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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