Alexander technique lesson with Diana Devitt-Dawson

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024

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  • @thomasvleminckx
    @thomasvleminckx 2 года назад +1169

    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 года назад +151

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

    • @rickybobby6108
      @rickybobby6108 2 года назад +10

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheMeJustMe75
      @TheMeJustMe75 2 года назад

      She ended up boring through the top of her neck.

    • @fryman2861
      @fryman2861 2 года назад +4

      🤣🤣

    • @clownworld-honk410
      @clownworld-honk410 2 года назад +43

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

  • @krystalkryptonite2427
    @krystalkryptonite2427 5 лет назад +2458

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

    • @chickenpotpieare3things
      @chickenpotpieare3things 5 лет назад +7

      Yes

    • @aesaehttr
      @aesaehttr 5 лет назад +16

      Yes, very much.

    • @justkelly2
      @justkelly2 5 лет назад +57

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

    • @kappnel
      @kappnel 4 года назад +55

      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 года назад +9

      @@kappnel FAKE NEWS dammit!

  • @damdarch
    @damdarch 3 года назад +385

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

  • @raymondjimenez3990
    @raymondjimenez3990 3 года назад +2686

    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 года назад +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 года назад +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 года назад +104

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

    • @TheDavo10001
      @TheDavo10001 3 года назад +125

      @@nathanrichards5565 no she would let the mic be free

    • @kps.77
      @kps.77 3 года назад +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.

  • @craigburns5762
    @craigburns5762 6 лет назад +5167

    “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 лет назад +214

      Never forget that Alexander suffered for our sins.

    • @Squishito
      @Squishito 6 лет назад +364

      He sat for our incorrect postures.

    • @charliebfanyu2998
      @charliebfanyu2998 6 лет назад +12

      Craig Burns bahahhaha

    • @theviniso
      @theviniso 6 лет назад +31

      Alexander died for our sins

    • @40mincommute59
      @40mincommute59 6 лет назад +47

      He's been pinned for future generations.

  • @pinklady5042
    @pinklady5042 5 лет назад +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 года назад +2

      Wise words

    • @comfym3850
      @comfym3850 4 года назад

      😂

    • @lro001
      @lro001 4 года назад

      🤣

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 4 года назад

      😝

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters 4 года назад +1

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

  • @ruedwyer8510
    @ruedwyer8510 5 лет назад +2636

    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 лет назад +129

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

    • @rodittis
      @rodittis 5 лет назад +62

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

    • @sperrotta91
      @sperrotta91 5 лет назад +10

      LOLLLLLLLLL.

    • @hurley999jb
      @hurley999jb 5 лет назад +167

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

    • @perceptoshmegington3371
      @perceptoshmegington3371 5 лет назад +65

      Number 8 could be a Smiths song

  • @zsdmrtzmrde
    @zsdmrtzmrde 3 года назад +194

    The second video from Diana is the most anticipated video on RUclips

  • @Xenogeek2
    @Xenogeek2 4 года назад +2852

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

    • @Muzzer1984
      @Muzzer1984 4 года назад +29

      Xenogeek2 how soft is it?

    • @Xenogeek2
      @Xenogeek2 4 года назад +273

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

    • @victoriafernandez7526
      @victoriafernandez7526 4 года назад +72

      Have you gotten a lovely breath now?

    • @Xenogeek2
      @Xenogeek2 4 года назад +33

      @@victoriafernandez7526 Many times.

    • @stargrl06
      @stargrl06 4 года назад +57

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

  • @SpicyDragonWings
    @SpicyDragonWings 4 года назад +477

    The chair had a great supporting role

  • @tombowombo-
    @tombowombo- 4 года назад +2072

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

    • @elakefever214
      @elakefever214 4 года назад +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 года назад +4

      1 of the best comments ive seen

    • @politecat4236
      @politecat4236 4 года назад +1

      Totally justified.

