openATM.org: Discussion of ATMs

I am finally catching up with posting new ATMs. My apologies for the delay. We have a new ATM from Liz Sisco taught on Oct 29th 2011. Here is what Liz had to say about the class:

“With Halloween just around the corner we will do an Awareness Through Movement lesson that brings you in touch with the power of your imagination to direct skeletal movement. If you have been coming to class on a regular basis this lesson adds a new twist to our exploration of the hip joints. If you are new to Awareness Through Movement lessons or have missed a class or two, this lesson is a great (new) beginning.

The lesson, Tanden with Bending the Knees, develops the ability to expand the focus of awareness from breath to movement and hold both in attention as you perform simple actions. Practicing the art of pairing focused attention with global awareness leads to many positive benefits; including the abilities to move in a simple, light manner, remain calm and tranquil, and deepen your sense of being in present time. These are all good qualities to have on Monday when a host of ghosts, goblins, werewolves, fairies and elves will be roaming the neighborhoods in search of tricks and treats.”

Enticing no?

The mp3 of the lesson can be downloaded from the ATM Recordings Page or below

I hope you enjoy the lesson and welcome any feedback.

Note that Olena Nitefor also has a version of this lesson on the recordings page the the openATM.org site. Also, there was some small microphone noise problems.

We are happy to announce Assistant Trainer Olena Nitefor is contributing ATM lessons from her recent Advanced Training (Oct 15-16 2011) in Los Angeles. We will be posting all 4 of the ATM lessons over the next week or two. The theme of the workshop was developing awareness of the lower pelvis, particularly 1) the pyramid of the ischiums and 2) where the top of the hip joint is located in relative to the lower pelvis. The concept we worked with was feeling the lower pelvis “hang” from the legs. It was wonderful and a big thanks to Olena for sharing the lessons.

The first three lessons, “Tanden With Holding the Knee”, “On the Elbows with a Hop”, and “Edges of the Feet” are now posted and the mp3s of the lessons can be downloaded from the ATM Recordings Page or below

I hope you enjoy the lesson and welcome any feedback. Note that Liz Sisco has a version of “Edges of the Feet” as well on the Recordings page.

This evening, I substitute taught at the A.Noone Feldenkrais Studio in Solana Beach. I choose to teach on of the more interesting one sided lessons I’ve come across. It is called “On the Right Ischium” and is based on AY#508. The lesson centers around sitting in a chair on only your right ischium (sitz bone). The left one is off of the chair. In this configuration you do various undifferentiated and differentiated movements that can lead to interesting changes. The cool thing about the lesson is that although the basic configuration is unusual (highly non-habitual), it is still highly accessible.

The mp3 of the lesson can be downloaded from the ATM Recordings Page or below

I hope you enjoy the lesson and welcome any feedback.

Last tuesday, july 19th, I subbed for Anita Noone’s ATM class in Solana Beach.   I have been playing for myself with the theme of opening up the hip joints in the direction of going into a half-lotus yoga position.    There are a number of ATMs that help facilitate this.    The lesson I prepared was based on AY#389  which is as usual strangely but accurately titled “Ankle on Knee and Bending”.     Turns out that the realities of teaching ATM caught up with me and I had to improvise a number of changes to the lesson.    What is recorded is that improvisation with still the spirit of AY#389.      Up to about the 45 minute mark, the audio follows a standard ATM trajectory.   The last 10 minutes are not traditional ATM, but still interesting.     The students really enjoyed the lesson.   Let me know how you like it.

The mp3 of the lesson can be downloaded from the ATM Recordings Page or below

So, I’ve had these audio tapes of Sharon’s ATMs from back in 1998, but have been for a long time without a tape deck to try and convert the lessons. Even then I thought it was dicey as I thought the noise levels would be too high to really be useful. However, an openATM.org participant offered their services in converting the lessons and the first batch of 8 (now 12) lessons have turned out great and are now available. Please the the ATM Recordings Page to download the lessons. The lesson titles don’t necessarily match any ATM reference sources and so no particular source is ascribed to these lessons. I hope you enjoy these lessons.