Amherst 1 – Week 3 – 06/24/80 AM2 – Tilting legs to left, prone
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 40 min. There is intermittent video with continuous audio. unilateral (It seems that the second half of this ATM was tought by Jerry Karzen but not recorded.) Synopsis Lying face down, knees bent, knees and ankles “tied” together. Tilt legs to the L (face looking R). Lesson […]
MG77 #12 – Tilting on knee on back
Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 17 August 1977; Taught by Mia Synopsis This lesson works with tilting the knee to the inside and lengthening, to draw the arm (extended overhead). In lying, sitting and leaning on elbows behind, and leaning on hands behind. Variations of turning the head, and of lengthening the […]
Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/01/80 Tilting the knees (part 1)
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 41 min.(Talk – How should a human being lie? included) Synopsis Face up, with legs cross at the knees, and hands extended to ceiling with palms together (in a triangle). This is the version where you take the arms and crossed legs together to the same side, […]
Amherst 1 – Week 4 – 07/01/80 Tilting the knees (part 2)
Source Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 33 min. Synopsis Continuing with L knee crossed over R, arms in triangle, and tilting everything to the L. Add in the eyes and head turning L, and then also taking the back of the head to the R as everything goes L. Also, hugging self and […]
AY242 Turning on a side axis
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 Reel 17, Track 3, Lesson 1 Synopsis In standing, you differentiate and join the hips, shoulders, and head in turning on the axis of the shoulder-hip (rather than the centre/spine). In this version, arms are held vertical, towards the ceiling. Lesson Outline Stand, legs slightly spread, hands to ceiling. Turn […]
AY354 Walking backward
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 Reel 24, Track 2, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 45 minutes Synopsis Standing, holding chair to keep balance, then trying to stand on leg without putting weight on it Lesson Outline Bend right knee, then touch right heel back to the floor, without putting weight on it (standing on […]
AY065 Weighing the head in the circumference; sitting cross-legged and standing on the knees
Source Alexander Yanai Vol 2 #65 Reel 5, Track 1, Lesson 3 Synopsis This short video is a visual reminder of AY 65. Someone else might interpret the movement you see with the words in a different manner. The words written sometimes are verbatim, sometimes close to verbatim and sometimes my interpretation of the words […]