Communication comes in all types, but one of the most intriguing is non-verbal. At the November meeting of the Detroit chapter of American Women in Communications, face reader Lin Klaassen bridged that gap with a riveting presentation in her area of expertise.
As a foremost expert in the field, she has served as a jury consultant and business guide as well as provided workshops in many areas including relationships and her latest foray as poker authority. She has also been in demand by local broadcast and print media for her cogent and startling observations.
Providing key components of non-verbal revelations for women in various print and broadcast media, she took center stage at the Baldwin Theater in Royal Oak, also home to the Stagecrafters theater troop.
Klaassen enlivened the gathering that left attendees wanting more. She took the rapt audience through eyebrows, nostrils, foreheads, ears and mouth sizes as well as details like lip and hair thicknesses, explaining the associated scales of one to 10 and A to C as specifics behind the science.
“Facial features are components of cellular qualities,” said Klaassen, of St. Clair Shores. “The TSA uses it, and the info available provides a 92-percent accuracy in reading people. It is non-verbal and more accurate than body language and will definitely come in handy for journalists as well as many others.”
Klaassen has been at her craft for more than 20 years, having studied it during her own corporate career for three years before leaving to teach it. Based on the developed features of the face caused by use — or avoidance of use — of the 144 various muscles and 14 bones, a person can be read to have certain behaviors and abilities.
The version Klaassen adheres to is Western face reading, originating 3,000 years ago and extensively perfected in the 1930s by California judge Edward Jones and his colleagues. Jones noticed through many years on the bench the recurring characteristics of people in his courtroom, and was able to associate predictable personality types and behaviors as a result.
It also goes a long way, says Klaassen, to explain why some people are not suited for certain jobs. Begin with the eyebrows, she advises. They are the single most important feature to tell about their owner, and if you are seeking a self-made millionaire, look for someone with thick ones. However, those are also the people most prone to have insomnia and cardio-vascular disease, she adds.
Those with non-flared nostrils make the best team members, whereas widely flared ones like to work solo and are frequently also found in entrepreneurs. Moderate nostril owners are capable of taking charge, too, but can additionally work solo.
Weighing the importance and ease of face reading against other assessment barometers, such as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator — a measurement of people’s perceptions and decision-making based on the teachings of Carl Jung — Klaassen made the case for the handiness of her expertise. That is superior to having to study handwriting or other methods requiring a reciprocal arrangement from the person being analyzed.
“With face reading, you don’t need anything from the other person besides your own observations to make determinations,” she said.
Klaassen’s AWC presentation was preceded by that of Lesley Renee Braden, a local artist and actress and resident cast member of GO Comedy! Improv Theater in Ferndale. With a corporate background and nine years in non-profit work, she is also development director for Stagecrafters.
She shared the importance of thinking quickly on your feet and the value of improvising. Based on her background, Braden lauded taking risks as a means of adapting to change.
“It’s a bullies’ world,” she said. “There is a need to anticipate as a life skill. Be aware in the moment and use that to your advantage.”
Interested questions followed from attendees and a light supper preceded the evening’s presentations.
For more info on the AWC Detroit chapter, go to: http://www.womcomdetroit.org/ and to learn more about face reading or to register for a workshop, contact Lin Klaassen at http://www.facereadingbylin.com/.
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