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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 PM Sit, Shoulder Forward, Rotate Head

Source Amherst Year 2 Duration of the recording: 46 min. (Talk—Survival and Posture included) Synopsis The title is misleading. There is no interlacing at all. This video segment starts with “Sit, Shoulder Forward, Rotate Head” in continuation of “06/10/81 Sitting, Shoulder Forward to Ear” and “06/10/81 Rotating the shoulders”.  The second part is “Flexing of […]

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 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 7 – 07/24/80 AM2 Differentiation of body through gap

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recording: 55 min. (Talk — Differentiation included) Continuation of Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/22/80 PM1 Through gap on stomach and back (part 1) Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/22/80 PM2 Through gap on stomach and back (part 2) Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. […]

Amherst 2 – Week 1 – 06/09/81 Flexing of right palm / Press floor to lift knee

Source Amherst Year 2 (1981) Duration of the recording: 59 min. 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 Minimal-lifting Tag Imagining Tag Lecture Tag  Habits Tag Self-preservation Tag Minimal-pressing Tag […]

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 […]

AY303 A lecture/lesson: Self-image lecture, the line of a ball that rolls

Source AY Volume 7 Reel 21, Track 1, Lesson 3 Duration: 48 minutes Synopsis This imagination-based lesson uses the visualization of a rolling ball to develop clear sensory awareness and discover lines of connection between distant body parts, progressing from single limb awareness to integrating arm and leg movements through minimal physical action. Lesson Outline […]

AY435 Alternately Stomach up/down in the Breathing

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 28, Track 2, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 41 minutes Synopsis Supine, breathing by means of rapid sucking in of the stomach. Subsequently, also by means of pushing the stomach out. Then finding ease in alternating between the two methods. Repeating on the side. Repeating whilst making a […]