Amherst 2 – Week 8 – 07/28/81 AM3 Sample ATM Class—Sitting: Turning, Eyes and Head Following Hand (Also known as ‘Dead Bird Lesson’)
Source Amherst Year 2 (1981) Duration of the recording: 40 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 Sitting-cross-legged Tag Lecture Tag Yoga Tag Habits Theme Deadbird Tag Demonstration Tag Eyes […]
Amherst 2 – Week 1 – 06/10/81 AM2 Sitting, Shoulder Forward to Ear
Source Amherst Year 2 (1981) Duration of the recording: 31 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 Sitting-cross-legged Tag Imagining Tag Pendulum-movement-head Tag Alexander-F-M Tag Anti-gravity-muscles Tag Eyes Tag […]
Toronto 1980 – DAY1-1 – Lecture: Learning and the ability to choose
Source Toronto Workshop (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 Sitting-cross-legged Tag Lecture Tag Yoga Tag Habits Tag Gurdjieff Ida Rolf: Lotus position: Gregory Bateson: Resources Add […]
SB5 Perfecting the self-image: Bringing the Foot to the Head and Rolling to Sitting
Source South Bend Workshop (1980) Three parts Duration of the recordings: 32, 38 and 29 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 foot-to-head Tag Sitting-cross-legged Tag […]
AY405 Crossing the leg behind [1]
Source Vol 9 (401-450) Reel 26, Track 3, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 42 minutes Synopsis Developing hip and back flexibility to achieve lotus position or similar. Supine, one leg standing, the other crossed underneath, sliding the leg left and right; side bending; holding the foot with the hand; holding both feet with knees […]
AY406 Crossing the leg behind [2]
Source Vol 9 (401-450) Reel 26, Track 3, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 38 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 AY405. Crossing the leg behind […]
AY423 Opening the knee
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Lesson #423 Reel 27, Track 3, Lesson 3 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 Hip/Pelvis […]
AY390 Extending the leg from sitting to the side
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 Lesson 390 Reel 25, Track 3, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 46 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 Hip/Pelvis […]
AY086 Forward and backward; bending the head a gestalt
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2, Lesson #86 Reel 7, Track 1, Lesson 2 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 7, Track 1, Lesson 2, Side A Synopsis Sitting crossed legged (later also standing), as you nod your head up and down, while listening to different parts of the body – such as the top of […]
AY092 From lying on the back with lower leg on other thigh to sitting with crossed legs
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 (51-100) Reel 7, Track 3, Lesson 2 Synopsis This lesson develops the ability to move from supine via side-lying to sitting with crossed legs. It begins with the lower leg on the opposite knee and using the supporting knee, hand on foot, and movement of the head, to flex the […]