Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

Send a textRobert 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 Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Imogen's website: Imogenragone.com Robert's website: MovementCoaching.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

Send a textRobert 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 More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com

Send a textRobert 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://alexandertechnique.com This article from the Mayo Clinic provides an overview of sleep apnea: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleep-apnea/symptoms-causes/syc-20377631

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Send a textBill 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/alexandertechniqAOriginal video of this talk: youtube.com/watch?v=CCXyRfbFN9M&t=16s This video is very useful for getting a full understanding of Body MappingMore information about the Alexander Technique: youtube.com/watch?v=CCXyRfbFN9M&t=16sMore information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

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Send a textAlexander 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 More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

Send a text(Audio begins in 15 seconds)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. For more information about the Alexander Technique, visit alexandertechnique.com For more about Marj, including links to other videos of her, go to marjoriebarstow.com Longer version of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDCQEoyEf9c

Send a textRobert 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 want to understand Alexander's thought process.Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.comRobert's website: https://AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.comMore information about the Alexander Technique: https://AlexanderTechnique.com Below are the links to the Introduction and the other 3 of our video conversations: Introduction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJfYYzJmg4Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1loMyHGPU-wPart 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-kO3UA6s7s Part 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB1Ed4F3N1EBelow are the audio podcast versions of our conversation:Introduction: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833486-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-introductionPart 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17834255-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-1Part 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833661-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-2Part 3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833713-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-3Part 4: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833731-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-4

Send a textRobert 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 implement and moreover it disregarded the core principle that our body should be viewed as unified whole, not a collection of parts. It also reveals Alexander's misunderstanding of how our brain and nervous system work - not surprising given that he was writing a hundred years ago.  Nonetheless his "solution" continues to inform some Alexander Technique teaching methods today. Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.com Robert's website: https://AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: https://AlexanderTechnique.com Below are the links to the Introduction and the other 3 of our video conversations: Introduction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJfYYzJmg4 Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1loMyHGPU-w Part 3- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OB1Ed4F3N1E Part 4 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5kZtkvZFp0Below are the audio podcast versions of our conversation:Introduction: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833486-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-introductionPart 1: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17834255-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-1Part 2: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833661-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-2Part 3: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833713-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-3Part 4: https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/382/episodes/17833731-concentration-powerful-skill-or-harmful-habit-part-4