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ENERGY CURRICULUM OVERVIEW - with The Alay'nya Studio
The
following table (*) overviews our "esoteric energy" class
component, organized by quarter. If you have been studying with us for
a while, you will note the connection between quarters and "Levels" of
study.
All Beginners, regardless of the time
of year in which they start with us, will be doing the "Winter" or "Grounding" studies during their Beginner's
Curriculum.
We will typically address the other
topics at the right time of the year, knowing that topics need to be adjusted to whoever is in a given class.
For example, we do not expect someone who has recently graduated from a Beginner's class to take on "transitioning
between spirals." So we will teach those students simplified versions of the topic. More advanced students, though,
can see when and where they'll be addressing different "energy aspects" of their dance training.
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Season |
Winter
(Grounding / Earth) |
Spring
(Moving-Spiraling / Air) |
Summer
(Heating / Fire) |
Autumn
(Flowing-Releasing / Water) |
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Lesson 1
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Basic Grounding ("Anchoring") |
Dynamic Grounding |
Energy Gathering |
Creating an Energy-Basis for Your Dance |
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Lesson 2
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Centering |
Contraction / Expansion |
Energy Contraction & Expansion |
Drawing and Directing Attention
and Energy |
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Lesson 3
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Reaching Upwards through your Spine
("The Lotus Flower") |
Connecting Lower and Upper Body
- - - - (Lower Spine, Pelvis, & Abs Integration) |
Energy Basis for Lower & Upper
Body Connection |
Drawing Up and Drawing Down Energy |
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Lesson 4
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All-Space Awareness ("Feeling
and Fulling") and Very Basic Turns |
Opposition & Basic Turns (Using
Sacral Release) |
Dynamic Spirals |
Unfolding and Transitioning Spiral
Movements & Energy |
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Lesson 5
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Natural Arm/Hand Positioning |
Using Centrifugal Force for Dynamic
Natural Arm/Hand Positioning |
Using Expansion / Contraction for
Natural Arm/Hand Positioning |
Directing Energy through Attention,
Gesture, and Gaze |
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Lesson 6
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Basic "Snake Movements" |
Facilitating Snake Movements through
Sacral & Sacro-Iliac Release |
Intrinsic / Internal "Snake
Movements" |
Awakening Kundalini Energy
(Basic Pranayama; Bringing
Snake Patterns Moving Up the Spine) |
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Lesson 7
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Basic Kundalini |
Basic Pranayama |
"Breath of Fire" |
Revisit: Creating an Energy-Basis
for Your Dance -- Pulling it Together
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* Yes, we know that this is only 28 "lessons."
This is a general overview of how our topics will progress throughout the year.
We will extend selected lessons to cover two classes, depending on available classes per quarter, and also introduce
additional topics. This is a general overview of how our topics will progress throughout the year.
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