Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

Send us a textInformation about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/freeMore information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.comResources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudyAlexander Technique Podcast: https://bodylearningcast.comAlexander Technique Blog:  https:bodylearningblog.comIntroduction to the No Cost Alexander Technique Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrwHz4NgzSIEpisodes:Lesson 1 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MntwqyOo8kLesson 1 - part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NGnj3FENULesson 2 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOJqPN-3CwLesson 2 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzx6WPl3siMLesson 2 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAc3EO9owlALesson 3 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJlfa30OdgLesson 3 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECOdNDnr8oLesson 3 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK4DdUT_EV4Lesson 4 - Part 1: https://www

Send us a textInformation about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/freeMore information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.comResources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudyAlexander Technique Podcast: https://bodylearningcast.comAlexander Technique Blog:  https:bodylearningblog.comIntroduction to the No Cost Alexander Technique Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrwHz4NgzSIEpisodes:Lesson 1 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MntwqyOo8kLesson 1 - part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NGnj3FENULesson 2 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOJqPN-3CwLesson 2 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzx6WPl3siMLesson 2 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAc3EO9owlALesson 3 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJlfa30OdgLesson 3 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECOdNDnr8oLesson 3 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK4DdUT_EV4Lesson 4 - Part 1: https://www

Send us a textInformation about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/freeMore information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.comResources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudyAlexander Technique Podcast: https://bodylearningcast.comAlexander Technique Blog:  https:bodylearningblog.comIntroduction to the No Cost Alexander Technique Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrwHz4NgzSIEpisodes:Lesson 1 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MntwqyOo8kLesson 1 - part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NGnj3FENULesson 2 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOJqPN-3CwLesson 2 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzx6WPl3siMLesson 2 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAc3EO9owlALesson 3 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJlfa30OdgLesson 3 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECOdNDnr8oLesson 3 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK4DdUT_EV4Lesson 4 - Part 1: https://www

Send us a textInformation about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/freeMore information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.comResources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudyAlexander Technique Podcast: https://bodylearningcast.comAlexander Technique Blog:  https:bodylearningblog.comIntroduction to the No Cost Alexander Technique Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrwHz4NgzSIEpisodes:Lesson 1 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MntwqyOo8kLesson 1 - part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8NGnj3FENULesson 2 - part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIOJqPN-3CwLesson 2 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzx6WPl3siMLesson 2 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAc3EO9owlALesson 3 - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUJlfa30OdgLesson 3 - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LECOdNDnr8oLesson 3 - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK4DdUT_EV4Lesson 4 - Part 1: https://www

Send us a textRobert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska, talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware about her work with people suffering from trauma and chronic stress. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia website: AlexTechGreaterPhila.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.comOriginal video version:  https://youtu.be/mKoLtBOJsyc 

Send us a textRobert 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.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.comOriginal video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUiF5v3dVa0

Send us a textPredrag Vlatkovic, Editorial Coordinator of MysticMag, interviews Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska, about the Technique for the MysticMag Blog. MysticMag website: MysticMag.com Robert's website:  AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Technique: AlexanderTechnique.comShort article based on this video: mysticmag.com/psychic-reading/interview-robertrickover

Send us a textImogen Ragone and Robert Rickover discuss this question and provide some possible explanations. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

Send us a textnRobert Rickover and Imogen Ragone return to an earlier discussion about an Alexander Technique self-direction in order to address a question about it's usefulness when you want to let your mind be free. Imogen teaches in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com You can learn more about Alexander Technique directions in general here: BodyLearningCast.com/teachers/directions . More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com Other related videos: A Simple and Practical way to Explore and Use Alexander Technique Inhibition - youtu.be/a-XOiSmu42A A Brief History of Alexander Technique Directions (from 2015) - bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/271700-a-brief-history-of-alexander-technique-directions Effective ways to use Alexander Technique Directions - bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/136406-effective-ways-to-use-alexander-technique-directionsPart 1 of this conversation: buzzsprou

Send us a textAlexander Technique Constructive Rest is a useful process that anybody can use, as it requires no special training or skill. Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss a simple ad-on that can help you improve the coordination between your legs. Imogen teaches in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

Send us a textRobert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss a simple and powerful new Alexander Technique self-direction with far-reaching implications for all facets of your life. Imogen teaches in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com You can learn more about Alexander Technique directions in general here: BodyLearningCast.com/teachers/directions . More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com Other related videos: A Simple and Practical way to Explore and Use Alexander Technique Inhibition - youtu.be/a-XOiSmu42A A Brief History of Alexander Technique Directions (from 2015) - bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/271700-a-brief-history-of-alexander-technique-directions Effective ways to use Alexander Technique Directions - bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/136406-effective-ways-to-use-alexander-technique-directionsMind Your Mind puts this direction in a broader context: bodylearningblog.com/mind-y

Send us a textMarjorie Barstow would often say, at the end of one of her four week long Alexander Technique workshops: When you get home, and people ask you what you learned in Nebraska, don't tell them 'a little bit of nothing.' In this conversation, Imogen Ragone and Robert Rickover discuss the implications of this admonition from several different points of view. Imogen teaches the Alexander Technique in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Imogen and Robert also teach online. More information about Marjorie Barstow: MarjorieBarstow.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

Send us a textAmanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique. This is the sixth in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover about her discoveries. Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. In this conversation, Amanda and Robert discuss the importance of this new perspective for Alexander Technique teachers and students today. More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information

Send us a textAmanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique. This is the first in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode provides an overview of her findings. Subsequent videos will go into greater detail.More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information ab

Send us a textAmanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique. This is the first in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode provides an overview of her findings. Subsequent videos will go into greater detail. More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information a

Send us a textAmanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique. This is the third in a series of her conversations with with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode is primarily about the gap between Alexander's stated hopes for the future of the Technique, and his actual behavior.More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://ale

Send us a textRobert Rickover continues his discussion with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical." An earlier conversation was about why he used that phrase, and some of the implications of the meaning he assigns to it, and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8 In this video, they explore the subtle physical manifestations of simply thinking about speaking as a way of experiencing just how tightly-knit "mind" and "body" actually are.More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.comMore information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.comInformation about

Send us a textAmanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique. This is the fifth in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover about her discoveries. Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode focuses primarily on the influence of Professor John Dewey's influence of Marjorie Barstow's group teaching.More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M

Send us a textRobert Rickover continues his discussion with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical." Our previous conversation was about why he used that phrase, and some of the implications of the meaning he assigns to it, and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8 In this podcast, they discuss more implications that flow from Alexander's concept of mind/body unity - specifically how an understanding of it can help us avoid one of the major obstacles faced by students - and teachers! - when self-directing and inhibiting. Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: https://AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert also teach online. For more information about the Alexander Technique: https://AlexanderTechnique.com Here is part of what Alexander wrote in his second book, Constructive Conscious Control, and which is quoted in the in

Send us a textRobert Rickover continues his discussion with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical." Their previous conversation was about why he used that phrase, and some of the implications of the meaning he assigns to it and can be seen here: youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8 In this video, they discuss specific examples of processes and activities that illustrate those implications. (As one point I mention an Alexander Technique and Physicist in Amsterdam, but I couldn't think of his name at the time: Patrick Johnson, Phd. Website: smartbody.nl/alexander-technique ) Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert also teach online. For more information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com Part 1: youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8