    • @elemental9538
      @elemental9538 4 года назад +3

      Thanks dr nut

    • @ladolly1743
      @ladolly1743 4 года назад

      #Dead 😵

  • @garrettkato
    @garrettkato 10 месяцев назад +175

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

    • @Jamie---
      @Jamie--- 4 месяца назад +7

      Just keep on following the lovely little guidelines

  • @RealRobTaylor
    @RealRobTaylor 4 года назад +906

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

    • @Cathrinite
      @Cathrinite 4 года назад +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 года назад +7

      wow, your brain wanders haha

    • @jhamler1
      @jhamler1 4 года назад +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 года назад +5

      I love those curtains

    • @CarletonRutter
      @CarletonRutter 4 года назад +4

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

  • @footballgeorgiebest
    @footballgeorgiebest 5 лет назад +1159

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

  • @Sam-cr7ez
    @Sam-cr7ez 6 лет назад +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 RUclips 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 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 лет назад +35

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

    • @drhouse7508
      @drhouse7508 6 лет назад +27

      Sam well done mate! Any progress yet?

    • @scoutz0rs
      @scoutz0rs 6 лет назад +74

      Sam is our hero.

  • @joaorenz7784
    @joaorenz7784 3 года назад +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 года назад +3

      100%

    • @mooney228
      @mooney228 7 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @jackyblue-tv7561
    @jackyblue-tv7561 4 года назад +604

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

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 4 года назад +2

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

    • @michaellong9799
      @michaellong9799 4 года назад +5

      Every night before bed. Better than melatonin!

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 4 года назад

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

    • @S730SD
      @S730SD 4 года назад +1

      Just the millionth, even? :)

    • @Tasmanbaynets
      @Tasmanbaynets 4 года назад +1

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

  • @michaelturner1806
    @michaelturner1806 5 лет назад +1199

    *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 года назад +15

      Did you try this one? The Kiehl one?
      ruclips.net/video/cuVkTikow_o/видео.html

    • @GREYday59
      @GREYday59 4 года назад +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 года назад +6

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

    • @falconsfan717
      @falconsfan717 4 года назад +8

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

    • @EdgeOfLight
      @EdgeOfLight 4 года назад +25

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

  • @leighannehoglund733
    @leighannehoglund733 3 года назад +137

    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 года назад +12

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

    • @ildikoedit9110
      @ildikoedit9110 2 месяца назад

      These comments make my day xDDDDDDDDDD

  • @rebekahgomez9515
    @rebekahgomez9515 4 года назад +265

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

    • @violetbaudelaire7353
      @violetbaudelaire7353 3 года назад +1

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

    • @badrockxxx
      @badrockxxx 3 года назад +3

      Like a true gangsta

    • @jackjones298
      @jackjones298 3 года назад +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 года назад +3

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

    • @rodgerq
      @rodgerq 3 года назад +3

      I'd pay for another.

  • @alison2649
    @alison2649 9 месяцев назад +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 лет назад +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 лет назад +28

      Shiiii I’d be hard af

    • @my2jedi
      @my2jedi 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +3

      @@scottphillips3008 Why??

    • @deathmetalpotato
      @deathmetalpotato 5 лет назад +9

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

    • @TheTuttle99
      @TheTuttle99 4 года назад +16

      @@deathmetalpotato too far bro this isn't pornhub

  • @keatonsmith5669
    @keatonsmith5669 4 года назад +373

    This is the greatest comment section of all time.

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters 4 года назад +1

      True story

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters 4 года назад +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 года назад +6

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

    • @ladolly1743
      @ladolly1743 4 года назад

      Right ?!?!

    • @kjerstiva
      @kjerstiva 4 года назад +2

      Can confirm, it really is the best

  • @darrenstillwell9007
    @darrenstillwell9007 5 месяцев назад +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.

  • @DrumCoversFromHell
    @DrumCoversFromHell 4 года назад +1806

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

  • @SuperBlazeomatic
    @SuperBlazeomatic 5 лет назад +665

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

    • @lexiks1367
      @lexiks1367 3 года назад +87

      Where tf did the awful tongue clicking come from ?

