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 […]
Amherst 2 – Week 2 – 06/15/81 AM1 Interlacing fingers and toes to lift foot
Source Amherst Year 2 Duration of the recording: 34 min. Synopsis Explore how you can move given the constraint that your fingers on a hand are interlaced with your right foot. Lesson Outline Sit. Take off your socks. Put your right hand on top of the right foot and interlace the R fingers and R […]
Amherst 1 – Week 2 – 06/19/80 AM1 – Lying on stomach (part 1) / Tonic Neck / Turning Head on Stomach, Part 1
Source Amherst Year 1 June 19, AM1 DVD 6, VHS 16 Duration of the recording: 47 min. audio only Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of Moshe’s Teaching Indicate focus or key principles that are made explicit in the teaching Related ATMs Tag Lecture Tag Rolling-head-between-hands […]
Amherst 1 – Week 1 – 06/12/80 AM1 – Minimal eye movements (part 1)
Source Amherst Year 1, June 12 DVD 3; 1980 VHS 6 Duration of the recording: 84 min. (without “What To Do About Feeling Nausea”, appr. 8 min.) audio only Synopsis Takes up the eye movement theme from the sucking lessons. Lesson Outline Half an hour discussion (see below). Lying on back, scan. Feet standing, eyes […]
AY333 Movement of opposition
Source AY#333 The movement of opposition, Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 23, Track 1, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 45 minutes Synopsis Clarification of some topics in Lesson 3 in ATM, “Fundamental Properties” Lying face up, lift head (chin to neck, away from neck), R arm, R leg; all together. Focuses on the relationship […]
AY549 On stomach lifting pubic bone
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Reel 36, Track 3, Lesson 2 (According to hebrew CD, differs from IFF edition.) Duration of the recording: 48 minutes Synopsis Front lying, sense how the lower belly presses to the floor when the extensors are activated. Lesson is more about sensing than doing. Lesson Outline Prone. Squeeze buttocks and […]
AY380 Pillows and swings
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 #380 Reel 25, Track 1, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 41 minutes Synopsis 1-3 sentences. Lesson Outline Roll onto your R side and make yourself comfortable. Bend your knees, with your 2 knees and 2 feet on top of each other. Bring attention to the pads at the bottom […]
Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/01/80 Tilting the knees (part 1)
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 41 min.(Talk – How should a human being lie? included) Synopsis Face up, with legs cross at the knees, and hands extended to ceiling with palms together (in a triangle). This is the version where you take the arms and crossed legs together to the same side, […]
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 […]