Commonly gestures are used in the handling of slaves, most being hand signals where no verbal command is given or necessary for a slave who has received training in Gorean customs.

NADU:  "He suddenly snapped his fingers and, in the swift double gesture of the Gorean Master, pointed to a place on the dirt floor before him, almost simultaneously turning his hand, spreading the first and index fingers, pointing downwards. I fled to him and knelt before him, my knees in the dirt, in the position of the pleasure slave, my head down, trembling." - p 143, Captive of Gor

HAIR:  "I held my left hand open, at my waist. She stiffened, and looked at me, angrily. I opened and closed my left hand once. I saw her training in Gorean customs had been thorough. But she never thought that such a gesture would be used to her. She came beside me, and a bit behind me, and, crouching, put her head down, deeply. I fastened my hand in her hair." - p 409, Beasts of Gor

HAIR:  "I then snapped my fingers and held my right hand, open, at my hip. Swiftly the girl rose to her feet and, half crouching, put her head by my hand. I fastened the fingers of my hand deeply and firmly in her red hair. She winced, and kissed at my thigh. I then, the goblet of paga in my left hand, her hair in my right, dragged her beside me, her slender chains rustling, to the nearest alcove." - p 59, Rogue of Gor

If a slave is in the service of a Free, and He snaps His fingers, without further motions, she goes to His feet and kneels. If she is at His feet already, she stands.

KNEEL/STAND: "I snapped my fingers. She knelt. I snapped my fingers again. She stood." - p 215, Fighting Slave of Gor

APPROACHING: "I snapped my fingers. `Yes Master,' she said. She approached the sound and knelt before me." - p 248, Fighting Slave of Gor

Bellying As a Slave: "`And if they should snap their fingers and point to the floor?' I asked. `Then I would swiftly lie before them, and as a slave,' she said." Rogue of Gor pg. 102

'What are you?'
'I am a slave girl.'
'What is a slave girl?'
'A girl who is owned.'
'Why do you wear a brand?'
'To show that I am owned.'
'Why do you wear a collar?'
'That men may know who owns me'
'What does a slave girl want more than anything?'
'To please men.'
'What are you?'
'I am a slave girl.'
'What do you want more than anything?'
'To please men.'
Assassin of Gor, p 197

“Lesha,” snapped the second officer to the blond girl. She spun from facing him, and lifted her chin, turning her head to the left, placing her wrists behind her, as though for snapping them into slave bracelets. “Nadu!” he snapped. She swiftly turned, facing him, and dropped to her knees. She knelt back on her heels, her back straight, her hands on her thighs, her head up, her knees wide. It was the position of the pleasure slave. “Sula, Kajira!” said the man. She slid her legs from under her and lay on her back, her hands at her sides, palms up. her legs open. “Bara, Kajira!” he said. She rolled quickly to her stomach, placing her wrists behind her, crossed, and crossing her ankles, ready to be bound. “She is a pretty thing,” said Ulafi, and turned away. “Yes,” I said. “Sula!” said the man. “Bara! Nadu! Lesha! Nadu! Bara! Sula! Nadu!” The girl was gasping. There were tears in her eyes, as she knelt on the deck. Once she had been struck when her transition between two of the movements had been insufficiently beautiful. Another time she had been struck when her response had been insufficiently prompt." Explorers

Refers to a slave being commanded to hold position, as though bound, hands clasping opposite wrists until she is released.

"She wore the `bonds of the master's will.' Grunt had put her in them. She could not rise to her feet. Yet there was not a rope or strap on her body. She was `bound by the master's will.' She could not move from this position unless, at the word of a free person, she was freed from it. To break the position otherwise is to be instantly slain." Blood Brothers of Gor pg 248

Har-ta: The command meaning, literally, "faster". I shouted to my tarn, in Gorean and in English. 'Har-ta! Har-ta! Faster! Faster!' Tarnsman of Gor pg 57

“Har-ta!” said Imnak to the girls. “Har-ta!” The expression ‘har-ta’ is Gorean. “Faster! Faster!” Beasts of Gor pg 191

"You may now yield, Lady Sheila," he said, "as you have begged, as a slave." "Thank you, Master!" I cried, and threw my head back elation and gratitude, and freed myself of feeling, and, as He mastered me, cried out my slave's submission to him." Kajira of Gor

'Then, after a time, at last, he permitted her her slave's yielding, and in it she cried out her slavery, and her submission to men, and, specifically, to he who was her master of the evening." Kajira of Gor

When this command is given, the slave runs toward her objective, taking short rapid steps, with her legs almost straight, her feet hardly leaving the floor. As she moves her back is straight, her head is turned to the left, and her arms are at her sides, her palms facing outward at a 45 degree angle to her body. Upon reaching her objective she drops gracefully to her knees and typically resumes the position of Nadu.

"I was amused, for she had run as a slave girl is sometimes taught to run, with rapid short steps, her legs almost straight, her feet scarcely leaving the ground, back straight, head turned to the left, arms at her sides, palms out at a forty-five degree angle, more of a dancer's motion than a true run." Assassin of Gor pg. 45

This is not technically a position but is definitely a command sometimes used for punishment. When ordered into this mode the slave stays on all fours, like an animal, and cannot speak or reach for things with her hands. she is kept quite definitely as only a mute pet much like any sleen would act. Sometimes the slave is even taught tricks she must learn without the help of verbal clues.

"In this form of slavery, which is commonly used for disciplinary purposes, or for the amusement of the Master, the woman is not permitted to arise from all fours; similarly she is not permitted human speech, though she may signify needs and desires by such means as cringing, and moaning and whimpering. Not permitted the use of her hands, save as a means of locomotion, she must also eat and drink from pans set on the floor, or, sometimes to satisfy her thirst, she must lap the water permitted to her from puddles or lick pillages from the tiles; too, it is no uncommon to chain her near her master's feet, while he dines, that he may, if he wishes, throw her scraps of food. She will also be taught tricks, through which paces she may be put for the entertainment of her master's guests, such things as begging, lying down, rolling over, and fetching his sandals in her teeth. And, needless to say, when her master wishes to use her sexually, it will be a position common to the she-quadruped." - p 225, Guardsman of Gor

When this command is given, the slave turns her head up to the Master, her lips pursed in a sensual kissing position. She remains motionless, her lips thusly puckered, and may not move until she is granted the kiss of a Master.

Similarly, I was not required to respond to certain sorts of commands, for example, to make "slave lips," pursing my lips for kissing, or to writhe slowly before my viewers." Kajira of Gor, p 224

"A girl who is commanded to make slave lips, or who receives the command, `Slave lips,' must form her mouth for kissing. She then, commonly, is not permitted to break this lips position until she kisses or is kissed. Needless to say, a girl cannot speak when her lips are in the unbroken, fully pursed slave lips position. The command which commonly follows the `Slave lips' command is, `Please me." Blood Brothers of Gor, p 11

Positioning of a slave by a stake, whereby a voice command is enough to have the slave belly and is not allowed to rise.

"When chained at a stake with this command the slave lies down and is not permitted to rise even to her knees." - p 386, Vagabonds of Gor