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 […]
E02 – Lifting Head, Legs, Arms (Stransky Notes)
Source Esalen Workshop ATM Notes, 1972 Synopsis Face down, lifting head, arms, legs, with one leg bent open to the side. Lesson Outline Face down, lift head and see how high you lift looking forward. Lie face down, face looking L; place R ear on back of L hand, which is on the back of […]
AY473 On the stomach training the back
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 30, Track 4, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 36 min. Synopsis Face down, forehead resting on elbows, feet bent to ceiling: take feet side to side, or lift one knee, and lift opposite elbow from floor (bending from wrist), varying the speed. Drag each knee up towards the […]
AY007 Seeing the heels while lying on the stomach
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1, AY #7 Reel 1, Track 3, Lesson 3 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 1, Track 3, Lesson 1 (IFF) Duration 40 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Fersen anschauen aus der Bauchlage Synopsis This challenging advanced flexor lesson works with rocking on the diagonals both face down and face […]
AY305 The line of effort in the back in lifting
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 21, Track 2, Lesson 1 Duration: 41 minutes 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 See AY 303, 304 and Lesson 11 in Awareness […]