Please do one on running gait 🙏 Especially in regards to what the running coach Richard Diaz teaches (look him up on RUclips > Richard Diaz January 6, 2024). It’s like “walking on the spot whilst having a very minimal lean to use gravity to go forward”. I’ve also heard this called “the vertical hip strategy” of running gait (RUclips. > Efficient running using vertical hip strategy). I’m interested in your thoughts on this.
Hello man, thanks for all the informations, one question, I think I’ve kinda gotten the position right but I can feel a lot of tension in my neck and lower back I hope it will go away, also, I can feel more pressure on the maxilla when mewing so forward and up I think I’m on the right path
Getting coordinated lengthening movements going will often feel like it’s introducing tension into places where there was not tension before. Without observing you, I can’t say with certainty that is the case with where you’re at, but pulling muscles that have been habitually short into full length is uncomfortable at first. Anyone who does not feel some real stretch in coordinating the movements I describe is likely not going far enough or in the right direction. That said, the feeling sense or the feeling of tension is not the guide. Feelings can and do change, sometimes very quickly. What once felt like an enormous effort and stretch will come to feel casual and commonplace. You don’t want to aim to achieve a feeling of tension because that feeling might only be there at the beginning because you are going so counter to your habits. The way to see if you’re truly lengthening is with visual feedback from a webcam/camera or mirror.
That’s when you use your extended leg to kick the stick out of your way.🤣 What I’m describing here are ideal conditions for working to overcome habits walking through conscious control. There are obviously going to be situations where you have to bend your legs, or you have step to the side, or narrow your gait to walk through a narrow entrance. The point is not to say you shall never deviate from walking like this. But if you observe yourself, if you’re like most people, you will find you are massively bending your knee all the time to walk, even when there are not roots or sticks around. It’s tricky to overcome a habit you’ve used for decades, so to build up skill in keeping the torso lengthened, for instance, even while walking, we practice under near optimal conditions. Once you’ve gained proficiency there, you will be able to use some of the skills you’ve developed to deal with the unexpected tree root. But if you can’t help but shorten your back when walking even under good conditions, then it’s not gonna matter if there is or isn’t a tree root, you’ll be shortening either way.
I think it would be pretty difficult to manipulate the sphenoid bone separate from a broader adjustment to the head. If the sphenoid bone is out of place, it’s likely because unbalanced forces from the fascia and muscles are deforming the skull. It’s not the most exciting answer, but ultimately it’s going to to come back to organizing the torso and then getting the head more generally into the correct relative position. Then the muscles and fascia will apply forces that bring the sphenoid back to where it should be.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 thank u so much for the reply! :) where do u think is a good point to start watching your videos to improve my whole posture?
What can i practicallly do to start bettering my health. Watch all of the jean doe moesoro videos? Like i have no idea where to start or should i do the Alexander technique excercises?
Watching Masoero’s videos is certainly a good idea. If you have money to spend on lessons, getting lessons from an iAT teacher can accelerate your learning a lot. If you don’t, you need to get visual feedback on your own; using either a webcam/camera or mirror. I have various procedures you can work with in my series on the torso, legs, arms, neck/head (find these in the playlists). You need to start implementing directions to control and guide gestures, and the way to know if you’re succeeding or not is by checking with the visual feedback. Basic gestures that are good to practice with at the beginning are simply standing and sitting. Then you can move to leaning with the torso in sitting, then leaning and lowering the torso in standing, and going from standing to sitting and back again.
