AY078 Standing

Source

• Alexander Yanai #78
• Reel 6, Track 3, Lesson 2

Synopsis

• Standing and lifting one leg, Supine and lifting one leg, organizing the hips and legs for standing.

Lesson Outline

• Highly condensed outline of key movements
• Standing lifting heels, legs apart, legs together.
• Bouncing on heels.
• Standing lifting right heel, bending knee, then lifting whole right leg towards chest.
• Supine, knees bent, lifting right knee to chest. Also helping with hand.
• Standing, retest knee lift.
• Supine, sliding right hand down outside of right leg whilst lifting knee.
• Standing, retest lift of right knee.
• Supine, sliding left hand down inside of right leg. Sliding both hands down sides of right leg to reach foot.
• Standing ditto.
• Supine, lift and hold right knee, flex left ankle and forcefully slide left heel downwards like in a kick.
• Standing holding behind right thigh, pushing right heel away stop straighten right leg.
• Ditto in lying.
• Sitting in a hurdlers position (right leg forwards, left leg bent backwardsI, slide right forearm under right knee and straighten the right leg to lift the foot.
• Ditto with both forearms behind right knee.
• Standing, slide both hands down right leg, to hold sole in interlaced hands.
• Standing, banging on the heels.
• Ditto with just the right leg, left leg acting as a support.
• Try certain of the movements with the left leg

Focus of Moshe’s Teaching

• There’s a huge difference between “extending the legs” and “standing the foot”.

Related ATMs

• I would think “AY#97 Optimal lifting of the knees” –  AlfonsGrabher Mar 18, 2015
• See Theme Standing
• See Theme Advanced Balance
• Theme sliding hands on legs
• Tag Pushing-heel-supine

Caressing leg in standing:

• Amherst 2 – Week 8 – 07/29/81 AM1 Hands Slide Down Thighs
• Amherst 2 – Week 8 – 07/29/81 AM2 Hands Slide Down Thighs (cont.)
• E36 Rapping Heels, Caressing Legs, Standing & Walking (Stransky Notes)
• IDF06 Sliding along both legs
• IDF18 Lifting the Heel and Sliding the Hand Along the Thigh

Pushing the heel in standing:  

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