Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

Robert Rickover
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Sep 22, 2018 • 27min

Marjorie Barstow's Teaching - 10

Send a textFollow up conversation with Robert Rickover and Eileen Troberman, both students of the late Marjorie Barstow. This conversation is primarily about the observational skills Marj taught her students, how that is helpful with distance teaching, and what Marj would likely have thought about that approach. Eileen's website: AlexanderTechniqueSanDiego.com/ Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com Marjorie's website: MarjorieBarstow.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
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Sep 19, 2018 • 1h

Democratizing Embodiment

Send a textAlexander Technique teacher and founder of The Poise Project, Monika Gross joins Mark Walsh, host of the Embodiment Podcast, to discuss theatre, what is the Alexander Technique, being a First Person Expert, socio-economic and cultural factors in embodiment, language barriers to practice, how to access groups we may not usually work with, working with caregivers, being of service and how somatic techniques can help people keep a healthy sense of self. Mark and Monika paint a vision for a more embodied world, and how everyone can learn to be “body literate”. Monika’s websites: FormFitnessFunction.com and ThePoiseProject.org The Embodiment Podcast’s website: EmbodiedFacilitator.com/the-embodiment-podcast Gereral information about the Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
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Sep 13, 2018 • 25min

From the Inside Out: Inner and Outer Ergonomics

Send a textDr Anikó Ball, BDSc, a dentist and Alexander Technique teache in Melbourne, Australia talks with Robert Rickover about why it is so important to consider Inner Ergonomics principles when addressing work-related strain and pain issues. Dr Ball's website: OptimumDentalPosture.com Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about Inner Ergonomics: Ergonomics.org More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexTechExpress.com/support
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Sep 1, 2018 • 53min

Marjorie Barstow's Teaching - 9

Send a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students, but may be of interest to others as well.) Conversation with Robert Rickover and Eileen Troberman, both students of the late Marjorie Barstow. Eileen's website: AlexanderTechniqueSanDiego.com/ Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com Marjorie's website: MarjorieBarstow.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
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Aug 25, 2018 • 8min

Constructive Rest Guided Talk-Through

Send a textJane Clappison, an Alexander Technique teacher in East Yorkshire, England provides a talk-through for this useful Alexander Technique process. Jane's website: JaneClappison.co.uk More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
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Aug 15, 2018 • 27min

How the Alexander Technique Helped Overecome a Deadly Predicament

Send a textGary Ramsey, an Alexander Technique and voice and speech teacher in the New York City area, describes how he applied the principles of the Technique when he was told by his doctor that he could die at any moment, and that there was very little that medicine could do for him. His book, describing what he did to survive, is Bliss: One Hero's Journey Gary's website: GaryRamsey.org Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com. Learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
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Jul 28, 2018 • 1h 19min

The Development of the Alexander Technique - An Alternative Perspective- Part 3

Send a textJeando Masoero speaks with Mastaneh Nazarian in a third conversation about the work of F.M. Alexander, its origins and its evolutions. The process of finding out how learning and teaching happen take Mr. Masoreo to discover interrelations between aspects of the work such individuals as Pierre Janet, Lev Vygotsky, Nikolai Bernstein, François Delsarte and of F.M. Alexander. Along the way Jeando shares aspects of how he teaches individuals to teach themselves in the simple, practical and essential art of learning to expand self imposed limits through everyday activities. Jeando's website: initial-alexandertechnique.org Mastaneh's website: rediscoverease.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
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Jun 29, 2018 • 29min

Alexander Technique and the Scientific Method - Part 2

Send a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Rickover about the extent to which the scientific method is used by Alexander Technique teachers and students today, and about whether the Technique's effectiveness has been borne out by that scientific method. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about scientific research studies about the Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com/research.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
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Jun 23, 2018 • 1h 10min

The Development of the Alexander Technique - An Alternative Perspective- Part 2

Send a textJeando Masoero speaks with Mastaneh Nazarian in a second conversation about the work of F.M. Alexander, its origins and its evolutions. The process of finding out how learning and teaching happen take Mr. Masoreo to discover interrelations between aspects of the work such individuals as Pierre Janet, Lev Vygotsky, Nikolai Bernstein, François Delsarte and of F.M. Alexander. Along the way Jeando shares aspects of how he teaches individuals to teach themselves in the simple, practical and essential art of learning to expand self imposed limits through everyday activities. Jeando's website: initial-alexandertechnique.org Mastaneh's website: rediscoverease.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
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Jun 21, 2018 • 18min

Alexander Technique and the Scientific Method - Part 1

Send a textImogen Ragone,an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Rickover about whether the scientific method played a role in the discoveries of F. Matthias Alexander, and the development of the Alexander Technique. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com 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

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