<h1 style="text-align: center;">Practical Dating Tips: 5 Easy Eye Contact Exercises</h1>
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<p>Eye contact with a woman is a powerful way of communicating with her and when used correctly, leaves a lasting impression.</p>
<p>Start by focusing on two parts:</p>
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<li><strong>Establishing eye contact with her</strong></li>
<li><strong>Maintaining the contact throughout the conversation.</strong></li>
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<p>Of course you'll want to practice eye contact on everyone, in everyday situations. More importantly, use it to focus when interacting with women. </p>
<p>It's intimidating, even scary at first, to look a woman straight in the eye when talking to her - but after a while, it gets interesting and eventually, sensual. </p>
<p>Yes, bedroom eyes. You want your eye contact to be relaxed yet intense. You burn with intensity below your gaze while allowing it to focus on her. </p>
<p>When you have it down, she'll feel it by opening up to you. She'll feel the intensity of your gaze and return it. The words will flow but more importantly is the vibe. </p>
<p>She might lean in closer to hear what you're saying, play with her hair or fidget a bit - those are the cues that you've got her attention:</p>
<h2>Relaxing Your Gaze</h2>
<p>Practice this is in conversation: make eye contact when you're talking with her, then relax and hold it. Don't glance away or fidget - stay still and hold eye contact both while you're talking (easier to do) and listening (harder to do). Relaxing your gaze is like staring at the sunset. You look at it, even admire it, without focusing too hard on it. For tips on natural conversation flow, see <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2020/10/26/connecting-with-women-through-conversation/" rel="dofollow">connecting with women through conversation</a>.</p>
<h2>Establishing Eye Contact First</h2>
<p>Catch a woman's eye by glancing over slowly and casually. I cannot emphasize this enough: snapping your head around to take a look or following her with your body language while she walks will cause her to not look at you. <a href="https://www.loveawake.com/free-online-dating/Canada/state-of-Ontario.html?page=82">Women want men who are discreet</a> and can look without drooling. With enough practice, she'll start looking back - or not. If she does not, it really does mean she's not interested. She might be busy or not in the mood. In that case, why bother? Look for the ones that are looking... for you. </p>
<h2>Feeling Her Gaze On You</h2>
<p>Sense with your peripheral vision, then feel with your intuition. Was her look a gaze, a stare, or a stare-down, and was it curious, cold, distant, fleeting, shy away, or intense? Women communicate with eye contact all the time. For deeper insight, check <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2025/05/23/7-activities-that-strengthen-first-date-connections/" rel="dofollow">7 activities that strengthen first date connections</a>. Also see advice on <a href="https://blog.loveawake.com/2020/03/20/10-helpful-tips-for-a-healthy-relationship/" rel="dofollow">10 helpful tips for a healthy relationship</a> to understand subtle cues better.</p>
<h2>Speaking With Your Eyes, Not Your Words</h2>
<p>Once you're comfortable holding and maintaining eye contact, think about ways to communicate with that eye contact. We communicate our state of mind with eye contact - whether we are excited, bored or drained, say after a full day at work. Be aware of the feeling you communicate with your look - <a href="https://www.loveawake.com/free-online-dating/Canada/Ontario/city-of-Ottawa.html?gender=female">single women are sensitive</a> and pick up on these subtle cues. An effective gaze is a mixture of both intensity and calmness. It is unwavering and steady, communicating power while having a calming effect. You are demonstrating to her strength through your stillness and confidence by maintaining your gaze.</p>
<p><strong>Action Steps:</strong></p>
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<li>Practice making relaxed, steady eye contact in everyday interactions.</li>
<li>Establish eye contact slowly and discreetly in social settings.</li>
<li>Interpret women’s gaze to gauge interest and engagement.</li>
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<p>Eye contact is not confusing at all but it does take practice and patience to develop. It takes some getting used to but the best part is that you can't mess up too much with it. After all, you're speaking with your eyes, not with your mouth.</p>
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