Description of this theme
Standing lessons on Feldy Notebook
- Amherst 2 – Week 9 – 08/03/81 PM1 Weight Shifting to Dancing
- AY022 Sitting on the floor with the help of your hands
- AY078 Standing
- AY138 Walking on the heels
- AY159 Standing on One Leg
- AY234 Standing backward, part 1
- AY235 Standing (Shaking in the heels)
- AY235 Standing (Shaking in the heels)-test
- AY236 Rotation on an axis
- AY238 Standing backward, part 2
- AY242 Turning on a side axis
- AY243 Walking
- AY256 Lines crossing and balancing the body
- AY274 Introduction to Walking (1)
- AY275 Introduction to Walking 2, Continuation
- AY276 Partial turnings to the fronts 3
- AY283 Continuation on one leg
- AY284 Slow improvement
- AY289 Standing on one leg with movements
- AY290 Standing on one leg with a hop
- AY291 Standing on one leg with movements to the sides
- AY299 Distinction of the movement underneath the bellybutton in the breathing during oscillations
- AY300 In standing, turning the heels outside
- AY333 Movement of opposition
- AY354 Walking backward
- AY414 On one leg
- AY449 Bending in standing
- AY451 Coordinating head forward and the pelvis backward
- AY484 In standing, turning with the eyes
- AY487 Next to a chair, statue standing
- AY488 To statue standing
- AY490 The statue moves
- AY539 Fresh Standing
- AY542 Hopping over the left leg
- E36 Rapping Heels, Caressing Legs, Standing & Walking (Stransky Notes)
- IDF05 Standing tilting the head right and left
- IDF06 Sliding along both legs
- IDF18 Lifting the Heel and Sliding the Hand Along the Thigh
- SF1 – Week 2 – 26 June 1975, AM: Standing
- SF1 – Week 2 – 26 June 1975, PM1: Standing, ear to the shoulder, reaching
- SF1 – Week 3 – 30 June 1975: Standing, lengthening arms, twisting
- SF2 – Week 05 – 12 July 1976, pm1: Standing Oscillations
- SF2 – Week 05 – 12 July 1976. pm2: Standing Oscillations continued
- SF2 – Week 05 – 13 July 1976, am2: Standing Oscillations continued
- SF2 – Week 06 – 21 July 1976, am: Standing Oscillations, continued and Head Forward and Up
- SF2 – Week 10 – 18 August 1976: Standing, Making Circles with the Head
- Theme Advanced Balance
- Theme Balance in Standing
- Total Body Vision, by Jack Heggie – Turning standing
Discussion
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Moshe quotes about standing:
- In discussing a movement of standing on one leg, having the other leg back and resting on the toes, while lifting the arm of the standing leg to the ceiling, he says “If you look at someone doing this while standing, you will see what happenens at the exact moment he raises the arm. It always turns out that this brings the head higher up and the pelvis, spine, and hips backwards. The head moves in front of the body. In other words, it makes standing as it should always be…” and “…in addition to this, what is important is that, when looking from the side, you can see a particular place — the place where the spine and vertebrae support the head. At that place, the shoulder, the head, and the ankle — all are in one straight line. If they are not like this, the body is not standing. The skeleton is not standing. That means the muscles need to do something. Only this position is standing and that is what we would like to acquire…” (AY 242 p. 1670)
- AY 235 (Shaking in the heels): “Now, pay attention, we said that pushing the knees backward is an extreme situation that can be done, but it does not serve in walking or in standing. [It happens] only with people whose pelvises and heads are not organized. With the rest, oif [you] look at the structure of the thigh bone — it can be seen that it stands on the surface of the knee only when there isn’t a 180-degree [angle] at the back of the knee. Behind, it is as if a small bend — it seems like a slight bend when standing — but if [you] look at the skeleton [you] will see that the bone really stands only in this position. That means there is an opening in the hip joint. When the knees [are completely straight] behind — that is disordered standing. This does not mean the knees should be bent until there is an opening in the front [of the hip]. [You]need to feel the place where the leg stands, where the thigh bone stands on the knee, and where it can stand able to move with equal ease in all directions.” (p. 1615)
Alexander Yanai lesson (from Feldyforum post by Peggi Honig on 2 Oct 2014):
(… here is the list I have at the moment of AY lessons in standing. Some of the lessons require a chair to lean on but there are many lessons here.
In addition, you will notice that the lessons don’t appear to be in order. As I learned from Jerry Karzen, Anat found the lessons in a pile, reconstructing the damage after Moshe’s apartment had been broken into. She simply did the best she could in putting the lessons in some order, but you will find that there is a real hunt and seek for continuity of many lessons. Hope this helps. Personally I LOVE Fresh Standing and the series of lessons using a chair to lean on if need be!)
- AY#78 Standing
- AY#88 Circling head in standing
- AY#138 Walking on the heels
- AY#147 Standing up from the chair with crossed legs
- AY# 159 Standing on one leg
- AY#234 Standing backward, pt 1
- AY#235 Standing (Shaking in the heels)
- AY#238 Standing backward, pt 2
- AY#243 Walking
- AY#267 Bending on one knee behind a chair
- AY#274 Introduction to walking 1
- AY#275 Introduction to waling, 2, continuation
- AY# 281 Basis of hopping (1) – this lesson has you in standing and also on your back (LOB)
- AY# 282 Basis of hopping, continuation (2) – also in goes between standing and LOB
- AY#289 Standing on one leg with movements
- AY#290 Standing on one leg with a hop
- AY#291 Standing on one leg with movements to the sides
- AY#300 In standing, turning the heels outside
- AY 317: Touching the floor in standing
- AY 319 Continuation, the head on the upper arm
- AY#354 Walking backward
- AY#355 Bending knees – chair (you stand behind a chair in this lesson also and rest sitting down)
- AY#356 Bending knees with toes lifted (also standing behind a chair for support)
- AY#424 Bending behind a chair
- AY#443 Walking backward
- AY#484 In standing, turning with the eyes
- AY#486 Holding the chair and hopping
- AY#487 Next to a chair, statue standing
- AY#488 To statue standing
- AY#501 Introduction to walking
- AY#539 Fresh Standing
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