In this video, we look at a simple concept for adjusting the abdominal region in a way that will properly stretch the fascia of both the front and back of the body. Features images and ideas from Jeando Masoero. I offer lessons in the Initial Alexander Technique, which are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to help you gain conscious control over how you move your body. Most people have no idea what they’re doing with their body, and as they misuse their body, they end up with discomfort, pain, and other issues that they may not even realize are caused by what they’re doing to themselves. But how do you figure out what you’re doing wrong? And how do you change what you're doing and overcome lifelong habits? In an Initial Alexander Technique lesson, you will record yourself through Zoom, so you will be able to see and understand what you are doing when you stand, sit, walk, and perform other simple gestures. With the assistance of your teacher, you will come to understand how you are misusing the mechanisms of your body, and you will gain the ability to choose to use yourself in a more sensible way. You can learn how to use your body without pain. You can break free from long held habits. All you need is a system that works. For more information or to book a lesson, please visit my website: mechanicsofpoise.com/ You can contact me at: Delsartelessons@protonmail.com "For instance, though it may not be possible to control directly each separate part of the abdominal viscera, we can control directly the muscles of the abdominal wall which encloses the viscera, and in reducing a protruding abdomen we can control many other muscles, notably those of the back, which when they are properly employed and co-ordinated will, by widening and altering the shape of the back, make place for the protruded stomach, allow it to occupy the natural position from which it has been ousted, and so give free play once more to the natural functions of the viscera that have been distorted and pinched by the forced positions they have had to assume." F.M. Alexander
Since I started dancing as in moving my whole body in fluid movements to music I noticed how connected everything is. By doing this I gained understanding of how my body is supposed to feel. Great video
i've been starving myself and doing ab workouts for years bc i thought i was fat/my lower abdomen always stuck out. I just tried reorienting my pelvis and ribcage like this while extending my back as long as possible. flat stomach. can even see a little definition. this is amazing. daily life has given me muscle pain since middle school (coincidentally(?) that's when i got braces) but this seems like it could make a difference.
Your videos are so awesome for someone like me who's been going to the gym regularly for the past year but was stopped by a herniated disc.. I did a lot of rowing,bench press,leg extensions and now that I've been sedentary for a month recovering I got some many problems popping out: - a weird feeling in my kneecap (constantly need to pop it, grinding and pain at the front and inside when going down stairs or jumping) suspecting tightened quads and patella maltracking (didn't have that at all before) - constant dull ache between my shoulder blades around mid back that lessens when stretching pecs but comes back 20-30 min later -my ankles lost a lot of mobility so fast it's crazy
this is a great resource but don't stop here, there is much more to it than only the whole body systematic physical mechanics, Neil Hallinan will give you a hint. Now I'm not only focusing on body, posture, breathing but also on other important factors as sleep quality, mindset (nonmechanical stress and tightness sources), body balance, improving eyesight (including lutein and zeaxanthin) , sense of rhythm and hearing tones, plus real relaxation technics (sympathetic and parasympathetic to work and when should). Welcome to the rabbit hole
@@szymonbaranowski8184 eyesight is one rabbit hole I didn't bother going into,my myopia has been steadily evolving because of my long screen time (I'm a programmer) do you have any good ressources to get back some of my eye sight?
@szymonbaranowski8184 I'm looking forward to his breathing video, I think Alexander had a similar method to Carl Stough, on how once the body is put in its proper configuration it will just happen automatically thanks to the diaphram. There should be no sucking in of the air and the only focus should be on a full exhale as an inhale will be an automatic response after a full exhale. I feel like this what is what puts the sympathetic and parasympathetic into it's true state. I feel that it should also be out of our control and we shouldn't be hijacking the autonomic nervous system as it could cause problems.
Could you do a single and extended step by step version of this with individual ques that need to be validated visually and tips on Activation/feel per step? Id happily pay!! Edit; also for variated situations like when sitting at dinner table, or at office desk/chair and such, how to become comfortable in this position and so on. The awesome information is now spread over a few videos. I can tell how sticking out floating ribs are a reault of the bad posture this corrects, but how about the caved in chest?
I hope you can understand different people have different problems. So while I can speak about the common, core issues that most people face, and I can to some degree point out various different issues people might have, it’s not really possible for me to give a specific series of directions that will apply to everyone. I give lessons in this system, and different people react to directions in different ways, they also come to different stumbling blocks. If you’re really looking for personalized advice, you may want to try out taking a lesson, as that will be tailored to your specific problems. I try to do the best I can to get ideas across accurately and effectively through video, but there are definite limitations.
