I was wondering about posing with non models?

I think it is key to care for an atmosphere in which it is OK for the untrained model to make this sort of unusual poses which are looking good on a photograph. My main tool for "giving her permission" to pose so strange is, to do it myself. I show the model the desired poses by going into that poses myself. Of course I kinda look like an elephant compared to the model, but that is working to my advantage here. If the photographer is doing such strange poses, then the ice is broken and the model can do them also.