AY533 On the stomach face to the knee

Source

• Alexander Yanai Vol 11
• Reel 34, Track 4, Lesson 3
• Duration of the recording: 31 minutes

Synopsis

• Face down, looking under the frame of the arm towards the knee, so that the whole spine and pelvis engages and the knee comes towards the face. Varying chin, lips, and forehead towards the knee.

Lesson Outline

All prone (on belly / frontside / nipples), with right arm alongside of torso

1. lean with left hand against floor + pull up left knee
2. left arm alongside the body + pull up left knee
3. same, more slowly
4. same, attention to your head movements
5. same, look with the eyes at the knee. Rest and feel differences between left + right side
6. look at left knee, without bending the knee (just head and arm moves)
7. same, attention to movement initiation
8. lean with left hand against floor + pull up left knee
9. same, with focus on mouth towards knee
10. same, with focus on forehead towards knee
11. same, focus on head, without dealing with the knee – see what it does
12. find good places for the hand
13. same procedure on right side – but just in thinking
14. try left side again
15. try right side

Focus of Moshe’s Teaching

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

Related ATMs

• AY534 Supporting the head, continuation
• Amherst Year 1 (1980) – Week 7 – 07/21/80 Head and knee under the gap
• Israeli Defense Force Radio Series – 4. Prone lifting the head and seeing the heels.
• Tag Softening-chest
• Tag Imagining

Head through gate, prone:

• Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/21/80 PM2 Head and knee under the gap
• Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/22/80 PM2 Through gap on stomach and back (part 2)
• Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/23/80 Through gap, hand held
• AY528 Advancing on all fours
• SB4 Lateral Bending on Stomach/Head through gap on the stomach
• SF2 – Week 02 – 24 June 1976: On the Stomach, Moving the Head and Knee Together
• Toronto 1980 – DAY5-4 – Prone, head through the gate, rolling to sit
• Washington Quest – DAY2 – ATM #3 Small Movements Leading to Big Result

• Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/21/80 PM2 Head and knee under the gap
• Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/22/80 PM2 Through gap on stomach and back (part 2)
• Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/23/80 Through gap, hand held
• AY528 Advancing on all fours
• SB4 Lateral Bending on Stomach/Head through gap on the stomach
• SF2 – Week 02 – 24 June 1976: On the Stomach, Moving the Head and Knee Together
• Toronto 1980 – DAY5-4 – Prone, head through the gate, rolling to sit

Resources

• Recording at kinesophics: http://kinesophics.ca/on-stomach-face-to-knee/

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

• in my class this lesson took 30 minutes. http://www.feldenkraiswerkstatt.at/auf-dem-bauch-das-gesicht-zum-knie/ (german language)
  – AlfonsGrabher Jan 12, 2015

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