
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

Sep 12, 2012 • 12min
Some thoughts about F. Matthias Alexander and Gravity
Send us a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, interviews Robert Rickover about F. Matthias Alexander's ideas about gravity, and how Up With GravitySM fits in with some of Alexander's thoughts on the subject. (F. Matthias Alexander was the devolper of the Alexander Technique.) Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.net Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Sep 12, 2012 • 12min
Some thoughts about Gravity
Send us a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, interviews Robert Rickover about his thoughts on gravity, developed during the creation of the Up With GravitySM program. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.net Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Sep 4, 2012 • 20min
An Alexander Technique teacher talks about her experiences with Up With Gravity - Part 1
Send us a textImogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Rickover about her experiences with the first phase of Up With GravitySM - a method of harnesing the power of gravity to release tension and lighten up. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.net Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: You can learn how to support this and other Alexander Technique websites at AlexTechExpress.com/support

Aug 27, 2012 • 19min
An Artist's Experience with the Alexander Technique
Send us a textMargaret Almon, a glass mosaic artist in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, and student of Alexander Technique teacher Ted Hallman, talks about her experience with the Alexander Technique and how it helps her work with less strain and pain. Margaret's website: margaretalmon.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Aug 20, 2012 • 29min
A woodworker and desginer of woodworking tools talks about the Alexander Technique's influence on how he works
Send us a textJoel Moskowitz, the owner of Tools for Working Wood in Brooklyn, New York, talks with Robert Rickover about the ways in which his Alexander Technique lessons have helped him with his work and with his approach to the design of woodworking tools. Joel's website: toolsforworkingwood.com Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Aug 14, 2012 • 10min
Choosing an Alexander Technique Teacher Training Course
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Eileen Troberman, an Alexander Technique teacher in San Diego, California, talks with Robert Rickover about some things for potential students to consider when choosing a training course. Eileen's website: alexandertechniquesandiego.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. This interview originally appeared in AlexanderTalk More information about Alexander Technique teacher training: thealexandertechnique.net More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Aug 13, 2012 • 38min
Marjorie Barstow's teaching - 6
Send us a text(This podcast is mainly for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Conversation with Robert Rickover and Franis Engel, both students of the late Marjorie Barstow. Franis' website franis.org Robert's website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com Marjorie's website: MarjorieBarstow.com More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Aug 13, 2012 • 25min
How the Alexander Technique can help performers function at their best
Send us a textAmira Glaser, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks about ways in which the Alexander Technique can help performers function at their best. Amira's website: amiraglaser.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Aug 10, 2012 • 30min
Choosing an Alexander Technique Teacher Training Course
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Diana Rumrill, an Alexander Technique teacher in Washington, DC, talks with Robert Rickover about some things for potential students to consider when choosing a training course. Diana's website: harmoniousbodies.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about Alexander Technique teacher training: thealexandertechnique.net More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com

Aug 7, 2012 • 32min
The Sociology of the Alexander Technique
Send us a text(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Dr Jen Tarr, the author of Educating with the hands: working on the body/self in Alexander Technique, talks with Robert Rickover about her study of the sociology of the Alexander Technique and it's implications for the future of the Technique. Jen is a researcher at the Methodology Institute of the London School of Economics and her paper was published in the February 2011 issue of Soclology of Health and Illness. 2011. You can read her study here (PDF download) Jen's website: www2.lse.ac.uk/methodologyInstitute/whosWho/Tarr.aspx Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto, Canada. Website: alexandertechniquenebraska.com. More information about the Alexander Technique: alexandertechnique.com