Source
- Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Lesson 518
- Reel 33, Track 4, Lesson 4
- Duration of the recording: 36 min.
Synopsis
- A lesson focusing on the rotation of the arm to clarify movements of the shoulder joint and shoulder blade; using the movements of the whole self to improve this. Also, differentiating the movements of the head and neck from the movement of the shoulder blade, and eventually making a connection between the movement of the shoulder, to the movements of the femur, hip joint and leg
- According to Feldenkrais Australia Journal #6 Hands, “Borei oomorei refers to a Hebrew prayer. During the blessing a person looks at their fingernails and turns their hands inward and outward.”
Lesson Outline
- Stand. Extend R arm forwards and rotate it outwards and inwards. Look at it.
- Continue to turn as much as possible.
- Make a fist and do it faster
- Now, only turn it to the R, stay, and shorten/retract the arm. Take the shoulder blade back
- Rest in walking
- Stand, extend R arm forward. Make a fist. Rotate inward and outwards.
- Faster
- Rest in walking
- Same with the L, extend forwards without a fist, rotate in and out.
- Make a fist, and continue inward and outwards rotation of the arm (arm stays straight).
- Try again with the R arm.
- Extend both arms, coordinate that they turn in opposite directions. When the arms turn inwards they go forwards (shoulder blades protract), and when they turn outwards they shorten (shoulder blades retract).
- Do only the movement of the shoulder blades (arms still forwards). Quiet legs, pelvis. Head will move.
- Do this movement lightly and quickly, body resting.
- Walk a bit
- Stand with legs comfortably spread. Extend R arm backwards: rotate it inward and outward. Make it larger by allowing whole body to help. Look at hand.
- Pay attention that when the shoulder goes towards chin and moves the head.
- Try doing it with arm higher, try to touch the chin with the shoulder
- Make the hand into a fist: Look away from the hand and make a larger movement of rotating arm, lengthening and shortening, retracting and protracting shoulder blade
- Look towards the hand and go faster, (move head too)
- Walk
- Return, and do the same with the L arm. Extend it backwards, rotate from the shoulder blade accommodating with the rest of yourself to let the shoulder go forwards and backwards while it rotates.
- Continue with head looking opposite
- Increase speed
- Look at hand and increase speed
- Walk
- Extend both arms forward, make fists, rotate outwards and then inwards.
- Extend both arms backwards, as high as possible, and do the same thing without fists.
- Faster
- Walk
- Extend arms backwards with soft fists, and turn inwards and outwards
- Take head forwards to lift arms farther from body and continue rotating out and in. Notice when head lifts and drops
- Faster
- Walk
- Stand, extend R arm towards ceiling (no fist). Rotate it in and out, letting your body turn to help arm lenthen and shorten.
- Faster, simpler
- Walk
- Stand, do the same with L arm: when the hand looks to the outside, bend. When the hand looks towards the center the arm shortens. Look towards the hand
- Do the same while looking away from the hand
- Make the hand into a fist, and do the same, but faster
- Walk
- Stand. R arm to ceiling, same thing looking towards the hand
- Same thing looking away from the hand
- Both hands up towards ceiling and turn them inwards and owtwards
- Do the same with soft fists
- Faster
- Walk
- Stand on the L foot. Extend R arm a little away from body, rotate arm inward and outward: coordinate the R leg also to turn the whole straight leg, the heel inward and outward.
- Do it only with the leg, and faster
- Rotate the R arm and R leg in opposite directions
- Now same with the L side. L arm and Leg together, then opposing directions.
- Walk a bit.
Focus of the teaching
- In addition to the movements, what theme or ideas did the teacher focus on
Related ATMs
- Theme Shoulders
- Tag In-standing
- Tag Fast-movements
- Tag Base-of-neck
Scapula:
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