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MG77 #03 – On side turning with straight arm in arc

Source Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes, 1977 #3 Synopsis Lying on your side with your knees bent and together, arms long in front, you lift the top arm towards the ceiling and back towards the floor behind. Lesson Outline Lie on your back; roll your head from side to side. Lie on L side, […]

AY440 On the side – head and pelvis

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 28, Track 4, Lesson 1 Duration of the recording: 43 minutes Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Lie face up, legs and arms long. Scan. Move big toe up and down (bend towards top of foot, towards bottom of foot) 10 times. Then 5 times up. Then […]

AY427 On the side – lifting the heels

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 27, Track 4, Lesson 3 Duration of the recording: 38 minutes Synopsis Write a couple of sentences. Lesson Outline Highly condensed outline of key movements Focus of Moshe’s Teaching Indicate focus or key principles that are made explicit in the teaching Related ATMs Tag Twisting Tag Softening-chest Tag Side-bending-twisted […]

AY217 On the side, the sternum becoming flexible

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 5 #217 Reel 15, Track 2, Lesson 3 Synopsis This lesson involves lying on the side, but with the shoulders turned back towards the floor/face towards ceiling. You explore various directions of lifting and turning the head, using your fingertips to soften your ribcage and slide your sternum. Lesson Outline On […]

AY447 Opposition on the side

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 29, Track 2, Lesson 1 Synopsis Lying on side, knees bent back and thighs in continuation of spine, top arm lying behind so hand touches the floor. Take shoulder/back backwards, forwards. Mostly working with small, fast movements. Face turned towards ceiling: lift head with that same hand. Variations of […]

AY128 The leg to the other side, rolling the head

Source Alexander Yanai Volume 3 #128 Reel 9, Track 4, Lesson 5 Synopsis A twisting lesson, with a little flexion at the end. Some find it rather demanding. Lesson Outline Basic position (see photo): starting on the back, bring the right leg (in front) over to the left, turning the pelvis, so that the right […]

MG77 #06 – Tilting legs on front side to come to sit

Source/Fuente Mia Segal-Gaby Yaron Evening Class Notes 1977 – 1978 Clase nocturna de Mia Segal y Gaby Yaron Synopsis/Sinopsis Starting from the belly with the head turned to the right. The lesson explores how to go from prone to sitting (with one leg in front, one leg bent to the side). The lesson has no […]

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 […]

AY434 Twisting and opposing gently

Source Alexander Yanai Vol 9 Reel 28, Track 2, Lesson 2 Synopsis Sidelying, half turned on to the back with the elbow and knee towards the ceiling, take the elbow and knee in opposite directions around the middle, in order to find the precise place in the back where you create this movement in opposite […]