build a bridge between us, no matter if we are different species. Love is the universal language!

What the shape of your mouth tells me!

Human mouths are much more flexible than dog mouths, and they say a lot more, both verbally and non-verbally. Here are some points to look for when preparing for communication with a human. Sometimes it's a mouth-eye combo! Is the mouth:

• thin lipped and pressed together tight?
• pressed together and with a jutting chin?
• smiling? can you see teeth in the smile or is it small with just lips?
• turned down at the corners?
• turned up at one corner?
• in repose?
• gnawing at the lips, or teeth snaggling the lips?
• open for talking? (intelligent eyes, far away eyes, purposeful eyes, disinterested eyes)
• open for singing? (happy, purposeful or relaxed eyes)
• open for shouting? (wide, mean or cranky or slitty eyes)
• howling? (look for wet eyes with this one)
• trembling?
• sneering? (can you see teeth?)
• grimacing? (eyes might be squinty here if pain is bad)
• pale or blueish?
• painted a pretty colour?
• healthy or sore like sunburn or run-down immune system?

Does the mouth settle or become softer or smiley when you approach?

Learning: You can tell a lot of important stuff about what a person is thinking and feeling, just by looking at how they hold their mouth.