AY016 Four points

Source

• Alexander Yanai Vol 1, Lesson 16
• Reel 2, Track 2, Lesson 1, Side ?
• Duration 36 min.
• For German see AYnmal täglich: Vier Stützpunkte

Synopsis

In this variant of the Four Cardinal Points lessons, you come to sitting and return back to four points with the “threading” leg staying long.

Lesson Outline

1. Stand on both hands and both feet.
   Lift R hand.
   Lift L hand.
   Lift R foot.
   Lift L foot.
   Lift R hand and L foot.
   Lift L hand and R foot.
   Try all combinations by yourself.
2. Lift R hand and R foot.
   Lift L hand and L foot.
3. Diagonals.
   Lift both legs.
4. Lift R foot and place R leg on the floor to sit (your upper body turns to the left).
5. To the other side.
6. Alternate.
7. Do the the right in thinking only, 20 times. Then do the other side in thinking only.
8. Turn face L, bend R leg to floor–then lengthen R leg and keep it there; place L hand on top of head and make circles–while leaning on R hand and L foot. Place L hand on floor again, and try moving R leg back up to standing and extended again, this time without bending it. Go all the way to sitting and return, with the R leg staying straight.
9. Same as 8. but on other side.
10. From four points to sitting, alternate sides. Then do it simultaneously as a group (with the other students together).
11. On four points try lifting variations like 1. again. Is it easier, more familiar?

Focus of Moshe’s Teaching

• Indicate focus or key principles that are made explicit in the teaching

Related ATMs

• 25 Lessons from Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation – Lesson 11
• 25 Lessons from Eshkol-Wachman Movement Notation – Lesson 12
• Amherst 1 – Week 2/3 – 4 points personal
• Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/18/80 AM2 Crossing knees – crawling (part 1)
• AY321 Four points
• AY432 Four points – introduction
• E04 Four Cardinal Points of Support on Hands & Feet, Sitting to the Right and Left
• Franz Wurm, Der aufrechte Gang – Series 2 – 08. Wippe im Knien
• LT02 Balance on all fours
• MM04 Crawling and Walking
• Paris – 3. Movements on four points
• Razumny – Four Cardinal Points
• Rotterdam 1976 – Tape 6 – Four Points
• Rotterdam 1976 – Tape 6 – Four Points continues
• Washington Quest – DAY4 – ATM #12 Sitting up from Belly/ATM #13 Spiral to Standing

Resources

• Ruth Knill

Share Your Insights (ideas, principles, strategies, experiences, …)

• The combinations of hands/feet lifting can be called ipsilateral hand/foot and the contralateral.
• It’s an inversion, the head is lower than the pelvis. I taught a group of seniors, and this was a lively challenge. We went from sitting on a stool (not a chair) to on all fours, lift one foot, and then come back to sitting. Then a pause. It was refreshing and vitalizing. – travelsheep Feb 5, 2013

 

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