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0:00The way we walk is constantly reshaping
0:02our face. It seems small and
0:04insignificant, but trust me, by the end
0:06of this video, you will realize just how
0:08important it is. Most people in the
0:10modern world move in incorrect patterns.
0:12As a result, their posture falls, their
0:15face becomes less attractive over time,
0:18they age worse, feel worse, and don't
0:20become the best versions of themselves.
0:22And what we don't realize is that this
0:24isn't natural at all. This is all caused
0:26by external influences from sitting in
0:29chairs, from sleeping on ultra-soft
0:31mattresses, from hunching over on our
0:33phones, and from terrible posture. And
0:35nonetheless, at any age, at any time, we
0:37can re-correct this. So, here is exactly
0:39how to walk correctly to restore natural
0:41beauty. The base of understanding this
0:43is first looking at nature. This is step
0:45one in terms of explaining it. You'll
0:47see that if you were to go on a street,
0:49most people in the modern world will
0:50have slight duck feet, which means their
0:53feet are pointing outwards, and there's
0:55no spiral motion in their movement.
0:57There's no flow. It's stiff, it's rigid,
1:00because the entire structure is tight
1:03because of sitting and moving in
1:05improper patterns. If we look at nature,
1:07if we look at babies crawling, leopards
1:10crawling, if we look at the elite
1:12sprinters, if we look at these patterns,
1:14we see that every baby that crawls
1:17crawls with their head facing forward,
1:18their hips back, and shifting their body
1:21from side to side, becoming back chain
1:24dominant naturally. This allows the back
1:26part of the body to form and develop,
1:27which is responsible for up to 80% of
1:29the power we generate. Equally, it forms
1:32the fascial connections throughout, and
1:33you also see that nearly all young
1:35children, especially those that are
1:37chewing harder food, not wearing
1:39super-tight, small shoes, and being
1:41barefoot, will have and sit in these
1:43positions where the heels are flicking
1:46and pointing away from their body,
1:48allowing the hips to internally rotate,
1:51allowing the ankles to decompress, and
1:53allowing the structure to actually relax
1:56and rest. You'll also compare this to
1:58the way that we rest in the modern world
2:00when we sit in a chair with our feet
2:01pointing outwards, when we sit and move
2:03in any of the ways that we do, we lose
2:05this pattern over time as bad habits
2:08accumulate. And so we see that there's
2:10this little spiral in nature, we see
2:12that this kind of prowling movement that
2:14we see in crawling, we can look at
2:15models walking on the runway with their
2:17feet overlapping, their head staying
2:19straight, and their arms swaying from
2:21side to side. It seems provocative, it
2:23may seem crazy, but we're meant to move
2:26like this. It is actually natural, and
2:28the mechanism is very clear and simple
2:30when I'll explain it right now. By the
2:31way, if you don't know who I am, my name
2:33is Oscar Patel. I transformed myself
2:35from this to this completely naturally.
2:37Not only am I the only person in the
2:38world as far as I know to fully
2:40re-correct my crooked teeth naturally,
2:42improve my asthma, my sleep apnea,
2:44improve my forward head posture, and
2:46improve my appearance, but more
2:47importantly, I rewired the way I move, I
2:49rewired my posture, I fixed my flat
2:51feet, I released the fascia throughout,
2:53and as a result, I feel better, I look
2:55better, and I'm healthier, and now I've
2:56helped thousands of other people do the
2:58same to the point where we have the
2:59largest health-based paid community in
3:01the world called Health Is Looks that I
3:03run with my mom, my sister, and all of
3:05you beautiful people watching, where we
3:07have people of all ages from all kinds
3:09of places helping others spreading this
3:11mission. Slowly, we're changing the
3:13world together. So, if you'd like more
3:14routines, if you find this interesting,
3:15if you want access to more information,
3:17and you want to make this a part of your
3:18life, join the community. It's
3:20worthwhile, trust me. QR code's on the
3:22screen, links in the description, but
3:23let's keep cracking. So, we're talking
3:25about walking, we're understanding this
3:26pattern. Why and what is the science
3:28behind how this actually affects our
3:30face? It seems outlandish, it seems
3:31crazy. Well, firstly, let's look at a
3:33kind of chain reaction mechanism. If the
3:35feet remain straight, there's a correct
3:37arch, and they don't collapse, this
3:39allows the anterior tibial tendon on the
3:41top of the foot to activate. Equally, it
3:43allows proper ankle dorsiflexion,
3:46meaning the knees don't cave in, also
3:48allowing the hips to internally rotate.