Can you explain how to turn pelvis back and up my upper torso is completely straight my upper sternum is forward and up and lower sternum back and up but I still have that curve on my back i find almost impossible to turn my pelvis back and up by keeping the centre of rotation down as said in the previous videos it just feels impossible and i just cant make it happen and when i try too hard my knees bend. It will very helpful if you give your shirtless photo so that I can get a better understanding of what a straight back looks like
To be clear, the back should only be straight up to the armpit line. Try sitting on a chair, put a stick against one of your iliacs so that the other end sticks out over your knee on the same side (let it rest on your thigh, but secure it with your hand). Pull the iliac back while you look at the stick. The stick should move back in space. You can also put your palm on your sacrum while standing. Use a mirror or camera for visual feedback. If your pelvis is angled, your hand should be angled. Point your fingers down so that they’re at the lower end of the sacrum. Your palm should be forward and your fingers back if your pelvis is angled. Pull the top of the sacrum (where your palm is) back faster than your lower sacrum (where your fingers are). Some people have a tough time getting the signal through to their pelvis to move, but these two procedures should help you see that it’s possible to rotate the pelvis in sitting or standing. The movement of the iliac and the sacrum both rotate the pelvis in the same direction.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 thank you but I didnt understand what you meant by armpit line it would be very helpful if you make a video show your shirltless side view. Your posture has almost changed my life im experiencing less pain but im skinny and while maintaining that posture i look weak and(like an alien) i still get a bit of hollowness in my back and it even takes a bit of height correct me if im doing wrong
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 Dude i want ask you something thats confusing me if your posture is correct then why do some of the most attractive people with great forward facial growth have that so called good posture where there is hollowness in back
@@MohdAbbas-ep9zx The armpit line can be found by placing a ruler or stick under your armpit. Make sure the stick is touching your torso and is horizontal. That is the armpit line. Trying to learn through videos is tough because you can’t get any direct feedback. I can’t see you, so I can’t see what you’re doing. If you don’t want to take lessons, then you need to record yourself with a webcam or camera, or at least use a mirror. If you’re losing height, you are probably allowing your ribcage to come down towards the pelvis. The sets of movements I describe are very much against people’s typical habits, so they are not easy to orchestrate, especially at first. I struggled with them for a considerable period when I started out, even with a great teacher (though I saw constant progress by using my directions and getting feedback). Seeing me without a shirt is not going to give you any additional information. You can see the orientation of the ribcage and pelvis in any reasonably fit clothes. If the directions or the model are unclear, study the videos and feel free to ask questions.
@@klaus_Poppe-ZZ It’s not a one-to-one that anyone who has a shortened back is going to have poor facial structure. You can find one person with poor posture who has terrible pain, while another person who displays a very similar posture has no pain whatsoever. Some people who shorten their back will have a very lifted chest, while others will have a sunken chest. So it could very well be that someone has poor posture, a well developed face, and some other problem you don’t see or haven’t noticed. Many people who want to get “forward facial growth” are people who have a noticeable problem where their face is, in a sense, deformed. My claim is that by correcting your posture you can eliminate that deformation and get yourself to a healthy baseline. If you go from having a weak chin to having a normal chin, that will tend to make you look better, but it won’t suddenly make you wildly attractive. Another thing to consider when you look at pictures of celebrities and the like is that many of them have had surgeries and other procedures done. They’re also in makeup. So just because they have an attractive face does not mean they got it naturally or that it is natural for their posture. Some people are lucky and they are simply more attractive than others. But the deformation of the face that causes one to be somewhat ugly is, in my view, clearly a result of the posture. I’ve seen it in myself and others that reorganizing the torso and head will change the shape the head and face, and take clear imperfections towards a more healthy appearance.
If you mean in walking, I can understand that. Walking is not the place to start. If you haven’t already done some real work in sitting and standing, try to maintain lengthening while walking will be difficult. If you’re looking for direct assistance, I do offer lessons done one on one over Zoom. Otherwise, you can look through some earlier videos and feel free to ask any questions that come up for you as you’re working.
The outside of the ilium (hip bone), the outside of the knee, and the outside of the foot should all line up. That will give you a squared off base. Your fist should fit between your big toes, and the outsides of your feet should be straight.
Pls continue this series this topic is so interesting and difficult I must admit. Also, I have been doing your exercises for over a month and I'm seeing great results, Thank you! I have a question to clarify: Do we need to raise the front leg on the phalange simultaneously as we move our back leg forward while walking?
I will certainly continue the series eventually. You don’t want to go on the phalanges, you want to go up on the forefoot (around the heads of the metatarsals). And yes, going up on the front foot provides the clearance you need for the back foot to swing forward without needing to lift it.
You want to greatly reduce the bending of the knees, but that's only really possible if you are also keeping your torso appropriately lengthened and widened. It will feel strange because most people have a very strong habit of bending the knees to walk (as that is necessary if you do not go up on the forefoot).
As a possible exploration of mis-use according to the gospel that 'length is the most important variable in posture and movement' this series has some potential. However, it's value as a model of walking is questionable at best and potentially damaging at worst. Take for example the exhortation to go up on the toes first in order to clear the foot from the ground in taking a step. This is offered as better than bending your knee..WHAT??? How much energy does it take to push your entire body weight up in the air with one foot as compared to letting your knee bend passively. Our forefathers and mothers would have died from malnutrition if they had walked around on their toes looking for food. And there maybe a reason why the heel bone is the biggest bone in the foot: could it be because it's designed to take out weight.. Bone gets thicker when it is loaded and humans are designed to conserve energy so good luck trying to overcome 7 million years of evolution learning a 'new' way to walk...
