Amherst Training Transcripts
Moshe's last classes were taught in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1980 and 1981. The transcripts feature his verbatim teachings. They are spiral bound volumes. Below is a listing of contents for 1981. You will see that they are marked according to the audio/video tape which was recorded and later transcribed. The numbers listed in the right column are the pages in the transcript.
| 8 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #1 |
1-16 |
| Talk-Change [LF1] Only in Action / Arguments for/Against Change |
1 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #2 |
17-37 |
| ATM-Flexing of Right Palm / Flex Hand to Stand |
17 |
| Talk-Spatial Relationships |
32 |
| 9 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #3 |
1-13 |
| ATM-Flexing of right Palm / Press Floor to Lift Knee |
1 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #4 |
14-33 |
| ATM-Prone to Standing While Flexing Right Hand / Bell Hand in Hair |
16 |
| Talk-About the Previous Movement |
29 |
| 10 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #5 |
1-26 |
| Talk-About Anatomy |
1 |
| ATM-Flexing Hands and Feet Together / Flex Fingers and Toes |
2 |
| Talk-About Anatomy (continued) |
3 |
| ATM-Flexing Hands and Feet Together / Flex Fingers and Toes (continued) |
9 |
| Talk-About Anatomy (continued). |
16 |
| ATM-Sitting, Shoulder Forward to Ear |
18 |
| ATM-Sitting, Shoulder Forward to Ear (continued) |
20 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #6 |
27-48 |
| ATM-Rotating the Shoulders / Shoulders to Ceiling, Hips to Shoulders |
27 |
| ATM-On Back, Flexing Torso / Bell Crawl |
40 |
| 11 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #7 |
1-24 |
| Talk-Rituals |
1 |
| ATM-Swimming Crawl / Bell Hand, Think Toes |
2 |
| Talk-Habit and Psychoanalysis |
21 |
| ATM-Swimming Crawl / Bell Hand, Think Toes (continued) |
22 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #8 |
25-43 |
| ATM-Interlacing Hand and Foot / Sit, Shoulder Forward, Rotate Head |
26 |
| Talk-Survival and Posture |
31 |
| ATM-Interlacing Hand and Foot / Sit, Shoulder Forward, Rotate Head (cont.) |
35 |
| Talk-Thinking and Speaking / Talking Is Not Thinking |
36 |
| 15 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #9 |
1-25 |
| Talk-Change Normal Behavior / To correct is Incorrect |
1 |
| ATM-Interlacing Fingers and Toes to Lift foot |
6 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #10 |
26-42 |
| ATM-Standing on all Fours / Preparation for Judo Roll |
26 |
| Talk-A Funny Story (Margaret Mead) |
36 |
| ATM-Standing on all Fours / Preparation for Judo Roll (continued) |
38 |
| 16 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #11 |
1-26 |
| ATM-Bring Right Foot to Left Hand / Walk Right Foot Around Left Knee |
1 |
| Talk-"Go Slowly" |
20 |
ATM-Bring Right Foot to Left Hand / Walk Right Foot Around Left
Knee (continued) |
21 |
| Talk-Scolosis and Habits |
23 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #12 |
27-40 |
| ATM-Bring Right Foot to Left Hand (on other side) / Roll Over/Hands on Head |
27 |
| Talk-The Brain and the Nervous System |
27 |
| ATM-Bring Right Foot to Left Hand / Roll Over/Hands on Head (continued) |
33 |
| ATM-Rolling Head on All Fours / Rock Head on Floor |
38 |
| 17 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #13 |
1-26 |
ATM-Arms Crossed, Fingers Interlaced Behind Head / Crossed Elbows,
Fingers Laced |
1 |
Talk-Being Straight and Perception / Corrections Perceived as Errors /
An Error in the Opposite Direction |
4 |
ATM-Arms Crossed, Fingers Interlaced Behind Head / Crossed Elbows,
Fingers Laced (continued) |
