How to make the look attractive exercise. What does "piercing gaze" mean? A theoretical explanation for the harmful effects of the eyes


The look is of great importance in inter-sex communication. Many women claim that they fall in love with a man after the first eye contact. If a man can withstand a woman's persistent gaze, expressing his determination in it, in further communication she will unconsciously show more respect for him.

A woman's look at a man is the primary test of his masculine qualities.

To quickly look away in such a situation, to be embarrassed is to admit defeat. However, a woman must also be confident enough in her abilities to decide on such a test.

If the person you like looks away, keep looking at him. If after that he looks at you again, this is a sure sign of sympathy. If at the same time a smile appears on his face, you can start a conversation without a doubt.

Which look is considered accidental, and which is a conscious challenge? The normal time for eye contact, after which both people naturally abduct their eyes, does not exceed 2-3 seconds. If the person stares at you for longer, they probably have an interest in you.

A glimpse in the struggle for leadership

Glance is the most powerful non-verbal mode of influence. He can subdue a person and set the nature of your further communication. However, can it be called a tool - something that we can consciously use for our own purposes? Can the will of a person break the instinctive desire to look away under a persistent and unbending gaze?

In nature, the strongest male will have the most persistent gaze. It is often possible to see how a large animal, meeting the gaze with a smaller representative of its own species, turns away, as if yielding and obeying that. Body size, muscle mass, jaw size, and other traits will certainly influence the necrovascular definition of a dominant male. However, this is not enough.

A glance is a sure sign of real strength, vital energy, the ability to fight to the end, the readiness to die in battle.

Man is a social being, therefore, not only natural factors affect him. This is morality, ethics, and social position. Thus, a long look in culture can simply be regarded as incorrect behavior, and that is why a shy desire to avert our eyes will arise in us. However, the main factor influencing the persistence of a gaze is will. This is what can make the gaze your strongest psychological weapon.

The importance of eye contact


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How else does our view affect communication? The following facts are known in psychology:

  • People who make eye contact during a conversation are perceived to be more honest and open.
  • Lack of eye contact in dialogue is read by us as lack of interest.
  • During a time, a good speaker always looks around the audience in order to make eye contact with everyone. This makes his speech more convincing.
  • Eye contact is essential when meeting someone. An open and good-natured look at 30% forms the primary attitude of a person.
  • A quick look away during an acquaintance is read as a lack of firmness of character and a willingness to obey.

One thing follows from these facts: the strong-willed ability to keep a gaze in front of the eyes of another person makes the image of the beholder more powerful, domineering and influential.

However, these rules cannot be called universal. Much depends both on the nature of the look and on the person. Someone will consider a long look a manifestation of impoliteness, someone will start to get angry, someone will be frightened.

It is necessary to maintain a balance of modesty and perseverance in the look, appropriate to the specific situation of communication with a person.

The main thing is not to provoke a defensive or negative reaction. You can subdue a person to your will with a glance by instilling respect and demonstrating a strong character, and not aggression. The gaze should be calm, intent, without a shadow of pretense and shamelessness.


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So can you develop a strong gaze? The one that subdues and commands respect? There are many dubious exercises on the web like looking at a candle flame and circles on paper. But the look is a continuation of your inner state, and it will probably be different in sparring with a piece of paper and with a real person.

All gaze enhancement exercises will be meaningless if you cannot focus your mind on one subject while doing them. How do you want to influence others if you cannot even influence yourself?

Japanese shogun Yoritomo Tashi, who had exceptional influence on people

Fortitude is an indicator of the strength of your will and thoughts. To get your thoughts under control and increase your concentration, there is one proven exercise. Count slowly from one to ten, pausing between words. If even one thought distracts you from the process, start over. Try to increase the counting time by a couple of units every day. Various techniques contribute to the same.

After you've made some progress in controlling your thoughts, try practicing in public. Choose faces from the crowd that show a less faint character than yours. Try to keep their gaze, keeping only one thought in your mind that blocks your desire to turn away. “I’m uncomfortable”, “what an awkward situation”, “this is so stupid” - all these ideas just should not reach your mind.