I'm halfway through the entire series. is it enough to consciously adjust your bones to develop new habits? I don't think you've mentioned how long before you can expect to see results
I will be doing some follow up on mewing and am hoping to put together a bigger project on the use of the mandible somewhat soon, but there is not going to be a specific alternative to mewing. A major point I made in the last video on mewing was that the problem is not localized to the mouth, and so the solution is to address the whole body not just the mouth. In a sense, the entire channel is talking about the alternative to mewing, which is to address the entire body and get the fascia working properly.
Stu mcgills research has shown that this is not the proper way to brace the core. His research has shown that core bracing through your oblique and not sucking in your navel allows for much heavier lifts and more efficient movement patterns. This is the way high level powerlifters brace their core.
@jickfincter From my understanding you’re not sucking in your navel, you’re correcting anterior pelvic tilt. In my experience following his suggestions I don’t have to suck in at the stomach. I consciously keep my pelvis straight, not tilted forward as I normally did prior and it produces a similar effect to sucking in at the stomach without the effort from my ab muscles.
It depends what you mean by forward head posture. Most people who have forward head posture in the colloquial sense do not have good posture. The general pattern that is seen in such people is a hollowed lower back and lowered head, neither of which lines up with what I say. But I do believe that the head should be forward and up relative to the torso and that the ear should be more or less lined up over the sternum.
Thx for the content ❤ Can you make a video about fixing crowded teeth i am 17 years old and i have crowded teeth and if my wisdom teeth came out i will be doomed😢
I don't understand how you are supposed to lift your whole ribcage. How is it anatomically possible, since you can't really increase the distance between your vertebras, and the ribs connect to them?
Most people are drooping their ribcage down which inappropriately bends the spine and can even crunch the veterbrae together. Lifting the ribcage will change the spine.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 I still don't understand what you mean by lifting the ribcage. I can rotate it in different ways, but that doesn't seem to lift it. Or I can try to straighten my back in different ways, but it doesn't seem to lift the ribcage as a whole either.
I don’t recommend conventional exercises on this channel. It’s more helpful to change your underlying habits of movement that you use every moment of every day than to do some specific exercises for a portion of the day. But feel free to apply these ideas while you engage in conventional exercises if you’d like.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 for that don't agree. Exercises are not just targetting the matter, they are also targeting the information part of it, the wiring and the control, resuting in a re-pprogramming. Those are of course different from strength exercises. Also, how would you get your fascia working if they are unordered and stuck together?
Bro when it comes to moving the head forward and up.... What kind of feelings should we be feeling 1. Should we feel a sort of emptiness in our head and throat. Or 2. Should we feel the "muscles" pulling under the chin. If the answer is muscles pulling, then how are we supposed to maintain this throughout the day, because it feels tiring
I would not think about moving the head forward and up here, you really need the whole upper torso to go forward and up. That will move the head, you don’t need to move the head itself. The teeth should be touching. This will feel tiring at first because you’re going up against your habits. As you get the fascia working properly, it will provide you with leverage you don’t currently have. So it will get easier over time, not even cause the muscles will strengthen, but because the fascia will be helping you in way that it can’t when it’s slack.
@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 Bro I've been trying to correct my torso That is to pull the lower ribs and lower sternum back and up But there's this thing i saw online called pectus excavatum. Won't this movement cause this deformed sternum? Or is this pectus excavatum just genetics?
In your description, the tall, narrow X requires a lengthening, not a "working" = contracting. Such the main problems are : inflexible, unordered and shortened fascia, weak ransversus abdominis, obliques and rectus abd, all adding up anterior pelvic tilt. One may add weak serratus and intercostal muscles.... But saying that fascia ned to work, while they should lengthen, makes no sense
Fascia is not like muscle, it doesn’t “work” at all. It functions by being made taut - which is done by moving bones. Muscles can work while lengthening, it’s called a lengthening contraction. While we generally want lengthening and widening, we don’t always lengthening and widening. Where there is too much widening and lengthening, we do not want more.
When keeping my abdomen pulled back when lying down, it seems to pull my feet up horizontally and my ankles start to ache, like my feet are counter reacting or just causing a reaction to my feet, any idea what this could be? Should I counter react by pulling my feet downwards keeping them vertical or let them come up to the horizontal axis they are being pulled to?
OK. What not to do. Thank you. So what to do? You keep mentioning a gesture. What gesture? Instructions on what movement to make would be helpful instead. Instructions unclear or missing.
In this video, we look at a simple concept for adjusting the abdominal region in a way that will properly stretch the fascia of both the front and back of the body.
Features images and ideas from Jeando Masoero.
I offer lessons in the Initial Alexander Technique, which are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to help you gain conscious control over how you move your body. Most people have no idea what they’re doing with their body, and as they misuse their body, they end up with discomfort, pain, and other issues that they may not even realize are caused by what they’re doing to themselves. But how do you figure out what you’re doing wrong? And how do you change what you're doing and overcome lifelong habits?
