We begin the journey to understanding how to control how we walk. In this video, we examine what subconscious conceptions are common around walking, and also what new conceptions can help us to walk in a more reasonable way. You may be interested in first watching my video A New Conception of Walking: ruclips.net/video/Ooo9loDF1mk/видео.html I offer lessons in the Initial Alexander Technique, which are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to help you gain conscious control over how you move your body. Most people have no idea what they’re doing with their body, and as they misuse their body, they end up with discomfort, pain, and other issues that they may not even realize are caused by what they’re doing to themselves. But how do you figure out what you’re doing wrong? And how do you change what you're doing and overcome lifelong habits? In an Initial Alexander Technique lesson, you will record yourself through Zoom, so you will be able to see and understand what you are doing when you stand, sit, walk, and perform other simple gestures. With the assistance of your teacher, you will come to understand how you are misusing the mechanisms of your body, and you will gain the ability to choose to use yourself in a more sensible way. You can learn how to use your body without pain. You can break free from long held habits. All you need is a system that works. For more information or to book a lesson, please visit my website: mechanicsofpoise.com/ You can contact me at: DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou@protonmail.com "Nearly every one I examine or observe in the act of walking employs unnecessary physical tension in the process in such a way that there is a tendency to shorten the spine and legs..." F.M. Alexander
Do you think the arm should have a swing as you walk? I notice without this slight swing of the arm that the body tends to get twisted. I would imagine the arm would have some sort of coordination with the other limbs of the body. Of course the usual orders for the arms would apply, but I am curious to hear what you think.
Well, you’re getting a bit ahead, but I would say, if you’re walking at a normal pace, there doesn’t need to be any significant swinging of the arms. That’s not to say there won’t be some amount of movement, especially if you pick up the pace, but the common compensatory swinging of the arms is largely a result of the unnecessary twisting of the hips that most people use to walk.
I tried walking like this in my yard and it felt difficult at first. Once I let my upper body go forward, my legs seamlessly followed. It looks a bit goofy for now and I don't think I could use it in a slow, park walk, but would work great when I'm hurrying somewhere. My lower leg muscles instantly felt activated and bigger.
Walking in a different way will necessarily be uneasy at first. But it sounds like you saw that that can change to a certain degree even in just a day. As your muscles and fascia get used to a new way of walking, it only becomes more efficient and natural.
It was this one "When I look to those pictures of your posture improvement, i cannot deny i feel those arms are not very beautiful in the new position. Maybe it's the strong ingrainement of the postural misconceptions in myself, but i feel they are incorrectly internally rotated. Just a lay opinion. While walking, do you think our arms should move in the same direction of movement in an arch? Front to back, or some angle ? With the palms back as you show? What stands out more to me are those palms back. There is a woman called Esther Gokhale which calls herself a posture teacher. She advises for a straighter spine but the pelvis tilted back, what she calls a J spine instead of a S spine. She says the neck should be straight up as she photographed indigenous people. She advises for slightly (10-15 degrewes) outward feet while walking and standing, she says its natural and observed that among indigenous people, babies and statues. Could you please analyse her ideias? ruclips.net/video/-yYJ4hEYudE/видео.html In this video she might not talk about all her points which I would like you to analyse. I could find her book for free in Z library, (8 steps to a pain free back). I cannot deny that for my mind as it is right now, it is so much more beautiful that J spine than that neutral pelvis that you seem to advocate for. She also talks about the ribcage position which seems similars to yours. She says our weight should be on our heels, and from what I know she was mostly inspired by what is taught in Aplomb Institute ( don't remenber the woman yogi responsible for her training). This is the thoughest part in postural retraining, and in all health improvement stuff, you find so much conflicting information that we need clever and clear people to start separating the wheat from the chaff. If you have the time, please analyse it." @@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147
@@osenhordarazao3615 I used a picture of Gokhale in a recent video as a poor example because she protrudes her abdomen - which is an inevitable result of tilting the pelvis. I’m not totally familiar with her work, but I know a bit. I would say her solutions are a kind of middle ground or half-improvement. As for the J-spine, it’s funny that you say it looks beautiful because my immediate reaction to it is that it looks sloppy. What I mean is that I think she does have ideas that are relatively correct concerning the ribcage, and so her model is better than an S-curve spine, but it’s as if she left off adjustment of the pelvis. This results in a drooping appearance of the pelvis and, as I said earlier, a protrusion of the abdomen. There’s also a resulting retraction of the upper torso, arms, and head. Not as bad as in the S-curve, but it's still there. As for the arms, instead of focusing on just the arms, I recommend looking at the arms in relation to the torso. The arms seem very forward because (besides being something you haven’t seen in many if any people) the torso is very far back relative to the average person. So I would say you ought to figure out if you think the orientation and relative position of the torso makes sense or not. If what I’m saying about the torso is right, I think you’ll find the relative position of the arms naturally follows. While the arms are internally rotated relative to what’s common, the arms are not at all narrowed. In fact, the posture that I support causes the shoulder blades to be very far apart and the arms to widen well beyond what you’d typically see. As for the palms back, that is what Alexander advised quite specifically, as pointing the thumb side of the hand forward leads to retraction of the arms and narrowing of the upper back.
We begin the journey to understanding how to control how we walk. In this video, we examine what subconscious conceptions are common around walking, and also what new conceptions can help us to walk in a more reasonable way.
