Sounds strikingly close to a form of yoga called Kentro Body Balance. My wife studied it, and there are two main sources in the US: Jean Couch at the Balance Center in Palo Alto, and Angelika Thusius who has a book The Secret Pleasures of Posture. As an engineer, I was impressed by the structural integrity of the positions, and especially the research which based it on the postures of peoples who have very few postural problems.A cursory look at these websites does reveal similarities in the postures and the stories behind the research. Are there significant differences, or is it just (self-)marketing? There seems to be a greater connection between the study of posture and yoga with these other teachers. (Esther Gokhale also does yoga, but it is not an important component of her book or classes.) The same commentor writes:
The root of the Body Balance art comes from a woman in Paris, Noel Perez. One of her main students... for years... was Angelika Thusius. From things I find on the web [http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/2010/02/posture-more-from-kathleen-porter.html] apparently Esther Gokhale studied under Perez for years too, and Jean Couch studied under Perez for a year. Couch studied under Thusius for some time. Couch had independent cache with the yoga world from a running book she had written prior to her learning Body Balance. Now they have all written books (Couch has a video). (BTW, my wife studied to be a Kentro trainer under Thusius, took lessons from Couch, and took a seminar from Perez. She recalls she met Gokhale around the time of the Perez seminar.)
The narration reminds me of what a message you'd here in a '70s sci-fi or dystopic movie of the future.
Links:
Balancing & Alignment: Reduce Wear and Increase Your Body's Longevity
L'Institut Supérieur d'Aplomb, Noëlle Perez Christiaens
Angelika Thusius' system focuses on posture, balance; review at DailyOm. (website?)
Ageless Spine Lasting Health by Kathleen Porter
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