Alexander technique lesson with Diana Devitt-Dawson

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  • Опубліковано 23 лис 2024

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  • @thomasvleminckx
    @thomasvleminckx 2 роки тому +1172

    Did Gita ever get that law degree? Did she go flying along the beach? Did the liberation of the neck last? We need a sequel to answer these pressing questions.

    • @mooney228
      @mooney228 2 роки тому +151

      To what width did she finally 'soften and widen'? Ten feet?

    • @rickybobby6108
      @rickybobby6108 2 роки тому +10

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheMeJustMe75
      @TheMeJustMe75 2 роки тому

      She ended up boring through the top of her neck.

    • @fryman2861
      @fryman2861 2 роки тому +4

      🤣🤣

    • @clownworld-honk410
      @clownworld-honk410 2 роки тому +43

      I'd like to know if she still wears leggings that camouflage her background!

  • @krystalkryptonite2427
    @krystalkryptonite2427 5 років тому +2460

    The head, neck and back relationship has been
    J E O P A R D I S E D

    • @chickenpotpieare3things
      @chickenpotpieare3things 5 років тому +7

      Yes

    • @aesaehttr
      @aesaehttr 5 років тому +16

      Yes, very much.

    • @justkelly2
      @justkelly2 5 років тому +57

      Four point five kilos, that's a lot (shifty eyes, laughing nervously)

    • @kappnel
      @kappnel 4 роки тому +56

      Other videos have me believing that the head, neck, and back relationship has been
      E S T A B L I S H E D

    • @pooplavoi
      @pooplavoi 4 роки тому +9

      @@kappnel FAKE NEWS dammit!

  • @raymondjimenez3990
    @raymondjimenez3990 3 роки тому +2690

    I love that Diana created an account, posted this ONE video that has 4.2 million views and never posted another video. Legend.

    • @mollydunlap44
      @mollydunlap44 3 роки тому +216

      With all the money she received from this she has more time to work on her head,neck, and back relationship.

    • @nathanrichards5565
      @nathanrichards5565 3 роки тому +157

      I'd say that's a mic drop. But you and I know Diana wouldn't just let a mic drop.

    • @crixxxxxxxxx
      @crixxxxxxxxx 3 роки тому +104

      She even numbers this as Lesson 1, suggesting that more would follow.

    • @TheDavo10001
      @TheDavo10001 3 роки тому +125

      @@nathanrichards5565 no she would let the mic be free

    • @kps.77
      @kps.77 3 роки тому +98

      It's literally mic dropping moment, except Diana wouldn't just drop the mc, she would have lowered in a controlled motion whilst allowing it to still be free.

  • @zsdmrtzmrde
    @zsdmrtzmrde 3 роки тому +194

    The second video from Diana is the most anticipated video on UA-cam

  • @ruedwyer8510
    @ruedwyer8510 5 років тому +2637

    My new band is called "Gita"
    Our first album is called "Diana's Alexander"
    Song List:
    1)Just In Your Way
    2)The Little Guiding Orders
    3)You've got a Lovely Breath
    4)Crunch Goes the Head
    5)Neck Free
    6)Not My Old Way
    7) It Gives a Flow
    8)To Think... I've Not Seen You Before
    9)Going Into the Unknown/When we Come Along
    10)Do Me, Do Me

    • @katiel3284
      @katiel3284 5 років тому +129

      Rue Dwyer I just had to stifle uncontrollable laughter in the library reading this

    • @rodittis
      @rodittis 5 років тому +62

      Oh man “Neck Fred” is my favorite! A classic. I remember when the French Revolution first played it.

    • @sperrotta91
      @sperrotta91 5 років тому +10

      LOLLLLLLLLL.

    • @hurley999jb
      @hurley999jb 5 років тому +167

      Can the sophomore album be called “Effort-LESS?”

    • @perceptoshmegington3371
      @perceptoshmegington3371 5 років тому +65

      Number 8 could be a Smiths song

  • @craigburns5762
    @craigburns5762 6 років тому +5171

    “And Alexander clarified, “Allow the neck to be free,” and the neck was freed. And the people saw, and they rejoiced.
    “And on the seventh day, Alexander rested.”
    - ASMR, 16;32-34

    • @Jayfive276
      @Jayfive276 6 років тому +214

      Never forget that Alexander suffered for our sins.

    • @Squishito
      @Squishito 6 років тому +364

      He sat for our incorrect postures.

    • @charliebfanyu2998
      @charliebfanyu2998 6 років тому +12

      Craig Burns bahahhaha

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 6 років тому +31

      Alexander died for our sins

    • @40mincommute59
      @40mincommute59 6 років тому +47

      He's been pinned for future generations.

  • @SpicyDragonWings
    @SpicyDragonWings 4 роки тому +478

    The chair had a great supporting role

  • @garrettkato
    @garrettkato 10 місяців тому +176

    It’s been 8 long years waiting for the 2nd lesson.

    • @Jamie---
      @Jamie--- 4 місяці тому +7

      Just keep on following the lovely little guidelines

  • @footballgeorgiebest
    @footballgeorgiebest 5 років тому +1159

    ...and when Alexander first saw the beanbag he wept.

  • @pinklady5042
    @pinklady5042 5 років тому +949

    If you love your neck, set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was.

    • @spookyho5994
      @spookyho5994 4 роки тому +2

      Wise words

    • @comfym3850
      @comfym3850 4 роки тому

      😂

    • @lro001
      @lro001 4 роки тому

      🤣

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 4 роки тому

      😝

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters 4 роки тому +1

      If people did this with their rat dogs we would get rid of them all quickly.
      Just open that front door

  • @RealRobTaylor
    @RealRobTaylor 4 роки тому +906

    I really want those curtains to open to reveal a packed 20,000-seat arena.

    • @Cathrinite
      @Cathrinite 4 роки тому +62

      An arena dedicated to only the finest sitters. Where two battle it out to have the free-est neck and the straightest head, neck, back relationship.

