Your study guide for ATM lessons

Amherst 2 – Week 6 – 07/16/81 PM2 Walking on your stomach (includes hopping on buttocks)

Source Amherst Year 2 (1981) Duration of the recording: 27 min. 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 Supine-to-sit Tag Swinging-legs-supine Tag Demonstration Tag Palms-on-floor-supine Tag Hamstring Tag Hip/Pelvis […]

Amherst 1 – Week 8 – 07/28/80 AM2 Opening the legs (part 2)

Source Amherst Year 1 (1980) Duration of the recording: 54 min. 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 Fast-movements Tag Hip/Pelvis Freedom Tag Swinging-legs-supine Tag Lifting-head-supine Tag Shoulder-girdle […]

Amherst 1 – Week 1 – 06/10/80 PM1 – Rocking and rolling

Source   Amherst Year 1 Duration of the recording: 35 min. audio only   Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching “Relaxation is not for action. You can’t act in a relaxed way. Relaxation is for not doing anything—if you use the word relaxation […]

SB5 Perfecting the self-image: Bringing the Foot to the Head and Rolling to Sitting

Source South Bend Workshop (1980) Three parts Duration of the recordings: 32, 38 and 29 min. 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 foot-to-head Tag Sitting-cross-legged Tag […]

SB3 Folding Into Sitting

Source South Bend Workshop (1980) Two parts, 5 min. rest in-between Duration of the recording: 30 and 27 min. Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching “The distance between shoulders and knees is important to come up, not the position of the hands.” Related […]

Rotterdam 1976 – Tape 8 – Foot to head, roll to sit

Source Rotterdam 1976 Duration: 66 and 17 min. Something in the middle of the first part is missing, there might be a break in between. The end of the second part is missing. Synopsis A “Foot to Head” lesson, the first 66 minutes with the left foot. The second part is mostly in imagination with […]

AY301 Twisting the back, lifting the head, shoulders, and limbs

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 7 Reel 21, Track 1, Lesson 1 Duration: 43 minutes 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 Coming-to-sit Tag Base-of-neck Tag Extension-lesson Tag […]

AY315 Preparation for sitting with swinging

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 7, Part A Reel 21, Track 4, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 37 minutes 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 AY310. Training […]

AY389 Ankle on knee and bending

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 Lesson 389 Reel 25, Track 3, Lesson 2 (according to the german edition and the hebrew CDs, in IFF edition Lesson 4 like AY391) Duration of the recording: 44 minutes Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of the teaching In addition […]

AY388 Leg backward

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 Lesson 388 Reel 25, Track 3, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 41 minutes 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 AY389 Ankle […]