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Amherst 2 – Week 2 – 06/15/81 Standing on all Fours / Preparation for Judo Roll

Source Amherst Year 2 (1981) Duration of the recording: 46 min. Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition to the movements, what theme or ideas did the teacher focus on Related ATMs Tag Carriage-of-the-head Tag Judo-roll Tag Atlas-and-Axis Tag Imagining Tag Cervical-spine Tag unilateral […]

SF1 – Week 10 – 19 August 1975: Talk with Short ATM: Kneeling with Head on Floor

Source SF Training Year 1 (1975) Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition to the movements, what theme or ideas did the teacher focus on Related ATMs Theme Kneeling Tag Atlas-and-axis   Moving each vertebra separately: Resources Add links to external resources […]

Amherst 1 – Week 5 – 07/07/80 – 07/09/80 Rolling the Pelvis (Part 1 – 5)

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recordings:   #1 07/07/80, pm1: 35 min. #2 07/07/80, pm2: 18 min. #3 07/08/80, am: 63 min. #4 07/09/80, am: part 1: 72 min. (Talk – Action, Orientation and Timing included), part 2: 31 min. #5 07/09/80, pm: 88 min. (Joke Number Twenty-One included) Synopsis Write a […]

Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/24/80 AM1 Morning prayer

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) – Week 7 – 07/24/80 Duration of the recording: 44 min. Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition to the movements, what theme or ideas did the teacher focus on Related ATMs Tag Simultaneity-of-different-movements Tag Softening-neck  Tag Neck-freedom […]

AY090 Lengthening the arms; sitting cross-legged

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 #90 Reel 7, Track 2, Lesson 4 Synopsis Continuing from ay#89, lengthening the arm with the legs crossed (but mostly lying on the back rather than sitting) Lesson Outline Lying face up, open the R leg to the side and place the R foot by the L knee; then place […]

AY008 Rolling the head between the hands

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1 #8 Reel 1, Track 4, Lesson 1, Side ? Duration 37 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Den Kopf zwischen den Händen rollen Synopsis Rolling the head between the hands – one hand on forehead and the other behind the head. The lesson is done: lying on stomach, lying on […]

AY014 Rolling the head between the hands

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1 #14 Reel 2, Track 1, Lesson 4 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 2, Track 1, Side ?, Lesson 4 Duration 30 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Den Kopf zwischen den Händen rollen Synopsis Two ways of rolling the head with the hands are studied, each in different body […]