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ALEXANDER YANAI (AY) VOLUMES 1-11

AY Numerical Lesson Index
Searchable AY Alphabetical Lesson Index
AY Sample Lesson

In a building located on Alexander Yanai street in Tel-Aviv, Moshe Feldenkrais taught Awareness Through Movement (ATM) classes from the early 1950s to the late 1970s. Over these 25 years, he documented close to 600 ATMs, covering an astounding range of possible human functions. He considered every lesson a masterpiece in its own right.

Teaching in Hebrew, Moshe recorded each new lesson. He then used the recorded lesson to teach the next group. If he thought changes to the lesson were necessary, he made yet another recording to teach the next group. He continued this process until the lesson was exactly as he wanted it.

Each Alexander Yanai volume includes 50 lessons, and each is spiral bound and color-coded. The format of the lessons enables the reader to easily distinguish between basic movements, their variation and elaboration, and Moshe's comments. The lessons explore a remarkable range of functions, some of which are highly demanding. They also provide students and practitioners greater clarity of the original teachings through direct experience of the written material. Each lesson is 45 minutes long, and each was taught to the public, which makes them ideal for teaching groups and seminars.


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AMHERST TRANSCRIPTS

Moshe's last classes were taught at Hampshire College in Boston, Massachusetts in 1980 and 1981. The transcripts feature his verbatim teachings in bound volumes. the 1981 volumes contain two weeks of material, whereas the 1980 bound volumes contain one week of material.

Amherst 1981. Table of Contents:

Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4
Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7
Week 8 | Week 9


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SAN FRANCISCO TRAINING, 1975

Although this was a large training, it was an intimate training. Moshe was learning how to work with American students and so explained quite a lot about what he was doing. Unique among his trainings, Awareness Through Movement lessons and Functional Integration instruction unfolded together with the philosophical and theoretical basis of the method--brought forward in answers, explanations, and stories. 348 pages, spiral bound.

San Francisco Year 1 Table of Contents:

Week 1 | Week 2

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FI dvd Vol 1: Ken -- 5 lessons on 2 dvd's (September 2006 release)

Volume 1 of the FI dvd series features 5 lessons with Ken, a man who has had a brain tumour, surgery to remove it, and has plasticity in his left hand and leg. Jerry Karzan, Feldenkrais Trainer, organizer of the Amherst training, and the foremost commentator on these lessons (which he was instrumental in getting recorded), has generously provided commentary on each lesson in the series. These commentaries illustrate how the lessons use many of Feldenkrais's strategies such as making movement from both ends, using developmental patterns, ‘neurological diplomacy’ and using rollers. Feldenkrais critiques himself at the end of lesson 4 titling it ‘How Not to Do a Lesson.’ The entire series serves as a valuable learning tool to develop conceptual and practical understanding of Functional Integration as demonstrated by the originator of the process.


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FI dvd Vol 2: Margaret, Merrill and Will -- 3 lessons on 2 dvd's (September 2006 release)

The lessons in Volume 2 of the FI dvd series demonstrate Feldenkrais's skill responding to people who have diverse needs. Margaret is a woman with ‘foot drop‘ as a result of a difficult spine surgery; Merrill is a ballet dancer with hip pain; and Will is a chiropractor, a student in the Amherst training at the time, who had had his arm reattached after an accident. Trainer Deborah Bowes, who has used the lessons in her teaching and wrote about the Merrill lesson in her Trainer application, provides background and thoughts on the Margaret and Merrill lessons. Will Wells, experienced Feldenkrais practitioner and the student/client/participant in the ‘Will’ lesson, provides a unique insight – and an untold part of the story – of this important example of Feldenkrais's work. In every lesson, Feldenkrais explores what is happening for the client, develops a lesson that speaks precisely to their circumstances, and creates ingenious was of continuing and integrating the lesson in different positions.


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From The Archive Audio Vol 1: Moshe Feldenkrais in Rotterdam 1976 (MP3 format)

In this 1976 workshop Dr. Feldenkrais teaches seven classic lessons that range from simple to challenging. Over the course of the workshop he lectures on health, movement, posture, habits, learning and democracy. There is quite a bit of engagement with his students to get across his unique approach to improving human function. In addition to experiencing Dr. Feldenkrais's teaching, you will hear how he presented his work to the public, what he stressed, and how he explained what he was doing.

These recordings are in MP3 format; they can be played via a computer, digital audio player and recent model CD or DVD players.

To keep costs low this primary source material, in its complete form, has been transferred from the source tapes without editing; the entire 13 hours fits on one disc. To facilitate use, ATM lessons are listed and can be located by timings.


