The posture of legs
Legs are able to express the inner state of a person you communicate with. It is an indication of mood of the person and a message to you about the decision a person have taken and the feelings he or she is gripped with. There is no need to stare the person's eyes in order to recognise the necessary in formation as it's enough to analyse the posture of his or her legs. First of all, the posture of the legs is able to say you what is the main factors in making a decision. If a person sits with his or her legs crossed and the left leg is up on the left leg it will mean that intuition and spiritual factors are predominant for the disposition of this person. In case if the left right is mounted on the left it means that the decisions a person takes are based on strictly rational thoughts.
The posture when the legs are crossed in such way that one leg in mounted on another means that a person is nervous. Though, such meaning may not be taken as the only possible as there are a lot of additional factors that should be considered. Say, if the legs and the hands of a person are crossed it means that person has no desire to continue the conversation. This posture may also be a sign that person is tired and feel uncomfortable with his or her chair.
Another pose is one leg mounted on another and the mounted leg is bended in the knee. It is not the posture when the legs are crossed but exactly when one legs is mounted on the other. This is rather aggressive posture; it is an indication that a person, who strikes this posture, is ready to protect himself. So, if a person is ready to protect one self it means that he or she feels a danger and is ready to resist it. Though, that is true in case if your interlocutor is British, for example, but in case if your interlocutor is American, this pose means nothing as that is the common pose for every American man as, according to their mentality, they are inborn competitors.
Actually, any posture that involves the crossing of one's legs or hands or ankles may be considered as a defensive posture, and a posture, that display the aggression and unwilling for communication. In case if you are dying for conversation with such person or it is simply necessary there are some rules that may help you to make a person feel at ease.
First of all, if a person you want to talk to strikes the defensive posture you should do just the same thing. Strike the posture identical to the one that your interlocutor has stroked. That will be a silent message that you have just the same feelings and mood and so the subconsciousness pf the person will recognise this message as "I'm just like you" and such message will provoke a favour of a person.
While communicating to that person pay attention to the tone of his or her voice, once you feel that a person became less aggressive you may implement some changes of you posture. For example, you may uncross your hands. You will be surprised but your interlocutor will do just the same. It will be a subconscious move and a sign that things are getting better. In some time you are allowed to uncross your legs or ankles and your interlocutor will do the same, just like he or she did it before. Soon, the aggressive and defensive posture of a person is changed and it will be the friendly posture of a person who is glad to meet you.