Lessons

Volume 1

• Day 01 / 13 June 1977: Sawing forearms: arms crossed in front working into hands joined behind neck
• Day 02 / 14 June 1977: Continue sawing forearms, including embedded lecture on violence
• Day 02 / 14 June 1977: Resumed: Continue with sawing forearms
• Day 04 / 16 June 1977: Continue with crossing arms, included embedded demo on tiredness and posture
• Day 05 / 20 June 1977: Continue with crossed arms
• Day 05 / 20 June 1977: Supine, interlacing fingers and lifting elbows off floor
• (June 21 missing)
• Day 07 / 22 June 1977: Tilting crossed legs (similar pattern as with crossing arms), interlacing toes
• Day 07 / 22 June 1977: On hands and knees, and on forearms and knees, tilting pelvis
• Day 09 / 27 June 1977: On back, right leg bent and standing to right of left leg, working into holding both ankles and moving legs together
• Day 11 / 29 June 1977: Spinal chain with embedded lecture on getting a clear concept of structure
• Day 11 / 29 June 1977: Spinal chain resumed.
• Day 12 / 30 June 1977: Spinal chain, lengthening arms out to the side
• Day 12 / 30 June 1977: Oscillating pelvis with heels and feet
• Day 13 / 5 July 1977: Spinal chain, continued, with oscillations
• Day 13 / 5 July 1977: Prone rolling with arms crossed in front
• Day 14 / 6 July 1977: Pressing and lifting shoulders and hip joints
• Day 15 / 7 July 1977: Spinal chain continued (taught by Mia Segal)

Volume 2

• Day 17 / 12 July: On back, lying with one foot standing along outside of opposite leg, finding stability
• Day 18 / 13 July 1977: Prone with knees bent and soles to ceiling. Exploring cardinal movements of the feet and ankles.
• Day 19 / 14 July 1977: Prone, tilting legs in and out, holding ankles. Extensors.
• Day 20 / 18 July 1977: On back, standing foot on floor along lateral side of opposite leg. Movement of the straight leg inside the gate formed by the bent, crossed-over leg.
• Day 22 / 20 July 1977: Rolling from back to stomach
• Day 22 / 20 July 1977: On back, standing foot on floor along lateral side of opposite leg; continuation of series.
• Day 23 / 21 July 1977: On back. Crossing legs one over the other, holding onto heels and coming up to sit. Bringing knees towards floor.
• Day 24 / 25 July 1977: On back. Right leg standing outside of left leg. Coming to standing.
• Day 25 / 26 July 1977: Continue with one leg crossed and standing over other. Crossing and bending both legs and bringing knees to floor
• Day 26 / 27 July 1977: Prone, tilting pelvis, relationship of breath and movement to back and ribs. Continues into kneeling on all fours.
• Day 27 / 28 July 1977: Interlaced fingers with crossed arms, movement on back and sitting. Working towards taking hands together behind head, to touch neck.
• Day 27 / 28 July 1977: Short piece from series on back with one leg standing to outside of other. Coming to standing.
• Day 27 / 28 July 1977: Prone, supporting on elbows. Working towards swinging head in circles and noticing relationship to spine, chest, pelvis, feet.
• Day 28 / 1 August 1977: Coordinating different combinations of flexing wrists and ankles, pressing/raising shoulders and hips, elbows and knees, etc.
• Day 29 / 2 August 1977: Prone: lifting hips, shoulders, middle ribs; effects on breathing. Lines of stress from heel to hand.
• Day 30 / 3 August 1977: Walking and crawling.
• Day 32 / 8 August 1977: Supine, tilting legs to side, arms overhead, connecting arm movements with legs and back. Same with soles of feet together.
• Day 33 / 9 August 1977: [No name]
• Day 34 / 10 August 1977: Tilting legs on back, knees crossed, fingers interlaced above head continued. Returning to and moving away from easy limits improves those limits.
• Day 35 / 11 August 1977: Continuation of August 10 ATM. Variations of the soles facing position. Soft flexion movements. Hands stretche over head interlaced or palm down under lumbar spine.
• Day 39 / 18 August 1977: Rolling head on back, increasing ease and freedom of rolling as other movements are added.
• Day 40 / 22 August: Movements of hands and feet followed with eyes. Diagonal connections.
• Day 41 / 23 August: Diagonal connections on all fours and on back.

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