    • @t0raneko
      @t0raneko 3 года назад +72

      Serously. Intentional asmr is bollacks

    • @justkelly2
      @justkelly2 2 года назад +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 ruclips.net/video/UedaJPNGzoo/видео.html

    • @mollymeggs3246
      @mollymeggs3246 2 года назад +5

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

    • @stewheart
      @stewheart 2 года назад +1

      and she's a bit nutty 😉

  • @stephaniesanders4824
    @stephaniesanders4824 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +24

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

    • @deathmetalpotato
      @deathmetalpotato 5 лет назад +2

      Stephanie Sanders same

    • @deathmetalpotato
      @deathmetalpotato 5 лет назад +2

      Same

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 4 года назад +1

      I watch it about every 6 months

    • @egd5588
      @egd5588 4 года назад +2

      Stephanie Sanders are you me? Because same lol

  • @zkproof
    @zkproof 3 года назад +161

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

    • @that_colin_guy
      @that_colin_guy 6 месяцев назад +5

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

  • @erikjensen952
    @erikjensen952 6 лет назад +948

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

    • @jackdish6633
      @jackdish6633 5 лет назад +2

      lolololol

    • @muadhfawwaz3116
      @muadhfawwaz3116 5 лет назад +3

      Lmao

    • @drankydrank1
      @drankydrank1 5 лет назад

      Lol

    • @asymsolutions
      @asymsolutions 5 лет назад +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 лет назад +8

      @Pine Barron Dude Alexander clarified that a little

  • @aliciagreen5411
    @aliciagreen5411 3 года назад +33

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

  • @gloobark
    @gloobark 2 года назад +77

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

    • @cococornhuskyy
      @cococornhuskyy 10 месяцев назад +1

      lol I'm responsible for about 2500 views 😅

  • @shubhangijoshimusic
    @shubhangijoshimusic 2 года назад +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 Год назад +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 Год назад

      m.ruclips.net/video/ppE7MPaimlI/видео.html&pp=iAQB

  • @joe8446358
    @joe8446358 4 года назад +384

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

  • @glendygarcia1633
    @glendygarcia1633 2 года назад +148

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

  • @Nicephore
    @Nicephore 7 лет назад +551

    This is the best unintentional ASMR video on RUclips.

    • @EMKAT261
      @EMKAT261 6 лет назад +2

      Agreed.

    • @gaittr
      @gaittr 5 лет назад +3

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

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 5 лет назад +1

      Lita is good too

    • @NinjaTowTow
      @NinjaTowTow 5 лет назад +5

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

    • @themagpieswarble
      @themagpieswarble 5 лет назад +1

      @@NinjaTowTow Excuse my sandwich breath

  • @gabrielmendozajr.1434
    @gabrielmendozajr.1434 4 года назад +103

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

  • @cashchico
    @cashchico 4 года назад +452

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

    • @brianpeterson3752
      @brianpeterson3752 4 года назад +6

      cashchico lmao!!!!

    • @BooBoo-pu1jh
      @BooBoo-pu1jh 4 года назад +5

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @DEasy411
      @DEasy411 4 года назад +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 года назад +16

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

    • @kjerstiva
      @kjerstiva 4 года назад +10

      Stuck in an endless cycle of standing up and sitting down

  • @lukash7619
    @lukash7619 4 года назад +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 года назад +42

      I agree wholeheartedly with this comment

    • @yungbeanz0
      @yungbeanz0 4 года назад +65

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

    • @metri0n
      @metri0n 4 года назад +59

      Are you at the computer quite a lot???

