attami

natyasri123 · Post by **natyasri123** » 18 Jul 2009, 01:02

can any of you suggest how to teach attami/neck movement to a beginner of 8yrs. i have tried a few methods, but not much is happening coupled with acute lack of practice.

i told the beginner to hold the shoulders with each palm and try to move the neck conciously so as the head is not moving.

pls help.

rgds

prathibha.ramaswamy · Post by **prathibha.ramaswamy** » 18 Jul 2009, 10:44

I have tried children balance a fat book on their head and move their neck.It has worked with my students

rhranjana · Post by **rhranjana** » 19 Jul 2009, 15:17

Yes as prathiba says you can ask them to keep a fat / heavy binded book on head and practice. For it to be more acute, u can ask them to stand in a corner of two walls with the book on the head and move the neck so that they hit two sides of the wall and also see to that the book does not fall down. All my students are trained in this way, even my 6 year old student manages to do good attami.