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From The Archive Audio Vol 2: The Feldenkrais-Pribram Discussions - San Francisco 1975 (MP3 format)

Thirty years after they took place, the IFF Distribution Center is pleased to publish the almost 5 hours of discussion between Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and Dr. Karl Pribram. A bonus recording of Dr. Pribram's 1987 keynote address to the North American Guild Conference is included in this set of five mp3 audio files on one CD.

Host Thomas Hanna describes these discussions as fireside chats between Moshe and Karl containing an extraordinary freshness and humor. He frames the material as explorations by two theoretical minds in neurophysiology to generally speculate about general issues and develop a framework around questions of human function and design.

The talks range widely covering the basics in neurophysiology, the "Image of Achievement;" Function and Structure; the Cortex and awareness; Concepts of 'Energy'; Inhibition in the Nervous system and research questions that arise from the practice of the Feldenkrais Method.

These recordings are in MP3 format; they can be played via a computer, digital audio player and recent model CD or DVD players.

View Table of Contents:

Tape 1 | Tape 2 | Tape 3 | Tape 4 | Tape 5



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From The Archive Audio Vol 3: The Vancouver Recordings 1973(MP3 format)

Soon after the publication of Awareness Through Movement Dr. Feldenkrais was invited to give a series of workshops in Vancouver. Four locations have been preserved, with different audiences and different lengths. This is a unique resource for the Community.

Available: June, 2008.

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MOSHE FELDENKRAIS FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION VIDEOS

This set of videos highlights Moshe working with five different children, most of whom suffer from cerebral palsy. The tapes provide an adventure in his thinking process as he works with each child uniquely in a series of
lessons. The range of movement options that are presented is broad and introduces specific material not documented in other works.

The tapes include work with Jennnifer (age 3+), Jonathan (age 5), Kimberly (age 11), and Raissa (age 8). The teachings cover rolling, crawling, standing, pain and movement, eqalizing tonus, exitation and inhibition, and more. The tapes also feature talks on the meaning of FI and commentary about the skeleton.


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GABY YARON VIDEOS

During the many years Moshe taught in Tel-Aviv, Gaby was among his loyal students. As one of his first assistants, she played an important collaborative role in the San Francisco and Amherst trainings, and in introducing the Feldenkrais Method in Germany and Sweden.

The Gaby Yaron video series currently features two titles: Hanna and Masterful. Her work with Hanna, a child with cerebral palsy, covers five tapes and eleven FI lessons recorded over a number of years. Masterful is a two-part video set from her teaching at the Lewes I Training in England in 1994, which offers nearly three hours of her teachings.


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AMHERST ATM VIDEOS

Amherst Training Program
Taught by Moshe Feldenkrais
Awareness Through Movement

View video listing 1980 * 9 weeks/76 videotapes
View video listing 1981 * 9 weeks/70 videotapes

TO RENT ATM VIDEOS

  • ATM videos are available through rental at the following three continental libraries:

Rentals serving North America email: bookstore@feldenkrais.com

Rentals serving Australia and Asia email: ahaenke@accsoft.com.au

Rentals serving Europe and Israel email: shop@feldenkrais.de

THE AMHERST TAPE SERIES

  • Practitioners will be able to purchase the Amherst videos.

  • Certified Feldenkrais Method Trainers and Assistant Trainers as well as practitioner may purchase the tape series for $1250 plus shipping and insurance (no license agreement is required for teaching purposes).

  • Guilds/Associations may purchase the tapes under signed license agreement for their libraries for $1250 plus shipping and insurance.

  • Replacement cost for lost or damaged tapes is $35 ea. plus shipping/insurance.

  • To purchase the Amherst tape series, which is not on the IFF order form, call +1.503.243.3353 or email sales@iffmaterials.com.


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SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

The following special publications are available for you to download at no charge.

CONTINUOUS LEARNING
This publication offers a collection of 11 articles written by members of the professional community, introducing refreshing ideas for ways to continue to learn about the Feldenkrais Method. View Now

HEIDELBERG REPORT
This report chronicles the first European Feldenkrais Conference held in Heidelberg, Germany, in June 1995. It includes two keynote addresses presented by Francisco Varela and Carl Ginsburg, and the summaries of 29 workshops. View Now

May 1994 Journal, "Memories and Recollections" featuring 13 contributions about Moshe; Guild Annual Reports. View Now

September 1996 Journal, 15 case studies (eating disorder, hemiplegia, cataract, MS, scoliosis, and more). View Now

December 1997 Journal, 14 case studies (anxiety, vocal cords, dizzy spells, head injury, and more). View Now


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