Vancouver – Edmonds Center – 8. Sit, head around shoulder girdle …….jelly pudding pelvis…… Roll onto back
Source Vancouver (1973) 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 Jelly-pudding-pelvis Tag Pendulum-movement-head Resources Add links to external resources that would be […]
Vancouver – Edmonds Center – 7. Elbows/Knees
Source Vancouver 1973 Synopsis The title in the content list “prone to sit” is wrong. That happened already in track 6. Track 7 starts with a variation of “Tilting elbow and knee inside and outside” and continues with the “Rolling to sit”-theme from 4. Supine, arms crossed over chest rock, 5. Short instruction in rolling […]
Vancouver – Edmonds Center – 5. Short instruction in rolling to sit
Source Vancouver 1973 Synopsis The title from the content list is misleading, if you see it as a singular ATM, but it makes sense, if you consider this as a part of a “Rolling to sit”-series. MF taught here a combination of “Seeing the heels” and “Rolling the head between the hands” (head is lying […]
AY446 Ideal bending
Source Volume 9 Reel 29, Track 1, Lesson 4 Synopsis Supine, folding to sit 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 Breath-related-movement Theme Flexion Lesson Tag Sliding-hand-on-leg Flexing knees, supine: Flexing […]
AY442 Ankle on the Knee to Sitting
Source Alexander Yanai Vol. 9 Reel 28, Track 4, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 43 minutes Synopsis Coming from lying to sitting by means of holding the knee, leg or foot. This is a pretty ‘gymnastic’ lesson which ends with a brief visit to primary image and using swallowing to influence breathing, which is […]
AY429 Ankle and head on the side
Source AY Volume 9 Reel 28, Track 1, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 35 minutes Synopsis Preparation for Supine to sitting, either through rolling to side, or directly in front, with particular attention to the weight & orientation of head, use of the legs for counter-balance, and attending to changes in the center that […]
AY261 Circles with the legs lying on the back
Source AY Volume 6 Reel 18, Track 3, Lesson 4 Synopsis From Lying on the back to sitting via shift balance and via swinging and holding straight leg Lesson Outline stand both feet. hold right knee from behind. straigthen right knee. pull head to knee. same on left side stand both feet. hold right knee […]
AY498 Tilting the leg backward in sitting
Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 32, Track 4, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 42 min. Synopsis Sitting with legs long, you lean back on one hand and lift the opposite leg (long), holding the knee from the outside and the inside. You take the leg from side to side, with the emphasis on (e.g.) […]
SFEC Notes – 01. Tilting pelvis sitting
Source SF Evening Class Notes (1976) (Ehrman, ed; 2005) Synopsis This first lesson of the SF evening class series. You’re sitting/lying with soles of the feet together, taking knees towards the floor, and then move through many variations of folding to rolling to the side and straight through the midline, with arms under the lower […]
Amherst 1 – Week 8 – 08/01/80 AM1 Sitting up with hands under kneecap (part 2)
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 42 min. Continuation of 07/30/80 AM2 Mobility of hip – lying down 07/30/80 AM3 Hand below kneecap (part 1) 07/31/80 AM1 Mobility of hip – hand under kneecap (part 1) 07/31/80 AM2 Mobility of hip – hand under kneecap (part 2) 07/31/80 AM3 Sitting up with […]