3:51It allows a foot to glute connection,
3:53and allows this pathway to light up.
3:55This takes pressure off of the lower
3:57back, prevents the spine from
3:58compensating. Usually, with people that
4:01have their feet turned outward, when the
4:02spine compensates, the head shifts
4:04forward, cuz the body's one integrated
4:05system. And when this happens, the
4:07tongue falls off of the roof of the
4:08mouth, the SCM muscle in your neck, and
4:11the digastric muscle just here, end up
4:13pulling the jaw backwards, trying to
4:15align the body. Again, cuz if you're
4:17shifting in this pattern, you can
4:18imagine what your body's trying to do.
4:19It's trying to stabilize. So, it tries
4:21to stabilize itself by negatively
4:23pulling our jaw back, which as a result,
4:26clogs our airway, prevents the facial
4:28muscles from activating correctly, and
4:30our breath becomes less efficient, our
4:31posture collapses further, our rib cage
4:34doesn't expand, and equally, our fascia
4:36throughout the entire system becomes
4:38tighter. Fascia being the layer of
4:40connective tissue that runs throughout
4:41our body. It becomes tighter, preventing
4:43proper movement, and equally, as this
4:45becomes dehydrated, this wraps around
4:47every single muscle, and the muscles
4:49can't be activated properly. When the
4:51muscles can't get activated, the
4:52osteoblast production reduces, bones
4:55become thinner and weaker, and
4:57literally, over time, we become frailer,
4:59less attractive, we move less
5:01efficiently, our faces shift, and we are
5:04more prone to health issues, and an
5:06entire cascade of things. And that's an
5:08entirely different way of thinking about
5:10things, especially in the modern world,
5:11where we have so many different people
5:13specialized for different parts of the
5:14body, but we should treat, and I believe
5:16quite firmly, we should treat the body
5:18as one system. This will be part of the
5:19research that we're conducting. We're
5:20launching our own scientific study. This
5:22has also been clearly shown from the
5:24thousands of transformations that we now
5:26have, where people are creating
5:27miraculous results, completely changing
5:29themselves, not through me or anyone
5:31else doing it, but by working with
5:32themselves, with their own nervous
5:34system, and healing themselves. And this
5:36is kind of the true power of the human
5:38body. Not only is it so interconnected,
5:40but it also has the ability to
5:42re-correct. Because that fascia that
5:44runs throughout the entire body, all of
5:46these mechanisms, while they've
5:47compensated in this way, it isn't
5:49natural. Go back to the babies, go back
5:51to the animals, go back to the models,
5:52go back to the sprinters. These patterns
5:55are ingrained within us. And so, even if
5:57we've lost them, even if we're 90,
5:59no matter how old we are, we can regain
6:02them because it's stored somewhere
6:03within our body. Those are the
6:04mechanics. Equally, the feet connect
6:07directly up to the hyoid area through
6:09what is called the deep front line. The
6:10feet also connect up to the scalp
6:12through the superficial back line. We
6:14have different fascial lines running
6:15throughout our entire around 12 uh that
6:17have been shown. And these connect in
6:19direct chains through specific parts of
6:21the body. That's why you'll see that a
6:22lot of people who have a pelvic tilt
6:25will also have a double chin. That's why
6:27you'll see these patterns between people
6:29that have duck feet and a posterior
6:31posture where the hips sway forward and
6:33as a result lower tongue posture and
6:35then more prone to an overbite. Your
6:37posture quite literally shapes the
6:38entirety of your face. And I know that
6:40we're bought into this idea of genetics.
6:42I'm not denying everything completely,
6:43but I am saying that we swallow, we
6:45walk, we move, we breathe, we speak. And
6:47all of these things over time are
6:49directly influencing how we feel, look,
6:51and move. And it's all quite simple. You
6:53cannot separate the way you look from
6:54the way you move. So, what is the actual
6:57pattern? What are we looking for when
6:58we're walking? Well, this is step two.
6:59Let's break it down. Let's understand.
