A new ATM Lesson taught on Oct 23th 2010 by Liz Sisco has been posted. It is titled “Edges of the Feet” and is based on Alexander Yanai Lesson #433
From Liz: Can an exploration of the edges of your feet improve your comfort in sitting crossed legged? Find out in a fun lesson that incorporates a number of habit breaking strategies to open your hips and expand your awareness.
The Lessson involves lying on the back with feet standing and doing movements with the feet while also exploring movements with the head and the rest of yourself. It is a wonderful and ATM.
The lesson can be downloaded from the ATM Recordings Page
Hi,
thank you for posting new lessons.
can you please mark the reel, track and lesson # for us, Hebrew speaking people.
it is alway interesting to watch how the lesson transforms a bit when taught in English. it helps me clarify some points to my self and to my students.
Thank you
Daphne Graber
hi daphne, i would be happy to give the reel, track, and lesson # for the lesson. However, I don’t have that information. the lesson was taught in liz and my training and AY#433 was the only reference given. if anyone happens to have this information, please share it. thanks. -falk
This is a difficult lesson for me to follow, I’m not sure I did what I was supposed to do at all.
I was most confused about how the feet were placed in relationship to each other. How exactly am I supposed to place them?
A picture would be great help.
My brain and feet appear to enjoy the lesson anyway, I’m now much more aware of the posture of my feet and ankles.
Hi Satu,
It’s maybe not entirely clear, but most of the lesson is in the position you reach by lying on your bank, standing your feet a comfortable distance apart, and then opening one knee to the side, and sliding that foot in the space between the remaining standing foot and the buttock on that side. Then you move the standing foot to stand actually on top of the inside border of the foot whose knee is lying open. I think the group she was teaching “got it” fairly quickly, so she doesn’t always give this really clearly!
-Lynette
Thank you, Lynette!
The position you described was actually the one I ended up with, it just felt so weird I thought that I might have gotten it wrong.
Well, most Feldenkrais lessons are kind of weird !
I keep a spreadsheet at http://kinesophics.ca/resources/atm_spreadsheet
AY 433 is Reel 28, Track 2, Lesson 1. This is recorded in the IFF-published translation.
hello lynette, thanks for providing this info and the spreadsheet reference. i will use it in the future! -falk
I wrote some notes on this lesson on feldynotebook: http://feldynotebook.wikispaces.com/Edges+of+the+feet
hi lynette, those notes (see link above) on the lesson are wonderful. the feldynotebook is an amazing resource.
Yes I’m crazy about Feldynotebook! I hope people really start using it.
Funny–this lesson seems to be a favorite of the advanced training circuit. I’ve done it with two different trainers.
Are there other AYs that make more explicit the lifting of the edges of the feet and the int/ext rotation at the hip? I personally find the connection obscure, and I noted working on this yesterday that although it got a big emphasis in all the advanced trainings I’ve been to on this, also reflected in Liz’s recording, it’s not emphasized in the transcript of 433. Interesting.
Hi Lynette!
thanx for the reference to reel track etc. i’ll check the links you mentioned.
i taught the lesson in my groups. it took a while to get the position of the feet right , coordinating head and foot movement took some time. people were very tired at the end of lesson, mostly mentally. when they stood up they felt taller and more connected to the ground.
now i’ll check how Moshe taught the lesson. sure i’ll be surprised with his comments and reactions to what people were doing .