In an Initial Alexander Technique lesson, you will record yourself through Zoom, so you will be able to see and understand what you are doing when you stand, sit, walk, and perform other simple gestures. With the assistance of your teacher, you will come to understand how you are misusing the mechanisms of your body, and you will gain the ability to choose to use yourself in a more sensible way. You can learn how to use your body without pain. You can break free from long held habits. All you need is a system that works.
For more information or to book a lesson, please visit my website: mechanicsofpoise.com/
You can contact me at: Delsartelessons@protonmail.com
"For instance, though it may not be possible to control directly each separate part of the abdominal viscera, we can control directly the muscles of the abdominal wall which encloses the viscera, and in reducing a protruding abdomen we can control many other muscles, notably those of the back, which when they are properly employed and co-ordinated will, by widening and altering the shape of the back, make place for the protruded stomach, allow it to occupy the natural position from which it has been ousted, and so give free play once more to the natural functions of the viscera that have been distorted and pinched by the forced positions they have had to assume."
F.M. Alexander
I am so happy I found this channel.
Since I started dancing as in moving my whole body in fluid movements to music I noticed how connected everything is. By doing this I gained understanding of how my body is supposed to feel. Great video
i've been starving myself and doing ab workouts for years bc i thought i was fat/my lower abdomen always stuck out. I just tried reorienting my pelvis and ribcage like this while extending my back as long as possible. flat stomach. can even see a little definition. this is amazing. daily life has given me muscle pain since middle school (coincidentally(?) that's when i got braces) but this seems like it could make a difference.
This is the most interesting channel I have seen
How much longer until the breathing video? I’m getting light headed over here…
I improved my posture by training and this makes sense to me.
I focused mostly on improving my core. I train only at home.
Your videos are so awesome for someone like me who's been going to the gym regularly for the past year but was stopped by a herniated disc..
I did a lot of rowing,bench press,leg extensions and now that I've been sedentary for a month recovering I got some many problems popping out:
- a weird feeling in my kneecap (constantly need to pop it, grinding and pain at the front and inside when going down stairs or jumping) suspecting tightened quads and patella maltracking (didn't have that at all before)
- constant dull ache between my shoulder blades around mid back that lessens when stretching pecs but comes back 20-30 min later
-my ankles lost a lot of mobility so fast it's crazy
this is a great resource but don't stop here, there is much more to it than only the whole body systematic physical mechanics,
Neil Hallinan will give you a hint.
Now I'm not only focusing on body, posture, breathing but also on other important factors as sleep quality, mindset (nonmechanical stress and tightness sources), body balance, improving eyesight (including lutein and zeaxanthin) , sense of rhythm and hearing tones, plus real relaxation technics (sympathetic and parasympathetic to work and when should).
Welcome to the rabbit hole
@@szymonbaranowski8184 eyesight is one rabbit hole I didn't bother going into,my myopia has been steadily evolving because of my long screen time (I'm a programmer) do you have any good ressources to get back some of my eye sight?
@szymonbaranowski8184 I'm looking forward to his breathing video, I think Alexander had a similar method to Carl Stough, on how once the body is put in its proper configuration it will just happen automatically thanks to the diaphram. There should be no sucking in of the air and the only focus should be on a full exhale as an inhale will be an automatic response after a full exhale. I feel like this what is what puts the sympathetic and parasympathetic into it's true state. I feel that it should also be out of our control and we shouldn't be hijacking the autonomic nervous system as it could cause problems.
Could you do a single and extended step by step version of this with individual ques that need to be validated visually and tips on Activation/feel per step? Id happily pay!! Edit; also for variated situations like when sitting at dinner table, or at office desk/chair and such, how to become comfortable in this position and so on. The awesome information is now spread over a few videos. I can tell how sticking out floating ribs are a reault of the bad posture this corrects, but how about the caved in chest?
No that hurts his bottom line. Just the nature of the business
I hope you can understand different people have different problems. So while I can speak about the common, core issues that most people face, and I can to some degree point out various different issues people might have, it’s not really possible for me to give a specific series of directions that will apply to everyone. I give lessons in this system, and different people react to directions in different ways, they also come to different stumbling blocks. If you’re really looking for personalized advice, you may want to try out taking a lesson, as that will be tailored to your specific problems.
I try to do the best I can to get ideas across accurately and effectively through video, but there are definite limitations.
I'm halfway through the entire series. is it enough to consciously adjust your bones to develop new habits?
I don't think you've mentioned how long before you can expect to see results
Hi, is cycling a good sport that helps to correct posture? i feel on the bike that my back is stretched to the maximum.
Please a video on biotensegrity principles for the human body
Yup this is what the creator essentially referenced without using the word.
When’s the mewing alternative video gonna come out bro?
