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Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

544 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 40 ratings

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.

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A simple Alexander Technique self-direction that can change your life

January 25, 2024 14:00 - 35 minutes - 24.3 MB

Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss a simple and powerful new Alexander Technique self-direction with far-reaching implications for all facets of your life. Imogen teaches in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com You can learn more about Alexander Technique directions in general here: BodyLearningCast.com/teachers... More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com Other ...

A Little Bit of Nothing

November 10, 2023 20:00 - 14 minutes - 10.1 MB

Marjorie Barstow would often say, at the end of one of her four week long Alexander Technique workshops: When you get home, and people ask you what you learned in Nebraska, don't tell them 'a little bit of nothing.' In this conversation, Imogen Ragone and Robert Rickover discuss the implications of this admonition from several different points of view. Imogen teaches the Alexander Technique in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Robert'...

Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 6

July 24, 2023 20:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique.  She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very di...

Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 1

July 24, 2023 00:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MB

Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very diff...

Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 4

July 24, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MB

Robert Rickover continues his discussion with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical." An earlier conversation was about why he used that phrase, and some of the implications of the meaning he assigns to it, and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8 In this video, they explore the subtle physical manifestations of simply thinking about speaking as a way of experiencing just how tightly-kn...

Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 2

July 24, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very diff...

Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 5

July 24, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MB

Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very diff...

Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 3

July 24, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MB

Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very dif...

Your Body and your Mind: More Tightly Knit than you could ever have Imagined - Part 3

February 22, 2023 13:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

Robert Rickover continues his discussion with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical." Our previous conversation was about why he used that phrase, and some of the implications of the meaning he assigns to it, and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8 In this podcast, they discuss more implications that flow from Alexander's concept of mind/body unity - specifically how an understanding of ...

Your Body and your Mind: More Tightly Knit than you could ever have Imagined - Part 1

January 24, 2023 14:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MB

Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical" - why he used it, and the implications of the meaning he assigns to it.  This is the podcast that inspired our conversation: bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/313810-mind-body-unity-and-the-alexander-technique Here is part of what Alexander wrote in his second book, "Constructive Conscious Control", and which is quoted in the inter...

Your Mind and your Body - More tightly knit than you could have ever Imagined - Part 2

January 24, 2023 14:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MB

Robert Rickover continues his discussion with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical." Their previous conversation was about why he used that phrase, and some of the implications of the meaning he assigns to it and can be seen here: youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8 In this video, they discuss specific examples of processes and activities that illustrate those implications. (As one point I mention an Alexander...

Guided Constructive Rest with Heather Gardner

December 02, 2022 21:00 - 19 minutes - 13.3 MB

This talk was given live during a session at the third annual ATTGP online Alexander Technique Summit in October 2022, and is designed to be listened to while lying down in Constructive Rest. Heather is an Alexander Technique teacher in Philadelphia, PA. ATTGP (Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia) website: alextechgreaterphila.com. Heather’s website: heathergardnerstudio.com. More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest. More information ...

The implications of the Alexander Technique self-direction "I'm not doing" and it's variants

November 18, 2022 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone about the effectiveness of the Alexander Technique self-direction "I'm not doing" and 2 variants: "I'm not doing anything" and "I'm not doing everything" and what what the implications are for the basic Alexander Technique principle that every aspect of us is connected to every other aspect, and that a change anywhere affects everything else. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com ...

Can you achieve perfection with the Alexander Technique?

November 18, 2022 13:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about perfection and the Alexander Technique. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert Rickover is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Their conversation centers on the following quotes: 1. "If you get perfection today, you will be farther away from perfection that you ever were" - F M Alexander 2. "If you see a man who thinks h...

F. M. Alexander's 4 Book Titles: An interpretation of what they mean, and how they relate to each other.

November 10, 2022 21:00 - 23 minutes - 16 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students. Zoom was acting up during this recording and there are some audio glitches in Robert's side of the conversation.) Alexander wrote 4 books: "Man's Supreme Inheritance", "Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual", "The Use of the Self', and "The Universal Constant in Living". Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss the meaning of those titles, and their sequence. There is also a reference to "The Authorized Sum...

The Alexander Technique and Power Poses

November 10, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MB

(Zoom was acting up during the recording and there some audio glitches in Robert's side of the conversation.) Power Poses, developed by Amy Cuddy and others, are postures associated with being powerful that help you feel and behave more assertively. Cuddy's TED talk, which helped popularized Power Poses: tinyurl.com/2p8ck4a3 Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss how Alexander Technique Constructive Rest can be seen as a type of Power Pose, and how an understanding of how Power Poses work...

