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 22, 2012 • 23min
How the Alexander Technique can help with pregnancy and childbirth
Send a textCecile Raynor, an Alexander Technique teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, talks with Robert Rickover about the ways in which the Technique can help you go through pregancy and childbirth with greater ease and comfort. Cecile's website: alexandertec.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com
Oct 1, 2012 • 22min
The Alexander Technique and mindfulness practices
Send a textRobert Rickover talks with Cecile Raynor, an Alexander Technique teacher in Boston, Massachusetts, about the ways in which the Technique can support and enhance mindfulness practices. Cecile's website: alexandertec.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com
Sep 24, 2012 • 25min
An Alexander Technique teacher talks about her experiences with Up With Gravity - Part 2
Send a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Rickover about her experiences with the second phase of Up With GravitySM Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.net 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
Sep 18, 2012 • 28min
The Alexander Technique and the "stiff necked" people of the Bible
Send a textRobert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada, talks with Amy Ward Brimmer about the phrase "stiff necked people" that appears many times in the Bible and how it relates to Alexander Technique teaching today - which emphasizes the importance of not stiffening your neck. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More Alexander Technique information: AlexanderTechnique.com
Sep 13, 2012 • 21min
How the Alexander Technique can help Tai Chi students and teachers
Send a textJano Cohen, an Alexander Technique teacher in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which the Technique can help Tai Chi teachers and students. Jano's website: alexandertechnique-teacher.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com
Sep 12, 2012 • 12min
Some thoughts about F. Matthias Alexander and Gravity
Send a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, interviews Robert Rickover about F. Matthias Alexander's ideas about gravity, and how Up With GravitySM fits in with some of Alexander's thoughts on the subject. (F. Matthias Alexander was the devolper of the Alexander Technique.) Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.net Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com
Sep 12, 2012 • 12min
Some thoughts about Gravity
Send a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, interviews Robert Rickover about his thoughts on gravity, developed during the creation of the Up With GravitySM program. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.net Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com
Sep 4, 2012 • 20min
An Alexander Technique teacher talks about her experiences with Up With Gravity - Part 1
Send a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Rickover about her experiences with the first phase of Up With GravitySM - a method of harnesing the power of gravity to release tension and lighten up. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.net Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
Aug 27, 2012 • 19min
An Artist's Experience with the Alexander Technique
Send a textMargaret Almon, a glass mosaic artist in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, and student of Alexander Technique teacher Ted Hallman, talks about her experience with the Alexander Technique and how it helps her work with less strain and pain. Margaret's website: margaretalmon.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com
Aug 20, 2012 • 29min
A woodworker and desginer of woodworking tools talks about the Alexander Technique's influence on how he works
Send a textJoel Moskowitz, the owner of Tools for Working Wood in Brooklyn, New York, talks with Robert Rickover about the ways in which his Alexander Technique lessons have helped him with his work and with his approach to the design of woodworking tools. Joel's website: toolsforworkingwood.com Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com
