Keep the Seal
Within "the perfect circle" (the rim of the mouthpiece itself), a hermetic "seal" is formed, much like the head of the tympani. When the mouthpiece pressure is neutralized by the puckered resistance of the lips, this "seal" is kept in place as the mouthpiece remains "the perfect circle", not slipping or sliding from its original placement position while ascending or descending, chromatically or making intervallic leaps. If this "seal" is broken, even during inhalations, the embouchure itself will not develop due to this disruption of "setting". That is why, during embouchure development, one is instructed to "use more mouthpiece pressure against the lips during the inhalation than during the actual playing".
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