
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

Jun 1, 2016 • 27min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 11
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talks with Robert Rickover about the history of Delsarte's own teaching and that of those who followed him, especially F. Matthias Alexander. Alexander was almost certainly indirectly influenced by Delsarte's younger brother, Camille who lived and taught in Tasmania for many years. Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Apr 25, 2016 • 28min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 10
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talk briefly about the history of Delsarte's methods, directions and hands-on work in Alexander's first decades of teaching and the implications of that history for Skype Alexander Technique teaching today. Jeando then describes how he uses Skype. The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Apr 24, 2016 • 19min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 9
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talk briefly about the history of Delsarte's methods, directions and hands-on work in Alexander's first decades of teaching and the implications of that history for Skype Alexander Technique teaching today. Robert then talks about his approach to Skype teaching. The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Robert then describes how he uses Skype. Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Apr 23, 2016 • 24min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 8
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France first talks with Robert Rickover about Alexander's concept of "inhibition" during his first decades of teaching - which was based on Delsarte's work - and a little about how inhibition is thought of today by most Alexander teachers. The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Apr 16, 2016 • 21min
Physical Therapy and the Alexander Technique
Send us a textRobert Rickover talks with Gabrielle Czaja, an Alexander Technique teacher and Physical Therapist in Washington, DC, about ways in which these two processes complement each other. Gabrielle's website: gabrielleczaja.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

Apr 11, 2016 • 29min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 7
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talks with Robert Rickover about the goldmine of information relating to Alexander's Delsarte-inspired use of the mirror that can be found in Alexander's books. They then discuss some important implications for today's students and teachers of the Alexander Technique that can be drawn from an understanding of how Alexander taught for the first few decades of his teaching career. Inclued are implications relating to marketing and to Skype teaching. The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Apr 10, 2016 • 34min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 6
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talks with Robert Rickover about Alexander's early use of the word "position" and his use of mirrors to help him solve his voice problem - and how these were both strongly influenced by Delsarte's ideas. The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Apr 3, 2016 • 23min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 5
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talks with Robert Rickover about Delsarte's directions and how they compare with those developed by Alexander as well as Delsartes's implicit use of non-doing and Alexander's concept of inhibition.The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Apr 2, 2016 • 21min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 4
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talks with Robert Rickover about Delsarte's voice problem, and how he solved it, and how Alexander used some of those discoveries to solve his own voice problem. The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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

Mar 26, 2016 • 24min
Francois Delsarte and F. Matthias Alexander - Part 3
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for students and teachers of the Alexander Technique.) Jeando Masoero, an Alexander Technique teacher in Montpelier, France talks with Robert Rickover about these three questions: Was F. Matthias Alexander the first teacher of the Alexander Technique? Or the best promoter of the Delsarte Method? Or both? The full series of Delsarte/Alexander podcasts can be found here: BodyLearningCast.com/delsarte Jeondo's email: profjeando@gmail.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