Lessons from Year 1
List of Amherst Talks
Week 1
- 06/09/80 AM1 Sucking -life’s first movement
- 06/09/80 AM2 Movement of the eyes left and right
- 06/09/80 PM1 Lifting the head to activate flexors
- 06/09/80 PM2 Lifting the head to activate flexors (continued)
- 06/10/80 AM1 Flexing the upper body, Elbow to the knee
- 06/10/80 AM2 Flexing the upper body, Elbow to the knee (continued)
- 06/10/80 PM1 Rocking and rolling
- 06/10/80 PM2 Flexors and rolling/Flexing the Upper Body, Elbow to the Knee (Continued)
- 06/11/80 AM1 Extensor (Incomplete)
- 06/11/80 PM1 Extensor lesson (part 1)
- 06/11/80 PM2 Extensor lesson (part 2)
- 06/12/80 AM1 Minimal eye movements (part 1)
- 06/12/80 PM1 Minimal eye movements (part 2)
- 06/12/80 PM2 Use of eyes and inclusive attention
- 06/13/80 AM1 Rolling back to side (Labelled “Talk: Chronology of movements” on Table of Contents)
Week 2
- 06/16/80 AM1 Rolling with entire self
- 06/16/80 AM2 Rolling with Entire Self (Continued)
- 06/16/80 PM1 Swivel on Buttocks and Spinning Legs
- 06/16/80 PM2 Swivel on Buttocks and Spinning Legs (Continued)
- 06/17/80 AM1 Seated and Twist Left, Part 1 [Also known as ‘Dead Bird’]
- 06/17/80 PM1 Seated and Twist Left, Part 2 [Also known as ‘Dead Bird’]
- 06/17/80 PM2 Seated and Twist Left, Part 2 [Also known as ‘Dead Bird’] (Continued)
- 06/18/80 AM1 Seated and Twist Left, Part 3 (Includes Swiveling)
- 06/18/80 AM2 Manipulating Head with the Hand / Rolling the Head Between the Hands
- 06/18/80 PM1 Manipulating Head with the Hand / Rolling the Head Between the Hands (Continued)
- 06/18/80 PM2 4 points personal (part 1) / Standing on Four-Points Personal, Part 1
- 06/19/80 AM1 Lying on stomach (part 1) / Tonic Neck / Turning Head on Stomach, Part 1
- 06/19/80 AM2 Eyes
- 06/19/80 PM1 Lying on Stomach, Movements of Legs, Eyes and Head
- 06/19/80 PM2 4 points personal / Standing On Four-Points Personal, Part 2
- 06/20/80 AM1 Eye Movements / Eye Movements and Rolling
Week 3
- 06/23/80 AM1 Lying on stomach (part 2)
- 06/23/80 AM2 Standing and touching floor with left hand
- 06/23/80 PM1 4 points personal (part 1)
- 06/23/80 PM2 4 points personal (part 2)
- 06/24/80 AM1 4 points personal (part 3)
- 06/24/80 AM2 Tilting legs to left, prone
- 06/25/80 AM1 Sucking – interlacing fingers and toes
- 06/25/80 AM2 Hopping on the left leg
- 06/25/80 PM1 Rolling head and getting up (part 1)
- 06/25/80 PM2 Rolling head and getting up (part 2)
- 06/26/80 Stability experience
- 06/27/80 Holding chin and rolling (part 1)
- 06/27/80 Holding chin and rolling (part 2)
Week 4
- 06/30/80 Rolling to the right and left (part 1)
- 06/30/80 Rolling to the right and left (part 2)
- 06/30/80 Rolling to the right and left (part 3)
- 06/30/80 Rolling to the right and left (part 4)
- 07/01/80 Tilting the knees (part 1)
- 07/01/80 Tilting the knees (part 2)
- 07/02/80 Crossing the knees (part 1)
- 07/02/80 Crossing the knees (part 2)
- 07/02/80 Rolling the fists (part 1)
- 07/02/80 Rolling the fists (part2)
- 07/03/80 Diagonal pressing
- 07/03/80 Diagonal pressing and lifting
Week 5
- 07/07/80 Rolling from sitting (part 1)
- 07/07/80 Rolling from sitting (part 2)
- 07/07/80 Rolling the pelvis (part 1)
- 07/07/80 Rolling the pelvis (part 2)
- 07/08/80 Rolling the pelvis (part 3)
- 07/09/80 Rolling the pelvis (part 4)
