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Amherst 2 – Week 4 – 07/01/81 AM1 Prone Worm Movements / Worm on Stomach (includes On the Back to Release Extensors; The Bow, Imagining Knee to Elbow, Worm on Back, Rock on Head, and Hands Under Knees)

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 Continuation of 06/22/81 PM2 Preparation for Headstand – Carp jump […]

Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/16/80 PM2 Index finger holding big toe

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) 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 Hooking-big-toe-with-index Tag Fast-movements Tag Rolling-to-sit Tag Coming-to-sit Tag Rocking-on-arc-supine Tag Stopping-breath Tag Stop-movement Tag Gurdjieff  […]

Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/16/80 PM1 Moving elbow into the gap

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) 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 Hooking-big-toe-with-index Tag Imagining Tag Hip/Pelvis Freedom Tag Rocking-on-arc-supine Tag Center-of-gravity Tag Yoga  Tag Shoulder-pressing-pose    […]

Amherst 1 – Week 5 – 07/07/80 Rolling from sitting (part 2)

Source Amherst Year 1 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 Avoiding-seriousness Tag Standing-to-sitting Tag Sitting-to-standing Tag Coming-to-sit Tag Coming-to-stand Tag Imagining Tag Fast-movements Tag Supine-to-stand Tag […]

SB3 Folding Into Sitting

Source South Bend Workshop (1980) Two parts, 5 min. rest in-between Duration of the recording: 30 and 27 min. Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching “The distance between shoulders and knees is important to come up, not the position of the hands.” Related […]

AY428 Lifting the feet with the toes

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 27, Track 4, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 41 minutes 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 Hooking-big-toe-with-index Tag Lifting-feet-with-hands-sitting […]

AY439 Preparation for bridge, continuation

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 28, Track 3, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 42 minutes 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 438. Preparation for bridge. […]

AY461 Diagonal sitting holding the knees

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 30, Track 1, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 40 minutes 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 Knee-pulls-arm […]

AY327 Sitting – lying, continuation

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 AY#327 Reel 22, Track 3, Lesson 3 Duration: 40 minutes 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 AY326. Sitting – lying. (Page 2225) […]