Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/02/80 Rolling the Fists (#2)
Source Amherst Year 1 – Week 4 Duration ot the recording: 36 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 Rolling-arms Tag Standing-to-sitting Tag Fast-movements Tag Twisting […]
Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/24/80 AM3 Onto back – moving head through gap quickly (part 1)
Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recording: 56 min. Continuation of Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/22/80 PM1 Through gap on stomach and back (part 1) Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/22/80 PM2 Through gap on stomach and back (part 2) Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/24/80 AM2 Differentiation of […]
Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 06/30/80 Rolling to the right and left (#1)
Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) – Week 4 Duration of the recording: 50 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 Holding-chin Tag Coming-to-sit Tag Rolling-to-sit Tag […]
AY449 Bending in standing
Source Volume 9 Reel 29, Track 2, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 40 minutes Synopsis A delightful lesson demonstrating the how movements on the floor and in standing inform each other, and improve each other. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition to the movements, what theme […]
AY448 Diagonal bending
Source AY Volume 9 Reel 29, Track 2, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 44 minutes Synopsis using an unusual strategy of fast, small movements, Dr. Feldenkrais introduces diagonal flexing, then finishes with whole-body flexing. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition to the movements, what theme or […]
AY303 A lecture/lesson: Self-image lecture, the line of a ball that rolls
Source AY Volume 7 Reel 21, Track 1, Lesson 3 Duration: 48 minutes Synopsis This imagination-based lesson uses the visualization of a rolling ball to develop clear sensory awareness and discover lines of connection between distant body parts, progressing from single limb awareness to integrating arm and leg movements through minimal physical action. Lesson Outline […]
AY348 Arm and knee on the diagonal
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 23, Track 4, Lesson 3 Duration: 44 minutes Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Supine. Scan. Then sit. Feet soles facing each other but not touching; separate feet by about 8”. Now lie down on the back, with legs wide like that comfortably, like frog legs but […]
MG77 #14 – Diagonal extension of arms and legs on back and stomach
Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 24 August 1977; Taught by Mia Synopsis Feel where the 2 diagonales (foot to opposite shoulder) are crossing. Lesson Outline On back, legs shoulder length. Lengthen L leg from heel. Other side. Then alternate. R arm above head (45 degree angle). Lengthen R arm. Then L arm. […]
AY305 The line of effort in the back in lifting
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 21, Track 2, Lesson 1 Duration: 41 minutes Synopsis AY 305 is an imagination-based lesson performed in prone that uses the visualization of a heavy ball rolling along skeletal pathways to develop clear sensory mapping of body structure and create continuous lines of connection through the body. Lesson Outline […]
AY076 Slow lifting; on the stomach
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 #76 Reel 6, Track 2, Lesson 5 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 6, Track 2, Lesson 3 (This reference is identical to the reference of AY074 in the IFF edition.) Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline On stomach, arms extended “in front”. Lift head, smallest possible. What […]