Source
- Alexander Yanai Volume 1, Lesson 15
- Source: Reel 2, Track 1, Lesson 5
- For German see AYnmal täglich: Augen 1
Synopsis
- Eye lesson including palming, horizontal eye movement, vertical eye movement, pressing the eyes shut, black/white objects looking at, Brock-String-like divergence & convergence, and the same with a definite letter.
Lesson Outline
- Test movement: reading before and after the lesson.
- Lie supine, legs always long if possible.
- Cover eyes with the palms, with no pressure on the eyeball
- What do you see? Colors, shapes, black?
- Find the darkest point
- Lower arms, eyes remain closed
- Look from the bridge of the nose between the eyebrows, to the right ear near the floor. Repeat
- Do it very fast
- Rest. Sense the facial muscles on both sides
- On the other side: Look from the bridge of the nose between the eyebrows, to the right ear near the floor. Repeat
- Do it very fast
- Rest. Sense the facial muscles on both sides
- Rest the eyes. What are the eyes doing? Where do they point? Where are they?
- Do they rest in the upper outer quadrant?
- Look quickly to the bridge of the nose, then do nothing. Where do the eyes drift back to?
- Look forwards towards the ceiling
- Follow a ball rolling right on the ceiling, down the wall, across the floor, to meet the right ear
- Watch the ball as it follows the same path to return
- Does it return to the same point? Is this point exactly in front of you or not?
- Repeat several times
- Now, look from nose bridge straight to ear, and back
- How is this movement different. Try both routes to the ear and compare. Is there an absence of focussing? Smoothness?
- On the long route, observe where the eyes jump or skip. Try to smooth out any jumps
- Same to the left: follow a ball from ceiling, down wall, along floor, to left ear. Return. Repeat
- Check on smoothness and continuousness. Shaking, jumps, hops in the movement?
- Several times vary this movement with a rapid movement from nose bridge direct to left ear
- Move from ear to ear via the nose bridge, without following along the walls. Repeat a few times
- Move from ear to ear via the ceiling. Repeat a few times
- Cover eyes. Choose the blackest point in the field of vision and spread the blackness more
- Rest, arms long, eyes closed
- Press eyes closed with all your force, using eyebrows, forehead, etc. After a few seconds, release, repeat
- Then do it for 20 or 30 seconds
- Do it only with the right eye. Feel the left eye with fingertips to ensure it does nothing
- Repeat with the left eye
- Palm the eyes. How much black is there now?
- Lower the hands
- See a small black pea on the bridge of the nose
- Look at the ball rolling down the midline over the mouth to the navel. Return and
- Continue to the hairline, over the crown, along the floor to the wall. Return
- Sense continuity, jumps
- Do the same movement quickly. As if the ball is wild
- Rest
- Picture a white ping pong ball on the bridge of the nose. Replace it with the black pea, and repeat
- What do the eyes do differently with the one and the other?
- Move the white ball from between the eyes to the ceiling, and back. Repeat
- Picture a black Q with white interior, resting on the face
- Move the Q away from the face, becoming smaller till it is only a dot. Return, allowing each feature to become clear – the squiggle, the black outline, etc
- Repeat. Make its size proportional to the distance. Its clarity appropriate to the distance
- Palm the eyes. Check the quality of the blackness
- Rest with arms down
- Review and repeat whatever you remember from the lesson. Compare any differences
- Open the eyes. Sense difference in visual clarity, texture and colours
Focus of the teaching
- In addition to the movements, what theme or ideas did the teacher focus on
Related ATMs
- Add links.
Resources
Share Your Insights (ideas, principles, strategies, experiences, …)
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