17 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #14 |
27-51 |
| Talk-Use of Pain; Forgetting and Becoming Skeleton |
27 |
ATM-Holding Ankles - 3 Ways to Roll From Lying to Sitting / Roll
Around Holding Feet |
36 |
| 18 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #15 |
1-22 |
| Talk-Thinking Means New Means of Action / Function as Measure of I.Q |
1 |
| ATM-Three Ways to Roll From Lying to Sitting / Three or More Ways to Roll |
19 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #16 |
23-42 |
ATM-Three Ways to Roll From Lying to Sitting / Three or More Ways
to Roll (continued) |
23 |
| Talk-Neuroses, Schizophrenia, and the Chemist Who Saw Midgets |
33 |
| ATM-Roll Lying to Sitting From the Stomach |
36 |
| 22 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #17 |
1-18 |
| Talk-Take Care of Yourself |
1 |
| Talk-Movement Notation |
1-2 |
| ATM-Supine: Holding Behind Left Knee and Straightening Leg / Flex Leg Roll-up, Supine |
2-9 |
| Talk-Relationship of FI to other methods |
9-18 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #18 |
19-38 |
| ATM-Continuation of Previous Lesson / Heel/Clock Roll-up |
19-21 |
| Talk-FI and Knowing What To Do |
22-23 |
| ATM -Continuation of previous ATM |
23-26 |
| Talk-FI and Knowing What To Do (continued) |
26-27 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand - Carp Jump |
27-34 |
| Talk-Headstanding |
34 |
| ATM-Continuation of previous ATM |
34-38 |
| 23 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #19 |
1-21 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand / Crossed feet, Knee/Hand Lift |
1-2 |
| Talk-Freud and Intuition |
3-9 |
| ATM-Continuation of previous ATM) |
9 |
| Talk-FI-Being Sensitive to Changes |
9-10 |
| ATM-Continuation of previous ATM |
10-12 |
| FI Demonstration |
13-21 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #20 |
22-43 |
| Talk-Functional Integration as Improvisation |
22-25 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand / Crossed Ankles |
25-34 |
| Talk-Grades/Levels of Vitality (Hubbard) |
34-41 |
| ATM-Continuation of previous ATM |
41-43 |
| 24 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #21 |
1-23 |
| Talk-Fitting Reality to One's Self - Carnegie and Kruger |
1-9 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand and Carp Jump |
9-17 |
| Talk-Continuation of previous talk |
17-19 |
| ATM-Continuation of previous ATM |
19-23 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #22 |
24-45 |
| Talk-Continuation of previous talk |
24-31 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand and Carp Jump, Shoulder Roll |
32-45 |
| 25 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #23 |
1-16 |
| ATM-Body Like a Wave/Caterpillar Wave |
1-11 |
| Talk-Habit and Psychoanalysis |
11-12 |
| ATM-Continuation of previous ATM |
12-16 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #24 |
17-40 |
| Talk-About the Brain |
17-20 |
| ATM-Fast Movements/Starfish |
20-27 |
| ATM-Exploring Eye Structure in Relationship to the Spine |
27-40 |
| 29 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #25 |
1-25 |
| Talk-Movement Notion |
2 |
| ATM-Carp Jump Review, Finding Your Hip Joint, Shoulder Roll Review |
4 |
| Talk-Growth is Painful |
16 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand: Rock on Head |
17 |
| Talk-Growth is Painful (continued) |
22 |
| ATM-Continuation of previous ATM |
23 |
| Afternoon Session (The beginning is on the end of tape #25) |
26-50 |
| Talk-About FI |
26 |
| Tape #26, Talk-Continuation of talk-About FI |
29 |
| Video-Riassa's FI lesson-Using a Board to Reorganize the Feet |
32 |
| 30 June 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #27 |
