Source
- Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes
- Mia Segal, June 29, 1978
Synopsis
1-3 sentences.
Lesson Outline
- Sit cross-legged, hands on thighs. Raise (as high as you can) and lower head. (Is your nose your head? Throughout, shifting awareness.)
- Sit with legs long, lean on hands behind. Lower and raise head (as far as possible).
- Lie face down, hands under shoulders, elbows in the air. Raise and lower (looking under self) head.
- Sit with R leg long, L leg bent (foot standing). L hand on L knee, lean on R hand behind. Raise and lower head. Switch arms and legs.
- Lying face down, lean on elbows and forearms. Raise and lower head.
- Face up, feet standing; interlace hands behind head and lift and lower head. (In this position, using chest, as in other positions.)
- On knees and forearms. Raise and lower head–do just the trunk without the head, and the head with the trunk.
- Kneel. Raise and lower head, and feel pelvis initiating. Bring elbows together when head down, away when head lifted. (Doesn’t say in front or behind.)
- Face up, bend knees, feet standing: L hand under L knee and R hand under head. Knee and elbow towards each other. Switch arms and legs.
- Repeat first step.
Focus of Mia’s Teaching
- Indicate focus or key principles that are made explicit in the teaching
Related ATMs
- Tag Scan
- Tag Rounding-And-Arching-The-Back
Bending head forward, sitting:
- Amherst 1 – Week 5 – 07/07/80 – 07/09/80 Rolling the Pelvis (Part 1 – 5)
- Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/17/80 PM Mobility of head – body tonus, part 1 and 2
- AY046 Lowering the head
- AY050 Lowering the head
- AY066 Lifting the head with the hands; abdominal muscles while lying on the floor
- AY084.5 Getting up from a chair #3 (not in IFF edition)
- AY479 Movements of the chin to the sides on a chair
Bending head backward:
- AY050 Lowering the head
- AY066 Lifting the head with the hands; abdominal muscles while lying on the floor
Bending head backward, sitting:
- Amherst 1 – Week 5 – 07/07/80 – 07/09/80 Rolling the Pelvis (Part 1 – 5)
- Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/17/80 PM Mobility of head – body tonus, part 1 and 2
- AY050 Lowering the head
- AY066 Lifting the head with the hands; abdominal muscles while lying on the floor
- AY479 Movements of the chin to the sides on a chair
Resources
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