    • @yungbeanz0
      @yungbeanz0 4 года назад +11

      @@metri0n as we speak yea i am

    • @metri0n
      @metri0n 4 года назад +40

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

  • @MikeJones-jh5rp
    @MikeJones-jh5rp 5 лет назад +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 года назад +11

      @Zia Tomayo bah humbug

    • @davidjohn5455
      @davidjohn5455 4 года назад +20

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

    • @jeremiahbaldwin5853
      @jeremiahbaldwin5853 4 года назад +12

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

    • @alanna4858
      @alanna4858 4 года назад +7

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

    • @lancet.346
      @lancet.346 4 года назад +1

      Same!

  • @cincyrider
    @cincyrider 5 месяцев назад +25

    This still relaxes me almost every night. Almost a decade

  • @JesseColton
    @JesseColton 4 года назад +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 года назад +5

      Great T-shirt Slogans!

    • @whothefislate
      @whothefislate 4 года назад +26

      Are you at the computer quite a lot?

    • @ashleyhernandez7266
      @ashleyhernandez7266 4 года назад +8

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

    • @nrksbullet
      @nrksbullet 4 года назад +11

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

    • @chloebaker7131
      @chloebaker7131 2 года назад +2

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

  • @Makreads
    @Makreads 2 года назад +81

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

    • @SB-ez3dw
      @SB-ez3dw 2 года назад +1

      You must have a very free neck and lengthened torso.

    • @Makreads
      @Makreads 2 года назад +4

      @@SB-ez3dw extremely relaxed

    • @EstebanJulianRamos
      @EstebanJulianRamos 2 года назад +7

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

    • @milesmacdonald7867
      @milesmacdonald7867 2 года назад +5

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

  • @rrchasco
    @rrchasco 8 месяцев назад +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 месяцев назад +2

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

    • @jennifergreiner7997
      @jennifergreiner7997 7 месяцев назад +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.

  • @auntgeraldine
    @auntgeraldine Год назад +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 Год назад +5

      Great analysis

    • @swedishgirl2506
      @swedishgirl2506 4 месяца назад +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 месяца назад

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

  • @psychonaught1
    @psychonaught1 4 года назад +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 года назад

      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.

  • @plopperator
    @plopperator 7 лет назад +426

    Lovely little guidelines.

  • @MegaParker1981
    @MegaParker1981 5 лет назад +470

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

  • @timfrench1136
    @timfrench1136 5 месяцев назад +51

    2024?? Anyone still following the lovely little guidelines

    • @jennifergreiner7997
      @jennifergreiner7997 Месяц назад

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

  • @DarrenThornberry
    @DarrenThornberry 6 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 года назад +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.

  • @XwhiteHat
    @XwhiteHat 5 лет назад +513

    came for the ASMR , stayed for the hilarious comments

  • @jas3866
    @jas3866 4 года назад +241

    Sometimes I watch this video all day long, terrible terrible

  • @apar1237
    @apar1237 2 года назад +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😅

  • @PontificusPinion
    @PontificusPinion 6 лет назад +135

    Alexander revolutionized the sitting industry but no one noticed.

  • @LuvGarbo23
    @LuvGarbo23 7 лет назад +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 лет назад +13

      lol literally exact same thing happened to me

    • @Stewmade64
      @Stewmade64 7 лет назад +4

      Suze haha, me too.

    • @Whiskeymike1229
      @Whiskeymike1229 7 лет назад +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 лет назад

      hahaha yup!

    • @nicolemurray449
      @nicolemurray449 7 лет назад +3

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

  • @glakhmed
    @glakhmed 4 года назад +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!

  • @ampoliros071
    @ampoliros071 3 года назад +84

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

  • @snowball7829
    @snowball7829 4 года назад +58

    "quite quickly" love the aliteration

  • @liv1363
    @liv1363 4 года назад +546

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

    • @ownero1
      @ownero1 4 года назад +10

      Underrated

    • @alanna4858
      @alanna4858 4 года назад +6

      Outstanding patter my fren

    • @lesliepaprocki2368
      @lesliepaprocki2368 4 года назад +6

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

    • @smitmi2007
      @smitmi2007 4 года назад +1

      I'm screaming

    • @roymcdre9180
      @roymcdre9180 4 года назад +1

      Lmfaoooo excellent

  • @joelreid8166
    @joelreid8166 4 года назад +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