7:01This is where it's getting really good
7:02and really amazing. This is hopefully
7:04where people's minds should be blown,
7:06but they shouldn't be blown. They should
7:07just be going back to the way that they
7:09knew things actually are. Again, as I
7:11say in every video, this should be
7:12intuitive. You shouldn't be listening to
7:13me or understanding or trusting me. It
7:16should be intuitive. It should be
7:17natural within your body. This should
7:19make sense to every single human. When
7:21we look at a beautiful sunset, it's the
7:23same thing here as when we look at a
7:24beautiful face. I don't believe there is
7:27any difference. I believe beauty is
7:28natural. I believe it is just as natural
7:31as the sun setting or river flowing. I
7:33don't think we should be constantly
7:35looking at our faces in mirrors that we
7:37created, but I do think we should be
7:38constantly doing habits that make us
7:40feel good and healthier and as a result,
7:42shift our faces a byproduct. Looks is
7:44always the byproduct, never the direct
7:46goal, and that's the key focus always,
7:48and that's what also will allow people
7:49to not get too attached to it, to
7:51actually, ironically, get better
7:52results. And it was absolutely key for
7:54me in my transformation where I
7:55hyper-fixated on looks and appearance
7:57initially, eventually coming to the
7:59correct conclusion that health is looks,
8:01not the other way around. Looks isn't
8:02health, health is looks, okay? So, when
8:05we're looking at walking, and again, I'd
8:07like to shout out a couple people and
8:09there are loads of other great amazing
8:11people that speak about this, but a a
8:13little shout out to GoTo as well that
8:14have pioneered quite a lot of this and
8:16seen a lot of these patterns. And also,
8:18a shout out to nature for just creating
8:20the bodies as perfectly as they have.
8:21Ideally, what we're looking for usually
8:23is straight feet if we can. I don't
8:25think it's the most important thing. I
8:27don't think it's the number one on the
8:28list because I think there are examples
8:30of athletes who are extremely athletic
8:32without straight feet, but I do think it
8:34does directly improve our looks and our
8:36posture. And so, if our feet are
8:38straight, that allows a proper bow to
8:40form between the foot, knee, and hip.
8:42And as a result, that cascades up the
8:44chain where the tongue usually then
8:45rests on the roof of the mouth. And if
8:47we go back further in time, if we go to
8:48periods like the 1960s, you see that
8:50people have naturally straighter feet,
8:52and you see that this pattern starts
8:54usually with modern shoes where we can
8:56straight the toes play. The toes go like
8:59this, and as a result, the foot
9:00collapses. They point outwards to
9:02compensate in order to fit in, and this
9:04creates an entirely different chain
9:06reaction. So, that's the first kind of
9:08key, straight feet. Now, when we say
9:10straight feet, that doesn't mean
9:11perfectly straight. It doesn't mean, you
9:14know, anything over the top. Just
9:16visualize it as a rough image, and then
9:18we also have the heel flicking away.
9:20Every step we take, that heel should
9:22flick away, allowing a proper spiral to
9:24form and energy to be efficiently
9:26transferred throughout the body. If we
9:27look at a tennis player swinging or a
9:29golf player hitting a ball, that back
9:31heel should and usually does flick away,
9:34allowing energy to be efficiently
9:35transferred throughout the entirety of
9:38the body. Remember when we swing our
9:39arms and hit a ball, that's why we're
9:41always saying check the footwork, move
9:43your feet. It starts in the base of the
9:45body. That's how we transfer the energy
9:47from the ground and use our bodies
9:49efficiently to move through time and
9:51space. And so that heel needs to flick
9:53away. That's a necessity. And so when we
9:54talk about straight feet, this is what
9:56we should be looking for first and more
9:58foremost, that heel flicking away, and
10:00that's what we want to get back. If you
10:02look at as people get older, almost
10:04everyone loses this. You will really
10:06will not find people who are walking
10:08with their heel flicking away as time
10:10passes on because we lose and our fascia
10:12becomes hydrated as time accumulates.
10:15And so you imagine that obviously part
10:16of this is aging, but also most of this
10:18is unnatural. It's about time
10:20accumulated in chairs, time accumulated
10:23breathing through our mouths, time
10:24accumulated consuming processed food,
10:27time accumulated indoors under
10:29artificial lights like I am right now
10:30trying to record this video. As the all
10:32of these things accumulate, these bad
10:33habits accumulate, of course this
10:35changes the shape of our fascia, and the
10:37structure that wraps around our entire
10:38body, shaping our posture, meaning that
10:41over time becomes more difficult to
10:42maintain these habits. That's the second
10:44note. The third note that we're looking
10:45for is the knee pointing outwards. The
10:47knee caving in again is a massive issue.