    • @steflondon88
      @steflondon88 4 роки тому +7

      wow, your brain wanders haha

    • @jhamler1
      @jhamler1 4 роки тому +7

      @@Cathrinite Brilliant! I really do wanna see an Alexander Technique competition because without one I have no frame of reference! Shoulders softening and widening out literally mean nothing to me without competitive comparisons! And yet I've watched this vid at least 26 times already. go figure

    • @judgewade8619
      @judgewade8619 4 роки тому +5

      I love those curtains

    • @CarletonRutter
      @CarletonRutter 4 роки тому +4

      Either that or it’s on the Morecombe and Wise stage.

  • @leighannehoglund733
    @leighannehoglund733 3 роки тому +138

    After watching this video at least 550 times, my neck is now so free it’s running a meditation and interpretive dance workshop in Costa Rica.

    • @largegrape
      @largegrape 3 роки тому +12

      I've allowed mine to go off to Columbia and begin its drug cartel, and I dont even judge it

    • @ildikoedit9110
      @ildikoedit9110 2 місяці тому

      These comments make my day xDDDDDDDDDD

  • @Xenogeek2
    @Xenogeek2 4 роки тому +2852

    I've been watching this vid for 4 years and my torso is now 6 feet wide.

    • @Muzzer1984
      @Muzzer1984 4 роки тому +29

      Xenogeek2 how soft is it?

    • @Xenogeek2
      @Xenogeek2 4 роки тому +273

      @@Muzzer1984 Really soft. And my neck is so free that I haven't seen it in months.

    • @victoriafernandez7526
      @victoriafernandez7526 4 роки тому +72

      Have you gotten a lovely breath now?

    • @Xenogeek2
      @Xenogeek2 4 роки тому +33

      @@victoriafernandez7526 Many times.

    • @stargrl06
      @stargrl06 4 роки тому +57

      But is your spine lengthened? Otherwise it was all for naught.

  • @damdarch
    @damdarch 3 роки тому +386

    Geeta was fired as a lawyer because every time she had to rise for the judge it took her 20 minutes.

  • @tombowombo-
    @tombowombo- 4 роки тому +2072

    Boss: Why were you 15 minutes late to work?
    Me: I had to stand up

    • @elakefever214
      @elakefever214 4 роки тому +53

      I shit you not... I used this exact line with my boss a year ago and showed him the video as proof.. he understood..
      .. turns out he saw the same video and as an same person
      ... but also told me it’s not an excuse

    • @Gooner333333333
      @Gooner333333333 4 роки тому +4

      1 of the best comments ive seen

    • @politecat4236
      @politecat4236 4 роки тому +1

      Totally justified.

    • @elemental9538
      @elemental9538 4 роки тому +3

      Thanks dr nut

    • @ladolly1743
      @ladolly1743 4 роки тому

      #Dead 😵

  • @joaorenz7784
    @joaorenz7784 3 роки тому +173

    I swear this is one of the best comment sections in youtube, so many gems with its own seasonal jokes and memes, as lovely as those little guidelines.

    • @Alice_Walker
      @Alice_Walker 3 роки тому +3

      100%

    • @mooney228
      @mooney228 7 місяців тому +2

      It's been 8 long years and she has a torso 6 feet wide

  • @zkproof
    @zkproof 3 роки тому +161

    I don't always sit down, but when I do, I bend my knees quite quickly.

    • @that_colin_guy
      @that_colin_guy 6 місяців тому +5

      That's what I'd been doing wrong my whole life up until this point - I have been bending my knees too leisurely.

  • @michaelturner1806
    @michaelturner1806 5 років тому +1200

    *looks for other unintentional asmr. *
    *Goes back to Diana's Alexander Technique wishing I hadn't have wasted my f*****g time. *

    • @Irrelevant402
      @Irrelevant402 4 роки тому +15

      Did you try this one? The Kiehl one?
      ua-cam.com/video/cuVkTikow_o/v-deo.html

    • @GREYday59
      @GREYday59 4 роки тому +13

      I'm 7 months late but omg the esoteric healing one is the best. Look for old lady in blue button up. That one is up to par with this one imo.

    • @EdgeOfLight
      @EdgeOfLight 4 роки тому +6

      @@Irrelevant402 senpai 😭 teach me the ways of your asmr browsing jutsu

    • @falconsfan717
      @falconsfan717 4 роки тому +8

      Edge Of Light Jesus Christ you’re cringe. Shut the fuck up

    • @EdgeOfLight
      @EdgeOfLight 4 роки тому +25

      @@falconsfan717 and you're unnecessary mind your own ass

  • @stephaniesanders4824
    @stephaniesanders4824 5 років тому +847

    I don’t know if anyone else is out here but I watch this video every night. It’s been a few years and this is still my go to ASMR video to fall asleep to and the maker of it won’t even know it. I have this thing memorized.
    Thank you for allowing my neck to be free and my sleep to come fast ❤️

    • @My_Work_Here_is_Done..
      @My_Work_Here_is_Done.. 5 років тому +24

      I watch it every few weeks or so. And I think I know most of the dialogue as well now 😂😂

    • @deathmetalpotato
      @deathmetalpotato 5 років тому +2

      Stephanie Sanders same

    • @deathmetalpotato
      @deathmetalpotato 5 років тому +2

      Same

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 4 роки тому +1

      I watch it about every 6 months

    • @egd5588
      @egd5588 4 роки тому +2

      Stephanie Sanders are you me? Because same lol

  • @alison2649
    @alison2649 9 місяців тому +31

    The way Diana speaks! Her tone of voice,her deliberate choice of words,all of it- mesmerizing. 🙃Should I be embarrassed that I’ve fallen asleep to this video more times than I care to admit?☺️🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @AkiShiroi
    @AkiShiroi 6 років тому +712

    We are all melting here with only Diana's voice. Can you imagine what it must be like to be in Geeta's place and add all that light-touching while you listen to her? I've never been more jealous in my life.

