Thanks for that. I am in the process of creating a new resource called “Easy Feldenkrais” and I think I am going to include a monthly Alexander Yanai session. They have made a huge impact on my life. And you are right, they need to be more available.

Ryan

I wish these lessons were available to the general public – while I don’t know if I would incorporate many into my daily practice, I think access to hundreds of lessons from Moshe himself would increase my intellectual appreciation and understanding of his practice. I don’t understand why access is restricted – whether it’s to protect people from something they might misuse without a proper training (which seems like nonsense), or because it helps convince people that investing in training is “worth it”, or what…

Hi Steven. Thanks for letting me know that you did not know about them. I will write a blog post on them soon. “Alexander Yanai” are transcriptions and translations of sessions that Moshe taught in Israel in his studio on Alexander Yanai street for several decades when he was developing his work. More information to come in a future blog post. – Ryan

Thanks for letting me know Pauline. I will do a blog post on the soon. In brief, they are transcriptions and translations of sessions that Moshe taught in Israel in his studio on Alexander Yanai street. More to come! – Ryan

Que bien Esther! No sabia que las lecciones habian sido traducidas al italiano. Muy “cool.” Que estes bien. Espero que nos vemos alla un dia.

Un abrazo!

Hi Michal – That is fantastic that you have the sessions in Hebrew. They would not do me much good, I suppose, thought at one time I had a basic Hebrew vocabulary. I have recently felt some of the limitations of my aging body. Not in regard to AY but in regard to taking hiking trips. Something that I have not done recently and feel the need to start again. I will keep doing AY to keep myself “in action.”

cheers! – Ryan

Hi Naffie – Great to hear from you! I heard recently that Larry integrates a lot of AY into his trainings. I did know that. I hope your integrations continue to bear fruit for you.

Ryan

Hi Joanna, I suppose it COULD be useful to take a day between sessions if someone feels the need. But it is certainly not a requirement nor need. In his trainings Moshe would teach 3 session per day (I believe) so that should give us a clue that it is Ok. The nervous system can certainly handle it!

As an aside, I sometimes find it useful to day a lesson right before going to bed and give myself and body the whole night to process it. But again, not out of necessity, only because I want to.

I hope that helps!

Cheers! – Ryan

I am a beginning student of Feldenkrais and have come across the advice that one should leave an interval of 1-2 days between practising to allow the nervous system enough time to integrate the previous set of movement patterns. This somehow does not make sense to me and seems like a very simplistic understanding of the nervous system if only based on the fact that infants move and learn all the time, every day. The certainly do not have ‘resting’ days. So I was reassured to read your article detailing your daily practice of 2-3 sessions. Could you please comment further?