
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

Oct 14, 2013 • 25min
Teaching and using the Up With Gravity Process
Send us a textMastaneh Nazarian, an Alexander Technique teacher in Melbourne, Australia talks with Robert Rickover about her experiences teaching and using Up With GravitySM. Mastaneh's website: rediscoverease.com Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Oct 7, 2013 • 23min
The power of Alexander Technique Freedom Directions
Send us a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Robert Rickover about the usefulness of Alexander Technique freedom directions for teachers and students. Freedom Directions were developed by Jennifer Roig Francoli. Jennifer's website: ArtofFreedom.me Imogen's website: imogenragone.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

Oct 2, 2013 • 31min
Using the web to promote and teach the Alexander Technique
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Eva Fenrich, an Alexander Technique teacher in Kernen, Germany, interviews Robert Rickover for the Fall issue of Alexander Technique International's journal ExChange, on the topic AT 2.0 - teaching the Technique in the digital age. Topics covered include effective use of the web for promoting your practice, Skype lessons, and a key challenge to Alexander Technique professional societies as they interact with the web. Alexander Technique International's website: ati-net.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: salexandertechniquenebraska.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

Oct 1, 2013 • 17min
The value of reading all four of F. Matthias Alexander's books
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) John Macy, a physical therapist and Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Robert Rickover about what he learned from re-reading Alexander's books. John's website: alexandertechniqueomaha.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

Oct 1, 2013 • 24min
A new approach to Alexander Technique direction and inhibition
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) John Macy, a physical therapist and Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Robert Rickover about an interesting new discovery relating to directing and inhibiting - a discovery which you can easily experiment with for yourself - that he made after carefully reading F. Matthias Alexander's four books. John's website: alexandertechniqueomaha.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Sep 30, 2013 • 26min
The Alexander Technique and Movement Therapy
Send us a textMelody Schaper, an Alexander Technique teacher, Laban Movement Analyst and Gestalt Practitioner in the Valley Forge area of Pennsylvania talks with Robert Rickover about ways in which the Technique informs her work helping her clients fully embody their true and lively natures. Melody's website: melodyschaper.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

Sep 28, 2013 • 14min
Alexander Technique teachers and their approach to thinking and talking about posture
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Mark Josefsberg, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover about Alexander Technique teachers' approach to posture, and how it impacts the liklihood that they will attract students. Mark's website: markjosefsberg.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Sep 25, 2013 • 32min
Imagining an alternate reality for the life and times of F. Matthias Alexander
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Mark Josefsberg, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover about what Alexander's work might look like if Alexander had been born in 1969 instead of a hundred years earlier. Mark's website: markjosefsberg.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Sep 21, 2013 • 26min
How important are a teacher's hands for effective Alexander Technique teaching?
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Mark Josefsberg, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover about whether a teacher's hands are crucial for teaching the Alexander Technique. Mark's website: markjosefsberg.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com List of Alexander Techniquie teachers who use Skype: alexandertechnique.com/teacher/distancelearning More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Sep 19, 2013 • 13min
A student talks about her experiences learning the Alexander Technique through Skype coaching sessions
Send us a textLouise Edington, an evolutionary astrologer and life coach, talks with Robert Rickover about her experiencess with Alexander Technique coaching via Skype with Los Angeles Alexander Technique teacher Sharon Jacubecy. Louise's website: louiseedington.com Sharon's website: alexandertechniquela.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. A list of Alexander Technique teacheres who use Skype can be found here: alexandertechnique.com/teacher/distancelearning More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com