    • @scottphillips3008
      @scottphillips3008 5 років тому +28

      Shiiii I’d be hard af

    • @my2jedi
      @my2jedi 5 років тому +37

      I think Geeta must be trying to either not fall asleep or not burst out laughing - I can't decide which.

    • @Major-fu6tr
      @Major-fu6tr 5 років тому +3

      @@scottphillips3008 Why??

    • @deathmetalpotato
      @deathmetalpotato 5 років тому +9

      Scott Phillips me too I’d be like “please milk me mommy”

    • @TheTuttle99
      @TheTuttle99 4 роки тому +16

      @@deathmetalpotato too far bro this isn't pornhub

  • @joe8446358
    @joe8446358 4 роки тому +384

    "I want you to think like a kite"
    Flaps around uncontrollably and then smashes into the ground.

  • @jackyblue-tv7561
    @jackyblue-tv7561 4 роки тому +605

    Okay, who's returning to this video for the millionth time?

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 4 роки тому +2

      I'ts my first....but seriously thinking to come back!!!!😉

    • @michaellong9799
      @michaellong9799 4 роки тому +6

      Every night before bed. Better than melatonin!

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 4 роки тому

      @@michaellong9799 Thanks for the advise!!!!😉

    • @S730SD
      @S730SD 4 роки тому +1

      Just the millionth, even? :)

    • @Tasmanbaynets
      @Tasmanbaynets 4 роки тому +1

      My torso is so wide now, but with such a lovely breath.
      Or it was until I bounced out of a chair :(

  • @darrenstillwell9007
    @darrenstillwell9007 6 місяців тому +28

    The genius of Diana. Only one video ever. Millions of views. Hasn’t felt the need to do another one. It’s like if the Beatles only recorded Strawberry Fields Forever’ and nothing else.

  • @keatonsmith5669
    @keatonsmith5669 4 роки тому +373

    This is the greatest comment section of all time.

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters 4 роки тому +1

      True story

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters 4 роки тому +1

      @Baby Yoda Up In This Mofo which is why you're here and found this random one, because it's so trash

    • @roymcdre9180
      @roymcdre9180 4 роки тому +6

      Yea, have to come back every few months to check tbh hahah

    • @ladolly1743
      @ladolly1743 4 роки тому

      Right ?!?!

    • @kjerstiva
      @kjerstiva 4 роки тому +2

      Can confirm, it really is the best

  • @aliciagreen5411
    @aliciagreen5411 3 роки тому +33

    I genuinely hope Diana is getting this ad revenue even though she's never reposted, and not just UA-cam. Diana deserves the few grand she's earned from just this one video.

  • @Sam-cr7ez
    @Sam-cr7ez 6 років тому +2343

    I got in touch with Diana to let her know about her success and asking about the possibility of more videos. She replied:
    Hello Sam,
    Thank you for your email.
    No, I had not realised my UA-cam video had reached 1 million hits. To be honest I don’t look to check.
    However, I have informed my Alexander teacher colleagues in UK and elsewhere of your suggestion.
    Meantime I am quiet baffled as to exactly why there is so much interest in my clip.
    Kind regards
    Diana Devitt-Dawson

    • @leighkalman4282
      @leighkalman4282 6 років тому +147

      Sam are you planning to follow up with her? If so please let us know what she says. It would be amazing to have more videos from her. Seriously I’d do at least $20 of Patreon support for her. Maybe $50. She’s hands down the best there is.

    • @Sam-cr7ez
      @Sam-cr7ez 6 років тому +112

      Leigh Kalman I have followed up now to make Diana aware of the opportunity and explaining a bit about ASMR. You never know! =)

    • @Fpockets
      @Fpockets 6 років тому +35

      Sam that’s awesome. I am glad she knows people have taken interest in her !

    • @drhouse7508
      @drhouse7508 6 років тому +27

      Sam well done mate! Any progress yet?

    • @scoutz0rs
      @scoutz0rs 6 років тому +74

      Sam is our hero.

  • @gloobark
    @gloobark 2 роки тому +77

    i remember when this video had under one million views. i then proceeded to watch it 4 million times

    • @cococornhuskyy
      @cococornhuskyy 10 місяців тому +1

      lol I'm responsible for about 2500 views 😅

  • @whiteheadluke
    @whiteheadluke 4 роки тому +270

    I spend too much of my day wondering if it really is alright if there’s a little bit of arms coming forward.

    • @vicklemiss
      @vicklemiss 4 роки тому +4

      Luke Whitehead 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @AlexRhodesMV
      @AlexRhodesMV 4 роки тому +2

      I literally LOL'd when I read that.

    • @comfym3850
      @comfym3850 4 роки тому

      😂

    • @Mamoka99
      @Mamoka99 4 роки тому +9

      I think we all know it's not

    • @brejkaz
      @brejkaz 4 роки тому +7

      @@Mamoka99 Because we have the guidelines, lovely little guidlines

  • @rebekahgomez9515
    @rebekahgomez9515 4 роки тому +265

    Sis gave us one golden video and then dipped with her check. Legend.

    • @violetbaudelaire7353
      @violetbaudelaire7353 3 роки тому +1

      @K R I was just dozing off and idly scrolling but your comment sent me 🤣🤣

    • @badrockxxx
      @badrockxxx 3 роки тому +3

      Like a true gangsta

    • @jackjones298
      @jackjones298 3 роки тому +12

      Apparently she's still teaching teachers and doing conferences in Sydney AU (if google is to be believed). She could make stupid bank just recording a few and putting out a Teacher's Series.

    • @jozina1
      @jozina1 3 роки тому +3

      As it stands right now I don't believe she has monetised her channel and or video.

    • @rodgerq
      @rodgerq 3 роки тому +3

      I'd pay for another.

