If you want to learn how to feminize yourself, mastering your movements is a big part of your feminine image.
But what if you feel like you could use a little help in the “grace” department?
The good news is that there are some simple techniques for feminizing your body movements, whether you are a crossdresser or a transgender woman.
In this blog post, I’ll share 7 simple tips to make your gestures and overall deportment more graceful and feminine. Let’s get started!
1. Slow Down
It’s common to speed up your movements when you feel nervous or self-conscious. This can make you appear jerky and clumsy.
To look more poised, avoid rushed movements. Every move you make should be deliberate and precise. Take your time as you sit down, stand up, gesture, and reach for things.
2. Keep Your Knees Together And Your Elbows In
I’m sure you’ve heard this from Day 1, but it’s easy to let old habits slip in, especially if you spend most of your time in “guy mode.” That’s why it’s important to be mindful of keeping your knees together and your elbows in.
When you keep your knees together, you’ll exude that ladylike elegance, especially when sitting.
Why elbows in? Well, when your limbs are spread out all over the place, it’s easy to be clumsy. So, by keeping your elbows close to your body, you’ll instantly make your gestures more graceful. Simple as that!
3. Stretch Out
It’s impossible to move gracefully if you have a tense and tight body. That’s one reason why dancers spend so much time stretching.
You too should make stretching part of your normal routine – particularly before you present yourself as a woman. Here’s a 10 minute full-body stretching routine you can try:
4. Don’t Fidget
Fidgeting makes you look awkward and insecure, so avoid nervous movements like:
- Twirling your hair
- Biting your nails
- Shaking your leg
- Tapping your fingers
- Compulsively checking your phone
Instead, practice the art of graceful stillness! You will look confident and in control of yourself.
By the way, fidgeting isn’t the only body language mistake to avoid. See my post on 27 MTF Body Language Mistakes to Avoid for a Flawless Feminine Image to learn more.
5. Study Graceful Women
There’s a lot to be learned from studying poised, elegant women. Pay attention to the way they move and carry themselves in public.
See the video below for a fabulous example of the ever-graceful Marilyn Monroe. Notice how elegantly she sits and stands, how deliberate her gestures are, and how she never fails to keep her knees together.
6. Take Dance Classes
If you’re really serious about becoming a graceful, elegant woman, then I highly recommend taking dance classes. The grace and coordination you’ll learn through dancing will carry over into your day-to-day life.
Any type of dance class is helpful, be it belly dance, salsa, or ballet. If you’re shy about showing up for instruction en femme, take salsa classes in “male mode.” You’ll still get some awesome hip movement training!
7. Practice
Finally, remember that being graceful takes practice. I recommend practicing your movements and gestures in front of a mirror. Or, better yet, record a video of yourself so you can evaluate your movements objectively.
Here are some specific movements to practice:
- Sitting down
- Standing up
- Gesturing as you speak
- Greeting other people with a hand shake or air kiss
- Table manners
- Getting into and out of a car
What do your movements say about you?
You might not be able to change your height or the overall shape of your body, but the good news is that you have a lot of control over your body movements.
Use these 7 tips to become a more graceful, elegant woman!
Now I’d love to hear from YOU on this topic.
Do you struggle with your body movements or are you naturally graceful? Do you have any other feminine movement tips you can share with us?
Please leave your comments below!
Love,
Lucille
P.S. If you found these tips helpful, I have even more I’d LOVE to share with you!
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please tell if you consider that I apply the 7 Tips for Feminizing the Body Movements , in this picture
you look very elegant in you picture by the way what brand of hose are you wearing beautiful legs
Thank you I like the tips and have been using some naturally already.
I find that once I focus on some I later begin to do it much more naturally.
Hugs
Laura
I was taught a gentleman should stand when introduced to people, or when a lady approached. AS a lady, I have to consciously resist this engrained behavior!
Good point! 🙂
Those are excellent reminder of what we should be doing. I have one thing to add (and it might be part of dancing) is move your hips when walking. Place your feet in front of one another. Walk like a woman not John Wayne!
If you watch closely the famous “John Wayne walk”, he actually does swing his hips!
Jane Lee you are adorable! I always loved the movie Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly. This is my original outfit for Coming out as Stephanie for First Time Alone ( ladyfriend who took this photo was my “crutch” first time ever in Public a couple of months before – Stephanie was born Nov 2015 and she went out un public wirh this lady Spring 2016 ) but though I don’t smoke , always found a woman who smmoked like a lady and not a trucker soooooooo sexy!
Give me a light darling 🙂
XOXOXOXO
Stephanie
I loved that movie also. Of course I love Tiffany as well!
I loved that movie also. Of course I love Tiffany as well!
I think belly dance is a good one. I love it. The emphasis is on your hips. That’s the easy part and if you have trouble at first think of really exaggerating those hip movements. Belly dance is very special becaue a lot of the movements are done with you legs close together. Where I have problems personally is with stuff shoulders And when you start to do use you shoulders and try shimmies you really need to be loose there. I think all
This helps out femininity. It really Really grounds us with the earth. So much of Ballet and other dance is about being lifted up and can actually make you feel stiffer. If you like dance do belly dance, African dance, be really daring and take burlesque. By the way just mentioning there is a new series on Netflix about dance. It’s so amazing. Look at some of those really rooted dances. Look at the dances from Bali. I think dance can bring out our connection with the earth, movememt. It can loosen us up and make us feel more confident. It’s an awesome suggestion.
Other thing is when I am just dressed as my authentic self and I feel good I feel like I am naturally moving like a woman. That’s the biggest thing I am discovering. I’m not worrying about looking like a woman. I am a woman. Doesn’t matter how I look or how I am dressed. Of course that can hurt if you look in the mirror but try not to look all the time. Just try to be. It’s okay. It makes me so happy. I always thought something was wrong. I was always embarrassed and uncomfortable about what I thought was natural fun and wonderful. Finally I learned that it’s okay to just be myself. And as a woman I am graceful, flowing, at ease, quick thinking, not confused. I love everyone a lot more and I love myself a lot more. I’m a goddess.
I have been working on smoothing out my movements and being more graceful,but as a truck driver I take umbrage at the comment “Grace of a truck driver” Watch how we maneuver through traffic,or enter into tight spots and I believe your perceptions may change.With love and thanks for what you do for those of us in the community,Yours..Caren
About Take dance classes. It’s a very effective belly dance video for the beginners. I hope it helps. https://youtu.be/Z8qYYyKkFyg
I am a big dopey fat clumsy white guy. 🙁