10:49We don't want pigeon toes. That's not
10:51what we're looking for. If the knee
10:52caves in, then we're not transferring
10:54energy properly. We that doesn't mean
10:55that when we stand the knee should point
10:57out. It means that when we land, when
10:59we're supporting ourselves, when we're
11:00bracing, that knee should bow out to
11:01allow the energy to be efficiently
11:03transferred up the chain. I think that's
11:05a really important principle as well.
11:07Again, I'm going to go over the very
11:09basic principles because I want to link
11:10it back to what I know best, which is
11:12appearance and looks. But generally,
11:14these principles should be maintained
11:16when we're walking. Equally, I do think
11:18that we also need some kind of
11:19activation in the plantar fascia. I do
11:21think we should be looking for the
11:22tendons in the feet being activated, and
11:25I do think that people should have a
11:26sense of stiffness within their ankles,
11:28as well as being able to retract their
11:30toes. But these are topics for further
11:32discussion. We can show a quick video of
11:34retracting the toes versus scrunching
11:36the toes. You don't need to be
11:37constantly retracting your toes, and
11:39usually this is a byproduct of adapting
11:41to modern shoes, but inevitably we all
11:43already have, and so it is important to
11:45be able to do this. If you can't, it
11:47means your feet really haven't properly
11:48adapted. So, look at this video where
11:50you can see me retracting the toes
11:52rather than scrunching. Scrunching,
11:53retracting. And we want to retract,
11:55create tension in the foot, and activate
11:57the plantar fascia, and then from there
11:59we can then realize that we can create a
12:01foot-to-glute connection. When we have
12:03this, we take pressure off the lower
12:04back, and as a result, the hips go back,
12:07the head and crown go forward, and this
12:09is where things get really beautiful.
12:10The moment you're able to walk properly
12:12and maintain these correct cues and
12:15habits, then you can take the next step.
12:17Hips being back, head being forward,
12:19tongue being on the roof of the mouth,
12:20and breathing backwards into your nose,
12:22allowing the air energy and air to
12:24transfer efficiently down, down, down,
12:26and out through the rib cage. And as a
12:28result, all of that negative cycle and
12:30pattern gets completely undone. Instead
12:31of the knees collapsing, instead of the
12:33head falling forward, you're undoing the
12:35entire system, and you're rebuilding the
12:37body as it was always meant to be. And
12:39if you do this even right now, if you
12:40just practice a couple of these cues,
12:42you'll instantly feel better again,
12:44because it's natural. It's memorized
12:45within our bodies as something that
12:47we're meant to do. If we look at
12:48someone's feet and them walking without
12:51ever looking at their face, we will know
12:53who's more attractive. We'll naturally
12:54associate these things, and that
12:56shouldn't be mesmerizing to people. It's
12:58because it's an indicator of health. If
13:01people move better, they live longer,
13:02they have better posture. If we live
13:04longer, then that's survival. It's
13:05biological. Same reason that we find
13:07certain facial features attractive. It's
13:09also the reason that athletic people end
13:11up being more attractive, because all of
13:12these things are interlinked, and
13:14they're all one. Health is looks in
13:16every sense of the word. So, that's the
13:17basic cues for walking, and then now we
13:20need to understand exactly some of the
13:21practical things we can apply to get
13:23there. This is where things are getting
13:24good. Again, it depends on the person
13:26I'm speaking to, but I'm going to
13:27generalize it towards everyone,
13:28especially uh
13:30if we look at my mom's case. She had
13:32very bad bunions. She really worked on
13:34the spiral fascia. She was trying to
13:36build this foot-to-glute connection and
13:38this consistency. I think an important
13:40note from my perspective is to
13:41understand that while we need to
13:44re-correct the structure and work with
13:45the body and undo certain exercise not
13:47undo, but activate certain processes to
13:49allow the body to work properly. And
13:51people say that you shouldn't perfectly
13:53mimic movement because you should do it
13:55naturally as a byproduct of, you know,
13:57proper structure. But I do also think
13:59that the fascia is the structure that
14:01most connects the mind and the body. And
14:03as a result, if we don't clearly
14:04visualize something in the mind, then I
14:06think it's very difficult to actually
14:08then get to the point where we can
14:09naturally encourage the body to do it
14:11because I think we become biased to
14:13negative actions. And I think if we're
14:15surrounded in a world where everyone's
14:17walking improperly and we grow up and we
14:19are creatures of mimicry, mimic imitate
14:22creatures of imitation where we mimic
14:24all of the people around us. If we're
