Learn 30 Body Positions In English In 7 Minutes! Acted Out For Easy Memorization! 🤸‍♂️🧘🧎

In this English lesson, you're going to learn

how to describe different body positions in English.

You know, easy ones like sit and stand,

and then some more advanced ones like slouch.

And you'll want to stick around till the end

of the lesson because I'm going to try and

do a handstand and maybe a headstand, too.

Okay, let's start by getting the two

simplest ones out of the way.

You can stand and then you can also sit.

So I have my nice bench here.

I can sit on my bench.

I can stand.

I can also use the verb sit down.

I can sit on this bench.

I can also sit down on this bench.

Now, sometimes in class, students will sit like this.

They'll slouch or they'll sit like this.

They'll slouch.

When you slouch, it means you

sit in a really relaxed way.

When students slouch, it makes it seem

like they're not interested in the lesson.

I hope you're not slouching right now. But

if you want to do the opposite of

slouching, it's to sit up straight.

When you sit up straight, your back is straight

and it looks like you're ready to learn or

ready to do whatever you're doing while sitting.

You can also sit back.

You can lean forward and you can sit back.

And if the chair went back, I don't have a...

this bench doesn't do that...

But if it could go back, I could recline.

Sometimes in the house, I sit in a chair that reclines.

That means this part of the chair actually goes back.

And then I can recline to watch a show.

So there are a few body positions we

use when we're close to the ground.

I could crouch.

When you crouch, you do something like this.

Maybe you're trying to hide from someone,

so you crouch down behind something.

You can also kneel.

So I could kneel with one knee on the ground.

I can also kneel with both knees on the ground.

And then there's something called a squat.

A squat is when you sit like this.

Maybe you need to work on something on the ground.

Maybe you're just squatting to listen to someone talk.

They're standing and everyone's in a circle.

Before a game or something like that, you might squat.

Oops, I dropped my paper on the ground.

I have two choices now.

I can bend over to pick this piece of paper

up, or I can stoop down to pick this up.

Bend over usually means to kind of flex at the waist.

So I could just bend over and pick it up.

When you stoop down, though, it usually means

you bend your knees a little bit.

So I could stoop down and pick this up,

or I could bend over and pick it up.

So these next two body positions are

more common with children than with adults.

It's a little hard for me to do these two.

The first is to go down on all fours

or to go down on my hands and knees.

This hurts a little bit when you're old like me.

It hurts my knees to go down on all

fours or to go on my hands and knees.

You can also sit cross legged or cross legged.

There's two different ways to pronounce it. I think

in the UK they say cross legged.

And in America and in Canada,

we often say cross legged.

You sit with your legs crossed.

This is also a little bit hard for me.

I'm not as flexible as I used to be, but you can

go down on all fours, you can go down on your hands

and knees, or you can sit cross legged or cross legged.

So let's talk about the difference

between lean on and lean over.

If I was walking for a long time and I saw this

railing, I might lean on this railing to rest for a bit.

But if there was something really exciting below, I might

lean over the railing to have a look at it.

So if you need a break, you can lean

on something just to rest for a bit.

Or if there's something exciting to see,

you might lean over to see it.

We also use lean over when we're talking about if

you're sitting beside someone, like at a theater, you might

want to lean over to ask them a question.

So if you're tired, you can lean on the railing.

If there's something exciting below, you can

lean over to have a look.

And if you're wanting to talk to someone, you

can lean over and ask them a question.

So if you've ever gone and watched a play, at the end

of the play, the actors will come out and they will bow.

Men and women often bow at the end

of a play to show that they appreciate

the applause that the audience is giving.

But men and women bow.

But generally only women will curtsy.

I don't even really know how to do it.

I think if you have a dress on, you take the sides

of the dress and you cross your legs and you do this.

It's the same as bowing, except for women.

So men and women will bow to show their appreciation.

And women, usually women wearing a dress, will

curtsy at the end of a performance.

Oh, this lesson's taking quite a while

and I'm getting a little bit tired.

I might just lie on these bales

for a while and have a nap.

I might just lie down here and sleep for a bit.

That's going to be a little boring for you

to watch, so maybe that's not such a great

idea, but those would be the verbs we would

use to talk about what I'm doing now.

I can lie on these bales.

Or I can lie down on these bales.

Let's talk a little bit about standing.

You can stand with your hands in your pockets.

Maybe you're just casually waiting for the

train and you're in a good mood

and this is really relaxing for you.

You might put your hands in your pockets.

You can also put your hands in your back pockets.

Or you can of course, just

put your hands in your pockets.

Or maybe you're feeling a little more serious.

You might stand with your arms folded.

Maybe you're thinking deep thoughts about

something and you're not very happy.

You might stand with your arms folded.

It doesn't always mean that the person is angry

or serious, but usually when I see someone with

their arms folded, they don't seem very happy.

You can also stand with your hands on your hips.

Maybe you're just comfortable doing this.

This, for me is a very comfortable way to stand.

Sometimes you stand with your hands on your hips.

Or you might stand with your hands behind your back.

You might have your hands folded.

Or you might just hold one hand with the other hand.

And you might just stand with

your hands behind your back.

Okay, this is the part I think you've been waiting for.

I'm going to do a handstand against this wall.

A handstand is when you go up in the air.

I don't think I'm going to be able to do it.

I don't think I'm strong enough anymore.

But a handstand is when you stand on your hands.

And then I think you can

guess what a headstand is, right?

Should I try to do a headstand?

At least let me try and do that.

Ah, that was a little bit hard, too.

I didn't hurt myself, but I at

least attempted a handstand and a headstand.

So once again, a handstand is when you go upside

down and you're on your hands, and a headstand is

when you go upside down and you're on your head.

Well, hey, thanks for watching this

English lesson about different body positions

on this incredibly windy day.

I'm glad that my camera didn't blow away, and I'm

glad I didn't hurt myself trying to do a handstand.

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