Once you have mastered this too, begin to selectively approach the thought that you hold during the competition. It should not only hide your psychological weaknesses, but also give strength to your gaze.

Concentrate on the desire to subdue, show strength, authority.

Developing a confident look is not an easy task, but once you do it, you will see how quickly the attitude of others towards you will change.

To train your magnetic gaze, do the following exercises.

EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LOOK # 1(I did exactly that)

On a piece of white paper, draw a fifty-kopeck black circle and shade it. Fix the sheet on the wall, and stand up yourself, or better sit down so that the point is at eye level at a distance of one and a half to two meters from the wall. Look at this black point and imagine how your eyes are emitting two rays parallel and connecting at this point. Be sure to visualize the movement of the outgoing energy that your eyes are emitting. Try hypnotizing this black circle. It is equally important not to blink or look away from this point and look at it for a minute. After resting, do a few more approaches.
You can diversify your actions. Move the paper to the right and direct your gaze straight, then without turning your head, move your gaze to the right and also stubbornly stare at the spot for one minute. Do this three to four times. Then, move the paper to the left of the original spot, again look intently at the spot for one minute. Repeat this three to four times.
Do this exercise for three days, and then increase the gazing time to two minutes. After another three days, increase the time to three minutes, and so on, increase the time every three days by one minute.
There are people who can stare without blinking for 30 minutes, but I think it will be enough to bring this time to 10-15 minutes. Those who can hold their gaze for 10 minutes will be able to direct the same strong and gaze as one who has reached 30 minutes.

EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LOOK №2

Stand or sit in front of a mirror and gaze intently into the reflection of your eyes (just like in the first exercise). As before, the time should be increased gradually. As you do this exercise, you will notice the development of the characteristic expression in your eyes. Some people prefer this exercise to the previous one, but in my opinion, you will achieve the best results by combining both of these exercises.

EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LOOK №3

Stand one meter away from the wall with a piece of paper with a black spot attached at eye level. Without taking your eyes off the spot, make circular movements with your head, left and right. By keeping your gaze on one point while your eyes rotate with your head, you develop the optic nerves and muscles. Exercise should first be done without tired eyes, very moderately.

EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LOOK №4

This exercise is also designed to strengthen the nerves and muscles of the eyes. Stand with your back to the wall, looking directly at the opposite one, and start running quickly with your eyes from one point of the wall to another - right, left, up, down, zigzags, in a circular manner (this exercise is similar to ordinary eye gymnastics, which must be done every day and in detail about which you can learn from the article - "Eyes hurt from the computer?").

EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE FORCE OF LOOK №5

Place a candle on the table and light it. Sit opposite. Place your hands on the table so that the candle is between them. Look at the flame. Unlike the first exercise, now it is not your energy that is directed to the object, but the candle flame fills your gaze with radiant energy, nourishes your strength, gives your eyes power and warmth, strength and passion, severity and tenderness. Along the same channels (rays), but only in the opposite direction, there is a tangible movement of energy. Your eyes seem to absorb a special type of energy - plasma, which you will use in the future under other circumstances. Surely you have heard the expression "a twinkle in the eyes flashed." It is this kind of glow as a result of this exercise that your forming magnetic gaze should acquire.

What are the benefits of these exercises?

Many rulers and leaders of the past held this view and owed much of their success to it. When you acquire a solid magnetic look, you will not exchange this gift for any wealth. Your gaze will become firm and determined. You will be able to look directly in the eyes of everyone, whoever you communicate with confidently and without embarrassment.
You will be able to cast a gaze that few can bear. Whether you are a public speaker, manager, educator or police officer, any activity will greatly benefit from this art of the eye. An entrepreneur, if he sufficiently possesses this view, can easily overcome harmful competition, in relations with customers he will achieve benefits and receive significantly more benefits than his competitor with a shifting and nervous look. Not a single criminal can resist the trained power of the investigator's gaze. The power of such a look is sometimes quite enough to bring an inveterate swindler to a frank confession.
Your eyes will become more expressive and your eyes will appear larger by increasing the distance between the eyelids.