14:26constantly exposed people with negative
14:27habits because that's what the modern
14:28world's created, then even no matter how
14:31perfect our habits are, it's become kind
14:34of diluted our understanding of how
14:37things should actually function, which
14:38should be ingrained within us, but it's
14:41kind of fading. And so I think that it
14:42is important to actually look at these
14:44patterns of nature. I think it is
14:46important even if you don't have the
14:47correct mechanics to actually support
14:49walking straight subconsciously. I do
14:51think it is practice to people important
14:53that people practice it so that you can
14:55be very clear in your mind what you're
14:56working towards and as a result get a
14:58feeling for it so that when you do
15:00improve the structure, you understand
15:02what you're working towards. You connect
15:03the mind and body and the fascia will
15:05work and function quicker as as a
15:06result. And that in some to some may be
15:09a slightly odd take, but I think it's
15:11the way things have to function. Mind
15:13always has full control of the body. Why
15:15can there be exceptions to people having
15:17duck feet and people being exceptional
15:18athletes? Because I think the the still
15:20controls everything. And so I think that
15:22if people are set in a way of thinking,
15:24if that people actually have a
15:26connection between the mind and body,
15:27then regardless of how the body actually
15:29moves and operates, the mind still has
15:31control, and is able to create the
15:32output that you think you're capable of.
15:34The issue is that as the fascial
15:36connection becomes tighter, the
15:37connection in the between the body and
15:39the mind becomes weaker, and as a
15:41result, we need to rebuild that in order
15:42to actually get to the point where our
15:44minds have control again. That's the
15:45kind of in between, that's the kind of
15:47point. And so, don't get anything
15:48twisted, don't hyper optimize and only
15:50focus on movement patterns and judge
15:52other people and look around for it.
15:54Focus on yourself, recreate the inside
15:56and let it follow as a proper
15:57understanding. Don't let anything, as
15:59with everything, become toxic in nature.
16:02Just understand that kind of principle.
16:03So, what are some of the things that we
16:05can do to re-correct and move in the
16:06right direction? Well, with that, I
16:08think practicing is important, more
16:10important than people think, purely
16:11because that mind-body connection that
16:13many people neglect. Uh but, also, I
16:16think it is important to begin by
16:18training the nervous system. So,
16:20training longer isometric holds,
16:22adapting to these positions, and
16:23allowing the nervous system to quite
16:25literally shake and adapt to new resting
16:27positions, I think is really important.
16:29I know this firsthand with the face and
16:31with a lot of practices here, where
16:32ideally you'll see that a lot of people
16:34develop twitches throughout their lives,
16:36many children now because of blue light
16:38exposure, because of tight fascia,
16:39because of terrible posture, where they
16:41start opening their mouths, they start
16:42twitching their eyes. Like, I used to
16:44have quite a lot of these things because
16:46there's tension in the body, and it's
16:47then the body's trying to release it by
16:50pandiculating, but it's unable to
16:52because this tension is constantly
16:53accumulating from sitting and hunching
16:55and just chewing soft food. Shaking and
16:58resting may seem negative, but I think
17:00it's really positive, and I think it's
17:02your nervous system adapting to the way
17:04that it was meant to be. At least with
17:05me, when I'm shifting my face, when I
17:07naturally expanded my palate, when I
17:09shifted my face upwards and forwards,
17:10I'm releasing all of this tension
17:11previously stored. My face started kind
17:14of moving, twitching, shifting, and you
17:16can feel that your body kind of wants to
17:17unravel, and this is what you should be
17:19building towards. When you hold any of
17:21these positions, like a basic lunge
17:22position, and you keep the heel off of
17:25the ground, and you try and activate the
17:26tendons on the top of your foot, you
17:28hold this position as long as you can
17:29initially, just so you can get a feel
17:31for what the body's capable of, so that
17:33you can kind of progress and push past
17:35these limits, and make sure your nervous
17:36system feels safe, because that's the
17:38real key to it all. Just as these
17:40patterns have evolved in order for us to
17:41be less injury prone, in order for us to
17:43move better and survive longer, a lot of
17:45this is also proving what's actually
17:47possible to your body. So, if we do not
17:49progress, if we do not kind of
17:51understand our limits and see what's
17:53actually possible, then imagine your
17:54limits up here, and we're working
17:56towards up here, then we're not actually
17:57operating anywhere near where we should.