1-20 |
| Talk-Questions and Answers About Raissa |
1 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand / Extensions-On Stomach |
13 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #28 |
21-40 |
| Talk-Use of Approximation in FI |
21 |
| FI Video-Elizabeth's lesson / Elizabeth Says 'Yes' |
23 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand: Turn the Head |
36 |
| 1 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #29 |
1-23 |
ATM-Prone Worm Movements / Worm on Stomach
(Includes On the Back to Release Extensors; The Bow, Imagining Knee
to Elbow, Worm on Back, Rock on Head, and Hands Under Knees) |
1 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand / Falling Out of Headstand |
13 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #30 |
23-42 |
| Talk-Giving Up Fear |
23 |
| ATM-Sitting: Releasing Hand; Walking on Buttocks |
24 |
| ATM-Jumping on Buttocks / Hop on Butt; Hop to Feet |
35 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand / Walk on Head |
42 |
| 2 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #31 |
1-20 |
| FI-Practice-Rolling the Head |
1 |
| Talk-About the Skeleton; Risk is Instability |
3 |
ATM-Rolling to Side While Lengthening the Other Side / Rolling on Back
from Fetal Pose |
14 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #32 |
21-42 |
| Talk-About the Skeleton (continued) |
21 |
ATM-Rolling to Side While Lengthening the Other side / Roll on Back
from Fetal Pose (continued) |
37 |
| 6 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #33 |
1-18 |
| FI-Demonstration: Lifting, Rolling Heads; Lifting Rotating Heels |
1 |
| FI-Practice: Lifting, Rolling and Lifting Heads; Rolling Heels |
9 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #34 |
19-36 |
| ATM-Prone-Hands in Bridge, Rotate Body |
19 |
ATM-Arching Back to Bridge / Bridge on Head, Holding Ankles
and Sitting Bridge |
29 |
| 7 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #35 |
1-22 |
| Talk-Thinking Genius / Context, Playing and FI |
1 |
| FI Practice: Press on Head |
9 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #36 |
23-47 |
| ATM-Bridging on Back and Walking on Shoulders |
23 |
| Talk-Effects and Pressures |
25 |
| ATM-Bridging on Back and Walking on Shoulders (Continuation) |
28 |
| Demonstration-Bridging |
33 |
| ATM-Bridging on Back and Walking on Shoulders (Continuation) |
37 |
| 8 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #37 |
1-24 |
| Talk-Meaning of Words |
1 |
| ATM-Bridging on Back and Walking on Shoulders (Continuation) |
5 |
| Talk-Meaning of Words (Continuation) |
6 |
| ATM-Bridging on Back and Walking on Shoulders (Continuation) |
7 |
| Talk-When to Stop FI Lessons / When to Quit |
15 |
| ATM-Bridging on Back and Walking on Shoulders (Continuation) |
18 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #38 |
25-47 |
| FI Practice: Moving Head From Kneeling, One Leg Standing |
25 |
| Talk-Moshe's 'Tendentiousness' |
37 |
| Talk-Deciding What to do Next in Class |
39 |
| FI Practice: Moving Head and Pelvis From Kneeling, One Leg Standing |
41 |
| 9 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #39 |
1-22 |
| ATM-Preparation for Headstand / Semi-bridge on back, hold ankles |
1 |
| Talk-Knowledge / Story of Wolves / Sex and Society |
12 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #40 |
23-36 |
| FI-Demonstration and Practice: Rolling from Hands and Feet |
23 |
| 13 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #41 |
1-13 |
| FI-Demonstration and Practice: Exploring Ilium, Sacrum, Coccyx |
1 |
| ATM-Supine: Interlacing Fingers / Clasped Hands Rotation |
4 |
