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, […]
AY433 Edges of the feet
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 28, Track 2, Lesson 1 Synopsis This lesson relates the ability to sit cross-legged with the movement of the ankle, lower legs, and hips invoked by lifting the inside and outside of the feet–developing freedom in the neck as the ankle moves through this range of movement. Lesson Outline […]
AY539 Fresh Standing
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Reel 35, Track 2, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 40 minutes Synopsis In standing and sitting (using a chair), circles with the head, hip joint, and ankle. Lesson Outline Standing (How? Sad? Refreshed?), L hand on back of chair and R foot behind with toes touching floor. Make a […]
AY117 Frog movement with the leg and the arch
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 3 #117 Reel 9, Track 2, Lesson 2 Synopsis The goal is to be able to bring the legs through the “frog’s leg” trajectory (face up, bringing knee to standing over the foot by turning the leg on to the outside edge and drawing the leg towards you, then bringing the […]
AY241 Getting to know the hip joints
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 Reel 17, Track 2, Lesson 4 Synopsis on back, knees bent, moving the pelvis with the legs and without, also moving the pelvis in the non-habitual Lesson Outline Sit, legs spread. Form an arch in the back. Knees on floor? Same thing, legs attached. Face up, feet standing. Arch back. […]
AY244 Heels and Toes in circles (Heels and feet in circles, part 1)
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 Reel 17, Track 3. Lesson 3 Synopsis Lesson Outline 1. Sit leaning on hands behind you, slightly bend R knee up. Draw large circles on floor with R heel, it is OK to move the knee in and out. Pelvis turns. Make circle continuous, even. Move slowly, pay attention to […]
AY409 Lean on the knee and get up
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 26, Track 4, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 42 minutes Synopsis From side sitting, to taking the knees from side to side, to turning the pelvis to lift over the front knee, to half-kneeling, to standing. Lesson Outline Side-sit, with R leg in front and L behind. Lean […]
AY500 Leg to the side
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 32, Track 4, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 39 min. Synopsis In lying on the side, and in standing on hands and knees, you hold the ankle or the lower leg (with the hand of the same side) and take the knee in a big circle, as the […]
AY185 Lying on the Feet # 3 and breathing rhythmically #2
Source Alexander Yanai Volume 4 Reel 13, Track 3, Lesson 1 Synopsis Combining the theme of breathing rhythmically (equalizing the breath in four parts–AY 180) with lying on the feet under the pelvis (AY 183–184). Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of Moshe’s Teaching Indicate focus or key principles that are made […]