Body Learning: The Alexander Technique
A podcast devoted to all aspects of the Alexander Technique, a method of learning how to release harmful tension and perform all your activities with greater ease and freedom.
Episodes
Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska, interviews Tim Cacciatore, Phd, an Alexander Technique teacher and neuroscientist living in England, about what neuroscience can say about the effective use of Alexander Technique directions. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about Tim's work, and online classes, can be found at AlexanderTechniqueScience.co...
Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss the question of whether you need to know what your harmful habits are in order to release them, as many Alexander Technique teachers seem to believe. They also discuss the idea that Alexander Technique lessons will lead to greater awareness of harmful habits, another common belief of Alexander teachers. Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware and Rob...
Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss their experiences using 2 new Alexander Technique self-directions.
Imogen is an Alexander Technique in Wilmington, Delaware and Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Imogen's website: https://imogenragone.com Robert's website: https//movementcoaching.com
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Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss the possibility that the Alexander Technique can help people with obstructive sleep apnia. Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware and Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Imogen's website: https://imogenragone.com Robert's website: https//movementcoaching.com More information about the Alexander Technique: https://a...
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Bill Conable, the originator of Alexander Technique Body Mapping talks about its origins.
He is co-author of the book about Body Mapping: amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0962259543/alexandertechniqA
Original video of this talk: youtube.com/watch?v=CCXyRfbFN9M&t=16s This video is very useful for getting a full understanding of Body Mapping
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Alexander Technique Rena Anya Deveza interviews Robert Rickover about how he typically teaches the first few online lessons with a new student. Rena's website: AlexTechManhattan.com Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com
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Marjorie Barstow was the first graduate of F. Matthias Alexander's first training course in 1934. This video from which this audio was taken was shot at one of her last workshops, in the winter of 1990/91, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Marj was 91 years old and the the effects of her osteoporosis were clearly evident - but her teaching was at it's finest.
Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware in which we introduce our four conversations about the two types of concentration, why it is important to distinguish one from the other, and what F. M. Alexander had to say about them in his second book, "Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual"....
Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware go into more detail F. M. Alexander's understanding why so many of us today are caught up in the harmful, narrow focus, type of concentration, and what the "solution" is in his view. Unfortunately it was next to impossible for most of his students to imple...
Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware discuss the fact - and the implications of that fact - that most Alexander Technique teachers believe concentration is harmful, while most of the rest of the word think it's a good thing.
Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.com
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Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware discuss F. M. Alexander's view of the underlying cause of the narrow focus concentration that is so prevalent today - namely our poor use of ourselves compared to that of "savages and wild animals". Not an easy topic to talk about but very important if we...
Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware in which we outline F. M. Alexander's understanding of the harm caused by one type of concentration, and the sequence of events he believes brought us to this sad situation: Poor Use of people today leads to Mind Wandering which then leads to Concentration.
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An Alexander Technique teacher talks about how the AT helps her with her ongoing long COVID recovery
Rena Deveza, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska about her experiences with long COVID, and how the Alexander Technique has helped with the recovery process. Rena's website: https://alextechmanhattan.com Robert's website: https://alexandertechnique.com
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Brief introduction to the Alexander Technique.
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Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone talk about Metronome Therapy and how it can be useful to Alexander Technique students and teachers. Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: MomementCoaching.com Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware. Website: BodyIntelligence.com
Original video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQufcmCty-c
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(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the implications of Inhibition, Alexander Technique directions for our understanding of our innate Body Wisdom. More information about Alexander Technique directions: bodylearningcast.com/teachers/directions Imogen's website:...
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Resources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudy
Alexander Technique Podcast: https://bodylearningcast.com
Alexander Technique Blog: https://bodylearningblog.com
All No Cost Alexander Technique Lessons:
Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrwHz4NgzSI
Lesson ...
Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about a simple and effective way to stand, sit and move with greater ease and less harmful tension. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn ho...
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