Cautions and parting words

Take some time to exercise, build your strength gradually and take your time.
While performing the exercises, you cannot unnaturally expand the eyelids, blink and squint. And if your eyes get tired, then rinse them with cool water and relief will appear. After just three to four days of exercise, you will notice that your eyes will be less tired.
It is worth distinguishing between a shamelessly insolent look from a calmly intent one. The first is characteristic of villains rather than decent people, while the second indicates a person with powerful psychic strength.
First, you will make sure that your magnetic gaze confuses those you are looking at, confuses those with whom you come in contact, making them awkward and restless. But soon you will get used to the power of your own gaze, and you will use it carefully, without embarrassing others, but at the same time making a strong impression and impact on them.
The duration of the magnetic gaze largely depends on the situation in which you are, but it should not be intent and defiant and too long. Remember that hardly anyone will enjoy a very hard and intent gaze. Looking too long at the center can be annoying, or the other person may realize that you are trying to influence them in some way.
You can use the power of gaze all the time, but basically it should be used in situations where you need to influence someone, evoke certain feelings and sensations in a person, inspire the desires and thoughts you need. To do this, directing your gaze to the bridge of the nose of your interlocutor, you must experience those emotions and feelings that you want to arise in the one you are looking at. Therefore, the central view cannot always be the same. You can modify it, being in different situations, make it the most suitable for each specific case.
Avoid all kinds of conversations about your gaze exercises, as this will only raise suspicion in people and create a serious obstacle to your application of your knowledge. Keep your activities a secret so that your strength is shown in deeds and not in words. " (with)

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I will add from myself - everything is not as scary as it is described, in terms of suppression. A strong gaze really confuses people, but it also attracts equally strong people. It reflects the power of will and the inner I, people pass before him, who conceal negativity in your address. Having developed a magnetic look, you will feel changes within yourself, streams go through the eyes and this is another channel of communication with the physical and subtle worlds. You will develop the sensitivity of perception. In general, there are much more positive bonuses. True, be prepared that people may begin to perceive you ambiguously, some - to avoid, some on the contrary - to be attracted.

But what does it look like externally confident a man in yourself? Psychologists say that confident maybe only that human who loves himself. Of course, this should be healthy, adequate self-love. You can not indulge in narcissism. However, you need to feel love for yourself, please yourself. And only then will you gain confidence and communicate freely with those around you.

But how can this be achieved?

Now we will formulate the main characteristics inherent in a confident person, and based on this, we will try to understand how to achieve a confident external image.

In the arsenal of a confident person, the mandatory attributes are:

1. Confident look.

A confident person has a special look. He is calm and sincere. He has faith in himself and confidence in his own righteousness, intelligence, healthy pride, lightness.

Insecure people may look confident on the outside, but their eyes betray them. They have fear, shyness, fearfulness.

The question arises. How do you learn to look like this? There are techniques that can do this.

Go to the mirror and take a close look at yourself. Try to remember those events in your life that you are proud of. Maybe it's a victory in a competition or a successful diploma defense, or maybe everyone admires your culinary skills. Remember and look at yourself in the mirror, you will feel a surge of joy and pride. The eyes will light up, and the look will become brighter and bolder. This is the look of a confident person. Try to remember it.

If later, during the conversation, you suddenly feel that confidence is slipping away, start intensively remembering the most successful things in your life and a confident look will reappear.

2. Calm facial expression.

The face of a self-confident person is calm, benevolent, harmonious.

Let's dwell separately on harmony. A self-confident person rarely resorts to methods that do not correspond to his life principles. Therefore, his words and emotions are always true. There is no disharmony on his face.

In the facial expressions of a confident person, there are no half-tones and hints, which are not uncommon in everyday life. Of course, it would be wrong to believe that a confident person is always uncompromising and straightforward, but basically, there is one definite emotion on his face, and it is always clear what he intends to say.

To learn how to manage your emotions, you need to train in front of a mirror. But to consolidate the result, it is necessary that facial expressions are based on inner confidence.

