Your study guide for ATM lessons

Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/02/80 Crossing the knees (part 1)

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recording: 74 min. (Talk – The importance on doing it on one side and Talk – Altering habits included)   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 […]

Amherst 2 – Week 1 – 06/11/81 AM2 Swimming crawl / Bell hand, think toes (continued)

Source Amherst Year 2 (1981) Duration of the recording: 51 min. ( Talk—Habit and Psychoanalysis included) 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 Sitz-bone Tag Imagining Tag […]

Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/14/80 AM1 Tilting elbow and knee inside and outside

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recording: 48 min. Continuation of 07/11/80 Right index holding big toe (part 1)/ Sitting On Back and Rolling and 07/11/80 Right index holding big toe (part 2)/ Bringing Elbow Over Knee the end of the last week. Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed […]

Amherst 1 – Week 5 – 07/07/80 – 07/09/80 Rolling the Pelvis (Part 1 – 5)

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recordings:   #1 07/07/80, pm1: 35 min. #2 07/07/80, pm2: 18 min. #3 07/08/80, am: 63 min. #4 07/09/80, am: part 1: 72 min. (Talk – Action, Orientation and Timing included), part 2: 31 min. #5 07/09/80, pm: 88 min. (Joke Number Twenty-One included) Synopsis Write a […]

Amherst 1 – Week 3 – 06/27/80 Holding chin and rolling (#2)

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) – Week 3 Duration of the recording: 35 min. (Talk: “How do you know which is the right side?” included.) 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

AY055 Folding forward

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2  #55 Reel 4, Track 3, Lesson 5 Synopsis On back, with feet standing, place with rightthe lower right leg is on the left knee such that the right lower leg is parallel to the face. In a variety of ways, bring the leg toward the head and the head toward […]