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Amherst 1 – Week 7 – 07/21/80 PM1 Head sinking between shoulders

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recording: 56 min. Continuation of 07/17/80 AM Rotation of head and teleceptors 07/17/80 PM1 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 1) 07/17/80 PM2 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 2) 07/18/80 AM1 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 3) 07/21/80 AM1 Tonic effect of […]

Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/18/80 AM1 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 3)

Source Insert a link to Sources page Synopsis Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recording: 12 min. Recapitulation of 07/17/80 AM Rotation of head and teleceptors and 07/17/80 PM1 Mobility of head – body tonus (part 1 and part2) the day before in imagination. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of […]

Amherst 1 – Week 6 – 07/17/80 AM Rotation of head and teleceptors

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) #1: 37 min. (“Talk—Symmetry” included) #2: 57 min. (“Talk—Symmetry continued” included) Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition to the movements, what theme or ideas did the teacher focus on Related ATMs Tag Lecture Tag Eyes Tag Pendulum-movement-head […]

MM08 The Seventh Cervical

Source The Master Moves – Mann Ranch Workshop Collection Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition to the movements, what theme or ideas did the teacher focus on Related ATMs Tag Base-of-neck Tag Softening-chest Tag Shoulders Tag Thoracic-spine     On knees […]

AY050 Lowering the head

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 1 Reel 4, Track 2, Lesson 4, Side ? Synopsis This lesson involves spinal flexion and extension in a relatively large number of different positions, both symmetric and asymmetric. Positions include sitting, on all fours, kneeling, sphinx, semi reclined, inter alia. Lesson Outline Lower the head forwards, rounding the back; and […]

AY096 Sinking the spine between the shoulder blades

Source Alexander Yanai Vol. 2 #96 Reel 7, Track 4, Lesson 3 Synopsis This is a Sphinx lesson done prone resting on elbows and forearms, sinking the thoracic between the shoulders, causing the scapulas to slide along the ribs. There are several movements done explicitly to help increase the ability of the student to move […]