

Body Learning: The Alexander Technique
Robert Rickover
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.
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Oct 29, 2013 • 21min
How the Alexander Technique can help cyclists
Send a textJoe Searby, an Alexander Technique teacher in Oxfordshire, England, talks about ways in which the Alexander Technique can help cyclists improve their performance and cycle with less strain. Joe's website: searby.net Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. Alexander Technique information: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Oct 23, 2013 • 39min
A first Alexander Technique lesson with Robert Rickover
Send a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students, although others may find it useful.) Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada, speaks with Imogen Ragone about his approach to teaching a first lesson. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.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

Oct 21, 2013 • 23min
How the Alexander Technique can help you deal with Chronic Pain
Send a textCarolyn Nicholls, an Alexander Technique teacher in Brighton, England, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which the Technique can help people deal effectively with chronic pain. Carolyn's website: alexandertechniquebrighton.co.uk 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

Oct 18, 2013 • 30min
An interesting new development in Alexander Technique directing - Part 2
Send a text(Although primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students, this podcast can potentially be useful for anyone.) Jennifer Roig-Francoli, an Alexander Technique teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio talks with Robert Rickover about Freedom Directions and how they relate to F M Alexander's concept of inhibition and to the fundamental idea he expressses at the beginning of his first book. Jennifer's website: ArtofFreedom.me Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about negative directions: upwithgravity.net/negative-directions More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Oct 16, 2013 • 18min
The origins and use of Neutral Directions
Send a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Mastaneh Nazarian, an Alexander Technique teacher in Melbourne, Australia talks with Robert Rickover about her experiences using "Neutral Directions" which are based on Pedro de Alcantara's "Simplified Skeleton" concept. Mastaneh's website: rediscoverease.com Robert's 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

Oct 14, 2013 • 25min
Teaching and using the Up With Gravity Process
Send a textMastaneh Nazarian, an Alexander Technique teacher in Melbourne, Australia talks with Robert Rickover about her experiences teaching and using Up With GravitySM. Mastaneh's website: rediscoverease.com Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Oct 7, 2013 • 23min
The power of Alexander Technique Freedom Directions
Send a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Robert Rickover about the usefulness of Alexander Technique freedom directions for teachers and students. Freedom Directions were developed by Jennifer Roig Francoli. Jennifer's website: ArtofFreedom.me Imogen's website: imogenragone.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

Oct 2, 2013 • 31min
Using the web to promote and teach the Alexander Technique
Send a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Eva Fenrich, an Alexander Technique teacher in Kernen, Germany, interviews Robert Rickover for the Fall issue of Alexander Technique International's journal ExChange, on the topic AT 2.0 - teaching the Technique in the digital age. Topics covered include effective use of the web for promoting your practice, Skype lessons, and a key challenge to Alexander Technique professional societies as they interact with the web. Alexander Technique International's website: ati-net.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: salexandertechniquenebraska.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

Oct 1, 2013 • 24min
A new approach to Alexander Technique direction and inhibition
Send a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) John Macy, a physical therapist and Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Robert Rickover about an interesting new discovery relating to directing and inhibiting - a discovery which you can easily experiment with for yourself - that he made after carefully reading F. Matthias Alexander's four books. John's website: alexandertechniqueomaha.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Oct 1, 2013 • 17min
The value of reading all four of F. Matthias Alexander's books
Send a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) John Macy, a physical therapist and Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Robert Rickover about what he learned from re-reading Alexander's books. John's website: alexandertechniqueomaha.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