You’re failing to grasp that your fascia being taut vs limp has a huge impact on how much energy an action takes. If you’re walking around on limp fascia, I’m sure it would seem to you like a lot of work to go up on the toes, but it takes a tiny amount of energy to go slightly up onto your toes (which is all that is needed to walk) if you’re lengthening and not making your habitual shortening movements. Yes, the heel is designed to take a large amount of our weight. As F.M. Alexander said, the weight should chiefly go through the heel in standing. But that is not the same as striking with the heel forward of your body, which produces a backward force (contrary to forward walking), nor does that mean your heel should land on an angle, which is what happens when the forefoot is elevated. Further, walking in the typical way by bending the knee causes the torso to shorten and the weight of the body to fall forward onto the toes and even beyond the toes. Many people stand and walk with their midsection well over their toes - meaning they are not putting the weight through the heel. So you should have a problem with that if you think the weight should go through the heels. You also cannot “passively” bend your knee. You have to carry that leg, which is why most people shift their torso to the side over their supporting leg. That causes wear and tear that would not be there if you relied on your fascia to simply elevate the entire structure of the body small amount. But when you shorten to walk, you lose the support of your fascia and have to overwork your muscles. I understand why this would be confusing if you do not understand how fascia can provide leverage to the muscles so that they can do more with less input. If you’re thinking you have to get up slightly onto your toes by shortening and overusing the muscles, I can see why that would seem daunting, and shortening to shuffle along would seem easier. But shortening the torso and the fascia will leave in a trap that you don’t understand you can get out of, because you’re not aware of the help the fascia could provide if you simply made it work the way it's supposed to. You are then stuck with only shortening options, and in such a case, it very well may be best to bend the knees and carry the legs. If you lengthen the torso and the fascia, you will see how easy it is to lift your torso a small amount, and then bending and shortening to walk - that is losing a bunch of leverage - will seem illogical and pointless.
what about running posture? Is there any significant change for that?
Please do one on running gait 🙏 Especially in regards to what the running coach Richard Diaz teaches (look him up on RUclips > Richard Diaz January 6, 2024). It’s like “walking on the spot whilst having a very minimal lean to use gravity to go forward”. I’ve also heard this called “the vertical hip strategy” of running gait (RUclips. > Efficient running using vertical hip strategy). I’m interested in your thoughts on this.
Especially in comparison to this: ruclips.net/video/YzT9C0KfkBo/видео.htmlsi=dRk87Pcn7nV6SPGo
5:00 We actually do straight leg bounds as a drill for proper sprinting form so I think that's a good idea at least.
Hello man, thanks for all the informations, one question, I think I’ve kinda gotten the position right but I can feel a lot of tension in my neck and lower back I hope it will go away, also, I can feel more pressure on the maxilla when mewing so forward and up I think I’m on the right path
Getting coordinated lengthening movements going will often feel like it’s introducing tension into places where there was not tension before. Without observing you, I can’t say with certainty that is the case with where you’re at, but pulling muscles that have been habitually short into full length is uncomfortable at first. Anyone who does not feel some real stretch in coordinating the movements I describe is likely not going far enough or in the right direction.
That said, the feeling sense or the feeling of tension is not the guide. Feelings can and do change, sometimes very quickly. What once felt like an enormous effort and stretch will come to feel casual and commonplace. You don’t want to aim to achieve a feeling of tension because that feeling might only be there at the beginning because you are going so counter to your habits. The way to see if you’re truly lengthening is with visual feedback from a webcam/camera or mirror.
great
what about walking in a forest like that? Wouldn't we fall more easily due to roots and sticks on the ground ?
I also thought about this and elevation differences. When going up and down steep ground, you have to bend the knee
That’s when you use your extended leg to kick the stick out of your way.🤣
What I’m describing here are ideal conditions for working to overcome habits walking through conscious control. There are obviously going to be situations where you have to bend your legs, or you have step to the side, or narrow your gait to walk through a narrow entrance. The point is not to say you shall never deviate from walking like this. But if you observe yourself, if you’re like most people, you will find you are massively bending your knee all the time to walk, even when there are not roots or sticks around. It’s tricky to overcome a habit you’ve used for decades, so to build up skill in keeping the torso lengthened, for instance, even while walking, we practice under near optimal conditions.
Once you’ve gained proficiency there, you will be able to use some of the skills you’ve developed to deal with the unexpected tree root. But if you can’t help but shorten your back when walking even under good conditions, then it’s not gonna matter if there is or isn’t a tree root, you’ll be shortening either way.
Hi bro! Amazing videos and channel! I am now studying the playlist of arms. Could you make a video about the benefits of having a taut fascia? Thanks!
