Vancouver 1973 – Art Gallery (16 August 1973) – 4. Side-sit, Twisting (Dead bird lesson)
Source Vancouver 1973 – Art Gallery (16 August 1973) – 4. Side-sit, Twisting (Dead bird lesson), CD2, 0:47:00 /CD3 Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching MF: „In every human action when it‘s properly performed there must be a relation to where it is […]
AY420 In sitting – twisting with the eyes
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Lesson #420 Reel 27, Track 2, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 35 minutes Synopsis This is a classic Dead Bird lesson but without the strong focus on the eyes that is found in ATM Book lesson 10. Lesson Outline The base position is in side sitting with the hand […]
AY041 Basic bending
Source Alexander Yanai Volume 1 Reel 3, Track 4, Lesson 4 Synopsis Similar to “Dead Bird” but with different variations at the beginning and end. Side sitting, symmetrical, repeat each step on second side. Constraints: side-sitting legs and the floor hand. Includes a side-bending variation (6.) A deadbird lesson with very astonishing movements. Moshe Feldenkrais […]
LT01 Turning while sitting
Source London Transcript #1 Synopsis This is a “dead bird” lesson: side-sitting, leaning on one hand to the side/behind, and holding the other drooping in front of the face. Various variations increase the twist you can make in turning to the side of the hand you lean on. Lesson Outline Side-sitting, right leg backwards, […]
Amherst 1 – Week 2 – 06/17/80 AM1 – Seated and Twist Left, Part 1 [Also known as ‘Dead Bird’]
Source Amherst Year 1 06/17/80 AM1 Seated and Twist Left, Part 1 [Also known as ‘Dead Bird’] Duration of the recording: 53 min. DVD 5; VHS 12 audio only Synopsis Lesson Outline Sit R leg bent back, L leg in front, lean on L hand behind. R hand hanging just below eye height. Turn L […]
AY221 Opposing movements in the head and shoulders, (2)-on the knees
Source Alexander Yanai Volume 5 Reel 15, Track 4, Lesson 4 Synopsis Standing on the knees, one hand to the floor, the other to the ceiling, the lesson takes us through a series of increasingly complex investigations that require increasing flexibility of the chest, thoracic spine, as well as the shoulder girdle and neck. In […]
ATM Book Lesson 10 – Movement of the Eyes Organizes the Movement of the Body
Source ATM Book Lesson 10 Synopsis This is *the* deadbird ATM. “Now you will learn how eye movements coordinate the body movements, and how they are linked to the movement of the neck muscles. Testing these connections of eye and neck muscles separately increases control of body movements and makes them easier. The movement of […]
AY054 Differentiation of eyes, head, and back in twisting movements
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 #54 Reel 4, Track 3, Lesson 4 Synopsis A dead bird lesson. For most of the lesson you are going to the right though at the very end one imagines going to the left and then you do the variations you can remember to the left. It is different than […]
SFEC Notes – 3. Classic rotation sitting
Source SF Evening Class Notes (1976) (Ehrman, ed; 2005) Lesson #3 Synopsis This “dead bird” lesson employs variations of the eyes, of tilting the head with hand on top, and variations of head and shoulder with both hands resting on the floor to the side of the thigh. The second side is done largely in […]