Source
- Alexander Yanai Vol 10
- Reel 31, Track 2, Lesson 3
- Duration of the recording: 46 min.
Synopsis
A seated ATM lesson exploring head rotation through two coordinated “clocks” — one traced by the chin in front, one by the back of the skull behind. Students first refine a simple, slow circular chin movement, then discover an opposing circle happening at the back of the head, and gradually learn to sense, then coordinate, then mentally locate both simultaneously at each hour position. The lesson builds from movement toward pure imagination/thinking of the hours without acting them out, using a “chimney” image to help organize the head’s rotation. It closes with a standing check, turning the whole body left and right to notice how the refined head organization carries into a simple everyday movement.
- Chin clock, basic pass
a. Extend chin to 12, lower toward chest at 6; trace the full circle slowly, hour by hour, gently
b. Repeat with eyes closed, looking toward the nose
c. Eyes closed, looking toward the forehead — circle widens
d. Eyes open, fixed on a point on the wall while turning - Vary the chin circle
a. Switch forearms; make the circle small and fast without losing its shape
b. Fast, looking at the forehead — rest after - Introduce the head-clock (back of skull)
a. Head tipped back; locate 12 behind, keep circling chin
b–c. Coordinate chin-12/head-12, then chin-1/head-1
d. Continue with head-clock alone through several hours
e. Head back, rest, switch hands
f. Head-clock: 12 to 3 toward each shoulder, then reverse — rest - Chin clock again, refined
a–b. Repeat chin circle, easier and quieter this time
c–h. Each time passing 12, 2, 4, 5, 6, pause and think of the corresponding hour behind the head, without necessarily moving there - Head-clock, extended
a. Several free, easy passes
b. Head-clock alone from 12 to 7 — rest - a. Head held still and back; think (don’t move) through hours 12–7, chin and head together
- Full head-clock, “chimney” image
Head-clock 12 to 6 imagined rolling inside a cylinder, touching each hour - Locate hour 7 together
a. Chin circle to 7
b. Head-clock to 7
c–g. Small up/down movements at 7, 6, 5 pairing chin and head
h. Chin alone to 3 — rest - Head-clock and chin-clock together, hour by hour
a–d. Head back; 12, then 3, back to 12, then 3 again, up/down
e–f. 2, then 1/12/11 up/down
g. Full reverse-direction chin circle — rest, switch hands - Combine chin and head deliberately
a. Movements in the air, hour by hour
b–c. Pairing chin-hour with head-hour, then just thinking the pairing - Dynamic combination, then close
Lift/lower head at every hour while sensing chin and head together
a. Easy full circles
b. Fast movements — noticing which part actually leads (eyes, jaw, neck…) - Standing check — Stand, turn the whole body right then left, compare the two sides.
Focus of the teaching
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Related ATMs
- Tag Sitting-on-a-chair
- Tag Fast-movements
- Tag Cervical-spine
- Tag Imagining
- Tag Eye-differentiation
- Tag Dial
- Tag Neck-freedom
Backwards-on-a-chair:
- AY478 Chin movements on a chair
- AY479 Movements of the chin to the sides on a chair
- AY480 Bending movements of the head on a chair
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