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AY139 Touching the floor with the hands, #1

Source AY Volume 3 Part B Reel 10, Track 3, Lesson 1 Synopsis Starting with asymmetric movements that shorten the back (a kind of extension), then asymmetric lengthening the back (a kind of flexion). This alternating of arching and rounding repeats with delightful variations.  Some might find this rather athletic. An alternate challenge is finding […]

Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/03/80 Diagonal pressing

Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 24 min. Synopsis Moshe has been talking about note-taking, and about love and violence–being forceful and being gentle. He takes the first few steps into a lesson in rocking on the diagonal (face down, lift leg on the side towards which the face is turned, and lift […]

SFEC Public Workshop – Vol. 1 – 3. Bending more easily

Source SF Public Workshop (1976) Lesson #3 Synopsis This lesson focuses on the extensors, lying on the stomach and exploring lifting head and legs. Lesson Outline Variations on lifting the head: Hands on top of each other, lift head with head turned in one direction Forehead on hands, differentiate head and eyes only Translate head […]

Amherst 1 – Week 1 – 06/11/80 PM2 – Extensor lesson (part 2)

Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 34 min. audio only Synopsis This is the classic extensor lesson where you lie on your stomach and lift your head. Lesson Outline Lie on your stomach, both hands in push-up position: Bend both knees to 90 degrees and lift and lower them together. With each movement […]

Amherst 1 – Week 1 – 06/11/80 PM1 – Extensor lesson (part 1)

Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 44 min. audio only Synopsis Lie on your stomach and improve your ability to lift your head. Lesson Outline 1. Lying on your stomach, hands by the head, and lift your head: Look left (right ear toward the floor). Move your head toward your left shoulder and […]

SFEC Notes – 02. Extensors

Source SF Evening Class Notes (1976) (Ehrman, ed; 2005) Lesson #2, June 21, 1976 Synopsis This extensor lesson, mostly with legs long and face turned one side or the other, cheek on back of hand, includes sliding the head/supporting arm from side to side in the air; lifting opposite and same-side leg with knee bent […]

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 […]

E02 – Lifting Head, Legs, Arms (Stransky Notes)

Source Esalen Workshop ATM Notes, 1972 Synopsis Face down, lifting head, arms, legs, with one leg bent open to the side. Lesson Outline Face down, lift head and see how high you lift looking forward. Lie face down, face looking L; place R ear on back of L hand, which is on the back of […]

MG77 #02 – Lifting head on back and stomach – basic flexion and extension

Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 1977 Lesson #2; 13 July 1977; taught by Mia Synopsis This basic extensors lesson works with lifting head/arm (cheek on back of hand), and works towards lifting head and both arms and both legs at once. Variations include lifting head/arm (under head or lengthened) together with opposite long […]

MG78 #07 – Lifting head with arm on belly with various positions of the legs

Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes July 5, 1978, Lesson #7: taught by Gaby. Synopsis This classic extensor lesson (leg bent up alongside) include pushing up from the toes to lift the head. Lesson Outline Face up, roll head; face down, lift head to look up as references. Every rest face up between the […]