AY430 Wide open twist to side
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 28, Track 1, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 40 minutes Synopsis Lying on your side, arms straight in front of you, bring your top hand to the ceiling and then behind you. Follow the hand with head+eyes, be aware of opposing leg Lesson Outline 1. Scan lying on […]
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.) 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 and left. Then on knees keeping the head […]
Amherst 1 – Week 3 – 06/24/80 AM2 – Tilting legs to left, prone
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 40 min. There is intermittent video with continuous audio. unilateral (It seems that the second half of this ATM was tought by Jerry Karzen but not recorded.) Synopsis Lying face down, knees bent, knees and ankles “tied” together. Tilt legs to the L (face looking R). Lesson […]
MG77 #06 – Tilting legs on front side to come to sit
Source/Fuente Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 1977 – 1978 Clase nocturna de Mia Segal y Gaby Yaron Synopsis/Sinopsis Starting from the belly with the head turned to the right. The lesson explores how to go from prone to sitting (with one leg in front, one leg bent to the side). The lesson has no […]
AY473 On the stomach training the back
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 30, Track 4, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 36 min. Synopsis Face down, forehead resting on elbows, feet bent to ceiling: take feet side to side, or lift one knee, and lift opposite elbow from floor (bending from wrist), varying the speed. Drag each knee up towards the […]
AY374 Leaning on the hands and twisting
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 Reel 24, Track 4, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 45 minutes Synopsis Face down, with the legs apart, knees bent, and inside borders of the feet touching (or the legs together, knees bent), and the hands planted on either side of the shoulders, you push with the hand to […]
AY052 Head fixed, pelvis fixed while standing on the knees.
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 #52 Reel 4, Track 3, Lesson 2 Synopsis Continuation of AY 51. Variations on: Roll head in hands while on back, stomach, kneeling, and kneeling with one foot in front. Keep head still while circling (rolling) pelvis while on stomach, kneeling, and kneeling with one foot standing in front Roll […]
AY246 General coordination
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 Reel 17, Track 4, Lesson 1 Synopsis One practitioner calls this the “Feldenkrais Sampler” – a little taste of all we do. Lesson Outline Following is an outline in German, then a translation, then a detailed step-by-step. In the step-by-step, please note that the step numbers do not correspond to […]
ATM Book 7 – Carriage of the Head Affects the State of the Musculature
Source ATM Book Lesson #7 Synopsis Lying on your stomach with your head held fixed, use the tilting of your legs to rotate the spine. As the ATM progresses, the rotation involves more of the spine. Lesson Outline Key movements of this ATM are: Reference move: Lying on your stomach, forehead resting on your hands, […]