I will be doing some follow up on mewing and am hoping to put together a bigger project on the use of the mandible somewhat soon, but there is not going to be a specific alternative to mewing. A major point I made in the last video on mewing was that the problem is not localized to the mouth, and so the solution is to address the whole body not just the mouth. In a sense, the entire channel is talking about the alternative to mewing, which is to address the entire body and get the fascia working properly.
Eat chew meat 🍖
Another banger
Please make a video about thumb pulling
How to take lesson from jeandro himself?
so how do I get the correct X shape?
Take about whole body assymetry please
isnt it normal / optimal for your body to be asymmetrical?
Stu mcgills research has shown that this is not the proper way to brace the core. His research has shown that core bracing through your oblique and not sucking in your navel allows for much heavier lifts and more efficient movement patterns. This is the way high level powerlifters brace their core.
@jickfincter From my understanding you’re not sucking in your navel, you’re correcting anterior pelvic tilt. In my experience following his suggestions I don’t have to suck in at the stomach. I consciously keep my pelvis straight, not tilted forward as I normally did prior and it produces a similar effect to sucking in at the stomach without the effort from my ab muscles.
Hey sir, is forward head posture normal?
It depends what you mean by forward head posture. Most people who have forward head posture in the colloquial sense do not have good posture. The general pattern that is seen in such people is a hollowed lower back and lowered head, neither of which lines up with what I say. But I do believe that the head should be forward and up relative to the torso and that the ear should be more or less lined up over the sternum.
Thx for the content ❤
Can you make a video about fixing crowded teeth i am 17 years old and i have crowded teeth and if my wisdom teeth came out i will be doomed😢
Find a good dentist
Gold
Bro do a height and width series to gain maximum size
I don't understand how you are supposed to lift your whole ribcage. How is it anatomically possible, since you can't really increase the distance between your vertebras, and the ribs connect to them?
Most people are drooping their ribcage down which inappropriately bends the spine and can even crunch the veterbrae together. Lifting the ribcage will change the spine.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 I still don't understand what you mean by lifting the ribcage. I can rotate it in different ways, but that doesn't seem to lift it. Or I can try to straighten my back in different ways, but it doesn't seem to lift the ribcage as a whole either.
Any exercises?
I don’t recommend conventional exercises on this channel. It’s more helpful to change your underlying habits of movement that you use every moment of every day than to do some specific exercises for a portion of the day. But feel free to apply these ideas while you engage in conventional exercises if you’d like.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 for that don't agree. Exercises are not just targetting the matter, they are also targeting the information part of it, the wiring and the control, resuting in a re-pprogramming. Those are of course different from strength exercises.
Also, how would you get your fascia working if they are unordered and stuck together?
@monnoo8221 You're supposed to turn these adjustments into a posture it is not an exercise.
Bro when it comes to moving the head forward and up....
What kind of feelings should we be feeling
1. Should we feel a sort of emptiness in our head and throat.
Or
2. Should we feel the "muscles" pulling under the chin.
If the answer is muscles pulling, then how are we supposed to maintain this throughout the day, because it feels tiring
Should our teeth also be touching ?
I would not think about moving the head forward and up here, you really need the whole upper torso to go forward and up. That will move the head, you don’t need to move the head itself. The teeth should be touching.
This will feel tiring at first because you’re going up against your habits. As you get the fascia working properly, it will provide you with leverage you don’t currently have. So it will get easier over time, not even cause the muscles will strengthen, but because the fascia will be helping you in way that it can’t when it’s slack.
@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147
Bro I've been trying to correct my torso
That is to pull the lower ribs and lower sternum back and up
But there's this thing i saw online called pectus excavatum.
Won't this movement cause this deformed sternum?
Or is this pectus excavatum just genetics?
In your description, the tall, narrow X requires a lengthening, not a "working" = contracting.
Such the main problems are : inflexible, unordered and shortened fascia, weak ransversus abdominis, obliques and rectus abd, all adding up anterior pelvic tilt. One may add weak serratus and intercostal muscles.... But saying that fascia ned to work, while they should lengthen, makes no sense
Fascia is not like muscle, it doesn’t “work” at all. It functions by being made taut - which is done by moving bones.
Muscles can work while lengthening, it’s called a lengthening contraction. While we generally want lengthening and widening, we don’t always lengthening and widening. Where there is too much widening and lengthening, we do not want more.
When keeping my abdomen pulled back when lying down, it seems to pull my feet up horizontally and my ankles start to ache, like my feet are counter reacting or just causing a reaction to my feet, any idea what this could be? Should I counter react by pulling my feet downwards keeping them vertical or let them come up to the horizontal axis they are being pulled to?
OK. What not to do. Thank you. So what to do? You keep mentioning a gesture. What gesture? Instructions on what movement to make would be helpful instead. Instructions unclear or missing.
HOW to move your rib cage up? You speak so much of what not to do, so much of "if you do it right", but so little of how to abc do the right moves.