AY499 Dynamic spread
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Reel 32, Track 4, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 43 min. Synopsis In kneeling, with one leg extended straight out to the side, you lower your pelvis back towards sitting on your heel. Also kneeling on both knees, taking the pelvis back so the knees lift. In the end, […]
AY450 The pelvis backward on the knees
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 29, Track 2, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 40 minutes Synopsis On hands and knees, taking the pelvis backwards. Variations of raising and lowering head, legs together and apart, lying on side to take the pelvis backward, creating an arch, and lifting each arm as you take your […]
AY014 Rolling the head between the hands
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1 #14 Reel 2, Track 1, Lesson 4 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 2, Track 1, Side ?, Lesson 4 Duration 30 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Den Kopf zwischen den Händen rollen Synopsis Two ways of rolling the head with the hands are studied, each in different body […]
AY057 Lifting the head on all fours
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2, #57 Reel 4, Track 4, Lesson 2 Synopsis On hands and knees, improve ability to arch spine and look up using whole self. Variations include: differentiate eyes, explore connection of arms into back (lifting elbow like a bird), and on back imagining flexion. Here is Alfons Grabher from Improving Ability […]
AY374 Leaning on the hands and twisting
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 Reel 24, Track 4, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 45 minutes Synopsis Face down, with the legs apart, knees bent, and inside borders of the feet touching (or the legs together, knees bent), and the hands planted on either side of the shoulders, you push with the hand to […]