AY302 Releasing the hips by holding the feet
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 21, Track 1, Lesson 2 Duration: 45 minutes Synopsis This lesson is primarily performed lying supine and focuses on increasing mobility and awareness in the hip joints. It involves circular movements of the knees and ankles, rolling to the side while holding the legs in various positions, and exploring […]
Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/02/80 Rolling the Fists (#1)
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 50 min. Synopsis Face up, legs long and then standing, arms out to the side and hands in loose fists. Roll arms down, up. Lift pelvis and roll arms. Slow development of lifting the pelvis, including exploring each diagonal in rolling the pelvis. Lift head and roll […]
AY002 Seeing the heels
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1, AY #2 Reel 1, Track 2, Lesson 1 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 1, Track 1, Side A, Lesson 1 Duration 35 min. For German see AYnmal täglich: Die Fersen sehen Synopsis This extensors lesson includes looking over the shoulder towards the heel, and holding the ankle. Lesson Outline […]
Amherst 1 – Week 8 – 07/31/80 AM3 Sitting up with hands under kneecap (part 1)
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 13 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) Synopsis Lying on your back […]
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 […]
AY308 Skewering the spine in the chest
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 #308 Reel 21, Track 2, Lesson 4 Duration: 39 minutes Synopsis AY 308 is a spinal mobility lesson exploring the relationship between pelvic movement and head through alternating between pressing the belt and tailbone into the floor. The lesson systematically builds the connection between pelvic movement and head carriage, first […]
MG78 #02 – Sliding arm and leg on side rotating trunk
Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes, 1978 #2 Synopsis Lying on your side with the bottom leg long and the top leg bent in front, both arms extended in front with the palms together: lift the top arm towards the ceiling and behind you in an arc, until the knee starts to lift, and […]
AY534 Supporting the head continuation
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 11 Reel 34, Track 4, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 38 minutes Synopsis Face down, rolling the pelvis, and then propping the head on one and eventually both elbows, resting the cheek in the palm of the hand, and turning the head with the eyes together and opposite; eventually to […]
AY305 The line of effort in the back in lifting
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 21, Track 2, Lesson 1 Duration: 41 minutes Synopsis AY 305 is an imagination-based lesson performed in prone that uses the visualization of a heavy ball rolling along skeletal pathways to develop clear sensory mapping of body structure and create continuous lines of connection through the body. Lesson Outline […]
MG77 #06 – Tilting legs on front side to come to sit
Source/Fuente Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 1977 – 1978 Clase nocturna de Mia Segal y Gaby Yaron Synopsis/Sinopsis Starting from the belly with the head turned to the right. The lesson explores how to go from prone to sitting (with one leg in front, one leg bent to the side). The lesson has no […]