Alexander technique lesson with Diana Devitt-Dawson

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  • Опубликовано: 2 фев 2025

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  • @krystalkryptonite2427
    @krystalkryptonite2427 5 лет назад +2604

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

    • @chickenpotpieare3things
      @chickenpotpieare3things 5 лет назад +9

      Yes

    • @aesaehttr
      @aesaehttr 5 лет назад +19

      Yes, very much.

    • @justkelly2
      @justkelly2 5 лет назад +62

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

    • @kappnel
      @kappnel 5 лет назад +63

      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 5 лет назад +10

      @@kappnel FAKE NEWS dammit!

  • @raymondjimenez3990
    @raymondjimenez3990 3 года назад +2776

    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 +222

      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 +165

      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 +105

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

    • @TheDavo10001
      @TheDavo10001 3 года назад +129

      @@nathanrichards5565 no she would let the mic be free

    • @kps.77
      @kps.77 3 года назад +100

      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.

  • @tombowombo-
    @tombowombo- 4 года назад +2152

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

    • @elakefever214
      @elakefever214 4 года назад +55

      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 +4

      Thanks dr nut

    • @ladolly1743
      @ladolly1743 4 года назад

      #Dead 😵

  • @zsdmrtzmrde
    @zsdmrtzmrde 3 года назад +244

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

    • @drewprice8468
      @drewprice8468 10 дней назад +3

      During movement, quite quickly…

  • @craigburns5762
    @craigburns5762 6 лет назад +5209

    “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 +218

      Never forget that Alexander suffered for our sins.

    • @Squishito
      @Squishito 6 лет назад +366

      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.

  • @thomasvleminckx
    @thomasvleminckx 2 года назад +1286

    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 +160

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

    • @rickybobby6108
      @rickybobby6108 2 года назад +11

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @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 +49

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

  • @garrettkato
    @garrettkato Год назад +259

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

    • @Jamie---
      @Jamie--- 7 месяцев назад +20

      Just keep on following the lovely little guidelines

  • @joaorenz7784
    @joaorenz7784 3 года назад +200

    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 9 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @ruedwyer8510
    @ruedwyer8510 5 лет назад +2660

    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 +132

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

    • @rodittis
      @rodittis 5 лет назад +63

      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 +67

      Number 8 could be a Smiths song

  • @Xenogeek2
    @Xenogeek2 4 года назад +2897

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

    • @Muzzer1984
      @Muzzer1984 4 года назад +28

      Xenogeek2 how soft is it?

    • @Xenogeek2
      @Xenogeek2 4 года назад +274

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

    • @victoriafernandez7526
      @victoriafernandez7526 4 года назад +73

      Have you gotten a lovely breath now?

    • @Xenogeek2
      @Xenogeek2 4 года назад +33

      @@victoriafernandez7526 Many times.

    • @stargrl06
      @stargrl06 4 года назад +58

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

  • @footballgeorgiebest
    @footballgeorgiebest 5 лет назад +1191

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

  • @leighannehoglund733
    @leighannehoglund733 4 года назад +161

    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 +15

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

    • @ildikoedit9110
      @ildikoedit9110 5 месяцев назад +2

      These comments make my day xDDDDDDDDDD

    • @bh1567
      @bh1567 Месяц назад +2

      My neck is so free it has begun producing fireworks and American flags

    • @rstevens1836
      @rstevens1836 22 дня назад +1

      My neck is so free its walking out of prison happily crying its eyes out in a powerful oscar winning performance. "Neck Free- directed by Steven Spielberg." 😂

  • @SpicyDragonWings
    @SpicyDragonWings 4 года назад +505

    The chair had a great supporting role

  • @michaelturner1806
    @michaelturner1806 5 лет назад +1221

    *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 +16

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

    • @GREYday59
      @GREYday59 4 года назад +14

      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 +7

      @@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 +26

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

  • @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 6 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

  • @damdarch
    @damdarch 3 года назад +426

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

  • @pinklady5042
    @pinklady5042 5 лет назад +977

    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 +4

      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

  • @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 5 лет назад +1

      I watch it about every 6 months

    • @egd5588
      @egd5588 4 года назад +2

      Stephanie Sanders are you me? Because same lol

  • @RealRobTaylor
    @RealRobTaylor 4 года назад +962

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

    • @Cathrinite
      @Cathrinite 4 года назад +61

      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.

