The first thing to do when you want to learn to walk like a woman is to get yourself to a nice area of your town or city, find a good coffee shop and sit where you can quietly observe how women walk. Watch and learn!
Walking is like handwriting - everybody has their own style. But you'll soon see that there are particular aspects that suggest what sort of personality the walker has - the upright stance and long stride of the confident, the shorter step of the timid. You may even be able to recognise people you know by their walk.
So while you are watching, think about your own personality, what you project and what you want to project. See if you can single out someone whose walk you find attractive and want to copy, then begin to practise walking as a woman.
How to shorten the stride
As a man you will tend to have a longer stride than a woman, so it is a good first step (sorry about the pun!) to learn to shorten your stride.
The easiest way to learn your new gait is by wearing a straight, narrow skirt to mid-calf that restricts your movements. You can wear it round the house while you practise, until you are ready to venture out.
If you like, you could make a training skirt.
Practise walking up and down your room, and you will find that the constraint of the movement will help you begin to walk from the hips. Let this come naturally - it may happen quickly or you may have to practise for some weeks.
Try walking to music to help you walk at a relaxed and even pace. Use something with a gentle to medium beat.
Once you get into the rhythm, allow your arms to gently relax from the elbow. Imagine that they are fixed in with a pin that allows the lower arm to swing more. Now watch as your arms begin to swing out slightly more than usual, as a woman's style of walking tends to be much looser than a man's. Now, shake your head and look ahead so you are standing upright and not stooping.
Keep doing this until it begins to feel natural. You only need 15 minutes a day to keep you in touch with your feminine walk.
Once you are beginning to feel more confident, you can go a stage further. In the expensive London finishing schools for young ladies in the 1950s, they taught the young women to walk well by getting them to walk with a pile of books on their heads - it's actually a brilliant idea! I use this technique today to help deportment. I get my clients to balance a Yellow Pages directory on their head and walk up and down. Try it wearing your training skirt. It helps to make you stand tall and straight, and to look ahead confidently.
You can also use the training skirt to practise sitting elegantly - something many women don't do! You need to get used to sitting with your legs together, angled at 45 degrees - very flattering - and also sitting with your legs crossed. Watch presenters on television for the best examples.