Thanks for your kind comment and your suggestion!
what do you think about the sphenoid bone and can you make a video about it? potentially even about how to fix a tilted sphenoid bone
I think it would be pretty difficult to manipulate the sphenoid bone separate from a broader adjustment to the head. If the sphenoid bone is out of place, it’s likely because unbalanced forces from the fascia and muscles are deforming the skull. It’s not the most exciting answer, but ultimately it’s going to to come back to organizing the torso and then getting the head more generally into the correct relative position. Then the muscles and fascia will apply forces that bring the sphenoid back to where it should be.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 thank u so much for the reply! :) where do u think is a good point to start watching your videos to improve my whole posture?
What can i practicallly do to start bettering my health. Watch all of the jean doe moesoro videos? Like i have no idea where to start or should i do the Alexander technique excercises?
Watching Masoero’s videos is certainly a good idea. If you have money to spend on lessons, getting lessons from an iAT teacher can accelerate your learning a lot. If you don’t, you need to get visual feedback on your own; using either a webcam/camera or mirror. I have various procedures you can work with in my series on the torso, legs, arms, neck/head (find these in the playlists). You need to start implementing directions to control and guide gestures, and the way to know if you’re succeeding or not is by checking with the visual feedback. Basic gestures that are good to practice with at the beginning are simply standing and sitting. Then you can move to leaning with the torso in sitting, then leaning and lowering the torso in standing, and going from standing to sitting and back again.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 great, I appreciate the reply!
Can you explain how to turn pelvis back and up my upper torso is completely straight my upper sternum is forward and up and lower sternum back and up but I still have that curve on my back i find almost impossible to turn my pelvis back and up by keeping the centre of rotation down as said in the previous videos it just feels impossible and i just cant make it happen and when i try too hard my knees bend. It will very helpful if you give your shirtless photo so that I can get a better understanding of what a straight back looks like
To be clear, the back should only be straight up to the armpit line. Try sitting on a chair, put a stick against one of your iliacs so that the other end sticks out over your knee on the same side (let it rest on your thigh, but secure it with your hand). Pull the iliac back while you look at the stick. The stick should move back in space.
You can also put your palm on your sacrum while standing. Use a mirror or camera for visual feedback. If your pelvis is angled, your hand should be angled. Point your fingers down so that they’re at the lower end of the sacrum. Your palm should be forward and your fingers back if your pelvis is angled. Pull the top of the sacrum (where your palm is) back faster than your lower sacrum (where your fingers are).
Some people have a tough time getting the signal through to their pelvis to move, but these two procedures should help you see that it’s possible to rotate the pelvis in sitting or standing. The movement of the iliac and the sacrum both rotate the pelvis in the same direction.
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 thank you but I didnt understand what you meant by armpit line it would be very helpful if you make a video show your shirltless side view. Your posture has almost changed my life im experiencing less pain but im skinny and while maintaining that posture i look weak and(like an alien) i still get a bit of hollowness in my back and it even takes a bit of height correct me if im doing wrong
@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147 Dude i want ask you something thats confusing me if your posture is correct then why do some of the most attractive people with great forward facial growth have that so called good posture where there is hollowness in back
@@MohdAbbas-ep9zx The armpit line can be found by placing a ruler or stick under your armpit. Make sure the stick is touching your torso and is horizontal. That is the armpit line.
Trying to learn through videos is tough because you can’t get any direct feedback. I can’t see you, so I can’t see what you’re doing. If you don’t want to take lessons, then you need to record yourself with a webcam or camera, or at least use a mirror. If you’re losing height, you are probably allowing your ribcage to come down towards the pelvis. The sets of movements I describe are very much against people’s typical habits, so they are not easy to orchestrate, especially at first. I struggled with them for a considerable period when I started out, even with a great teacher (though I saw constant progress by using my directions and getting feedback).
Seeing me without a shirt is not going to give you any additional information. You can see the orientation of the ribcage and pelvis in any reasonably fit clothes. If the directions or the model are unclear, study the videos and feel free to ask questions.
@@klaus_Poppe-ZZ It’s not a one-to-one that anyone who has a shortened back is going to have poor facial structure. You can find one person with poor posture who has terrible pain, while another person who displays a very similar posture has no pain whatsoever. Some people who shorten their back will have a very lifted chest, while others will have a sunken chest. So it could very well be that someone has poor posture, a well developed face, and some other problem you don’t see or haven’t noticed.
Many people who want to get “forward facial growth” are people who have a noticeable problem where their face is, in a sense, deformed. My claim is that by correcting your posture you can eliminate that deformation and get yourself to a healthy baseline. If you go from having a weak chin to having a normal chin, that will tend to make you look better, but it won’t suddenly make you wildly attractive.
