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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 […]

AY089 Lengthening the arms

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 2 #89 Reel 7, Track 2, Lesson 3 Synopsis Lying, sitting, and half- or full-kneeling, you form one hand into a fist, arm overhead, and use the other hand to pull from the wrist to lengthen the arm. Also lengthening the spine by holding and gently pulling/turning the head. Lesson Outline […]

AY051 Twisting with head fixed

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 #51 Reel 4, Track 3, Lesson 3 (This reference is identical to the reference of AY053 in the IFF edition.) correction: 051 is 4/3/1, 053 is 4/3/3 (AS) Reel 4, Track 3, Lesson 1 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Synopsis On stomach, holding the head still, move the pelvis right […]

AY006 Turning the head around its circumference and in the center

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1 #6 Reel 1, Track 3, Lesson 2 (This reference is identical to the reference of AY021 in the IFF edition. correction (AS): AY021 is 2/3/2 in Hebrew) Duration 43 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Den Kopf um seinen Umfang und um den Mittelpunkt drehen Synopsis Exploring two different ways […]