  • @shubhangijoshimusic
    @shubhangijoshimusic 2 роки тому +197

    After about a thousand times of watching this video to sleep, it struck me today that Diana is using Alexander principles for her own posture the entire duration of the video! Even when she's bending to adjust Gita's posture, she doesn't break the holy head-neck-back Trinity! Mind. Blown.

    • @Supermatsch
      @Supermatsch Рік тому +4

      Yes, but why shouldn't she do so? She's an Alexander technique teacher, of course she's using the principles of that. :D

    • @lydiamc9933
      @lydiamc9933 Рік тому

      m.ua-cam.com/video/ppE7MPaimlI/v-deo.html&pp=iAQB

  • @gabrielmendozajr.1434
    @gabrielmendozajr.1434 4 роки тому +103

    Totally missed out on the opportunity to tell her, "Geeta, please have a Seata."

  • @MikeJones-jh5rp
    @MikeJones-jh5rp 5 років тому +468

    Come here for the asmr. End up laughing my ass off at the comments. Both are unexplainable to my wife

    • @MikeJones-jh5rp
      @MikeJones-jh5rp 4 роки тому +11

      @Zia Tomayo bah humbug

    • @davidjohn5455
      @davidjohn5455 4 роки тому +20

      @Zia Tomayo clearly you have not allowed the neck be free.

    • @jeremiahbaldwin5853
      @jeremiahbaldwin5853 4 роки тому +12

      I cannot tell you how exact your comment is to my situation haha

    • @alanna4858
      @alanna4858 4 роки тому +7

      Exact same! Inexplainable and I’ve tried but nobody gets how much they make me laugh.

    • @lancet.346
      @lancet.346 4 роки тому +1

      Same!

  • @erikjensen952
    @erikjensen952 6 років тому +948

    *sits down and stands up perfectly*
    well here is 50 things you did wrong

    • @jackdish6633
      @jackdish6633 5 років тому +2

      lolololol

    • @muadhfawwaz3116
      @muadhfawwaz3116 5 років тому +3

      Lmao

    • @drankydrank1
      @drankydrank1 5 років тому

      Lol

    • @asymsolutions
      @asymsolutions 5 років тому +4

      honestly, someone who does it near perfectly is what you want for instructional videos, it gives a reference for those who are pure "amateurs" but yet allows enough "mistakes" for you to break down the entire process so viewers can learn.

    • @samurai2k455
      @samurai2k455 5 років тому +8

      @Pine Barron Dude Alexander clarified that a little

  • @cashchico
    @cashchico 4 роки тому +452

    I heard she just stopped there to ask directions to the gym..

    • @brianpeterson3752
      @brianpeterson3752 4 роки тому +6

      cashchico lmao!!!!

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 4 роки тому +5

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @DEasy411
      @DEasy411 4 роки тому +27

      "You can't exercise without first freeing your neck; come, child"
      Her family is still looking for her. You're a monster, and I'm on to you, Diana!!!!

    • @bifstryker9738
      @bifstryker9738 4 роки тому +16

      She found herself in a strange room with a multicolored curtain in the background and a single wooden chair...

    • @kjerstiva
      @kjerstiva 4 роки тому +10

      Stuck in an endless cycle of standing up and sitting down

  • @glendygarcia1633
    @glendygarcia1633 2 роки тому +148

    Anybody!!!
    2022 and still watching this over and over again
    Love it.🙋

  • @DrumCoversFromHell
    @DrumCoversFromHell 4 роки тому +1806

    I accidentally allowed my torso to be free and my neck to widen. I am in intensive care.

  • @cincyrider
    @cincyrider 5 місяців тому +25

    This still relaxes me almost every night. Almost a decade

  • @SuperBlazeomatic
    @SuperBlazeomatic 5 років тому +665

    ASMR creators take notice. No gimmicks/tapping/tongue clicking etc. Just speaking naturally and great personal attention.

    • @lexiks1367
      @lexiks1367 3 роки тому +87

      Where tf did the awful tongue clicking come from ?

    • @t0raneko
      @t0raneko 3 роки тому +72

      Serously. Intentional asmr is bollacks

    • @justkelly2
      @justkelly2 2 роки тому +6

      Intentional clicking and tapping grates on me SO MUCH. Literally gives me the opposite of ASMR. This is so much better.
      You might like this old favorite, the original unintentional asmr ua-cam.com/video/UedaJPNGzoo/v-deo.html

    • @mollymeggs3246
      @mollymeggs3246 2 роки тому +5

      @@lexiks1367 I personally LOVE tongue clicking and mouth sounds lol

    • @stewheart
      @stewheart 2 роки тому +1

      and she's a bit nutty 😉

  • @apar1237
    @apar1237 2 роки тому +115

    6 years and it’s still the best. Every time I try to actually listen and apply what she’s teaching, I fall asleep! My neck will never be free lol😅

  • @Nicephore
    @Nicephore 7 років тому +551

    This is the best unintentional ASMR video on UA-cam.

    • @EMKAT261
      @EMKAT261 6 років тому +2

      Agreed.

    • @gaittr
      @gaittr 5 років тому +3

      Maybe, but every Bob Ross video is certainly a contender as well.

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 5 років тому +1

      Lita is good too

    • @NinjaTowTow
      @NinjaTowTow 5 років тому +5

      I suspect only I’m red in the face this time.

    • @themagpieswarble
      @themagpieswarble 5 років тому +1

      @@NinjaTowTow Excuse my sandwich breath

  • @MegaParker1981
    @MegaParker1981 5 років тому +470

    Who else watches this video hunched over their laptop like Quasimodo?

  • @Makreads
    @Makreads 2 роки тому +81

    6 years & I'm still come back to this regularly for relaxation.

    • @SB-ez3dw
      @SB-ez3dw 2 роки тому +1

      You must have a very free neck and lengthened torso.

