The Open ATM Project

Feldenkrais® Awareness Through Movement® Lessons

The Open ATM Project

The Open ATM Project is offering freely available ATM classes online as mp3 files for download. Download the ATM lessons to your computer or iPod (or other mp3 player) and do the lessons whenever you want.

Contributing Practioners

Sharon Moyano

Tracy Godek

Jim Stephens

John Quinn

San Diego Feldenkrais Study Group

Many of these lessons are reinterpretations of (inspiried by and loosley based on) ATM Lessons taught by Moshe Feldenkrais at the Alexander Yanai. The Alexander Yanai lessons are a rich and diverse set of lessons taught from 1950s to 1970s in Israel, and are available from the International Feldenkrais Federation. The lessons are not reproductions of the original lessons by Moshe Feldenkrais. For the online lessons, the original Alexander Yanai lesson titles are retained in order to properly acknowledge the ideas and structure of the original lessons. In addition, for scholarship purposes the corresponding Alexander Yanai lesson numbers are also given.

If you would like to participate in the Open ATM project, please email me at falk@coast.ucsd.edu


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Sharon Moyano Online Lessons

There are four lesson groupings:

The lessons are listed below.

Many of these lessons are loosley based on the Alexander Yanai lesson series. The lesson number below corresponds the the relevant underlying Alexander Yanai lesson.

Note these files are about 10-12mb in size and may take some time to download with a dial-up connection. A high-speed internet connection is recommended for downloading.

The 2004 ATM Season:

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Date Title Number Time File Size
01/20/2004 Continuation of Holding the Knee #270 55:09 13mb Downoad
02/03/2004 Length and Fists #347 50:14 11mb Download
02/10/2004 Twisting the Pelvis w/ Long Arm #240 53:42 12mb Download
02/17/2004 Bending Fingers Backward, Part 1, #181 54:01 12mb Download
02/24/2004 Arms and Knee on diagonal #348 52:23 12mb Download
03/02/2004 Lowering Pelvis to Sitting #109 51:48 12mb Download
03/16/2004 Bending Fingers Backward, Part 2 #182 42:22 9.7mb Download
03/23/2004 Hands Behind #220 52:07 12mb Download
03/30/2004 Rolling from the back to side-sitting #223 59:04 13mb Download
04/13/2004 Straightening Knees While Leaning of Forearms #198 48:19 11mb Download
04/20/2004 Preparation for a Bridge, #438 46:02 10mb Download
04/27/2004 Preparation for a Bridge, Continued #439 55:36 13mb Download
05/04/2004 Heels Under Pelvis #190 57:39 13mb Download
05/11/2004 Heels Under Pelvis 2,Weight between big and second toes #192 55:44 13mb Download
05/18/2004 Heels Under Pelvis 3, Lifting Knees, #193 53:23 12mb Download
05/25/2004 Heels Under Pelvis 4, #194 56:41 13mb Download
06/01/2004 Heels Under Pelvis 5 (Japanese Sitting), #195 57:56 13mb Download
06/08/2004 Heels Under Pelvis 6 (Rolling up to Sit), #196 54:41 12mb Download
06/15/2004 Heels Under Pelvis 7, #197 54:01 12mb Download
-- Summer Break --
09/14/2004 Legs Crossed and Expanding Chest and Abdomen, #28 50:35 12mb Download
09/21/2004 Sliding Along the Length of the Leg, #37 48:47 11mb Download
10/12/2004 Lengthening the Leg into Pulling Movements While Rolling #67 50:30 12mb Download
10/19/2004 Pulling the Toes With the Knees Crossed, #412 47:04 11mb Download
10/26/2004 Ankle on the knee to sitting, #442 48:38 11mb Download
11/02/2004 From lying on the back with lower leg on the other side to sitting with crossed legs, #92 52:17 12mb Download
11/09/2004 Sitting Indian Fashion, #4 51:09 12mb Download
11/16/2004 Lengthening the Arms sitting cross-legged, #90, 52:50 12mb Download
11/23/2004 Zen Sitting, #98 55:10 13mb Download
11/30/2004 Training to sit without leaning on the floor, #310 50:42 12mb Download
12/07/2004 Pecking Movements #129 49:40 11mb Download

The 2003 ATM Season:

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Date Title Number Time File Size
01/21/03 Circles with arms above head #62 50:52 12mb Download
01/28/03 Head & pelvis fixed, standing on knees #51 52:18 12mb Download
02/04/03 Circles with hands in sitting #80 51:23 12mb Download
02/11/03 Foot and movements in space #304 46:45 11mb Download
02/18/03 Heels and feet in circles #245 56:51 13mb Download
02/25/03 On the cheek #25 55:23 13mb Download
03/04/03 Arm circles (none) 49:11 11mb Download
03/11/03 Breathing rhythmically 1 #180 47:19 11mb Download
03/18/03 Preparation for a clock #19 53:32 12mb Download
04/01/03 A Clock in front of the face #82 48:49 11mb Download
04/08/03 A Clock #84 55:18 13mb Download
04/15/03 Turning the nose in a circle #95 48:53 11mb Download
04/22/03 Differentiation of the eyes head and back while twisting #54 54:57 13mb Download
04/29/03 Bending while sitting and shoulder movements #152 53:41 12mb Download
05/06/03 Interweaving the back with the help of the hands #285 52:23 12mb Download
05/13/03 Rolling to sit with the use of the elbows #3 51:07 12mb Download
05/20/03 Bending the elbows over the knees #20 55:00 13mb Download
05/27/03 Bringing the knees to the face in an arc #231 56:01 13mb Download
06/03/03 Crossing knees twisting the back and pelvis #140 51:32 12mb Download
-- Summer Break --
09/16/03 Preparation for a clock #19 45:47 10mb Download
09/23/03 Making the spine more flexible #177 43:23 10mb Download
09/30/03 Knees crossed and sliding feet sideways #265 51:39 12mb Download
10/07/03 Crossing knees and coordinated eye movements #266 55:31 13mb Download
10/14/03 Balance with the knees crossed #250 43:27 10mb Download
11/04/03 Rocking the back with help of the legs #74 44:56 10mb Download
11/18/03 Lengthening the arms #178 46:43 11mb Download
12/02/03 Praying (none) 44:33 10mb Download

