Body Learning: The Alexander Technique
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.
Latest episodes
Apr 25, 2020 • 17min
How the Alexander Technique can help Cancer Survivors
Send us a textAlazne Larrinaga, an Alexander Technique teacher in Galway, Ireland talks with Robert Rickover about her study which shows that Alexander Technique lessons can enhance post-operative exercise programs for cancer survivors. Alazne's website: AlazneLarrinaga.com Informatiion about her study can be found here: shorturl.at/mnrJ6 Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. 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
Apr 5, 2020 • 21min
The Explosion in Online Alexander Technique Teaching during the Covid-19 Crisis
Send us a textRobert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the dramatic increase in Alexander Technique distance teaching, what it means for Alexander teachers, and for the future of the profession. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Alexander Technique Distance Learning Group on Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/AlexTechDistanceLearning Alexander Technique Forum on Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/AlexanderTechniqueForum You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
Apr 3, 2020 • 18min
Ease up in Tough Times: A way through Quarantine
Send us a textRobert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the special benefits of learning the Alexander Technique during the Covid-19 crisis. The Alexander Technique is an established method of learning how to release harmful stress and improve your posture and coordination. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Information about Alexander Technique Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest Alexander Technique Distance Learning Group on Facebook: Facebook.com/groups/AlexTechDistanceLearning More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
Mar 18, 2020 • 1h 9min
The History of Conscious Guidance and Control
Send us a textJeando Masoero talks with Keven Mackay about this topic. Jeando's website: initial-alexandertechnique.org Kevin's website: consciousguidanceandcontrol.com This interview was originally posted on YouTube: shorturl.at/jvBY1 More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
Feb 23, 2020 • 58min
Alexander Technique Introduction
Send us a textBob Nickman interviews Alexander Technique teacher Michael Frederick.This episode was was originally broadcast on Bob's podcast The Exploding Human, at TheExplodingHuman.com where he interviews those in the fields of health, alternative health, body, mind and spirit. Michael's website: MichaelDFrederick.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 7, 2019 • 27min
How the Alexander Technique can help Caregivers
Send us a textRobert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the ways in which the Technique can help bring ease into the lives of caregivers. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Care Givers Central: CareGiversCentral.net Gereral information about the Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
Aug 3, 2019 • 37min
Introduction to the Alexander Technique
Send us a textLena Hart, an Alexander Technique teacher in San Francisco, California, is interviewed by Owen Fitzpatrick of the Changing Minds Podcast about the Alexander Technique and it's uses. Podcast website: ChangingMindsPodcast.com Lena teaches in the San Francisco Bay Area. Website: AlexanderTechniqueSFBayArea.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
Jul 7, 2019 • 38min
Where can a Musician who is Injured, or Playing in Pain, get Help?
Send us a textAnn Shoebridge, an Alexander Technique teacher and physiotherapist in Melbourne, Australia, talks with Robert Rickover about the spectrum of advice musicians receive about posture from music teachers, from physical therapists, and from Alexander Technique teachers. Ann's recent study, "Minding the Body: An interdisciplinary theory of optimal posture for musicians", published in the Psychology of Music Journal, draws together the combined expertise of these three professional groups to define optimal posture for musicians, and to present approaches to optimal posture that support musicians' performance and health. Contact information for Ann: austat.org.au/user/annshoebridge Information about Ann's study: urlzs.com/xLifw Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique and musicians: AlexanderTechnique.com/musicians.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
Jun 22, 2019 • 28min
The Alexander Technique, Movement Pattern Analysis and Developmental Movement
Send us a textAmanda Blair MacDonald, an Alexander Technique teacher, Movement Pattern Analyst and Developmental Movement specialist in Chicago, Illinois, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which these three processes can help and reinforce each other. Amanda's website: AmandaBlairMacDonald.com Amanda's TEDx Talk can be seen here: https://bit.ly/2XPFKE0 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
Jun 15, 2019 • 30min
Tasmanian Devil? The Amazing Life of F. Matthias Alexander
Send us a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington Delaware, talks with Robert Rickover about how Alexander rose from obscurity in what was essentially a distant British penal colony, to become the founder of what is now known as the Alexander Technique. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More general informaion about the Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support