  • @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 2 года 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

  • @lukash7619
    @lukash7619 4 года назад +2596

    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 +43

      I agree wholeheartedly with this comment

    • @yungbeanz0
      @yungbeanz0 4 года назад +66

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

    • @metri0n
      @metri0n 4 года назад +58

      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???

  • @aliciagreen5411
    @aliciagreen5411 3 года назад +38

    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.

  • @LoopyLongplays
    @LoopyLongplays 4 года назад +276

    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 Год назад +1

      I can’t stop giggling

  • @zkproof
    @zkproof 3 года назад +188

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

    • @that_colin_guy
      @that_colin_guy 9 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 +961

    *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

  • @Nicephore
    @Nicephore 7 лет назад +558

    This is the best unintentional ASMR video on RUclips.

    • @EMKAT261
      @EMKAT261 6 лет назад +2

      Agreed.

    • @gaittr
      @gaittr 6 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

  • @jackyblue-tv7561
    @jackyblue-tv7561 4 года назад +644

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

    • @aliciamesa5382
      @aliciamesa5382 4 года назад +3

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

    • @michaellong9799
      @michaellong9799 4 года назад +7

      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 +2

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

  • @alison2649
    @alison2649 11 месяцев назад +37

    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?☺️🤷🏻‍♀️

  • @rebekahgomez9515
    @rebekahgomez9515 4 года назад +273

    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.

  • @Sam-cr7ez
    @Sam-cr7ez 7 лет назад +2351

    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 +149

      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.

  • @plopperator
    @plopperator 7 лет назад +429

    Lovely little guidelines.

  • @apar1237
    @apar1237 2 года назад +114

    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😅

  • @joe8446358
    @joe8446358 4 года назад +398

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

  • @darrenstillwell9007
    @darrenstillwell9007 8 месяцев назад +36

    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.

  • @gloobark
    @gloobark 2 года назад +88

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

    • @cococornhuskyy
      @cococornhuskyy Год назад +1

      lol I'm responsible for about 2500 views 😅

  • @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 😁👍

  • @JT-vk3kg
    @JT-vk3kg 5 лет назад +150

    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

  • @DarkFilmDirector
    @DarkFilmDirector 7 лет назад +748

    *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 лет назад +14

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

    • @k.pacificnw02134
      @k.pacificnw02134 7 лет назад +12

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

    • @dekudude8888
      @dekudude8888 5 лет назад +1

      I literally meld into the shape of the chair

    • @samurai2k455
      @samurai2k455 5 лет назад +2

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

    • @livelykiwi7561
      @livelykiwi7561 5 лет назад

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

  • @glendygarcia1633
    @glendygarcia1633 2 года назад +148

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

  • @212Neek
    @212Neek 3 года назад +42

    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 .

  • @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.

  • @glakhmed
    @glakhmed 5 лет назад +70

    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!

  • @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!

  • @1994Powerslave
    @1994Powerslave 2 года назад +90

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

  • @XwhiteHat
    @XwhiteHat 6 лет назад +520

    came for the ASMR , stayed for the hilarious comments

  • @DrumCoversFromHell
    @DrumCoversFromHell 4 года назад +1817

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

  • @snowball7829
    @snowball7829 5 лет назад +58

    "quite quickly" love the aliteration

  • @auntgeraldine
    @auntgeraldine Год назад +123

    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 6 месяцев 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 6 месяцев назад

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

    • @KSignalEingang
      @KSignalEingang Месяц назад

      At least for me, there is *only* unintentional ASMR. The sincerity and dedication towards whatever mesmerizingly boring or unfamiliar task is being carried out is absolutely critical to the experience. I think that's something that just cannot be faked.

  • @TERRYBIGGENDEN
    @TERRYBIGGENDEN 7 лет назад +143

    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 7 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 7 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 7 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

  • @gabrielmendozajr.1434
    @gabrielmendozajr.1434 4 года назад +109

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

  • @MegaParker1981
    @MegaParker1981 5 лет назад +483

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

  • @cincyrider
    @cincyrider 7 месяцев назад +28

    This still relaxes me almost every night. Almost a decade

  • @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 7 лет назад +2

      I lost count. 😁 the technique itself is also helpful

  • @rrchasco
    @rrchasco 11 месяцев назад +26

    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.. 10 месяцев назад +4

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

    • @jennifergreiner7997
      @jennifergreiner7997 10 месяцев назад +4

      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.