3. Confidence-highlighting style.

How should a confident person be dressed? In a strict business suit, haute couture clothes, fashionable and always in place?

This is not where the emphasis should be placed, although all this, of course, is important. Most importantly, the style of clothing should carry valuable information about your essence. So that looking at you, you can give an adequate assessment.

Moreover, the style of clothing should nudge you towards perfecting your image.

So, it is better for a shy person to dress as brightly as possible. This will draw attention to him. Although it won't be easy at first, the shyness will gradually go away.

If a person is shy in actions, then a strict business suit will push him to decisiveness in actions.
4. Open and fluid gestures.

A person's gestures can tell a lot about their confidence. So, a confident person shows his hands to the interlocutor. This is a sign that he is not hiding anything. It is known that arms crossed on the chest are a sign of closeness, isolation from the world.

He is also not inherent in imposing and swaggering. He doesn't wave his arms.

To give the impression of a confident person, you need to be precise with your gestures and only use them when needed.

5. Simplicity, constancy, truthfulness.

A confident person looks natural. But naturalness does not contradict originality. If you overdo it when trying to create the image of a confident person, then you may look too bland, without bright features. Here you need to find a middle ground.

You should not focus on the shortcomings, on the contrary, you should behave in such a way that your merits are more clearly visible.

Many people play someone all the time. They often change their image. It is not right. The information that a person carries must be constant at least for some time. For example, if today you play the image of a business person, tomorrow a self-confident person from the world of bohemia, and the day after tomorrow from the world of politics, then because of the frequent change of image nothing will remain of your confidence.

To an attentive person, the eyes of the interlocutor say much more than the spoken words. Uncertainty in front of people and fear of the situation, an attempt to hide true intentions, all this can be determined by the look.

When a person hides his gaze, this is a message that he is uncomfortable looking into people's eyes and is interpreted as weakness and insecurity.

There are exercises that can develop a confident look. It will help you quickly win over the interlocutor and achieve many goals.

Exercises for a confident look

If the conversation is conducted tete-a-tete, the so-called "triangles" will help to control the gaze. Along the trajectory of the "triangle", slowly move your gaze alternately at three points.
Business triangle: in business and formal communication, the points of movement of the gaze are the eyes and nose. You need to look first at one eye, then slowly switch to the second, then at the nose (or lips), and again the eye, eye, nose, etc.
Secular triangle: suitable for informal communication. Here you can allow a wider coverage area of ​​the gaze - eyes, eyes, button on the chest.
If the gaze in a conversation with a person is for a long time, without movement, concentrated on one point of his face - the pupil, eyebrow, bridge of the nose, then it will be perceived as heavy, hypnotic or even aggressive. If the purpose of communication is to demonstrate strength, use it.
In the East, the education of the gaze is almost a whole science called "Tramaka Yoga". In order to learn how to give your look shrewd expression The eastern sages recommended several special exercises.

1) Sit in front of the mirror and look at your image, first placing a small, barely noticeable dot on the bridge of your nose with a pencil. Look closely at the bridge of the nose, fixing this point. One should refrain from blinking. The gaze should be motionless, intent, but calmly fixed on the point.

Start with one minute and gradually learn to gaze, unblinking and motionless, at the bridge of your nose for about 15 minutes. Soon it will be possible not to put marks on the bridge of the nose, but to use only a mental representation of it.

2) Sit in front of the mirror and, looking at the left pupil of their reflection, fix the pupil, trying, so to speak, to look into your brain. Then they direct their gaze to the right pupil and look at it just as intently. Since the previous exercise prepared the eyes somewhat, you can start right away with 5 minutes for each pupil.

The following exercise will develop the ability to calmly look strangers in the eye... Make it a rule, when you meet your gaze in a subway car or on public transport, not to look away sharply, but calmly take the gaze of another person, and even look for such an opportunity. At the same time, it is important to look not with a challenge, but kindly and with interest. Blinking during eye contact is not prohibited - this is a physiological reaction, but smiling, that is, actually trying to earn his good mark, is not worth it.
Finding someone who is willing to make eye contact for more than one second is not often the case. But a second will be enough - even if not you, but he is the first to look away. If you meet a person who is ready for longer eye contact - great - check and practice your gaze, psychological confidence and stability. When your partner has already averted his eyes, you can count yourself a plus sign.

