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 […]
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 […]
Amherst 1 – Week 1 – 06/10/80 AM2 – Flexing the upper body, Elbow to the knee (continued)
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 14 min. audio only Synopsis Flexion with emphasis on right side and breathing. Lesson Outline Lie on your back. Interlace fingers and bring them behind the head. Stand your feet. 1. Direct the R elbow and R knee toward each other and away 2. Direct the R […]
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 […]
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 […]
AY337 Knots
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 23, Track 1, Lesson 5 Duration: 40 minutes Synopsis Lying face up and face down, you imagine a rope tied around each knee, each elbow, with the knot distinct in your imaginary feeling, and you imagine moving this knot around the joint and feeling it and feeling the whole […]
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 […]
AY347 Length and fists
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7: 347 Reel 23, Track 4, Lesson 2 Duration: 44 minutes Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Lie on the back to begin (scan), and when resting. Lie on your L side, knees bent, R knee lying in front of L knee on the floor. L arm extended overhead […]
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 […]