DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou

This video is the first in a series that will look at what we can do to begin using our rational mind to change our posture. We ease into this process by looking at the adjustment of lifting the chest. But what is the chest? And in what way do we want to lift it? It's not quite as simple a matter as it may sound, but if we apply our reason, we can begin to understand how we can direct our movements in a rational way. Initial Alexander Technique lessons are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to cultivate your ability to apply your rational mind to how you move. For more information about lessons you can visit my website or go straight to the creator of iAT, Jeando Masoero. My website: https://www.thegreatdupe.com/​ Masoero's website: https://www.initial-alexandertechniqu...​ You can contact Masoero to set up lessons at: jeandomasoero.iat@gmail.com You can contact me at: DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou@protonmail.com "I propose a great, a worthy subject for your study. ... I offer you a work superior even to those sciences which have been described to you; superior to all which the genius of a Michaelangelo or a Raphael could conceive; a work in comparison with which all the magnificences of science and art must pale. I propose that you should contemplate yourselves! Nothing is so unfamiliar to man as himself." François Delsarte

In this video we learn about the IT band, another important fascia that most people in modern civilization are not getting the benefit of because they're making subconscious movements that slacken it. When fascia is limp, it cannot be relied on to do its job. Having a rational understanding of how the parts of your body work is essential to overcoming bad posture. So get to know your fascia: it's waiting there to provide you with support. Initial Alexander Technique lessons are conducted one-on-one with a teacher over Zoom. They are designed to cultivate your ability to apply your rational mind to how you move. For more information about lessons you can visit my website or go straight to the creator of iAT, Jeando Masoero. My website: https://www.thegreatdupe.com/​ Masoero's website: https://www.initial-alexandertechnique.org You can contact Masoero to set up lessons at: jeandomasoero.iat@gmail.com You can contact me at: DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou@protonmail.com "The pebble virtually contains the spark, but we must know how to produce it. Thus the phenomena of nature contain luminous lessons, but we must know how to make them speak; and, what is more, understand their language." François Delsarte

No matter what your size or weight, if you have bad posture, it will cause your belly to stick out more than it should. This video explains why that is. Maybe you've lost weight and are frustrated that your belly won't seem to go away. Maybe you have no plans on losing weight, but you don't want your belly sticking out any more than it needs to. Maybe you don't have a belly, but you wish your abdomen looked better. If any of these are the case for you, what you need is a change in your posture, because bad posture is causing most people in modern civilization to distort their torso and stick their belly out. It's not always very noticeable when you're young, but as you age it will catch up with you. But no matter your age is, it's a problem that can be dealt with by addressing the root cause. Initial Alexander Technique lessons are done over Zoom. They are designed to cultivate your ability to apply your rational mind to how you move. For more information about lessons you can visit my website or go straight to the creator of iAT, Jeando Masoero. My website: https://www.thegreatdupe.com/​ Masoero's website: https://www.initial-alexandertechnique.org You can contact Masoero to set up lessons at: jeandomasoero.iat@gmail.com You can contact me at: DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou@protonmail.com "The use of bandages or corsets is to be condemned as treatment in protruding abdomen instead of the adoption of practical means to remove the cause. ... The respiratory mechanism should be re-educated, for this would mean a re-education or strengthening of the supports Nature has supplied. In other words, the sinking above and below the clavicles and the undue hollowing of the lumbar spine—the great factors in the direct causation of the protrusion of the abdomen—are removed, and a normal condition of the abdominal muscles established. This means a very decided improvement in the figure and general health." F.M. Alexander

Are your arms where they're supposed to be? In this video, we look at a something F.M. Alexander said about where your arms should hang when resting at your sides, and we examine why so few people are capable of meeting his basic criteria of where the arms should be in relation to the thorax. Initial Alexander Technique lessons are done over Zoom. They are designed to cultivate your ability to apply your rational mind to how you move. For more information about lessons you can visit my website or go straight to the creator of iAT, Jeando Masoero. My website: https://www.thegreatdupe.com/​ Masoero's website: https://www.initial-alexandertechnique.org You can contact Masoero to set up lessons at: jeandomasoero.iat@gmail.com You can contact me at: DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou@protonmail.com The still image of Jeando Masoero was taken from his video of him sitting and standing, which can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz3Qc3EF3j0 "He held that the truth, be it good or bad, is always instructive." Angélique Arnaud (a pupil of Delsarte) speaking of Delsarte Special thanks to LJ for help with image editing.

Your posture matters. Posture is one of the most misunderstood things in the world, which partially explains why nearly everyone living in modern civilization has bad posture. This video is the beginning of an explanation of what exactly bad posture is, what causes it, and why it matters. Initial Alexander Technique lessons are done over Zoom. They are designed to cultivate your ability to apply your rational mind to how you move. For more information about lessons you can visit my website or go straight to the creator of iAT, Jeando Masoero. My website: https://www.thegreatdupe.com/​ Masoero's website: https://www.initial-alexandertechnique.org You can contact Masoero to set up lessons at: jeandomasoero.iat@gmail.com You can contact me at: DelsarteAlexanderMasoeroYou@protonmail.com "I propose a great, a worthy subject for your study. ... I offer you a work superior even to those sciences which have been described to you; superior to all which the genius of a Michaelangelo or a Raphael could conceive; a work in comparison with which all the magnificences of science and art must pale. I propose that you should contemplate yourselves! Nothing is so unfamiliar to man as himself." François Delsarte Special thanks to LJ for help with image editing.