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Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/01/80 Tilting the knees (part 1)

Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 41 min.(Talk – How should a human being lie? included) Synopsis Face up, with legs cross at the knees, and hands extended to ceiling with palms together (in a triangle). This is the version where you take the arms and crossed legs together to the same side, […]

Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/01/80 Tilting the knees (part 2)

Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 33 min. Synopsis Continuing with L knee crossed over R, arms in triangle, and tilting everything to the L. Add in the eyes and head turning L, and then also taking the back of the head to the R as everything goes L. Also, hugging self and […]

AY240 Twisting the pelvis with a long arm

  Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 Reel 17, Track 2, Lesson 3 Synopsis Lying face up, with one arm extended overhead and one arm down alongside, you experiment with variations of tilting the crossed knees to the side, rolling the whole body to the side with the head resting on the upper arm (then lifting […]