SF2 – Week 09 – 10 August 1976: Five Winds Kata, continued from Weeks 6-7

Source SF Training Year 2 (1976) Duration: 12 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 Coming-to-sit Tag Lengthening the back     Five winds kata: Tanden, […]

AY352 Twist like in a -0 -with differentiation

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 8 Reel 24, Track 1, Lesson 6 Duration of the recording: 39 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 Imagining Tag Five-cardinal-lines […]

AY359 Tanden with bending the knees

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 8 (351-400) Reel 24, Track 2, Lesson 6 Duration: 40 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 Imagining Tag Lengthening the back […]

AY407 Heel in the hand

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 9 Reel 26, Track 3, Lesson 4 Duration of the recording: 44 minutes Synopsis Supine, one knee bent, lift the hip, slide the hand towards or under the heel Lesson Outline Join the legs. Attend to the effort Spread the legs. Stand the right foot, right palm upwards Lift the right […]

Tanden, Hara, Dantian

In Alexander Yanai Lesson 351 Dr. Feldenkrais refers quite extensively to the “Tandien”, and also in lesson 359. He also obliquely mentions it at the end of  AY 352. In the transcript of AY 351, Dr. Feldenkrais refers to the “tanden” as a Japanese word. What is this? see also: the Wikipedia article on “Hara”  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hara_(tanden)  […]

AY351 Swinging the legs on the side

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 8 Reel 24, Track 1, Lesson 5 Duration: 44 minutes Synopsis Side lying, holding the shin of the upper leg parallel to the floor bring the knee in an arc from the chest to behind; the range is important – only what is possible. Sense the “tanden” (or danTian” or “Hara”) […]

AY233 With the legs joined lying on the floor

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 Reel 16, Track 4, Lesson 4 Synopsis This lesson, in supine, combines side-bending and extension. The hand on the same side reaches underneath the foot, grasping the heel, the arch, or between the toes. The foot then stands on that hand, and then, using the foot to push to extend […]

AY460 Separation in lying with Saika

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 10 Lesson 460 Reel 30, Track 1, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 41 minutes Synopsis Through extending the toes with exhale “into the guts”, and exploring associated bending in the body, the student observes increased freedom in the spine and pelvis. The final movement, coming to sit, is a consequence […]