Another thing to consider when you look at pictures of celebrities and the like is that many of them have had surgeries and other procedures done. They’re also in makeup. So just because they have an attractive face does not mean they got it naturally or that it is natural for their posture.
Some people are lucky and they are simply more attractive than others. But the deformation of the face that causes one to be somewhat ugly is, in my view, clearly a result of the posture. I’ve seen it in myself and others that reorganizing the torso and head will change the shape the head and face, and take clear imperfections towards a more healthy appearance.
Heyy budd!! I'm struggling to sleep with this posture tht u suggested... is there any solution
If you mean in walking, I can understand that. Walking is not the place to start. If you haven’t already done some real work in sitting and standing, try to maintain lengthening while walking will be difficult. If you’re looking for direct assistance, I do offer lessons done one on one over Zoom. Otherwise, you can look through some earlier videos and feel free to ask any questions that come up for you as you’re working.
Going back to the idea of squaring off the legs. How much distance should be between the feet in standing?
The outside of the ilium (hip bone), the outside of the knee, and the outside of the foot should all line up. That will give you a squared off base. Your fist should fit between your big toes, and the outsides of your feet should be straight.
Pls continue this series this topic is so interesting and difficult I must admit. Also, I have been doing your exercises for over a month and I'm seeing great results, Thank you! I have a question to clarify: Do we need to raise the front leg on the phalange simultaneously as we move our back leg forward while walking?
I will certainly continue the series eventually. You don’t want to go on the phalanges, you want to go up on the forefoot (around the heads of the metatarsals). And yes, going up on the front foot provides the clearance you need for the back foot to swing forward without needing to lift it.
So when we are walking should we bend or not bend at all? I feel like Enderman when I'm walking without bending at all
You want to greatly reduce the bending of the knees, but that's only really possible if you are also keeping your torso appropriately lengthened and widened. It will feel strange because most people have a very strong habit of bending the knees to walk (as that is necessary if you do not go up on the forefoot).
As a possible exploration of mis-use according to the gospel that 'length is the most important variable in posture and movement' this series has some potential. However, it's value as a model of walking is questionable at best and potentially damaging at worst. Take for example the exhortation to go up on the toes first in order to clear the foot from the ground in taking a step. This is offered as better than bending your knee..WHAT??? How much energy does it take to push your entire body weight up in the air with one foot as compared to letting your knee bend passively. Our forefathers and mothers would have died from malnutrition if they had walked around on their toes looking for food. And there maybe a reason why the heel bone is the biggest bone in the foot: could it be because it's designed to take out weight.. Bone gets thicker when it is loaded and humans are designed to conserve energy so good luck trying to overcome 7 million years of evolution learning a 'new' way to walk...
You’re failing to grasp that your fascia being taut vs limp has a huge impact on how much energy an action takes. If you’re walking around on limp fascia, I’m sure it would seem to you like a lot of work to go up on the toes, but it takes a tiny amount of energy to go slightly up onto your toes (which is all that is needed to walk) if you’re lengthening and not making your habitual shortening movements.
Yes, the heel is designed to take a large amount of our weight. As F.M. Alexander said, the weight should chiefly go through the heel in standing. But that is not the same as striking with the heel forward of your body, which produces a backward force (contrary to forward walking), nor does that mean your heel should land on an angle, which is what happens when the forefoot is elevated. Further, walking in the typical way by bending the knee causes the torso to shorten and the weight of the body to fall forward onto the toes and even beyond the toes. Many people stand and walk with their midsection well over their toes - meaning they are not putting the weight through the heel. So you should have a problem with that if you think the weight should go through the heels.
You also cannot “passively” bend your knee. You have to carry that leg, which is why most people shift their torso to the side over their supporting leg. That causes wear and tear that would not be there if you relied on your fascia to simply elevate the entire structure of the body small amount. But when you shorten to walk, you lose the support of your fascia and have to overwork your muscles.
I understand why this would be confusing if you do not understand how fascia can provide leverage to the muscles so that they can do more with less input. If you’re thinking you have to get up slightly onto your toes by shortening and overusing the muscles, I can see why that would seem daunting, and shortening to shuffle along would seem easier. But shortening the torso and the fascia will leave in a trap that you don’t understand you can get out of, because you’re not aware of the help the fascia could provide if you simply made it work the way it's supposed to. You are then stuck with only shortening options, and in such a case, it very well may be best to bend the knees and carry the legs.
If you lengthen the torso and the fascia, you will see how easy it is to lift your torso a small amount, and then bending and shortening to walk - that is losing a bunch of leverage - will seem illogical and pointless.
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