AY036 The foot and its toes

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1 (1-50) Reel 3, Track 3, Lesson 3 (according to Eva Laser https://www.somatik.se) Reel 3, Track 3, Lesson 3, Side B Duration 42 min. Synopsis On your back and sitting – pull and turn toes of right foot, insert fingers between toes. Lesson Outline English Sitting, legs extended, place right foot […]

AY045 Lifting the elbows in front

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 1 Reel 4, Track 1, Lesson 3 (This reference is identical to the reference of AY046 in the IFF edition.) Synopsis Lying on the back, hands under chest or on stomach, bringing elbows together, lifting head and rounding back. The last movement is quite interesting: coming up to sitting from lying […]

AY040 Lifting the pelvis with a swing of the legs

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 1 Reel 3, Track 4, Lesson 3 Synopsis The general idea is rounding the back and bringing knees close to the shoulders in order to swing legs backwards and come up to sitting. The end of the lesson brings us to a similar posture as in yoga Halasana (legs backwards, hands […]