  • @SuperBlazeomatic
    @SuperBlazeomatic 6 лет назад +667

    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 3 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 3 года назад +5

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

    • @stewheart
      @stewheart 3 года назад +1

      and she's a bit nutty 😉

  • @TaterChip91
    @TaterChip91 4 года назад +68

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

  • @keatonsmith5669
    @keatonsmith5669 4 года назад +377

    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

  • @whiteheadluke
    @whiteheadluke 4 года назад +276

    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 +10

      I think we all know it's not

    • @brejkaz
      @brejkaz 4 года назад +7

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

  • @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

  • @ampoliros071
    @ampoliros071 4 года назад +94

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

  • @jamesharding322
    @jamesharding322 4 года назад +66

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

  • @saammiiee
    @saammiiee 3 месяца назад +17

    2024 and this is still the best ASMR video on RUclips

  • @PontificusPinion
    @PontificusPinion 6 лет назад +139

    Alexander revolutionized the sitting industry but no one noticed.

  • @psps2034
    @psps2034 Год назад +27

    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 .

  • @kevinc4632
    @kevinc4632 5 лет назад +32

    YES , DIANA PLEASE , PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDS.AND I am practicing this.I have TBI (( TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY )) recived during my time in military and this is outstanding, I am applying this or morphing this i to posture while walking and standing etc.THANK YOU SO MUCH , IM sharing this with the other VETS here with me at the VA house we stay in while recieving treatment.Much better than the 14 months on hospital.AGAIN THANK YOU

  • @blogoftirion1134
    @blogoftirion1134 5 лет назад +279

    Fave asmr, lost count how many nights iv dropped my phone on my face.🤪

    • @mrc545
      @mrc545 5 лет назад +5

      Phone facials are never appreciated. 😐

    • @lik--
      @lik-- 5 лет назад +5

      I can so relate to that 😅

    • @lolololollo5377
      @lolololollo5377 5 лет назад +11

      I thought if I became a side sleeper I could stop this but phone corners literally become smart missiles for my eyeballs. I'd almost buy one of those phone holders that wrap around the neck if I didn't already know i'd be laughed out of bed.

    • @SpicyDragonWings
      @SpicyDragonWings 4 года назад +9

      You need a greater conscious awareness of your phone/face relationship

    • @lro001
      @lro001 4 года назад +1

      Same

  • @robin_valk
    @robin_valk 5 лет назад +1590

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

    • @thomasvleminckx
      @thomasvleminckx 5 лет назад +17

      I'll use it to fly along the beach.

    • @catherinebisset8870
      @catherinebisset8870 5 лет назад +128

      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-- 5 лет 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

  • @creatureencounters3897
    @creatureencounters3897 2 года назад +19

    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!

  • @MikePulcinellaVideo
    @MikePulcinellaVideo 7 лет назад +738

    Diana, please please make more videos!

    • @h2ofan8765
      @h2ofan8765 7 лет назад +18

      Mike Pulcinella she's probably dead by now

    • @MrWhisperingwildly
      @MrWhisperingwildly 7 лет назад +117

      mh someone43 I can confirm she is still alive, however she is now confined to a wheel chair due to a lifetime of bad posture

    • @RickysPlace1
      @RickysPlace1 7 лет назад +3

      Role play responder You're joking right?

    • @gilessb
      @gilessb 7 лет назад +26

      Nope, she's still going strong: www.alexandertechniqueinstitute.com.au/post_grad.html

    • @carlgreen5168
      @carlgreen5168 7 лет назад +2

      Wtf is alexander??

  • @ogbass9818
    @ogbass9818 7 лет назад +101

    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 ❤️

  • @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 5 месяцев назад +107

    Anyone here is 2024? Still one of my favs!

  • @karineaguiar3076
    @karineaguiar3076 5 лет назад +202

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

  • @augustynowicz1
    @augustynowicz1 6 лет назад +27

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

  • @asmr-4-bees404
    @asmr-4-bees404 Год назад +20

    I will never stop watching this. Diana is a legend.

    • @fickleblumper
      @fickleblumper Год назад

      Alexander technique that’s boiled at home, Irish Alexander technique 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @trizvanov
    @trizvanov 6 месяцев 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.

  • @apar1237
    @apar1237 7 лет назад +13

    I have now watched this so much that I dream about the Alexander method and my posture is just superb..... having said that, please make more videos. Your voice is angelic!

  • @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 3 года назад +2

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

  • @cashchico
    @cashchico 4 года назад +455

    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

  • @roysanderson7870
    @roysanderson7870 2 года назад +8

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

  • @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.