17:59And so, I think that's important for
18:01everyone just to get a feel of where
18:03they're at, and to realize that, "Okay,
18:05my nervous system's adapting, it feels
18:07limited at this point, but I can go way
18:09beyond, I can shift." So, longer
18:10isometric holds is the first kind of key
18:13step. You can do this with your feet.
18:15You can do this in a lunge position. You
18:16can even do this with a base thumb plane
18:18position. Retract the toes if you can,
18:21if not, just scrunch them, that's good
18:23enough. Tense your feet, make sure your
18:25posture's back chain dominant, and then
18:27apply pressure with your thumbs onto the
18:29palate, hold it with 60% force, and hold
18:32it for as long as you can until your
18:33body starts to move. And you want your
18:35body to move naturally. People talk
18:37about gut instinct, it's the same thing
18:39you find here. Your body will adapt
18:40naturally, because your fascia's
18:41basically this living real structure.
18:44So, allow it to shift. And again, it
18:46seems weird with some of this
18:47understanding, but the key, I think, is
18:49not me speaking with absolute facts and
18:51certainty. I think the key lies in
18:53people playing around with these
18:54exercises with their body. So, try it
18:56right now as you're listening to me,
18:57explore and feel. And again, here are
18:59some more transformations to back up
19:00what we're doing, and this literally is
19:02just the start. People can get involved
19:04in this right now, and explore these
19:05topics. The limits are absolutely
19:07endless. This, I'm so confident, will be
19:09the future, because we will have to go
19:11back to the way we were meant to live,
19:12but most importantly, we will need to
19:14re-correct. And so, we need to work with
19:16our bodies to re-correct. Nothing
19:17external can do that, and this is the
19:19absolute key. So, longer isometrics,
19:21those are a couple base positions. From
19:23there, I think it's also absolutely
19:25necessary to decompress the structure,
19:27to spend as much time moving and sitting
19:30on harder surfaces as possible. I think
19:32this is the most important second step.
19:34I'll break down one more after this, but
19:35this is so important to emphasize. Spend
19:37time sitting on the floor, spend time if
19:40you can, sleeping on the floor, or at
19:41least on a futon. Spend more time moving
19:44on the floor, spend more time resting on
19:47your shins. Adapt to the floor, and the
19:49fact that we've adapted to sofas and
19:51cushions and mattress toppers. People
19:53think this is comfy, and obviously it
19:54may feel initially comfy. What's
19:56actually happening are your muscles are
19:57constantly compensating to hold yourself
19:59in this position. That's why we wake up
20:01sore, that's why we end up feeling
20:02flabbier, that's why our body start
20:04collapsing, because these silent things
20:06compound because we've adapted towards
20:08them. We're meant to have adapted to
20:10harder surfaces, to nature, to the
20:12ground. So, at the very least, you don't
20:13need to spend the entire day sitting on
20:15the ground, but if you can spend up to
20:1630 minutes in base positions like some
20:18of the ones you see on the screen, in
20:20seiza, in in one leg up seiza position,
20:23sleeping on the floor. Always sleep on
20:24your side, by the way, that's absolutely
20:26fundamental. Keep these same patterns in
20:28mind. If you want to have this natural
20:29spiral when you walk, and you want to
20:31walk correctly like models do, like
20:32amazing people do, then you cannot sleep
20:34on your back. You cannot rest in these
20:36positions where your feet are pointing
20:38outwards. That's the biggest telltale
20:39sign that the fascia is switched off,
20:42for lack of better words, that the
20:43body's collapsing. And so, even if you
20:45lie on your back and you feel good, your
20:47tongue's not on the roof of the mouth,
20:48your feet are pointing outwards. These
20:50are the two key cues for actually
20:51activating the fascia, and therefore you
20:53know clearly and intuitively from this
20:54line of logic that regardless of what
20:56people think about sleeping on one side
20:57and lymphatic drainage shifting to one
20:59side, it's completely and utterly
21:01ridiculous. And so, your tongue can
21:04provide more pressure than anything