- 07/09/80 Rolling the pelvis (part 5)
- 07/10/80 AM1 Circling right arm and leg on floor (part 1)
- 07/10/80 AM2 Circling right arm and leg on floor (part 2)
- 07/10/80 PM1 Circling left rotating the bucket/Moving Right Leg in Circles Under body on Side, Back and Stomach (Includes Swiveling Stomach to Sitting and Visualization of Left Arm Circles)
- 07/10/80 PM2 Circling the Arm in the Air
- 07/11/80 Right index holding big toe (part 1)/ Sitting On Back and Rolling
- 07/11/80 Right index holding big toe (part 2)/ Bringing Elbow Over Knee
Week 6
- 07/14/80 AM1 Tilting elbow and knee inside and outside
- 07/14/80 AM2 Passing elbow over opposite knee
- 07/14/80 PM1 On Hands, Elbows, Knees Sitting on Heels /Sitting the English way (part 1)
- 07/14/80 PM2 On Hands, Elbows, Knees Sitting on Heels /Sitting the English way (part 2)
- 07/15/80 Integration of arms lying on the stomach
- 07/16/80 AM1 Integrating arms – crossing the arms
- 07/16/80 AM2 Integrating arms
- 07/16/80 PM1 Moving elbow into the gap
- 07/16/80 PM2 Index finger holding big toe
- 07/17/80 AM Rotation of head and teleceptors
- 07/17/80 PM1 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 1)
- 07/17/80 PM2 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 2)
- 07/18/80 AM1 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 3)
- 07/18/80 AM2 Crossing knees – crawling (part 1)
Week 7
- 07/21/80 AM1 Tonic effect of head
- 07/21/80 AM2 Tonic effect of head rotating with one hand
- 07/21/80 PM1 Head sinking between shoulders
- 07/21/80 PM2 Head and knee under the gap
- 07/22/80 AM1 Lower jaw
- 07/22/80 AM2 Lower jaw – faces
- 07/22/80 PM1 Through gap on stomach and back (part 1)
- 07/22/80 PM2 Through gap on stomach and back (part 2)
- 07/23/80 Through gap, hand held
- 07/24/80 AM1 Morning prayer
- 07/24/80 AM2 Differentiation of body through gap
- 07/24/80 AM3 Onto back – moving head through gap quickly (part 1)
- 07/24/80 AM4 Onto back – moving head through gap quickly (part 2)
- 07/25/80 AM1 On knees flexing pelvis (part 1)
- 07/25/80 AM2 On knees, flexing pelvis (part 2)
- 07/25/80 AM3 On the voice
Week 8
- 07/28/80 AM1 Opening the legs (part 1)
- 07/28/80 AM2 Opening the legs (part 2)
- 07/28/80 AM3 Voice
- 07/29/80 Voice
- 07/30/80 AM1 Scanning dimensions
- 07/30/80 AM2 Mobility of hip – lying down
- 07/30/80 AM3 Hand below kneecap (part 1)
- 07/31/80 AM1 Mobility of hip – hand under kneecap (part 1)
- 07/31/80 AM2 Mobility of hip – hand under kneecap (part 2)
- 07/31/80 AM3 Sitting up with hands under kneecap (part 1)
- 08/01/80 AM1 Sitting up with hands under kneecap (part 2)
- 08/01/80 AM2 Rolling to sit up
Week 9 (Transcript not published yet.)
- 08/04/80 AM1 Hand movement differentiation
- 08/04/80 AM2 Playing fiddle with the elbows (part 1)
- 08/04/80 AM3 Playing fiddle with the elbows (part 2)
- 08/05/80 AM1 Differentiation of arms – sitting
- 08/05/80 AM2 Differentiation of arms – lying (part 1)
- 08/05/80 AM3 Differentiation of arms – lying (part 2) (not in IFF DVD edition)
- 08/06/80 AM1 Pelvic lift with arms right and left
- 08/06/80 AM2 Right side arm and leg go to ceiling
- 08/06/80 AM3 Full circles holding the legs
- 08/07/80 AM1 Summary of lessons and principles (part 1)
- 08/07/80 AM2 Summary of lessons and principles (part 2)
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