  • @TheDJMeyer85
    @TheDJMeyer85 7 лет назад +275

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

    • @snowball7829
      @snowball7829 7 лет назад +1

      Daniel M ikr

    • @Emma-gs1zk
      @Emma-gs1zk 7 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

  • @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 7 лет назад +19

      dash1141 WOAH

    • @cutienerdgirl
      @cutienerdgirl 7 лет назад +13

      dash1141 _smooth_ 😉

    • @artcarbuncle9959
      @artcarbuncle9959 7 лет назад +10

      Dash don't get no gash

    • @eirikmurito
      @eirikmurito 7 лет назад +2

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

  • @leighb8832
    @leighb8832 Год назад +2

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

  • @i_love_rescue_animals
    @i_love_rescue_animals 6 лет назад +17

    I had the Alexander Technique YEARS ago at the University of Illinois in Champaign / Urbana! I MISS IT so much! It was sooo relaxing - and when my teacher would stand me up and sit me down - when it was done right - it was like I stood up with absolutely ZERO effort! I also got my head and spine so aligned - when I left, it was like I had no weight. She's not showing any table work here - but I absolutely LOVED the work my person would do on me, on a table. My spine would get so lengthened and my rib cage would get expanded - it was like 10 times better than any massage! So wish I could find someone who did this around Minneapolis. Maybe there is - I haven't looked in years.

  • @ohman1832
    @ohman1832 4 года назад +50

    Possibly the greatest 14 minutes in ASMR history.

  • @pennyoconnor1
    @pennyoconnor1 8 лет назад +318

    what a wonderful voice Diana.....I'm getting brain melt. 'Head neck back relationship' never sounded so sensually gorgeous.....

    • @Grace-es9fc
      @Grace-es9fc 7 лет назад +48

      you probably already know about asmr but if you don't then here you go

    • @k.pacificnw02134
      @k.pacificnw02134 7 лет назад +8

      Penny O'Connor ...I keep saying, "Hello, Gita.." lol

    • @sageoftruth
      @sageoftruth 7 лет назад +11

      Not just the voice either. All the touching is also giving me some tingles. She's very hands-on.
      It seems a bit strange how they're interacting with each other and yet the young woman never makes eye contact with her. Is she shy, or is she busy checking her posture in a full-body mirror off-camera? I've been to a tailor, where the same sorts of interactions happen. Perhaps she's making eye contact with Diana's reflection.

    • @californiacastle
      @californiacastle 7 лет назад

      sageoftruth idk why but this makes it sound creepy. Her voice and the touching are amazing but the scene/setting for this video had a bit of a dark quality - especially when Gita says "law." And reading your explanation adds a bit of mystery to this. Hard to explain.

    • @lordspirit7655
      @lordspirit7655 7 лет назад +4

      I need a navy suit, for WAR.

  • @celiaboyle7098
    @celiaboyle7098 Год назад +74

    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 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @MikeJones-jh5rp
    @MikeJones-jh5rp 5 лет назад +473

    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!

  • @kathrynlincoln134
    @kathrynlincoln134 Год назад +18

    Yes!! I just watched it, thanks to Eliza Brooke's article in the NYTimes!!

  • @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.

  • @joelreid8166
    @joelreid8166 4 года назад +39

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

  • @notbrendon
    @notbrendon 7 лет назад +335

    I've never had a video directly inject ASMR into my veins before

    • @davidr5336
      @davidr5336 7 лет назад

      Brennan Hill lol... :)

    • @heatherb2400
      @heatherb2400 7 лет назад +1

      😂😂❤️❤️

    • @NiceandEasyASMR
      @NiceandEasyASMR 6 лет назад +1

      This comment!

    • @brynnhill8848
      @brynnhill8848 6 лет назад +1

      Brennan Hill Hello Brennan Hill

    • @tannerpittman
      @tannerpittman 6 лет назад +5

      It's like snorting a line of ASMR, really. One that was cooked by a lighter in a spoon.

  • @ShinobiNeon
    @ShinobiNeon 7 лет назад +50

    This is actually really relaxing, and it's educational too. Lot better than random whispering.

  • @DarrenThornberry
    @DarrenThornberry 6 лет назад +121

    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.

  • @Since-dy4rt
    @Since-dy4rt 3 года назад +6

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

  • @jas3866
    @jas3866 4 года назад +242

    Sometimes I watch this video all day long, terrible terrible

  • @justkelly2
    @justkelly2 4 года назад +82

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

  • @JS-ie3bf
    @JS-ie3bf 7 лет назад +52

    Love her voice and the hand guiding. More, please!

  • @melastrope598
    @melastrope598 4 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 :) 👍