21:05else. It will make sure your face stays
21:07asymmetrical. You can switch sides if
21:08you want, sleep on your side, spend more
21:10time on the floor, and adapt in these
21:12ways. It was very difficult for me at
21:14first to hold positions like seiza. It
21:16was easier for my sister, but more
21:18difficult in other positions. You'll
21:19understand and feel where your body
21:21stores tension. For me, it was in my
21:23hips. For one of my closest friends, it
21:25was in his quads. And for other clients,
21:27you'll see that it's in their shins,
21:28their ankles, their hamstrings, their
21:31abs. For some people, they can't have a
21:33natural curve in their back when they
21:35sit in these positions. They end up
21:36having to hunch forward because they
21:37don't have this natural curve in their
21:38back because they've overdeveloped the
21:40muscles in their lower back because they
21:42haven't developed their glutes. And so,
21:43you'll see the way your body begins to
21:45compensate. And as you have a better
21:46understanding for how all of this
21:47functions, then you'll be able to
21:48clearly understand how to rebuild it
21:50back to you. And again, this is the
21:52importance of things like the community.
21:54But once you have a clear understanding
21:55of how to operate, and once you kind of
21:57realize how powerful this truly is, you
21:59can join the community. You can get an
22:01account an accountability coach that can
22:02help answer your questions. You can get
22:04access to live calls where you can ask
22:06me, my mom, my sister, any of the
22:08coaches direct questions. And you can
22:10post things where there's like-minded
22:11people that are willing to help, that
22:13have had transformations, that
22:14understand the information, that becomes
22:16this beautiful cycle of spreading more
22:18positivity, helping more people.
22:20Honestly, it is amazing if you join. It
22:22is probably the most pleasant and
22:24brilliant place on the entire internet.
22:26It is beyond amazing just how amazing
22:28the It is beyond crazy just how many
22:30people how many different kinds of
22:32people that there are, how supportive it
22:33is. It's mind-blowing. And so, yeah,
22:35again, don't want to push it too hard,
22:37but I highly urge everyone to join.
22:39Nonetheless, get stuck in with this
22:40stuff. And key notes, when you are
22:42resting on the floor, keep your heels
22:43flicking away as a base position. Try
22:45and keep your tongue on the roof of the
22:47mouth. Walking is restoring natural
22:49beauty. Your tongue is the cherry on top
22:50to this entire cake. If we do not keep
22:52our tongue on the roof of the mouth, no
22:53matter how well we move, it's pointless.
22:55There's still adhesions, and we're still
22:57cutting and sectioning off this entire
22:59area. That's why I think there can be
23:00brilliantly athletic people. Think
23:01that's why people can have brilliant
23:02fascia in their legs, but then they can
23:04have adhesions cutting off the rest of
23:05the body. I think you'll see with a lot
23:07of people, the most important part of
23:08the body is actually the face because
23:10this is a direct gateway to the breath.
23:12The breath hydrates the entire
23:13structure. And so even though it seems
23:15like the feet are the base of the body,
23:17I actually think ground zero is your
23:18palate. But again, that's a topic for
23:20another discussion. Spend more time on
23:22the floor, decompress the body, make
23:23sure the heels are flicking out, make
23:25sure tongue's on the roof of the mouth,
23:26and this will take you a very far way.
23:28And I really urge people to try and
23:30practice. I'm going to make a more
23:31in-depth video on how to tape this on,
23:33the importance, and more in-depth
23:35details about sleeping, and all of the
23:37kind of quirks and questions. But try
23:38sleeping on at least a harder mattress
23:41initially, and then move to a futon, and
23:43then eventually move to the floor. Seems
23:45crazy, it seems ridiculous, but it's
23:47exceptionally powerful. And also, it's
23:49frictionless. So people worry about
23:50doing these things. Obviously, maybe you
23:52don't want to sleep with your partner on
23:53the floor. You don't need to go crazy,
23:54but at least get a harder mattress. But
23:56generally, it should be logical. You
23:58know, these things have no friction.
