AY201 Gluing in the Lungs Part 1
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 Reel 14, Track 1, Lesson 1 Synopsis AY 201 is a breathing lesson that develops detailed awareness of the respiratory system by guiding conscious attention through the complete pathway of breath, from nostrils to lungs, while exploring different positions and head orientations. Lesson Outline Sections 1-2: In supine with feet […]
AY081 Washing the face with the feet
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 Reel 6, Track 3, Lesson 5 Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Related ATMs Tag Foot-to-head Tag Imagining Tag Lifting-feet-with-hands-sitting Tag Hip/Pelvis Freedom Tag Abdominal-muscles Tag Lengthening the back Tag Lower-back-and-pelvis Flexing toes: Flexing feet, flexing knee, sitting: Flexing toes, Flexing […]
Amherst 1 – Week 2/3 – 4 points personal
Source Amherst Year 1 June 18, PM2; June 19 PM2; June 23 PM1, P2; June 24, AM1 DVD 6-7-8; VHS 15, 17, 19-21 Synopsis This series of lessons in working on four Lesson Outline June 18, PM2, 14 min., audio only: Stand: letting knees bend, reach down to touch floor with R hand (palm). Where? […]
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 […]
AY112 A plane dividing the body
Source Alexander Yanai, Vol 3 #112 Reel 9, Track 1, Lesson 3 Synopsis imagining a plane dividing the body in half and moving along that plane Lesson Outline Imagine a ball on the bridge of your nose, between your eyes slowly move the ball up and down, drawing a line along your middle increase the […]
AY495 Arm around in lying
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 32, Track 3, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 37 min. Synopsis Lying on your side, making circles with the arm that is on the floor – the ribs and hips flex to allow the elbow/arm to slide under. Significant emphasis on knees being in line with the spine, […]
AY419 Arm to the ceiling and movements of the thigh and head
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 27, Track 2, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 40 minutes Synopsis Side, lying, arm lifted to ceiling. Take head and knee forwards/down and backwards/up as though maintaining a string between them; and the opposite. Lift/lower to the side the head/arm unit, without changing the right angle between neck […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]