Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

Send us a textThe Alexander Technique is often seen as a way of letting go of harmful habits. In his Keynote Address at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique, John Nicholls proposes a view of the Technique as a forward-looking, life-long process of developing our potential. In his view, it is a practice of embodied mindfulness in which we choose to embody our deepest aspirations and attitudes in the fullest sense of those words. (Error Correction: near the end of the talk a line of poetry quoted is wrongly attributed to Robert Graves' translation from an inscription at the Temple of Delphi. It is in fact a common translation of lines supposedly from legendary ancient Greek poet Orpheus.) John teaches, and trains Alexander Technique teachers, in New York City. John's website: johnnichollsat.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

Send us a textCatlin Freeman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which Alexander Technique lessons can be useful for people on the autism spectrum. Caitlin is the author of Autism and Alexander Technique: Using the Alexander Technique to Help People on the Autism Spectrum Catlin's website: alexandertechniqueguide.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

Send us a textRobert Rickover talks with Amy Ward Brimmer, an Alexander Technique teacher in the Philadelphia area, about a remarkable quote on this topic by John Dewey, the American educational reformer, philosopher, and longtime student of F. Matthias Alexander. Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the connection between John Dewey and F. Matthias Alexander: alexandertechnque.com/articles/dewey More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support 

Send us a text(This interview is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Caitlin Freeman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which Alexander Technique teachrs can best work with students on the autism spectrum, as well as some suggestions for people with autism who are taking Alexander lessons. Caitlin is the author of Autism and Alexander Technique: Using the Alexander Technique to Help People on the Autism Spectrum Catlin's website: alexandertechniqueguide.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Send us a textEllen Stafford, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania talks with Robert Rickover about developmental movement, the work of Raymond Dart, and the history of the Dart Procedures, and the connections between them and Alexander Technique. Ellen's website: pghforwardandup.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

Send us a textConstance Clare-Newman, an Alexander Technique teacher in Oakland, CA and Provincetown, MA, provides a guided talk-through which you can listen to as you lie down in Constructive Rest. Constance's website: constanceclare.com More information about Constructive Rest: alexandertechnique.com/constructiverest More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textNancy Romita, an Alexander Technique teacher in Baltimore, Maryland, talks with Robert Rickover about Functional Awareness, a somatic model she has developed, which incorporates principles of the Alexander Technique and experiential anatomy. Nancy's website: ATMidAtlantic.com Information about Functional Awareness can be found at FunctionalAwareness.org Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. Information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textJudith Muir, an Alexander Technique teacher in Dutchess County, New York, describes the Alexander Technique in an interview for the Are You in Pain Project, sponsored by Topricin. Judith's website: judithmuir.com Are You in Pain Project's website: AreYouInPain.org For more information about the Alexander Technique, visit alexandertechnique.com You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textMastaneh Nazarian, an Alexander Technique teacher in Melbourne, Australia talks with Robert Rickover about five principles of "In-Tune Parenting" she developed and uses, based on the principles of the Alexander Technique. Mastaneh's website: rediscoverease.com Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.comAlexTechExpress.com/support

Send us a textEvangeline Benedetti, a cellist and teacher of the Alexander Technique in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover about how she discovered the Technique and how it has influenced her playing. Evangeline's website: evangelinebenedetti.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com