| Talk-Pain and Movement: Inter-relationships in the Body |
7 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #42 |
14-37 |
| Talk-Pain and Movement |
14 |
| ATM-Supine: Interlacing Fingers / Clasped Hands Rotation (Continuation) |
25 |
| Talk-Equalizing Tonus / Equal Tonus in the Ideal |
33 |
| 14 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #43 |
1-24 |
| FI Video-Jonathan H.'s FI Lesson-Rolling to Sitting to Crawling |
1 |
| Talk-Ingredients of Movement |
14 |
| Talk-More About Jonathan's FI Lesson |
16 |
| FI Video-Jonathan H.'s FI Lesson-Rolling to Sitting to Crawling (Continuation) |
17 |
| FI Video-Kimberly E.'s FI Lesson-Sitting on Moshe's Knee |
19 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #44 |
25-34 |
| Talk-More About Jonathan's FI Lesson (Continued) |
25 |
| FI Video-Kimberly E.'s FI Lesson-Sitting on Moshe's Knee (Continuation) |
25 |
| FI Video-Hazel B.'s FI Lesson-Dancing at 65 Years |
27 |
| Talk-The Diversity of FI's |
29 |
| Talk-More About Hazel's FI Lesson |
31 |
| Video-Jennifer T.'s FI Lesson-Rolling on the Floor |
32 |
| 15 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #45 |
1-20 |
| Talk-Student Use of Trademarks |
1 |
| ATM-Bridging on Right Side / Side Wave (Under Gate) |
2 |
| Talk-Excitation and Inhibition / Focus of Excitation in Motor Cortex |
12 |
| ATM-Bridging on Right Side / Side Wave (Under Gate) (Continuation) |
17 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #46 |
21-41 |
| ATM-Back Like a Bridge / Rolls; Shoulder Press/Pelvic Lift |
21 |
| ATM-Beginning of Scissoring Legs on Floor / Jumping Hurdles |
36 |
| 16 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #47 |
1-23 |
| Talk-Effect of Blood Pressure From Standing on the Head |
1 |
| FI-Demonstration and Practice: Work with Head While Kneeling |
6 |
| Talk-Simple things are Complex |
13 |
| ATM-Scissoring Legs on Floor / Jumping Hurdles (Continuation) |
16 |
| Talk-Don't Prepare Yourself |
22 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #48 |
24-40 |
| ATM-Walking On Your Stomach (Includes Telescope Eyes) |
24 |
| ATM- Walking On Your Stomach (Includes Hopping on Butt) |
34 |
| 20 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #49 |
1-22 |
| ATM-Improving Bending of Wrist / Right Eye to Rise on Right |
1 |
| ATM-Pressure on the Shoulders / Arc of Pressure on the Floor From Hand to Foot |
17 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #50 |
23-40 |
| Talk-Understanding by Approximation |
23 |
| ATM-Lengthening the Right Side / Look Inside |
26 |
| FI Practice-Developing Sensitivity Within Yourself |
34 |
| ATM-Review Arc of Pressure, Looking Inside |
39 |
| 21 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #51 |
1-15 |
| ATM-Supine Rotating Around Feet, Pelvis and Neck / Baby Crawls on Back |
1 |
| FI Practice-Moving Head Right and Left, on Stomach |
12 |
| FI Demonstration-Moving Head Right and Left, on Stomach |
13 |
| FI Practice-Moving Head Right and Left, on Stomach (Continued) |
14 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #52 |
16-38 |
| Talk-How to Help a Baby Learn to Lift its Head |
16 |
ATM Demonstration and Discussion-Crawling like a Baby / Baby Crawls
(Includes Baby Learning to Lift its Head) |
17 |
| Discussion-Baby Learning to Lift its Head |
27 |
| ATM Demonstration and Discussion-Baby Rolling |
29 |
| 22 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #53 |
1-27 |
| Demonstration-How to Touch Your toes (Lengthening the Hamstrings) |
1 |
| ATM-Holding the Ankle and Straightening the Leg |
11 |
| ATM-Holding the Ankle and Straightening the Leg (Continued) |
19 |
| Discussion-Lengthening the Hamstring |
20 |