    • @Makreads
      @Makreads 2 роки тому +4

      @@SB-ez3dw extremely relaxed

    • @EstebanJulianRamos
      @EstebanJulianRamos 2 роки тому +7

      6 years & I still come back to this regularly for the funny comments.

    • @milesmacdonald7867
      @milesmacdonald7867 2 роки тому +5

      Join the club.... It's my favourite ASMR... I have it on a loop 😁👍

  • @212Neek
    @212Neek 3 роки тому +41

    I have watched well over 20 hrs worth of this video . This lady has a special place in my heart I hope she is ok .

  • @rrchasco
    @rrchasco 8 місяців тому +19

    I love how there's 10.2K subscribers to this channel just for this video.

    • @My_Work_Here_is_Done..
      @My_Work_Here_is_Done.. 8 місяців тому +2

      It was always in the hope there’d be more..

    • @jennifergreiner7997
      @jennifergreiner7997 7 місяців тому +2

      I think I have been watching this for 5 years now. Still cannot figure out how any of this works. None of me feels free. But the comment section - chef’s kiss. If I’m having an awful day, it gives me the laugh I need.

  • @timfrench1136
    @timfrench1136 5 місяців тому +51

    2024?? Anyone still following the lovely little guidelines

    • @jennifergreiner7997
      @jennifergreiner7997 Місяць тому

      I still have no idea how we are freeing our necks - but my resolve to free my neck is greater than ever.

  • @plopperator
    @plopperator 7 років тому +426

    Lovely little guidelines.

  • @ampoliros071
    @ampoliros071 3 роки тому +84

    All I wanted was to ASMR myself to sleep. Then, like a fool, i started reading the comments...

  • @auntgeraldine
    @auntgeraldine Рік тому +122

    I find that one component of successful ASMR is that the person is very much themselves. I often feel mesmerized and tingly when I'm with people who are fully at ease with who they are, especially if the way they are is safely intimate, like Diana. Some people might feel uncomfortable with her gentle vulnerability, or even feel like they should laugh or mock. But Diana is so genuine that one could never really do that. Which leaves only the option of getting swept up in her intense belief in the seemingly wispy concept of the Alexander technique. Which is not at all to denigrate the technique. Quite the opposite, really. Diana is modeling the importance of something so slight being so very important. Maybe that's another good definition of ASMR. Making something as simple as standing up and sitting down the center of the universe for fifteen minutes.

    • @ModerateObserver
      @ModerateObserver Рік тому +5

      Great analysis

    • @swedishgirl2506
      @swedishgirl2506 4 місяці тому +1

      In all seriousness, though I am guffawing at the comments, I respect her dedication to this concept, of which I surely can improve.

    • @swedishgirl2506
      @swedishgirl2506 4 місяці тому

      In all seriousness, though I am guffawing at the comments, I respect her dedication to this concept, of which I surely can improve.

  • @celiaboyle7098
    @celiaboyle7098 Рік тому +65

    New York Times Magazine July 9, 2023 article calls this video the crown jewel of unintentional ASMR. :)

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters Рік тому +8

      They weren't wrong

    • @theboombody
      @theboombody 3 місяці тому +1

      When I first saw it I was like, "Man, this video is slow and long." Now it feels fast and short.

  • @LoopyLongplays
    @LoopyLongplays 4 роки тому +265

    Me: Standing in front of a chair for 15 mins
    My Friend: What are you doing?
    Me: Preparing my whole body to sit.

    • @lix5568
      @lix5568 4 роки тому +2

      This is the one 🤣🤣🤣

    • @LesleyHayes4
      @LesleyHayes4 3 роки тому +3

      This comment made me LOL for real

    • @Enoo-Wynn
      @Enoo-Wynn 3 роки тому

      @@LesleyHayes4 Me too!

    • @marys8626
      @marys8626 3 роки тому

      Just woke my husband up with laughing out loud at this 🤣

    • @kimberlyyost6028
      @kimberlyyost6028 9 місяців тому +1

      I can’t stop giggling

  • @psychonaught1
    @psychonaught1 4 роки тому +28

    I've watched this video well over a thousand times in all the years this has been posted...Still sit and stand like the hunchback of Notre Dame.

    • @Supermatsch
      @Supermatsch 4 роки тому

      Maybe you can't change your posture just by watching an Alexander technique video. It's nice for a first impression but you better take some real lessons. You need a person to correct you multiple times to get it in your mind.

  • @PontificusPinion
    @PontificusPinion 6 років тому +135

    Alexander revolutionized the sitting industry but no one noticed.

  • @glakhmed
    @glakhmed 4 роки тому +64

    I love how confident Gita looks as she first sits down. Then BAM...Diana crushes her soul and tells her she just jacked her neck up!

  • @snowball7829
    @snowball7829 5 років тому +58

    "quite quickly" love the aliteration

  • @saammiiee
    @saammiiee Місяць тому +7

    2024 and this is still the best ASMR video on UA-cam

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 4 роки тому +63

    "And then you have a lovely breath. By lovely breath I mean what Alexander called Sandwich. "

  • @lukash7619
    @lukash7619 4 роки тому +2581

    Watching this woman adjust the girl’s perfect seating position while I’m lying in bed like a paralyzed rain worm is my kind of irony

    • @shubhangijoshimusic
      @shubhangijoshimusic 4 роки тому +42

      I agree wholeheartedly with this comment

    • @yungbeanz0
      @yungbeanz0 4 роки тому +65

      im watching this with my soon-to-be hunchback of notre dame lookin ass slumped in my chair

    • @metri0n
      @metri0n 4 роки тому +59

      Are you at the computer quite a lot???

    • @yungbeanz0
      @yungbeanz0 4 роки тому +11

      @@metri0n as we speak yea i am

    • @metri0n
      @metri0n 4 роки тому +40

      @@yungbeanz0 not much reflection on perhaps how you're sitting, just getting in and getting what you have to do.... Done???

