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SF3 – Day 30 – 3 August 1977: Walking and crawling.

Source SF Training Year 3 3 August 1977 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 Crawling Tag Baby’s First Year Tag Demonstration Tag Eyes Tag Gait Theme Walking […]

Amherst 2 – Week 4 – 06/30/81 AM Preparation for Headstand / Extensions-On Stomach

Source Amherst Year 2 (1981) Duration of the recording: 40 min. Synopsis   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 Continuation of 06/22/81 PM2 Preparation for Headstand – Carp jump 06/23/81 AM Preparation for […]

SF2 – Week 10 – 19 August 1976: Ways of Holding the Head and Turning It, and Moving the Body Relative to the Head, continued

Source SF Training Year 2 (1976) Duration: 44 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 Base-of-neck Tag Pecking Tag Breath-related-movement Tag Breathing Tag Atlas-and-axis Tag Rolling-head-between-hands […]

SF2 – Week 10 – 18 August 1976: Moving the Body Relative to the Head

Source SF Training Year 2 (1976) Duration: 63 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 Pecking Tag Breath-related-movement Tag Breathing Tag Base-of-neck Tag Atlas-and-axis Tag Alexander-F-M […]

AY525 Lifting head and eyes

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 11 Reel 34, Track 2, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: unknown According to the german edition this lesson is not on the hebrew CD’s. Synopsis Lying face down, lifting and turning the head upwards and backwards, differentiating the eyes from the movement of the head. Lesson Outline Lie face down, […]

AY502 Walking and crawling

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 (501-550) Reel 33, Track 1, Lesson 2 Duration: 41 minutes Synopsis This lesson dives into the movements that are described as being acquired through our evolutionary ancestors; such as swimming and coming to land. Dr Feldenkrais plays with varying our locomotion patterns with stomach crawling, quadruped motion to bipedal walking. […]

AY501 Introduction to walking

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 (501-550) Reel 33, Track 1, Lesson 1 Duration: 35 minutes Synopsis In this lesson, the user is walking and modifying their walk in a variety of ways, e.g. homolateral walking, contralateral walking, taking their hip forward or backward with the leg, protruding their chin, and modifying how their head is […]

AY478 Chin movements on a chair

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 31, Track 1, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 39 min. Synopsis Sitting backwards on a chair, arms resting on the back rest. Flex the back whilst translating the head forwards. Also the same action with the face turned to the side. Also translating the head backwards. Lesson Outline […]

AY510 Knees righting

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 (501-550) Reel 33, Track 3, Lesson 1 Duration: 38 minutes Synopsis Distinctions of relationships of head, eyes, and balance on heels, toes, homolateral and contralateral in standing and on all fours. Lesson Outline Interlace fingers behind neck; walk forward Coordinate as you step R foot forward, bring your L elbow […]