If you feel like you can't stand the gaze, remember not to look directly in the eye. It is enough to choose a point on the face. At such a distance, the accuracy of the gaze is hidden. This exercise is done until it becomes easy and not tense to look strangers in the eyes.

With a glance, a person can convey their feelings: love and hate, admiration or contempt, gratitude, regret, etc. Much has been said and written about the influence of the gaze, but there is little mention of the power of the gaze and its secret power.

About five years ago, I came across a book by William Atkinson "The Power of Thought in Business and Everyday Life." Much in this book seemed to me interesting and useful, including the chapter (lecture) devoted to the power of the human gaze, the magnetic gaze. Surely, this knowledge will be useful to many of you, and you will decide to use it ...

The human gaze is one of the most powerful tools that can impress and influence other people. It blinds, attracts and charms, facilitates the penetration of manipulative influences. The power of the gaze is able to neutralize the aspirations that are directed at us with hostile intentions, whether it be an evil person or a wild beast. This view is commonly called the "magnetic", "odic" or "central view."

Surely you have met people whose focused and decisive gaze can hardly be borne - it seems that he is looking right through you. By the power of their gaze, such people subjugate everyone. They know what a powerful influence their eyes produce, but they do not know how this influence occurs, because they see that their eyes are also arranged like the eyes of other people. However, they do not need to know this, but it is necessary for those who decided to pay attention to the development of the power of gaze.

The magnetic gaze carries steady and unyielding thought waves that are directed directly at the human brain. And it's not for nothing that I call such a gaze a central gaze - it should be directed to the central region of a person's face, where the eyebrows converge, and the nose begins. A person has one of the most sensitive and receptive nerve centers in this place, which is able to perceive energy influences directed at him. This is the place that is commonly called the "third eye". If you direct your gaze to this point, and at the same time send a person mental orders or experience the desires and feelings that you want to evoke in him, then they will be perceived by him and will certainly cause the reaction you need. But this should not be just a gaze at a specific point, but a magnetic central gaze that requires certain skills in its execution.

Development and training of gaze power

To train your magnetic gaze, do the following exercises:

EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LOOK # 1

On a piece of white paper, draw a fifty-kopeck black circle and shade it. Fix the sheet on the wall, and stand up yourself, or better sit down so that the point is at eye level at a distance of one and a half to two meters from the wall. Look at this black point and imagine how your eyes are emitting two rays parallel and connecting at this point. Be sure to visualize the movement of the outgoing energy that your eyes are emitting. Try hypnotizing this black circle. It is equally important not to blink or look away from this point and look at it for a minute. After resting, do a few more approaches.

You can diversify your actions. Move the paper to the right and direct your gaze straight, then without turning your head, move your gaze to the right and also stubbornly stare at the spot for one minute. Do this three to four times. Then, move the paper to the left of the original spot, again look intently at the spot for one minute. Repeat this three to four times.

Do this exercise for three days, and then increase the gazing time to two minutes. After another three days, increase the time to three minutes, and so on, increase the time every three days by one minute.

There are people who can stare without blinking for 30 minutes, but I think it will be enough to bring this time to 10-15 minutes. Those who can hold their gaze for 10 minutes will be able to direct the same strong and gaze as one who has reached 30 minutes.

LOOK POWER TRAINING EXERCISE # 2

Stand or sit in front of a mirror and gaze intently into the reflection of your eyes (just like in the first exercise). As before, the time should be increased gradually. As you do this exercise, you will notice the development of the characteristic expression in your eyes. Some people prefer this exercise to the previous one, but in my opinion, you will achieve the best results by combining both of these exercises.

EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING THE POWER OF LOOK №3

Stand one meter away from the wall with a piece of paper with a black spot attached at eye level. Without taking your eyes off the spot, make circular movements with your head, left and right. By keeping your gaze on one point while your eyes rotate with your head, you develop the optic nerves and muscles. Exercise should first be done without tired eyes, very moderately.

LOOK POWER TRAINING EXERCISE # 4

This exercise is also designed to strengthen the nerves and muscles of the eyes. Stand with your back to the wall, looking directly at the opposite one, and start running quickly with your eyes from one point of the wall to another - right, left, up, down, zigzags, in a circular manner (this exercise is similar to ordinary eye gymnastics, which must be done every day and in detail about which you can learn from the article - "Eyes hurt from the computer? » ).

MAGNETIC LOOK EXERCISE # 5

Place a candle on the table and light it. Sit opposite. Place your hands on the table so that the candle is between them. Look at the flame. Unlike the first exercise, now it is not your energy that is directed to the object, but the candle flame fills your gaze with radiant energy, nourishes your strength, gives your eyes power and warmth, strength and passion, severity and tenderness. Along the same channels (rays), but only in the opposite direction, there is a tangible movement of energy. Your eyes seem to absorb a special type of energy - plasma, which you will use in the future under other circumstances. Surely you have heard the expression "a twinkle in the eyes flashed." It is this kind of glow as a result of this exercise that your forming magnetic gaze should acquire.

What are the benefits of these exercises?

Many rulers and leaders of the past held this view and owed much of their success to it. When you acquire a solid magnetic look, you will not exchange this gift for any wealth. Your gaze will become firm and determined. You will be able to look directly in the eyes of everyone, whoever you communicate with confidently and without embarrassment.

You will be able to cast a gaze that few can bear. Soon after regular practice, you will notice that people become confused and restless under the power of your eyes, and some will even experience signs of fear as soon as you focus your gaze on them for a few moments.

Whether you are a public speaker, manager, educator or police officer, any activity will greatly benefit from this art of the eye. An entrepreneur, if he sufficiently possesses this view, can easily overcome harmful competition, in relations with customers he will achieve benefits and receive significantly more benefits than his competitor with a shifting and nervous look. Not a single criminal can resist the trained power of the investigator's gaze. The power of such a look is sometimes quite enough to bring an inveterate swindler to a frank confession.

Your eyes will become more expressive and your eyes will appear larger by increasing the distance between the eyelids.

Cautions and parting words

Take some time to exercise, build your strength gradually and take your time.

While performing the exercises, you cannot unnaturally expand the eyelids, blink and squint. And if your eyes get tired, then rinse them with cool water and relief will appear. After just three to four days of exercise, you will notice that your eyes will be less tired.

It is worth distinguishing between a shamelessly insolent look from a calmly intent one. The first is characteristic of villains rather than decent people, while the second indicates a person with powerful psychic strength.

First, you will make sure that your magnetic gaze confuses those you are looking at, confuses those with whom you come in contact, making them awkward and restless. But soon you will get used to the power of your own gaze, and you will use it carefully, without embarrassing others, but at the same time making a strong impression and impact on them.

The duration of the magnetic gaze largely depends on the situation in which you are, but it should not be intent and defiant and too long. Remember that hardly anyone will enjoy a very hard and intent gaze. Looking too long at the center can be annoying, or the other person may realize that you are trying to influence them in some way.

You can use the power of gaze all the time, but basically it should be used in situations where you need to influence someone, evoke certain feelings and sensations in a person, inspire the desires and thoughts you need. To do this, directing your gaze to the bridge of the nose of your interlocutor, you must experience those emotions and feelings that you want to arise in the one you are looking at. Therefore, the central view cannot always be the same. You can modify it, being in different situations, make it the most suitable for each specific case.

Avoid all kinds of conversations about your gaze exercises, as this will only raise suspicion in people and create a serious obstacle to your application of your knowledge. Keep your activities a secret so that your strength is shown in deeds, not words.

One should not be satisfied only with the execution of the above-described exercises; it is possible to achieve complete perfection of the power of gaze only through experiments with “living people”.

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