PODCAST · health
Body Learning: The Alexander Technique
by 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.
Episodes
-
Alexander Technique Bluegrass Song - The Uncoiled Spring
Send us Fan Mail For more information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com
-
Forward and Up: A rap song about the Alexander Technique
Send us Fan Mail Learn more about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com
-
Neuroscience and the Alexander Technique
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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:...
-
Is awareness of harmful habits necessary for Alexander Technique lessons to release them?
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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…
more -
Two new Alexander Technique Self-Directions
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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…
more -
Can the Alexander Technique help with Sleep Apnia?
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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:...
-
The Power of Doing Nothing - An Alexander Technique Song
Send us Fan Mail For more information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com
-
Bill Conable on Alexander Technique Body Mapping and its limitations
Send us Fan Mail Bill 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/alexandertechniqA Original video of this talk: youtube.com/watch?v=CCXyRfbFN9M&t=16s This video is very...
-
Pause Before You Move - An Alexander Technique Song
Send us Fan Mail More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com
-
Alexander Technique Teacher Describes Typical First Few Lessons With A New Student
Send us Fan Mail Alexander 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:...
-
Alexander Technique Conscious Control: Marjorie Barstow 1 Minute Clip
Send us Fan Mail (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…
more -
Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware in which we outline F. M. Alexander's understanding of the harm caused by one type of concentration, and the sequence of events he...
-
Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 4
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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…
more -
Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware discuss the fact - and the implications of that fact - that most Alexander Technique teachers believe concentration is harmful…
more -
Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Introduction
Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware in which we introduce our four conversations about the two types of concentration, why it is important to distinguish one from the...
-
An Alexander Technique teacher talks about how the AT helps her with her ongoing long COVID recovery
Send us Fan Mail Rena Deveza, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska about her experiences with long COVID, and how the Alexander Technique has helped with the recovery process. Rena's website:...
-
Short Introduction to the Alexander Technique
Send us Fan Mail Brief introduction to the Alexander Technique. More information: https://AlexanderTechnique.com
-
Metronome Therapy and the Alexander Technique
Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone talk about Metronome Therapy and how it can be useful to Alexander Technique students and teachers. Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: MomementCoaching.com Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington,...
-
Alexander Technique Directions, Inhibition and a new way of thinking about Body Wisdom
Send us Fan Mail (This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the implications of Inhibition, Alexander Technique directions for our understanding of our...
-
Breathing and the roles of the conscious and the unconscious brain
Send us Fan Mail More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com Resources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudy Alexander Technique Podcast: https://bodylearningcast.com Alexander Technique Blog: https://bodylearningblog.com…
more -
An incredibly simple way to move with greater ease and less tension
Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about a simple and effective way to stand, sit and move with greater ease and less harmful tension. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto...
-
Chakra Healing Therapy and the Alexander Technique
Send us Fan Mail Glen Park, an Alexander Technique teacher in England talks with Robert Rickover about how Chaka Healing and the Alexander Technique can complement one another. Glen Park's latest book is: "Chakra Healing Therapy; Awaken Spiritual Energies and Heal Emotional Wounds". You can learn...
-
Exercise, Diet, Health and Longevity: What we Know and how the Alexander Technique can Help
Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about studies measuring the health and longevity benefits of diet and exercise, and their implications for the Alexander Technique. A summary of those studies can be found here:...
-
Thinking like Leonardo da Vinci
Send us Fan Mail Dr. Fred Moss, MD, creator of the Welcome to Humanity Podcast, Interviews Michael Gelb, an Alexander Technique teacher and the author of many books, including How to Think Like Leonardo DaVinci. Michael explains why the principles of the Alexander Technique lie at the core of his...
-
A simple Alexander Technique self-direction that can change your life
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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.…
more -
An Alexander Technique Student's Experience with Constructive Rest
Send us Fan Mail Celese Ditter, an Alexander Technique student and middle school music teacher in Columbus, Nebraska talks with Robert Rickover about the ways in which Constructive has helped her and her students Celeste is also the star of the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project:...
-
An Alexander Technique Student's Experience with Constructive Rest - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Celese Ditter, an Alexander Technique student and middle school music teacher in Columbus, Nebraska talks with Robert Rickover about the ways in which Constructive has helped her and her students. Celeste is also the star of the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project:...
-
No Cost Alexander Technique Lessons - Check in after 6 Months
Send us Fan Mail More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com Resources for Alexander Technique self study: AlexanderTechnique.com/selfstudy Alexander Technique Podcast: BodyLearningCast.com Alexander Technique Blog: BodyLearningBlog.com All No Cost Alexander Technique...
-
How the Alexander Technique differs from other techniques
Send us Fan Mail Information about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/free More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com Resources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudy Alexander...
-
Speaking and the power of the Pause
Send us Fan Mail Information about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/free More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com Resources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudy Alexander...
-
A Powerful Alexander Technique Mind Bender
Send us Fan Mail Information about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/free More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com Resources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudy Alexander...
-
No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project
Send us Fan Mail Information about the No Cost Alexander Technique Lesson Project: https://alexandertechnique.com/free More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com Resources for Alexander Technique self study: https://alexandertechnique.com/selfstudy Alexander...
-
Trauma and Chronic Stress - How the Alexander Technique can Help
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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:...
-
Neuroscience and the Alexander Technique
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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:...
-
Short Alexander Technique Description
Send us Fan Mail Predrag 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…
more -
Why do we need to use Alexander Technique Self-Directions to Improve our Functioning?
Send us Fan Mail Imogen 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:...
-
A Simple Alexander Technique Self-Direction That Can Change Your Life - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail nRobert 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...
-
A Useful Alexander Technique Constructive Rest Ad-On
Send us Fan Mail Alexander 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,...
-
A simple Alexander Technique self-direction that can change your life
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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.…
more -
A Little Bit of Nothing
Send us Fan Mail Marjorie 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...
-
Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 6
Send us Fan Mail Amanda 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…
more -
Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 5
Send us Fan Mail Amanda 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…
more -
Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 4
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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...
-
Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Amanda 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…
more -
Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Amanda 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…
more -
Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Amanda 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…
more -
Your Body and your Mind: More Tightly Knit than you could ever have Imagined - Part 3
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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...
-
Your Body and your Mind: More Tightly Knit than you could ever have Imagined - Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical" - why he used it, and the implications of the meaning he assigns to it. This is the podcast that inspired our...
-
Your Mind and your Body - More tightly knit than you could have ever Imagined - Part 2
Send us Fan Mail Robert 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...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Body Learning: The Alexander Technique have?
Body Learning: The Alexander Technique currently has 581 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Body Learning: The Alexander Technique about?
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.
How often does Body Learning: The Alexander Technique release new episodes?
Body Learning: The Alexander Technique releases new episodes frequently with a large back catalog of 581 episodes. Check the episode list for recent publication dates.
Where can I listen to Body Learning: The Alexander Technique?
You can listen to Body Learning: The Alexander Technique on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Body Learning: The Alexander Technique?
Body Learning: The Alexander Technique is created and hosted by Robert Rickover.
URL copied to clipboard!