  • @1994Powerslave
    @1994Powerslave 2 года назад +81

    Diana:
    >uploads a weird video
    >refuses to elaborate
    >leaves

  • @b_aleman
    @b_aleman 5 лет назад +347

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

  • @celiaboyle7098
    @celiaboyle7098 Год назад +63

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

    • @thebeasters
      @thebeasters Год назад +8

      They weren't wrong

    • @theboombody
      @theboombody 3 месяца назад +1

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

  • @gitarist25
    @gitarist25 7 лет назад +180

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

    • @roymcdre9180
      @roymcdre9180 6 лет назад +2

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

    • @Reddog794
      @Reddog794 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @gabbyelaine92
    @gabbyelaine92 3 месяца назад +70

    Anyone here is 2024? Still one of my favs!

  • @TheDJMeyer85
    @TheDJMeyer85 7 лет назад +275

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

    • @snowball7829
      @snowball7829 6 лет назад +1

      Daniel M ikr

    • @Emma-gs1zk
      @Emma-gs1zk 6 лет назад +2

      Daniel M check out whispersred

    • @getasimbe
      @getasimbe 5 лет назад +5

      @@Emma-gs1zk No

    • @lexi_maree
      @lexi_maree 5 лет назад

      Daniel M 😩

    • @ashleyferrar5276
      @ashleyferrar5276 5 лет назад

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

  • @garrettkato833
    @garrettkato833 4 года назад +134

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

  • @JT-vk3kg
    @JT-vk3kg 4 года назад +145

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

    • @marys8626
      @marys8626 4 года назад +5

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

    • @TheTuttle99
      @TheTuttle99 4 года назад +2

      @@marys8626 visceral imagery

  • @saammiiee
    @saammiiee Месяц назад +7

    2024 and this is still the best ASMR video on RUclips

  • @kerrisue5189
    @kerrisue5189 7 лет назад +280

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

    • @randy7068
      @randy7068 7 лет назад +13

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

    • @andreaa.9709
      @andreaa.9709 7 лет назад +2

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

    • @lik--
      @lik-- 7 лет назад +1

      I must be at around 50 by now

    • @mdm3boi
      @mdm3boi 7 лет назад +1

      Iv been watching it for 20 months i swear

    • @Frank_Ammerlaan
      @Frank_Ammerlaan 6 лет назад +2

      I lost count. 😁 the technique itself is also helpful

  • @ogbass9818
    @ogbass9818 7 лет назад +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 лет назад +2

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

    • @summermorgan9836
      @summermorgan9836 5 лет назад +13

      This is so pure 🥺

    • @fxjrulpzxi
      @fxjrulpzxi 4 года назад +6

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

    • @BigBatts
      @BigBatts 3 года назад +1

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

    • @CatherineMarianne
      @CatherineMarianne 2 года назад +3

      That’s beautiful ❤️

  • @psps2034
    @psps2034 Год назад +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 .

  • @212Neek
    @212Neek 3 года назад +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 .

  • @whiteheadluke
    @whiteheadluke 4 года назад +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 года назад +4

      Luke Whitehead 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @AlexRhodesMV
      @AlexRhodesMV 4 года назад +2

      I literally LOL'd when I read that.

    • @comfym3850
      @comfym3850 4 года назад

      😂

    • @Mamoka99
      @Mamoka99 4 года назад +9

      I think we all know it's not

    • @brejkaz
      @brejkaz 4 года назад +7

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

  • @LoopyLongplays
    @LoopyLongplays 4 года назад +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 года назад +2

      This is the one 🤣🤣🤣

    • @LesleyHayes4
      @LesleyHayes4 3 года назад +3

      This comment made me LOL for real

    • @Enoo-Wynn
      @Enoo-Wynn 3 года назад

      @@LesleyHayes4 Me too!