You may be interested in first watching my video A New Conception of Walking: ruclips.net/video/Ooo9loDF1mk/видео.html
I offer lessons in the Initial Alexander Technique, which are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to help you gain conscious control over how you move your body. Most people have no idea what they’re doing with their body, and as they misuse their body, they end up with discomfort, pain, and other issues that they may not even realize are caused by what they’re doing to themselves. But how do you figure out what you’re doing wrong? And how do you change what you're doing and overcome lifelong habits?
In an Initial Alexander Technique lesson, you will record yourself through Zoom, so you will be able to see and understand what you are doing when you stand, sit, walk, and perform other simple gestures. With the assistance of your teacher, you will come to understand how you are misusing the mechanisms of your body, and you will gain the ability to choose to use yourself in a more sensible way. You can learn how to use your body without pain. You can break free from long held habits. All you need is a system that works.
For more information or to book a lesson, please visit my website: mechanicsofpoise.com/
You can contact me at: DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou@protonmail.com
"Nearly every one I examine or observe in the act of walking employs unnecessary physical tension in the process in such a way that there is a tendency to shorten the spine and legs..."
F.M. Alexander
Thank you so much for this video!! I wish there were more videos like this instead of the ones about “correct” forced posture.
Do you think the arm should have a swing as you walk? I notice without this slight swing of the arm that the body tends to get twisted. I would imagine the arm would have some sort of coordination with the other limbs of the body. Of course the usual orders for the arms would apply, but I am curious to hear what you think.
Well, you’re getting a bit ahead, but I would say, if you’re walking at a normal pace, there doesn’t need to be any significant swinging of the arms. That’s not to say there won’t be some amount of movement, especially if you pick up the pace, but the common compensatory swinging of the arms is largely a result of the unnecessary twisting of the hips that most people use to walk.
I tried walking like this in my yard and it felt difficult at first. Once I let my upper body go forward, my legs seamlessly followed. It looks a bit goofy for now and I don't think I could use it in a slow, park walk, but would work great when I'm hurrying somewhere. My lower leg muscles instantly felt activated and bigger.
Walking in a different way will necessarily be uneasy at first. But it sounds like you saw that that can change to a certain degree even in just a day. As your muscles and fascia get used to a new way of walking, it only becomes more efficient and natural.
This is how toddlers walk and very young kids, just watch them.
Have you seen my comments in the other videos about Feldenkrais and Esther Gokhale?
Don't think I saw one about Gokhale, sometimes comments don't come through or are blocked for some reason.
I will try to find it.@@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147
It was this one "When I look to those pictures of your posture improvement, i cannot deny i feel those arms are not very beautiful in the new position. Maybe it's the strong ingrainement of the postural misconceptions in myself, but i feel they are incorrectly internally rotated. Just a lay opinion. While walking, do you think our arms should move in the same direction of movement in an arch? Front to back, or some angle ? With the palms back as you show? What stands out more to me are those palms back.
There is a woman called Esther Gokhale which calls herself a posture teacher. She advises for a straighter spine but the pelvis tilted back, what she calls a J spine instead of a S spine. She says the neck should be straight up as she photographed indigenous people. She advises for slightly (10-15 degrewes) outward feet while walking and standing, she says its natural and observed that among indigenous people, babies and statues. Could you please analyse her ideias?
ruclips.net/video/-yYJ4hEYudE/видео.html
In this video she might not talk about all her points which I would like you to analyse. I could find her book for free in Z library, (8 steps to a pain free back). I cannot deny that for my mind as it is right now, it is so much more beautiful that J spine than that neutral pelvis that you seem to advocate for. She also talks about the ribcage position which seems similars to yours. She says our weight should be on our heels, and from what I know she was mostly inspired by what is taught in Aplomb Institute ( don't remenber the woman yogi responsible for her training). This is the thoughest part in postural retraining, and in all health improvement stuff, you find so much conflicting information that we need clever and clear people to start separating the wheat from the chaff. If you have the time, please analyse it." @@delsartealexandermasoeroyo9147
@@osenhordarazao3615 I used a picture of Gokhale in a recent video as a poor example because she protrudes her abdomen - which is an inevitable result of tilting the pelvis. I’m not totally familiar with her work, but I know a bit. I would say her solutions are a kind of middle ground or half-improvement.
As for the J-spine, it’s funny that you say it looks beautiful because my immediate reaction to it is that it looks sloppy. What I mean is that I think she does have ideas that are relatively correct concerning the ribcage, and so her model is better than an S-curve spine, but it’s as if she left off adjustment of the pelvis. This results in a drooping appearance of the pelvis and, as I said earlier, a protrusion of the abdomen. There’s also a resulting retraction of the upper torso, arms, and head. Not as bad as in the S-curve, but it's still there.
As for the arms, instead of focusing on just the arms, I recommend looking at the arms in relation to the torso. The arms seem very forward because (besides being something you haven’t seen in many if any people) the torso is very far back relative to the average person. So I would say you ought to figure out if you think the orientation and relative position of the torso makes sense or not. If what I’m saying about the torso is right, I think you’ll find the relative position of the arms naturally follows.
While the arms are internally rotated relative to what’s common, the arms are not at all narrowed. In fact, the posture that I support causes the shoulder blades to be very far apart and the arms to widen well beyond what you’d typically see. As for the palms back, that is what Alexander advised quite specifically, as pointing the thumb side of the hand forward leads to retraction of the arms and narrowing of the upper back.