  • @XwhiteHat
    @XwhiteHat 5 років тому +513

    came for the ASMR , stayed for the hilarious comments

  • @gabbyelaine92
    @gabbyelaine92 3 місяці тому +70

    Anyone here is 2024? Still one of my favs!

  • @DarrenThornberry
    @DarrenThornberry 6 років тому +120

    I watch this daily for the voice. Today I youtubed "alexander technique" to see what else is out there and I found another one featuring actor William Hurt (not kidding), which was intriguing, but I immediately felt shame for cheating on this video. And now I'm back here where I belong.

    • @guccideltaco
      @guccideltaco 6 років тому +2

      Darren Thornberry That one, with Jane Kosminsky, is also ASMR gold. I have neck &upper back issues sometimes, so I found that video while looking into Alexander Technique. I stayed for the tingles.

    • @MissKilman
      @MissKilman 4 роки тому +1

      I watched that video, but it made me cringe so hard; he seemed so uncomfortable. That bit where she gives him a direction and asks if he can feel the difference, and you can clearly see him starting to say "no", then catching the microscopic cue from her and promptly changing his answer to "oh yes, completely different, 100%" was a particularly low point.

  • @LuvGarbo23
    @LuvGarbo23 7 років тому +343

    Ive watched this so many times for ASMR purposes, and a biproduct of watching it so much is that ive actually started paying attention to the "alexander technique" in my daily posture...

    • @lifeintechnicolorii4715
      @lifeintechnicolorii4715 7 років тому +13

      lol literally exact same thing happened to me

    • @Stewmade64
      @Stewmade64 7 років тому +4

      Suze haha, me too.

    • @Whiskeymike1229
      @Whiskeymike1229 7 років тому +26

      Suze I totally feel you lol I have terrible posture and I'm alaways leaning forward because I'm quite tall. Now when I catch myself I go through the "let neck be free, shoulders widen" in my head lol.

    • @LuvGarbo23
      @LuvGarbo23 7 років тому

      hahaha yup!

    • @nicolemurray449
      @nicolemurray449 7 років тому +3

      I would too except i can't make it now than 5 mins before falling asleep!

  • @jas3866
    @jas3866 4 роки тому +241

    Sometimes I watch this video all day long, terrible terrible

  • @joelreid8166
    @joelreid8166 4 роки тому +36

    They always say “never read the comments”...... SO wrong in this case, the comments are a gold mine of treasures that endlessly give giggles

  • @MrJafredderf
    @MrJafredderf 4 роки тому +147

    My neck is free...it wrote me last week from Cleveland, it's getting married and is working for a software company. Now the rest of my body is de.anding freedom.

  • @garrettkato833
    @garrettkato833 4 роки тому +134

    Should I stand? No... not my old way.

  • @gitarist25
    @gitarist25 7 років тому +180

    This is probably the best asmr video on UA-cam, and it is not even supposed to be one

    • @roymcdre9180
      @roymcdre9180 6 років тому +2

      Well.... it was an unintentional asmr vid first

    • @Reddog794
      @Reddog794 5 років тому +4

      This is head to head with Litas videos. What gives it "by a nose" is this is her only vid, and is unintended.

  • @psyguyorami
    @psyguyorami 2 місяці тому +3

    September 11th, 2024
    My scoliosis continues to trouble me. This video has not helped my scoliosis but has dramatically increased my chances of relaxation and sleep.

  • @Johnbartheart
    @Johnbartheart 5 років тому +447

    Anybody know what ever happened to Geeta?.. Wonder if she knows I have watched her sit and stand probably a 1000 times...

    • @janssenmccormick7824
      @janssenmccormick7824 5 років тому +193

      I imagine she finished law school in less time than it took to learn how to use a chair

    • @lik--
      @lik-- 5 років тому +40

      I heard that she got a tattoo of a kite.

    • @PeruvianTreeProductions
      @PeruvianTreeProductions 5 років тому +67

      She’s probably flying along the beach or wherever. In the law courts.

    • @kyle857
      @kyle857 4 роки тому

      @@janssenmccormick7824 lmao

    • @smitmi2007
      @smitmi2007 4 роки тому +1

      @@PeruvianTreeProductions far out man I'm cackling at this comment haha

  • @JT-vk3kg
    @JT-vk3kg 4 роки тому +145

    I've listened to this video 100 times. I still sit like an idiot.

    • @marys8626
      @marys8626 4 роки тому +5

      I sit like someone threw a bag of spuds at a chair

    • @TheTuttle99
      @TheTuttle99 4 роки тому +2

      @@marys8626 visceral imagery

  • @liv1363
    @liv1363 4 роки тому +546

    Hey you single? No I'm in a head neck back relationship .

    • @ownero1
      @ownero1 4 роки тому +10

      Underrated

    • @alanna4858
      @alanna4858 4 роки тому +6

      Outstanding patter my fren

    • @lesliepaprocki2368
      @lesliepaprocki2368 4 роки тому +6

      best comment. stopped scrolling. no higher quality to be found.

    • @smitmi2007
      @smitmi2007 4 роки тому +1

      I'm screaming

    • @roymcdre9180
      @roymcdre9180 4 роки тому +1

      Lmfaoooo excellent

  • @psps2034
    @psps2034 Рік тому +25

    Isnt it so fascinating how someone's voice has the same neural response in millions of people around the world? Clearly there is something in our brains which responds to something unexplainable in this woman's voice that we havnt tapped into yet .

  • @kathymarie762
    @kathymarie762 4 роки тому +56

    I can't believe it's been 4 years and I still watch this almost every day just to go to sleep.💜

    • @lydiamc9933
      @lydiamc9933 Рік тому

      m.ua-cam.com/video/ppE7MPaimlI/v-deo.html&pp=iAQB

  • @b_aleman
    @b_aleman 5 років тому +347

    Hey Gita, Do you remember that time you sat down and then stood up? Yeah you sucked at it.... love Diana

  • @TERRYBIGGENDEN
    @TERRYBIGGENDEN 6 років тому +142

    This lady's voice is exquisite. Both timbre and clarity. It's what used to be called 'educated Australian'-you hear it less and less now unfortunately. I hope she make more clips. :-)

    • @bellobordello3272
      @bellobordello3272 6 років тому +17

      She sounds to me like an Anglo South African who has lived in Australia for a long time....but you may be right. She does have that educated Australian pronunciation which can be found in older generations of Aussies who had private education.

