AY077 A Clock
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 AY#77 Reel 6, Track 3, Lesson 1 Synopsis This pelvic clock lesson works with the nose and pelvis travelling their clocks, while the legs and arms are placed in various positions. This short video is a visual reminder of AY 77. Someone else might interpret the movement you see with […]
AY528 Advancing on all fours
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Reel 34, Track 3, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 40 min. Synopsis This lesson on hands and knees, face down, and in kneeling develops the ability to kneel, hands free from the floor, and cross one leg in front of the other. It includes threading one leg through the […]
Amherst 1 – Week 5 – 07/10/80 PM1 Circling left rotating the bucket/Moving Right Leg in Circles Under body on Side, Back and Stomach (Includes Swiveling Stomach to Sitting and Visualization of Left Arm Circles)
Source Amherst Year 1 July 10 PM1 Duration of the recording: 54 min. Continuation of 07/10/80 Circling right arm and leg on floor (part 1) and 07/10/80 Circling right arm and leg on floor (part 2) the same day in the morning. Synopsis From sitting, spinning on hips/thighs to lie on stomach facing the […]
MG78 #10 – Clarifying movements of legs and pelvis in relation to shoulders on side
Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 13 July 1978 (#10 in 1978 series), Mia Segal Syopsis This lesson in side-lying relates and differentiates movement of the hip and shoulders. Lesson Outline Lie on R side, R arm under head; R leg bent and L leg long, with foot at right angle. L arm alongside, […]
AY465 Classical twist on the side with an advanced opening
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 30, Track 2, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 39 minutes Synopsis Lying on the side, you take the top shoulder back and develop the ability to turn the head (using the hands on forehead), connected with exhaling. Lesson Outline Lie on R side, extend R arm, lie L […]
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. […]
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 […]
AY515 Dragging knees to the stomach
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Lesson 515 Reel 33, Track 4, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 36 min. Synopsis Throughout this lesson, you do a movement face down, and then do it face up, imagining a floor in front of you that constrains your movement. The basic theme, as the title says, is the […]
AY499 Dynamic spread
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 32, Track 4, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 43 min. Synopsis In kneeling, with one leg extended straight out to the side, you lower your pelvis back towards sitting on your heel. Also kneeling on both knees, taking the pelvis back so the knees lift. In the end, […]
AY527 Extending arms and knees
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Reel 34, Track 3, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 38 min. Synopsis An “advanced twist” lesson, in which you lie on the side with the bottom leg extended long and the top leg bent at straight angles on the floor in front, and come to rest both shoulder blades […]