Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

Send us a textAndrea Dow of Teach Piano Today talks with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada about ways in which the Technique can help piano students play with greater ease and less harmful tension. Rober't website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Teach Piano Today's website: TeachPianoToday.com More information about the Alexander Technique and musicians: AlexanderTechnique.com/musicians.htm More general information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students, although others may find it useful.) Sandra Bain Cushman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Charlottesville, Virginia, speaks with Imogen Ragone about her approach to teaching a first lesson. Sandra's website: SandraBainCushman.com Imogen teaches in Wilmington, Delaware.  Imogen's website:  ImogenRagone.com  For more information about the Alexander Tecnique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textRobert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about Power Poses, a powerful concept developed by social psychologist Amy Cuddy, and about how Alexander Technique principles can enhance them. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com. More information about the Up With GravitySM process: UpWithGravity.net Information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textEmily Clark, an Alexander Technique teacher in Portland, Oregon, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which the Technique can help riders relieve pain, ease the effects of head injuries and improve their posture. Emily's website:TheSuppleRider.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textSarah Warman, an Alexander Technique teacher in London, England talks with Catherine Lund on Living Health at East London Radio about her own early experiences with the Technique and how it can be helpful to others. Sarah's website: sarahs-Alexander-studio.com East London Radio's website: eastlondonradio.org.uk More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Send us a textEllen Stafford, an Alexander Technique teache, dancer and choreographer in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which the Alexander Technique and the developmental movement work of Raymond Dart and the Dart Procedures, can help dancers perform more effectively and with less strain on their bodies. Ellen's website: pghforwardandup.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textCecile Raynor, an Alexander Technique teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, talks with Robert Rickover about the ways in which the Technique can help your yoga practice and reduce the chance of injury. Cecile's blog: OffTheMatYogaBlog.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textLeah Zhang, an Alexander Technique teacher in Los Angeles talks with Robert Rickover about the connections between these two fields, and about her work as an Ergonomics Specialist at UCLA. Leah's website: leahteachesalexander.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about ergonomics and the Alexander Technique: ergonomics.org Information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textRobin Simmons, an Alexander Technique teacher in Zurich and Brig, Switzerland talkswith Robert Rickover about the parallels and differences between the two systems. Robin's websote: alexander-technik-schweiz.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textMagdelena Portman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Lewes, East Susses, England provides a thirty-second audio response to the Alexander Technique Speed Dating Challenge. You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textThe Alexander Technique is often seen as a way of letting go of harmful habits. In his Keynote Address at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, John Nicholls proposes a view of the Technique as a forward-looking, life-long process of developing our potential. In his view, it is a practice of embodied mindfulness in which we choose to embody our deepest aspirations and attitudes in the fullest sense of those words. (Error Correction: near the end of the talk a line of poetry quoted is wrongly attributed to Robert Graves' translation from an inscription at the Temple of Delphi. It is in fact a common translation of lines supposedly from legendary ancient Greek poet Orpheus.) John teaches, and trains Alexander Technique teachers, in New York City. John's website: johnnichollsat.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTec

Send us a textCatlin Freeman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which Alexander Technique lessons can be useful for people on the autism spectrum. Caitlin is the author of Autism and Alexander Technique: Using the Alexander Technique to Help People on the Autism Spectrum Catlin's website: alexandertechniqueguide.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textRobert Rickover talks with Amy Ward Brimmer, an Alexander Technique teacher in the Philadelphia area, about a remarkable quote on this topic by John Dewey, the American educational reformer, philosopher, and longtime student of F. Matthias Alexander. Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the connection between John Dewey and F. Matthias Alexander: alexandertechnque.com/articles/dewey More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support 

Send us a text(This interview is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Caitlin Freeman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which Alexander Technique teachrs can best work with students on the autism spectrum, as well as some suggestions for people with autism who are taking Alexander lessons. Caitlin is the author of Autism and Alexander Technique: Using the Alexander Technique to Help People on the Autism Spectrum Catlin's website: alexandertechniqueguide.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Send us a textEllen Stafford, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania talks with Robert Rickover about developmental movement, the work of Raymond Dart, and the history of the Dart Procedures, and the connections between them and Alexander Technique. Ellen's website: pghforwardandup.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textConstance Clare-Newman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Oakland, CA and Provincetown, MA, provides a guided talk-through which you can listen to as you lie down in Constructive Rest. Constance's website: constanceclare.com More information about Constructive Rest: alexandertechnique.com/constructiverest More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textNancy Romita, an Alexander Technique teacher in Baltimore, Maryland, talks with Robert Rickover about Functional Awareness, a somatic model she has developed, which incorporates principles of the Alexander Technique and experiential anatomy. Nancy's website: ATMidAtlantic.com Information about Functional Awareness can be found at FunctionalAwareness.org Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. Information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textJudith Muir, an Alexander Technique teacher in Dutchess County, New York, describes the Alexander Technique in an interview for the Are You in Pain Project, sponsored by Topricin. Judith's website: judithmuir.com Are You in Pain Project's website: AreYouInPain.org For more information about the Alexander Technique, visit alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textMastaneh Nazarian, an Alexander Technique teacher in Melbourne, Australia talks with Robert Rickover about five principles of "In-Tune Parenting" she developed and uses, based on the principles of the Alexander Technique. Mastaneh's website: rediscoverease.com Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.comAlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textEvangeline Benedetti, a cellist and teacher of the Alexander Technique in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover about how she discovered the Technique and how it has influenced her playing. Evangeline's website: evangelinebenedetti.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com