Source

• Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes
• 6 July 1977, taught by Mia Segal

Synopsis

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Lesson Outline

• Brief five cardinal lines scan.
• Lift head–not too many times, just enough to feel that it’s heavy, and see what moves against the floor.
• Bend knees, stand feet. R hand behind head. Lift head, looking at L knee. Place L hand under L knee. Lift knee and elbow towards one another. Exhale.
• Other side.
• The R hand behind head, L hand under R knee: lift knee and elbow to one another.
• Other side.
• Hands interlaced behind head. Lift elbows and knees towards one another, and clarify how the lower back moving backwards helps.
• L hand behind head, R hand under R knee (in fold). Lift elbow/knee towards one another. R side of ribcage presses.
• Change knees (R hand in fold of L knee).
• R hand behind head, L hand under R knee.
• Change knees (L hand in fold of L knee).
• Knees bent, both hands interlaced behind head: lift knees and elbows towards one another again.
• Leave feet standing and just lift head. Think it through first: letting air out, pressing back into floor.
• With legs long, lift head once and see if it’s easier.
• In sitting, both feet on the floor, feel how this part of the back moves backwards as you lower your head.
• Lie again for five cardinal lines scan again.

Focus of Mia’s Teaching

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Related ATMs

• Compare London Transcript 5.
• Theme Flexion Lesson
• Tag Imagining
• Tag Five-cardinal-lines
• Tag Elbow-to-knee
• Tag Scan

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