    • @TERRYBIGGENDEN
      @TERRYBIGGENDEN 6 років тому +6

      You might be right as well. I remember so many people speaking like that in my younger days, and many used to be on the ABC. Either way I love hearing it again. :-)

    • @TERRYBIGGENDEN
      @TERRYBIGGENDEN 6 років тому +22

      I loked her biography up. Born in Tasmania. Teaches in Sydney. So she sounds rather like a South Australian as well. Fascinating.. :)

    • @cholulahotsauce6166
      @cholulahotsauce6166 6 років тому +3

      CRIKEY!

    • @jsmesoercy6436
      @jsmesoercy6436 5 років тому

      Only one I know is John Pilger and Barry Humphreys

  • @trizvanov
    @trizvanov 3 місяці тому +4

    This as well as Maria's towel folding have been my go-to videos for close to a decade, whenever I feel stressed and want to switch off.

  • @TheDJMeyer85
    @TheDJMeyer85 7 років тому +275

    Of course one of the best voices for ASMR only has one video :(

    • @snowball7829
      @snowball7829 6 років тому +1

      Daniel M ikr

    • @Emma-gs1zk
      @Emma-gs1zk 6 років тому +2

      Daniel M check out whispersred

    • @getasimbe
      @getasimbe 5 років тому +5

      @@Emma-gs1zk No

    • @lexi_maree
      @lexi_maree 5 років тому

      Daniel M 😩

    • @ashleyferrar5276
      @ashleyferrar5276 5 років тому

      Try John Dulake. He made 3 or 4 videos then disappeared but has the best ASMR voice in my opinion

  • @JesseColton
    @JesseColton 4 роки тому +256

    Diana's Greatest Hits:
    - We have the guidelines. Lovely little guidelines.
    - That links that. That links that.
    - It gives a flow to the whole being, up you go.
    - And Alexander clarified that
    - Terrible, terrible compression
    - And it's effort... less
    - No no, not my old habit
    - Let the neck be free
    - The head neck back relationship
    - You've got a lovely breath

    • @pasimurto6253
      @pasimurto6253 4 роки тому +5

      Great T-shirt Slogans!

    • @whothefislate
      @whothefislate 4 роки тому +26

      Are you at the computer quite a lot?

    • @ashleyhernandez7266
      @ashleyhernandez7266 4 роки тому +8

      Jesse Colton I’ve seen this video so many times I read all these things in her voice

    • @nrksbullet
      @nrksbullet 4 роки тому +11

      @@whothefislate when you're cycling, when you're cooking which is also what you enjoy I believe

    • @chloebaker7131
      @chloebaker7131 2 роки тому +2

      I've watched this so many times I know how she says every one of these.

  • @creatureencounters3897
    @creatureencounters3897 2 роки тому +20

    Watched this video on repeat for years. Now watching it to help with my actual posture as I've herniated neck disks and my neck surely needs freeing!

  • @movementwithtom
    @movementwithtom 15 днів тому +1

    Watched this video for years to fall asleep to.
    Diana’s teaching, the soothing atmosphere to help Gita FINALLY learn how to stand, and of course, the comments on this video 👏🏻
    A masterpiece.

  • @jamesharding322
    @jamesharding322 4 роки тому +66

    Beautiful voice, softly spoken, soft touching, unintentional, non-scripted. The best ASMR

  • @ogbass9818
    @ogbass9818 7 років тому +98

    My mother passed away when I was young so I listen to this and imagine that's what she'd sound like and it helps me fall sleep. I'm 24, I feel psychotic for admitting this lol

    • @archgirl
      @archgirl 6 років тому +2

      Zach Zach Like what? Taking a shower BEFORE taking a dump!? 😱

    • @summermorgan9836
      @summermorgan9836 5 років тому +13

      This is so pure 🥺

    • @fxjrulpzxi
      @fxjrulpzxi 4 роки тому +6

      You’re a sweetheart, God bless you and your mom. 💕

    • @BigBatts
      @BigBatts 3 роки тому +1

      How wide and free is your back, though? I think that’s the real wuestion

    • @CatherineMarianne
      @CatherineMarianne 2 роки тому +3

      That’s beautiful ❤️

  • @kerrisue5189
    @kerrisue5189 7 років тому +280

    Amazing ASMR voice! I must have watched this video 20 times just to hear this lady's voice!

    • @randy7068
      @randy7068 7 років тому +13

      Only 20? I've seen it like 100 times or more. Relaxes the fuck out of me.

    • @andreaa.9709
      @andreaa.9709 7 років тому +2

      Kerri Sue I watch it for asmr all the time too!!

    • @lik--
      @lik-- 7 років тому +1

      I must be at around 50 by now

    • @mdm3boi
      @mdm3boi 7 років тому +1

      Iv been watching it for 20 months i swear

    • @Frank_Ammerlaan
      @Frank_Ammerlaan 7 років тому +2

      I lost count. 😁 the technique itself is also helpful

  • @leighb8832
    @leighb8832 9 місяців тому +2

    I have been watching (more often just listing) this one for years. It relaxes me every time.

  • @swedishgirl2506
    @swedishgirl2506 7 років тому +673

    I think deep down we all want someone like her in our life.

