AY111 Painting with the soles of the feet

Source

• Alexander Yanai Vol 3 #111
• Reel 9, Track 1, Lesson 2 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se)
• Reel 8, Track 2, Lesson 1 (This reference is identical with the reference of AY100 in the IFF edition.)
  

Synopsis

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Lesson Outline

• Highly condensed outline of key movements
• 1. Initial exploration (right foot painting forward/backward)
     • Lie on your back, both feet standing.
     • Imagine the right sole is covered in paint.
     • Paint forward and backward in the plane of the leg.
     • Keep the movement light and uniform, as if sliding a brush.
     • Rest and compare sensations between legs.
  2. Comparing positions of the left leg
     • Right foot continues painting forward/backward.
     • 2a. Try with the left leg long. Notice reach and boundaries.
     • 2b. Try with the left leg standing. Compare ease and differences.
  3. Side-to-side painting (right foot)
     • With right foot standing, paint side-to-side.
     • Let the foot move more than the knee.
     • Keep the whole sole in contact with the floor.
     • 3a. Try with left leg long, extended sideways.
     • 3b. Try with left leg standing. Compare.
     • Rest.
  4. On the stomach – bending knees
     • Lie on stomach, knees bent upward.
     • Bring right leg toward the body, then left, each separately.
     • Compare differences between legs.
     • Return to the back and rest.
  5. Painting with the left foot (forward/backward)
     • Left foot paints in the plane of the leg, many repetitions.
     • Notice what it does to the body, head, and chest.
     • 5a. Extend right leg while continuing.
     • 5b. Return right foot to standing and compare.
     • Rest.
  6. Side-to-side painting (left foot)
     • With left foot standing, paint side-to-side.
     • Let the foot go further than the knee, like a brush.
     • 6a. Extend right leg and continue.
     • 6b. Return right foot to standing.
     • 6c. Rest on the stomach, bending each leg lightly like painting. Compare.
     • Return to the back and rest.
  7. Right foot circles
     • Recall four points: forward, back, right, left.
     • 7a. Connect them with the sole of the right foot.
     • 7b. Draw a circle slowly and smoothly.
     • 7c. Extend left leg and continue.
     • 7d. Return left foot standing, reverse direction.
     • Rest.
  8. Left foot circles
     • Repeat the four-point circle exploration with the left foot.
     • 8a. Right foot long.
     • 8b. Change direction.
     • 8c. Right foot standing.
     • Rest.
  9. Two feet circles together
     • Paint with both feet at once, making circles.
     • Notice timing differences between the two legs.
     • Sense how pelvis alignment influences symmetry.
     • 9a. Change direction.
     • Rest.
  10. On the stomach – two legs
  • Lying face down, circle both legs together.
  • 10a. Explore both same-direction and opposite-direction circles.
  • Compare how right and left participate.
  • 10b. Do circles with one leg at a time.
  • 10c. Explore slow circles, then faster ones, noticing smoothness.
  • 10d. Alternate directions.
  • Rest.
  • 11. Back again – two-foot circles refined
  • On the back, both feet standing.
  • Explore two-foot circles again, smoother than before.
  • 11a. Feet and knees together, ten circles each direction.
  • 11b. Compare range of foot vs knee movement.
  • 11c. Slow circles, then quicker ones.
  • 11d. Change direction multiple times.
  • Rest.
  • 12 Closing sequence
  • On stomach, circle with both legs simultaneously, same direction.
  • Change direction.
  • Return to the back, sense pelvis, chest, and breathing.
  • Roll to the side, come up to standing.

Focus of the teaching

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Related ATMs

• Tag Painting
• Tag Softening-Chest
• Tag Foot-Movement-In-Space

Painting with the soles of the feet:

• AY118 On the stomach; tilting the legs in circles

Resources

• Recording from Open ATM Project by Falk Fedderssen

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