Source
- Alexander Yanai Vol 11 (501-550)
- Reel 33, Track 3, Lesson 1
- Duration: 38 minutes
Synopsis
- Distinctions of relationships of head, eyes, and balance on heels, toes, homolateral and contralateral in standing and on all fours.
Lesson Outline
- Interlace fingers behind neck; walk forward
- Coordinate as you step R foot forward, bring your L elbow forward; and L foot with R elbow
- Walk with elbows out and pay attention to what happens
- Return to walking with hands interlaced behind, coordinating opposite elbow and foot moving forward at the same time
- Look at the floor while doing this for 20 steps
- Look at horizon while doing this for 10 steps
- Simply walk (hands still interlaced)
- Return to R foot with L elbow moving forward, this time walking on heels only.
- Walking on heels, try looking forward (knees bend)
- Ignore elbows, focus on walking on heels
- Rest arms and walk
- Lie on floor
- Stand, interlace fingers the other way behind neck. Walk with elbows wide to side.
- Coordinate R foot and R elbow forward at same moment, and L foot and L elbow forward at same moment.
- Continue, now coordinating eyes to look the same direction as elbows.
- Continue, coordinate eyes to look opposite of elbows.
- Continue, let eyes organize themselves.
- Lower arms, walk
- Walk on hands and knees
- Coordinate opposite hand moving forward with opposite knee
- Now, as you step with the R foot, slip it back quickly, like falling, so that the knee straightens and the R side of your pelvis comes closer to the floor, as though there is oil there: quickly
- Stay in one place and do this slipping of the right foot: step, slip your foot back, knee straightens, R side of pelvis falls/comes closer to the floor—falling sideways.
- Walk in this way, on all fours, each time your R foot steps, it slips backwards, letting the R elbow bend so you fall to the right side. Then get up.
- Now, walk homolaterally on all fours: R hand and R foot coordinated together; L with L
- Try slipping the R leg out during this way of walking: when steeping R, slip it quickly backwards straightening the knee and then getting up (not sitting to side)
- Now walk on all fours contralaterally: Try slipping the R foot in this situation
- Try both ways. Notice that when you fall while R arm and leg go together it is faster falling and recovering
- Stand and walk.
- Lie and rest
- Stand and walk
- Walk on all fours—what do you do without thinking?
- Walk on all fours contralaterally: Slip the L (like falling) leg while straightening it backwards
- Walk on all fours homolaterally: Slip the L leg so that L hip and L elbow come to the floor, quickly. Like falling.
- Do this in place a few times
- Lie and rest
- Stand on elbows and knees: in place, slip the R knee out, and then the L knee out
- Stand, interlace fingers above your head—not touching your head, but high. Walk on the balls of your feet—“tip of the toes” Pay attention to breath.
- Interlace the other way, walk on your heels. Try to join even your wrists together.
- Lower your arms and walk
- Interlace your hands, join palms and wrists and extend arms comfortably. With each step, protrude your chin like pecking—straight forward towards horizon.
- Change over the interlacing and peck quickly with each step
- Now peck by reaching the tongue forward with each step
- Leave it and walk quickly.
Focus of the teaching
- In addition to the focus on falling and righting yourself in homolateral and contralateral crawling, during the standing explorations, there is a focus noticing where and how the eyes are organized during walking, as well as on differentiating eyes during walking.
Related ATMs
- Theme Walking
- AY501. Introduction to walking. (Page 3411)
- AY502. Walking and crawling. (Page 3419)
- AY503. Hopping and arms. (Page 3427)
- AY504. Continuation and return. (Page 3435)
- AY505. Continuation. (Page 3443)
- AY512. Fish swimming. (Page 3487)
- AY513. Reptiles. (Page 3495)
- Tag Eye-differentiation
- Tag Pecking
- Tag Fast-movements
- Tag On-hands-and-knees
- Tag On-knees-and-forearms
- Tag Gait
- Tag Crawling
In-walking:
- AY501 Introduction to walking
- AY502 Walking and crawling
- AY503 Hopping and arms
- AY504 Continuation and return
- MM04 Crawling and Walking
- New York Quest – DAY5 – PM2 – Softening the neck affects the whole self: Lifting the head with lapping movements of the mouth and tongue in many different positions
- SF3 – Day 30 – 3 August 1977: Walking and crawling.
Walking on the heels:
- Amherst 2 – Week 9 – 08/05/81 AM2 Walk on Heels
- AY138 Walking on the heels
- AY235 Standing (Shaking in the heels)
- AY282 Basis of hopping, continuation [2]
- SF2 – Week 05 – 15 July 1976: Variations in Walking
- SF3 – Day 30 – 3 August 1977: Walking and crawling.
Walking on toes:
Licking:
- Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/24/80 AM1 Morning prayer
- Amherst 1 – Week 9 – 08/04/80 Playing fiddle with the elbows (#1)
- Amherst 2 – Week 2 – 06/15/81 Standing on all Fours / Preparation for Judo Roll
- AY086 Forward and backward; bending the head a gestalt
- AY451 Coordinating head forward and the pelvis backward
- AY452 Toward Japanese sitting
- New York Quest – DAY5 – PM2 – Softening the neck affects the whole self: Lifting the head with lapping movements of the mouth and tongue in many different positions
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