I'm composing my own movement lessons again. I decided to keep the process fast and loose this time, minimal editing, thinking along the lines of the original Alexander Yanai lessons. Record something then keep moving. Enjoy!
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15 Feb 2025
ep. 20 - Four to Sit with Bent and Straight Legs
The Four Points are a theme Feldenkrais introduces here, early in the AY series, but it's developed more later in other places like the San Francisco training.
To me, AY16 seems to be two different lessons woven together, so with this episode and the previous episode, I've separated those two lessons into two separate lessons.
This one is interesting because it connects very directly to another set of themes in this second reel of AY lessons, this position where you're sitting with one of your legs long and the other bent with the sole on the floor. In previous lessons, like the shoulder stand lesson, you do flexion to take yourself forward with one leg bent and one leg straight. In this second half of AY16, you into that position from a totally different entry point, and I think that's compositionally interesting. It’s also valuable from a learning perspective.
If you're ready, please enjoy.
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8 Feb 2025
ep. 19 - 4 3 2 1
4 3 2 1. Not counting down to anything, but... this lesson is based on AY16, originally called Four Points. And actually this episode is the first installment. I'm just doing the first half of AY16 in this episode. Plus I added a little bit I thought was relevant. I'll do the second half of AY16 in the next episode.
I posted a video of myself on Facebook doing a little piece of AY16, and another practitioner gave me some tips on how to do it. He mentioned a lot of these early AY lessons are actually based on judo groundwork that Feldenkrais was very familiar with based on all of his judo experience. Before he started elaborating his own approach to movement and learning, he was a really experienced judo practitioner and teacher.
Another thing my colleague pointed out is that a lot of these early lessons don't have a lot of frills. They're not slowed down. They aren’t chunked into smaller pieces that people can easily understand. There's like a lot of information that comes quickly. So I tried to go a little bit more slowly in this lesson. And that's why I chose to break it into two.
I hope you enjoy.
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