24:00need to spend more time doing them. It
24:01shouldn't be that crazy. The only thing
24:03holding people back is their own minds
24:05and their preconceptions about things,
24:06how how things have to work because of
24:08how we've taught in the modern world.
24:10But if we realize that walking
24:11incorrectly, moving incorrectly, we're
24:12unhealthier than we ever have been, then
24:14how can we question how can we not
24:16question everything else going on around
24:17here? So that's step two, a really
24:19important step. And step three is again
24:22connecting the feet to the face and to
24:25the upper body. Make sure you have this
24:26connection. Your feet should mimic your
24:28palate. The issue is that the face holds
24:30so much tension. We chew, we swallow, we
24:32breathe, we do a lot of things with our
24:34facial muscles and with our breath that
24:37honestly are actually isolated to the
24:38face and not conducive to the rest of
24:40the body. So it's even more important
24:42that we tackle the face individually. If
24:44we do not do myofunctional exercises, if
24:46we do not work with the palate, if we do
24:48not rewire our breathing, then the
24:50structure ends up relapsing, which is a
24:52really important concept. If you train
24:53your feet and you play around and you
24:55build fascial connections, and you
24:56decompress, and you work, but then you
24:58do not have the breath, the palate, and
25:00the tongue posture to reinforce this
25:02structure, then there's no point because
25:04your body's still out of alignment, your
25:05body will inevitably have to compensate,
25:07and it will only work when everything is
25:09connected, when you've treated it as one
25:11system. There's no point having straight
25:13feet without a wide palate, there's no
25:14point having a wide palate without
25:16straight feet. Everything is one
25:17structure, and this is how we're meant
25:19to integrate. So, the easiest things
25:21that people can try, and we have loads
25:22of videos on the channel, and we'll
25:23release more videos in the very near
25:25future, are exercises all to do with at
25:27the very least activating the nervous
25:29system through the facial muscles, so
25:31something like the cheek puff and suck.
25:32You'll also see that I'm not sure if
25:34it's being released soon, but my mom and
25:35sister have dropped their own YouTube
25:37video with a 10-minute follow-along
25:38routine
25:40um as well, which is super exciting.
25:41Highly recommend everyone to check that
25:43out. Leave the link in the description
25:44somewhere, but support the channel.
25:46We're really going to build this out. I
25:47want families involved. I want
25:48generations involved. I want everyone
25:49spreading this mission and realizing
25:51what's actually possible. If we can
25:52combine this with everything that's
25:54going to come in the near future, the
25:56possibilities are indeed endless, but
25:59practice that exercise, and equally
26:01practice massaging your palate and
26:03releasing the palatal fascia. This is
26:04really important. Again, I have a more
26:06in-depth routine of this in the school
26:07community, as well as a full-body fascia
26:09routine where you can integrate all of
26:11these exercises and do more in-depth
26:12things. There's always more progression.
26:14Everyone needs to have things
26:15personalized again because we store
26:17adhesions differently, we breathe
26:18differently, and there's an endless
26:20loop, a rabbit hole that people can go
26:21down coming to the right answers, but
26:23you can also just join the community,
26:25save infinite amounts of time, have more
26:27accountability, actually take action,
26:29and then go from there. And it's a
26:30brilliant way to start, to integrate,
26:32and then even from there, you know, if
26:34someone wants access to one-to-one
26:35coaching, if you really want to do
26:36things properly, you can find out more
26:38information about that by joining the
26:39school and messaging your coach. That's
26:41the rough program, that's the rough
26:43setup, that's the kind of trajectory. We
26:45see these patterns in nature, that's a
26:46rough explanation of how things work,
26:48some exercises and understanding how the
26:50body integrates. Obviously, there's a
26:51lot more. I know this is a longer video,
26:54but this is still the tip of the
26:56iceberg. Remember what's possible
26:57regardless of what your limitations are.
26:59Remember the mind controls the body.
27:01That comes first. So, have faith, have
27:03conviction, do things properly,
27:04integrate this within your life, help
27:05other people around you, and and go for
27:08it. And I do truly believe that if we
27:10re-correct the way we walk, we will
27:11store the natural beauty we were always
27:13meant to have. Also, another quick
27:15thing, more transformations on the
27:16screen just because I'm so unbelievably
27:18proud of these people. But, remember
27:20health is looks.
27:22Thanks for watching.

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