| ATM-Holding the Ankle and Straightening the Leg (Continued) |
25 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #54 |
28-47 |
| ATM-Holding the Ankle and Straightening the Leg (Continued) |
28 |
| Demonstration-Blackboard and Pelvis |
34 |
| ATM-Holding the Ankle and Straightening the Leg (Continued) |
35 |
| ATM-Holding the Ankle and Straightening the Leg (Continued) |
44 |
| 23 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #55 |
1-25 |
| Talk-How to See Movement |
1 |
| ATM-Prone Raising and Moving Pelvis and Heels / Pelvis Orbits Around Foot |
5 |
(Includes-Prone Rocking the Body on the Stomach / Arc on Stomach)
Questions and Discussion |
16 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #56 |
26-45 |
| Talk-About Pain Experienced in Previous ATM Lesson |
26 |
| ATM-Moving the Leg in an Ellipse |
28 |
| FI Demonstration-Rolling the Leg From the Great Trochanter |
37 |
| FI Practice-Rolling the Leg From the Great Trochanter |
40 |
| 27 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #57 |
1-17 |
| Talk-Introduction of Flutist, Mr. Tel-Oren |
1 |
| ATM-Rolling Forward, Flip Heels to Squat |
3 |
| Talk-Parental Love |
11 |
| ATM-Rolling Forward, Flip Heels to Squat (Continued) |
13 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #58 |
18-42 |
| Talk-Teaching and Learning |
18 |
| Video-Rachel's FI |
22 |
| 28 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #59 |
1-28 |
Demonstration-Beginning ATM Lessons
(Directing Attention Inwardly to the Muscular Sensation) |
1 |
| Sample ATM Class-Knee to Elbow |
3 |
| Talk-Orientation in Space Relative to Self |
9 |
| Sample ATM Class-Knee to Elbow (Continued) |
13 |
Sample ATM Class-Sitting: Turning, Eyes and Head Following Hand
(Also known as "Dead Bird Lesson")
|
16 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #60 |
29-49 |
| ATM-Leg Flop to Squatting |
29 |
| FI Demonstration-Squatting |
44 |
| 29 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #61 |
1-18 |
| ATM-Hands Slide Down Thighs |
1 |
| Talk-Changing Habits By Creating Lessons |
10 |
| ATM-Hands Slide Down Thighs (Continued) |
15 |
| ATM-Hands Slide Down Thighs (Continued) |
16 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #62 |
19-38 |
| FI Video-Elizabeth's Lesson / Elizabeth Says "No" |
19 |
| 30 July 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #63 |
1-18 |
| Talk-Gravity and Functional Integration |
1 |
| Questions from Students |
12 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #64 |
19-32 |
| Letters From Class Members |
19 |
| Functional Integration Practice-Review of Everything Learned Up to Now |
25 |
| 3 August 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #65 |
1-25 |
| ATM-Folding Like a Cat |
1 |
| Talk-Move Without Increasing Pressure on Floor |
16 |
| ATM with Demonstration-Weight Shifting from the Hips |
19 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #66 |
26-41 |
| ATM-Weight Shift to Dancing |
26 |
| ATM-Rocking the Pelvis |
37 |
| Talk-Improving Eyesight |
38 |
| 4 August 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #67 |
1-16 |
| ATM-Flop Knees to Circle |
1 |
| Letter From Student |
11 |
| ATM-Leg Tilt-Elbow Press |
13 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #68 |
17-32 |
| Letter From Student |
17 |
| ATM-Leg Tilt-Elbow Press (Continued) |
18 |
| ATM-Circle Crossover in bridge |
26 |
| 5 August 1981 |
| Morning Session Tape #69 |
1-17 |
| Demonstration-Catching a Ball |
1 |
| ATM-Prone, Stand on Knees; Circle Crossover (Continued) |
2 |
| ATM-Walk on Heels |
14 |
| Afternoon Session Tape #70 |
18-34 |
| ATM-Irradiating the Knee |
18 |
| Appreciations and Acknowledgements |
30 |
