Baseline & The Basics - The C5 Model Before you can read anyone accurately, you need a system—not guesswork, not checklists, not TikTok body-language myths. In this lesson, you’ll learn the five essential principles for interpreting behaviour using the C5 Model. Why people misread body language ❌ Most beginners jump straight into “gesture meanings.”But gestures only matter when you understand the person, the moment, and the pattern. Without structure, you get false reads, overthinking, and bad assumptions. The C5 Model fixes that. The 5 Elements of the C5 Model 1️⃣ Change Always compare behaviour to the person’s baseline.The meaning isn’t in the gesture, it’s in the shift. 2️⃣ Context Environment, situation, stress, weather, noise, who’s present all these shape behaviour before psychology ever does. 3️⃣ Clusters One cue means nothing.Three cues pointing the same direction?That’s data. 4️⃣ Culture Upbringing, neurotype, environment, language, and social norms change how people express themselves.Without this lens, you misread people instantly. 5️⃣ Checklist Only AFTER the first four filters do you assign meaning.Checklist LAST — never first. What this model gives you: ✔ Accurate baselines ✔ Context-grounded interpretation ✔ Freedom from guessing ✔ Protection from false assumptions ✔ A skill that works in the real world The Big Principle Body language is never analysed cue-by-cue. It’s always interpreted as part of a bigger picture. This is what separates beginners from profilers.

📅 DAY 1 — The One-Shoulder Lift Cue: One shoulder rises slightly.Meaning (ND-safe):Often a natural signal of uncertainty, thinking, or emotional processing. Activity: “See if you notice someone doing a small shoulder lift today — and nothing else. Just noticing.”

Cut Through the Mask You don’t need more information. You need repetition, confrontation, and embodiment. This 5-day challenge will help you stop performing and start transmitting presence. You’ll speak less, observe more, and begin disrupting the invisible contract that’s been keeping you small. Day 1 – Track the Contract Notice the moments today when you shrink, hesitate, or adjust yourself to feel safe. Ask: What unconscious agreement am I still obeying? Is it “Don’t speak your truth”? “Don’t be too much”? Write down 3 moments. That’s the contract in action. Day 2 – Anchor Before You Enter Before every conversation or room you enter, pause. Three breaths. Feel your spine. Say silently: “I don’t need to perform.” Now walk in. No show. No mask. Just signal. Day 3 – Speak One Thing Without Shrinking Today, name one truth — clearly and without a smile to soften it. No apology. No disclaimer. Let the words land without managing how they’re received. This is where real influence begins: truth without performance. Day 4 – Let Silence Do the Work When you’re tempted to fill space — don’t. When you’re asked something — pause before answering. When you feel nervous — stay still. Let your silence become the gravity in the room. You’re teaching the world how to listen to you. Day 5 – Walk Into the Room as the Frame Choose one room or interaction today. Before you step in, say: “I am not here to be chosen. I am here to calibrate the room.” Let your body lead. Say less. Feel more. Notice how the space adjusts to your presence — not your words. This week isn’t about adding. It’s about subtracting everything that isn’t real. And when the mask burns away, what’s left isn’t vulnerability. It’s undeniable influence — the kind people can feel before they hear it.

Open hands invite. Closed hands control. Hidden hands conceal. The hands don’t lie about how open you are to another person’s influence — or how much you want control of the space. Check: When were your hands giving away more than your words?

Morning behaviour Cue-Eyebrow Narrowing. The narrowing of the brow is typically associated with anger and is universally recognized as being connected to deep levels of concentration as well. You will usually see the cue before and during a person is being question and giving an answer and, depending on context, this can indicate a angered response to what is being said or happening. 1=Narrowing brow associated with anger 2=Narrowing brow associated with contemplation Remember context and cluster of cues before you make a decision that “This means That” Let me know your experiences and any questions in the comments