    • @dash1141
      @dash1141 7 років тому +46

      swedish girl I want someone like you in mine

    • @larptm9083
      @larptm9083 6 років тому +19

      dash1141 WOAH

    • @cutienerdgirl
      @cutienerdgirl 6 років тому +13

      dash1141 _smooth_ 😉

    • @artcarbuncle9959
      @artcarbuncle9959 6 років тому +10

      Dash don't get no gash

    • @eirikmurito
      @eirikmurito 6 років тому +2

      i want something of me in yours. wink wink ;)

  • @robin_valk
    @robin_valk 4 роки тому +1592

    We just entered 2020, let’s use this year to allow our necks to be free

    • @thomasvleminckx
      @thomasvleminckx 4 роки тому +17

      I'll use it to fly along the beach.

    • @catherinebisset8870
      @catherinebisset8870 4 роки тому +130

      I was in Tesco last week and there was a guy wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words "effort-less"!!!! I just wasn't sure so passed him and muttered "let the neck be free" and he simply turned around and highfived- me 🤩😁

    • @lik--
      @lik-- 4 роки тому +4

      Catherine Bisset - 🎉

    • @oddcabbage
      @oddcabbage 4 роки тому +64

      I think we might be a bit preoccupied this year

    • @kaifrunzie1956
      @kaifrunzie1956 4 роки тому +19

      If we survive

  • @Thegreenjelousy
    @Thegreenjelousy 5 років тому +29

    So weird that there's only one video. I feel like she uploaded it then never came back to check it because she didn't think anyone would watch it.

    • @largegrape
      @largegrape 9 місяців тому

      I know I really want someone to contact her

  • @roysanderson7870
    @roysanderson7870 2 роки тому +8

    She has a very relaxing, calming voice, never fails to help me to drift off to sleep.

  • @augustynowicz1
    @augustynowicz1 6 років тому +27

    Im here for the 100 time... Nothing beats this, It makes me so sleepy and relaxed. I know the entire dialog by now!

  • @kateOwens79
    @kateOwens79 7 років тому +228

    I'm not interested in the technique, I'm just loving the way Diane speaks I could listen to her voice for hours so relaxing

    • @oysterstu4822
      @oysterstu4822 7 років тому +18

      Kate Rimmer can you imagine her narrating a book? I would sleep so soundly

    • @kateOwens79
      @kateOwens79 7 років тому

      Joel Zerr of

    • @kateOwens79
      @kateOwens79 7 років тому +3

      Absolutely I'd love it! So calming and satisfying lots of tingles haha

    • @randy7068
      @randy7068 7 років тому +1

      I have. ;)

    • @8KILLSTEP
      @8KILLSTEP 7 років тому

      Well your damn dumb so...

  • @shandonlasley975
    @shandonlasley975 4 роки тому +42

    I’m in month 11 of the Longest Year in Modern History, and the comments section of this video is the only thing that brings me any fekkin joy anymore. Bless you all 🙏

    • @emmagrace6396
      @emmagrace6396 3 роки тому +1

      We're in month 14 of 2020 now, we're still stuck in that year and it's not actually 2021

  • @Since-dy4rt
    @Since-dy4rt 2 роки тому +6

    All I want is this lovely woman to come back & drop 1 more video. That’s all I ask

  • @scottsmith7002
    @scottsmith7002 7 років тому +90

    Half of the views are from me hitting replay. I need help.

  • @SuperKlizzard
    @SuperKlizzard 7 років тому +429

    so......who else is watching this completely slumped over?

    • @guccideltaco
      @guccideltaco 7 років тому +8

      I've watched it a number of times, and at some point become aware that I'm all slouched over. In shame, I start trying to sit up straighter and "free my neck" automatically.

    • @AnthonyMonaghan
      @AnthonyMonaghan 7 років тому +2

      Horizontal coma brain meltdown

    • @JulioLopez-xz5kx
      @JulioLopez-xz5kx 5 років тому +10

      I'm watching this on all fours

    • @mattsoutback59
      @mattsoutback59 5 років тому +3

      I'm watching this whilst ducktaped to my ceiling

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp 5 років тому

      Slouching is fine its spine relaxing itself. Just dont do it all day long.

  • @Grace-es9fc
    @Grace-es9fc 4 роки тому +269

    Reading these comments I feel like I’m in some sort of cult worshipping this video. I’ve probably seen it 40 times myself!😂 Brothers and sisters, we shall allow! our! necks! TO BE FREE!!!

  • @hardcoreheaven4
    @hardcoreheaven4 Рік тому +7

    Excellent therapist. Another head, neck and back relationship saved.

  • @DarkFilmDirector
    @DarkFilmDirector 7 років тому +741

    *sits in chair perfectly* "The head-neck relationship was very much jeopardized there." Meanwhile, here I melt into my chair like a sack of potatoes.

    • @iansharp6843
      @iansharp6843 7 років тому +14

      I'm sitting here like a ball sack Harry sweaty but hey I'm fun to play with

    • @k.pacificnw02134
      @k.pacificnw02134 7 років тому +12

      Poor Diana...having to make a video lesson with a student with the world's best posture.

    • @dekudude8888
      @dekudude8888 5 років тому +1

      I literally meld into the shape of the chair

    • @samurai2k455
      @samurai2k455 5 років тому +1

      Well your head and neck relationship has been jeopardized then... well done

    • @livelykiwi7561
      @livelykiwi7561 5 років тому

      I didn't want to ruin the like ratio but I agree there

  • @winterfire3291
    @winterfire3291 5 років тому +13

    I've come back to this video sooo many times. Anyone else? 😍

    • @LW-qe8nk
      @LW-qe8nk 5 років тому +1

      Winter Fire same I think cos it's not fake she never intended it to be amsr

    • @johnnyblack4
      @johnnyblack4 5 років тому

      Yep

  • @justkelly2
    @justkelly2 4 роки тому +82

    Tbh the chair with its gentle creaking sounds is the unsung supporting cast member

  • @sandraantunanoperalta1876
    @sandraantunanoperalta1876 6 місяців тому +13

    This video was my everyday bread.
    Then it got a little worn for me .
    Now , the first ten seconds listening after a couple years, almost had me drooling