    • @marys8626
      @marys8626 3 года назад

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

    • @kimberlyyost6028
      @kimberlyyost6028 9 месяцев назад +1

      I can’t stop giggling

  • @MizRoo
    @MizRoo 7 лет назад +250

    'Quite quickly' 😴😴😴

    • @marys8626
      @marys8626 5 лет назад +6

      Yes! Best bit, along with 'that's very nice'

    • @Irrelevant402
      @Irrelevant402 5 лет назад +4

      I love those two along with 'Going to get up- no, not the old way...'

  • @psyguyorami
    @psyguyorami 2 месяца назад +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.

  • @kateOwens79
    @kateOwens79 7 лет назад +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 лет назад +18

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

    • @kateOwens79
      @kateOwens79 7 лет назад

      Joel Zerr of

    • @kateOwens79
      @kateOwens79 7 лет назад +3

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

    • @randy7068
      @randy7068 7 лет назад +1

      I have. ;)

    • @8KILLSTEP
      @8KILLSTEP 7 лет назад

      Well your damn dumb so...

  • @TERRYBIGGENDEN
    @TERRYBIGGENDEN 6 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 лет назад +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 лет назад +3

      CRIKEY!

    • @jsmesoercy6436
      @jsmesoercy6436 5 лет назад

      Only one I know is John Pilger and Barry Humphreys

  • @sidhantswarupgiri2953
    @sidhantswarupgiri2953 7 лет назад +56

    6:18 "torso to soften and widen....and widen"
    And i fell asleep.... wow ❤

  • @movementwithtom
    @movementwithtom 12 дней назад +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.

  • @aboxofphotons
    @aboxofphotons 6 лет назад +302

    She talks about Alexander as if he is some sort of messiah.

    • @davem6610
      @davem6610 6 лет назад +97

      A Box of Photons well he did free the neck, ya heathen.

    • @FreakinFred08
      @FreakinFred08 6 лет назад +46

      You would be wise to refer to him as "Alexander the Almighty" you insignificant plebeian.

    • @crixxxxxxxxx
      @crixxxxxxxxx 5 лет назад +28

      Filmed on location at the People's Temple of the Free Neck. Lord Alexander recommends you have a nice sit and enjoy a cup of delicious Kool Aid.

    • @roquefortfiles
      @roquefortfiles 5 лет назад +9

      YOu don't question Alexander. Nobody's ever seen Alexander. He's like Robin Masters.

    • @Hindsightisgreat
      @Hindsightisgreat 4 года назад

      You must have heard of Alexander the Great !

  • @Grace-es9fc
    @Grace-es9fc 4 года назад +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!!!

  • @justkelly2
    @justkelly2 4 года назад +82

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

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 4 года назад +63

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

  • @MrJafredderf
    @MrJafredderf 4 года назад +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.

  • @AaronSpencer
    @AaronSpencer 6 лет назад +20

    I actually went to a Alexander technique class after watching this video (500 times). Very pleasant, but the instructor wasn't nearly as magical as Diana. I would LOVE to take a class from her.

  • @shandonlasley975
    @shandonlasley975 4 года назад +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 года назад +1

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

  • @trizvanov
    @trizvanov 3 месяца назад +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.

  • @kathymarie762
    @kathymarie762 4 года назад +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 Год назад

      m.ruclips.net/video/ppE7MPaimlI/видео.html&pp=iAQB

  • @robin_valk
    @robin_valk 4 года назад +1592

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

    • @thomasvleminckx
      @thomasvleminckx 4 года назад +17

      I'll use it to fly along the beach.

