AY528 Advancing on all fours
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Reel 34, Track 3, Lesson 2 Duration of the recording: 40 min. Synopsis This lesson on hands and knees, face down, and in kneeling develops the ability to kneel, hands free from the floor, and cross one leg in front of the other. It includes threading one leg through the […]
AY001 Bending the head to the side while sitting
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1 Lesson #1 Reel 1, Track 1, Lesson 3 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 3, Track 1, Lesson 3 (This reference is identical to the reference of AY029 in the IFF edition.) Duration 39 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Den Kopf seitwärts neigen im Sitzen Synopsis Side-sitting and leaning […]
Amherst 1 – Week 5 – 07/10/80 PM1 Circling left rotating the bucket/Moving Right Leg in Circles Under body on Side, Back and Stomach (Includes Swiveling Stomach to Sitting and Visualization of Left Arm Circles)
Source Amherst Year 1 July 10 PM1 Duration of the recording: 54 min. Continuation of 07/10/80 Circling right arm and leg on floor (part 1) and 07/10/80 Circling right arm and leg on floor (part 2) the same day in the morning. Synopsis From sitting, spinning on hips/thighs to lie on stomach facing the […]
MG78 #10 – Clarifying movements of legs and pelvis in relation to shoulders on side
Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 13 July 1978 (#10 in 1978 series), Mia Segal Syopsis This lesson in side-lying relates and differentiates movement of the hip and shoulders. Lesson Outline Lie on R side, R arm under head; R leg bent and L leg long, with foot at right angle. L arm alongside, […]
MG77 #04 – Classic coordination of flexor and extensor muscles
Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes Taught by Mia Segal; 1978 Lesson #4 Synopsis This “coordinating flexors and extensors” lesson works with variations of lifting the shoulders (with arms long), and the self-hug, and with head variations. Lesson Outline Face up, cross R leg over L; lower knees to the R. Same, but […]
AY083 Clock – the abdominal muscles
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 AY #83 Reel 6, Track 4, Lesson 2 (This reference is identical with the reference of AY072 in the IFF edition.) Synopsis This clock lesson is a clock in the middle of the back, not the pelvis. Lying with feet standing, you lift your head with interlaced hands and lift […]
AY270 Continuation, holding the knee
Source Alexander Yanai Volume 6 Reel 19, Track 1, Lesson 3 Synopsis Pelvis 6h-12h with feet wide and knees together, with one leg long, with soles together One foot standing, bend to that side: lift and lower that side of pelvis. Also with hand holding under knee of standing leg, continue until rolling to other […]
SF3 – Day 02/A – 14 June 1977 – Continue sawing forearms – including embedded lecture on violence
Source SF Training Year 3 14 June 1977 Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Sit and cross the R arm inside the L, both arms held in front. Move hands (one, other, both) towards ears. Breathing out? Change arms and do the same. Lie face up and do the same. Sit, L […]
AY021 Contracting the abdomen while exhaling
Source Alexander Yanai Volume 1 Reel 1, Track 3, Lesson 2 (This reference is identical to the reference of AY006 in the IFF edition) Duration 38 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Den Bauch beim Ausatmen einziehen Synopsis Contracting the abdomen while exhaling, in various orientations towards gravity (on all fours, prone, supine, supine with […]
MG78 #01 – Coordinating flexors and extensors
Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes Taught by Gaby; 1978 #1 Synopsis Face up, legs crossed, arms in triangle: including where you stay at the end point and breathe (not see-saw!), and turning the head with and against. This is a relatively short version of “coordinating flexors and extenors” with a focus on […]