2003 Runner's Workshop ATM's:

The lessons from the 2003 Runner's Workshop are:

Title Number Time File Size
Elbows and knees touching #27 34:43 5.4mb Download
Touching floor with hands #51 37:07 8.5mb Download
Lifting back with knees #80 21:02 4.8mb Download
Rotational use of arms (none) 37:53 8.7mb Download
Freeing the hip joints (none) 46:48 11mb Download
Spiraling legs up from stomach (none) 40:11 9.2mb Download

2004 Workshop on Sitting:

This workshop was held Sunday March 20, at Cardenas Physical Therapy in Los Angeles. The lessons from the 2004 Workshop on Sitting are:

Title Number Time File Size
Lengthening Spine in Sitting (none) 49:28 11mb Download
On Chair - Differentiated Turning #455 40:03 9.2mb Download

Tracy Godek Online Lessons

The lessons are listed below.

Note these files are about 10-12mb in size and may take some time to download with a dial-up connection. A high-speed internet connection is recommended for downloading.

2005 Lessons at Stage 7 Dance :

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Date Title Number Time File Size
01/24/2005 Holding the Chin and Rolling (none) 68:51 16mb Download
01/31/2005 Cicling the Arm Around Yourself (none) 70:16 16mb Download
02/14/2005 Scarecrow Arms (none) 59:25 14mb Download
02/21/2005 Four-point support: spiraling to sitting (none) 55:48 13mb Download
02/28/2005 Sitting and Lengthening the Arms #322 65:19 15mb Download
03/07/2005 Four Point Rolling (none) 55:11 13mb Download
03/14/2005 Pushing through Bridging Hand and Rolling (none) 61:33 14mb Download
03/21/2005 Extension 1: Translating the Head (none) 69:57 16mb Download
03/28/2005 Extension 2: On belly holding the foot (none) 71:17 16mb Download
04/11/2005 Extensors and Length (none) 61:31 14mb Download
04/18/2005 Lifting Head on Diagonal #170 61:19 14mb Download
04/25/2005 Thorax and Back (none) 61:15 14mb Download
05/02/2005 Working the Extensors (none) 63:20 14mb Download
05/09/2005 Getting Your Back Back (none) 66:17 16mb Download
06/06/2005 Spine as a Chain (none) 60:18 14mb Download
06/13/2005 On Belly, Freeing the Neck (none) 63:16 15mb Download
07/11/2005 Releasing the Hips by Holding the Feet #302 65:52 15mb Download
07/18/2005 Knees Right and Left While Making Hips Flexible #309 69:48 15mb Download
08/01/2005 Lifting the Feet #324 59:04 13mb Download
08/08/2005 Flexible Knees (none) 64:53 15mb Download
08/22/2005 Skewering the Spine (none) 61:23 14mb Download
08/29/2005 The Shoulder Behind the Back #323 64:12 14mb Download
09/12/2005 Four Point Rolling, Revisited (none) 61:11 14mb Download
09/26/2005 Differentiation of the Shoulder Girdle (none) 58:02 14mb Download
10/17/2005 Translating Pelvis on Elbows and Knees (none) 59:03 14mb Download
11/7/2005 Holding the Neck While Rolling (none) 65:58 16mb Download

Jim Stephens Online Lessons

These ATM lessons are the lessons that were developed for and used in the research study on Hamstring Lengthening that was published in Physical Therapy (the journal of the American Physical Therapy Association) in the December issue in 2006. A copy of this paper cannot be posted on this website as it is copyrighted by the APTA. If you would like an electronic copy by email or if you have any questions about the lessons or the study, please address them to:

Jim Stephens PhD, PT, CFP
Movement Learning and Rehab
Havertown, PA 19083
james.stephens@comcast.net

John Quinn Online Lessons

John Quinn is a GCFP (1999). This lesson was recorded at the 2006 Feldenrkais Guild of North America Conference held in Omega New York and is a personal interpretation of Moshe's "Bell Hand" lesson originally presented at the 1981 Quest Workshop in San Fransisco. For More information on Johnn Quinn please see

San Diego Feldenkrais Study Group Lessons

Note these files are about 10-12mb in size and may take some time to download with a dial-up connection. A high-speed internet connection is recommended for downloading.

Lessons at the San Diego Feldenkrais Center :

These lessons are from the study group of the Feldenkrais Training Program directed by Elizabeth Beringer. We are currently (spring 2009) in our third year

Date Title Source Time
03/08/2009 Differentiating Eyes and Head: On back and in Sitting
Falk Feddersen teaches 		(combination) 47:16 Download
August 2009 Bird Wing Right Arm - Variation
Falk Feddersen teaches 		(combination) 39:59 Download