    • @catherinebisset8870
      @catherinebisset8870 4 года назад +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 года назад +4

      Catherine Bisset - 🎉

    • @oddcabbage
      @oddcabbage 4 года назад +64

      I think we might be a bit preoccupied this year

    • @kaifrunzie1956
      @kaifrunzie1956 4 года назад +19

      If we survive

  • @lars1296
    @lars1296 6 лет назад +108

    I don’t know why, but I love when she flips the hair up at 13:26

    • @RobertKS
      @RobertKS 4 года назад +4

      "And to think I've not seen you before"

    • @amymast1167
      @amymast1167 4 года назад +1

      That first back rub tho...🤤🤤

  • @melastrope598
    @melastrope598 3 года назад +18

    Its been so long since i watched this. Haven't thought about it in aaages and suddenly just get this random and inexplicable but overwhelming urge to find it and watch it again. This woman's rambling about freeing your neck and what appears to be a Master's in Advanced Sitting is so completely absurd, just utter nonsense that I could not go another day without hearing.

    • @nnhm
      @nnhm 3 года назад

      The most literary comment here for sure :) 👍

  • @jamesharding322
    @jamesharding322 4 года назад +66

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

  • @SuperKlizzard
    @SuperKlizzard 7 лет назад +429

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

    • @guccideltaco
      @guccideltaco 7 лет назад +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 лет назад +2

      Horizontal coma brain meltdown

    • @JulioLopez-xz5kx
      @JulioLopez-xz5kx 5 лет назад +10

      I'm watching this on all fours

    • @mattsoutback59
      @mattsoutback59 5 лет назад +3

      I'm watching this whilst ducktaped to my ceiling

    • @Andytlp
      @Andytlp 5 лет назад

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

  • @swedishgirl2506
    @swedishgirl2506 7 лет назад +673

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

    • @dash1141
      @dash1141 7 лет назад +46

      swedish girl I want someone like you in mine

    • @larptm9083
      @larptm9083 6 лет назад +19

      dash1141 WOAH

    • @cutienerdgirl
      @cutienerdgirl 6 лет назад +13

      dash1141 _smooth_ 😉

    • @artcarbuncle9959
      @artcarbuncle9959 6 лет назад +10

      Dash don't get no gash

    • @eirikmurito
      @eirikmurito 6 лет назад +2

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

  • @roysanderson7870
    @roysanderson7870 2 года назад +8

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

  • @ScratchArkkitehti
    @ScratchArkkitehti 6 лет назад +85

    Call me strange but to me the diction is why I'm entranced. The composition of the teeth,jaw and moisture levels of her mastery of language in combination with her breath control juxtaposed with the natural timbre of her voice just above a whisper.....give me a mindlessness of tingles.

  • @Reddog794
    @Reddog794 4 года назад +247

    Real talk, I've applied what she's said and there has been a huge difference for me. I was tall and had good posture before. Now I look it, and any work I have to do is so much easier. Lifting, carrying, gripping, and I am on my feet a lot to begin with. So not only do I get an incredible sleep, but the woman has opened me up to unlocked power. My arm wrestling has improved a lot too, I fucking feel like He-Man. She honestly Sorceress'd me, but my neck was the sword of Grey skull the whole gosh golly time. I just had to let that mother fucker free. Get on the Fucking bandwagon! FREE YOUR FUCKING NECK!!

    • @katiekawaii
      @katiekawaii 4 года назад +53

      I love how gradually aggro this comment gets 😁

    • @movementwithtom
      @movementwithtom 4 года назад +10

      This is the best comment.

    • @fro_e
      @fro_e 3 года назад +1

      @@movementwithtom agreed

    • @Autonomous_Don
      @Autonomous_Don 2 года назад +13

      The second you read “unlocked power” you know it’s gunna be a good comment.

  • @karineaguiar3076
    @karineaguiar3076 4 года назад +197

    I didn't remember the title of this video so I searched for "allow the neck to be free" and here I am

  • @robcorbett4136
    @robcorbett4136 2 года назад +59

    This is my 261st first lesson with Diana.
    Still just as fresh as the first time.
    I think I need a second lesson now though, I'm ready 💪

    • @lydiamc9933
      @lydiamc9933 Год назад

      m.ruclips.net/video/ppE7MPaimlI/видео.html&pp=iAQB