Guided Constructive Rest with Anne Johnson

November 08, 2022 21:00 - 20 minutes - 14.2 MB

This talk was given live during a session at the third annual ATTGP online Alexander Technique Summit in October 2022, and is designed to be listened to while lying down in Constructive Rest. Anne is an Alexander Technique teacher in Mt Airy, Philadelphia, PA. ATTGP (Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia) website: alextechgreaterphila.com. Anne’s website: alexandertechphiladelphia.com. More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest. More info...

Guided Constructive Rest with Ariel Weiss

November 08, 2022 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB

This talk was given live during a session at the third annual ATTGP online Alexander Technique Summit in October 2022, and is designed to be listened to while lying down in Constructive Rest. Ariel is an Alexander Technique teacher in Philadelphia and Wallingford, PA. ATTGP (Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia) website: alextechgreaterphila.com. Ariel’s website: atphila.com. More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest. More information a...

Can Self Awareness be a Hindrance to effective Self Directing?

August 26, 2022 22:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the possibility that self awareness can, paradoxically, actually get in the way of effective self-direction. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert also teach online. More information about self-directing...

The Value of Alexander Technique Quotations Part 2: Examining a Quote by F. Matthias Alexander

July 23, 2022 19:00 - 22 minutes - 15.6 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss this quote by F. Matthias Alexander, the developer of the Alexander Technique: You want to know if you're right. When you get further on you will be right, but you won't know it and won't want to know if you're right. Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. ...

How to Easily Enhance the Power and Longevity of Power Poses - Part 2

July 23, 2022 19:00 - 16 minutes - 11.6 MB

Power Poses, developed by Amy Cuddy and others, are postures associated with being powerful that help you feel and behave more assertively. This podcast - an extension of a previous conversation on the topic to what you can do while sitting - shows how you can modify the the basic power poses to make them far more powerful and longer lasting by using basic bio-mechanical and Alexander Technique principles. (The previous conversation can be seen here: youtu.be/zKeLRA5lEYo ) Cuddy's TED talk, ...

General Eisenhower, D-Day, and a basic principle of the Alexander Technique

July 23, 2022 19:00 - 14 minutes - 10.2 MB

Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about an crucial event in World War 2 and how it illustrates a fundamental Alexander Technique principle. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert also teach online. More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

An Alexander Technique Lesson in Sitting Down and Standing Up - Part 2

July 23, 2022 19:00 - 15 minutes - 10.5 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about an additional approach to Alexander Technique "Chair Work" that can be used for Online and In Person Teaching. (The original conversation can be seen here: youtu.be/aJRF99-kycs ) Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imog...

An Alexander Technique Lesson in Sitting Down and Standing Up

July 13, 2022 19:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about an approach to Alexander Technique "Chair Work" that can be used for Online and In Person Teaching. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert also teach online. More information about the Alexander Technique...

An Alexander Technique Lesson in Sitting Down and Standing Up

July 05, 2022 22:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about an approach to Alexander Technique "Chair Work" that can be used for Online and In Person Teaching. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert also teach online. More information about the Alexander Technique...

How the Alexander Technique can Help You Regulate Your Nervous System

July 05, 2022 22:00 - 22 minutes - 15.1 MB

Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about her work with regulation of the nervous system, and how it is influenced by the principles of the Alexander Technique. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert also teach online. More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

The Value of Alexander Technique Quotations Part 1: Examining a Quote by Margaret Goldie

June 25, 2022 21:00 - 16 minutes - 11.2 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss this quote by Margaret Goldie, one of the first teachers trained by F. Matthias Alexander: If I ask you not to do something, there is no way you can do it right. Margaret Goldie website: AlexanderTechnique.com/MargaretGoldie Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Neb...

The Value of Alexander Technique Quotations

June 25, 2022 21:00 - 13 minutes - 9.39 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers and students) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss the usefulness of short, illustrated Alexander Technique Quotes. Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Both Imogen and Robert teach primarily online. You can see and download a great many of these quotes her...

How to Easily Enhance the Power and Longevity of Power Poses

June 16, 2022 02:00 - 17 minutes - 11.7 MB

Power Poses, developed by Amy Cuddy and others, are postures associated with being powerful that help you feel and behave more assertively. This podcast shows how you can modify the the basic power poses to make them far more powerful and longer lasting by using basic bio-mechanical and Alexander Technique principles.  (You may find it helpful to view the original video version of this podcast: youtu.be/RE1b6WdxmUQ ) Cuddy's TED talk, which helped popularized Power Poses: tinyurl.com/2p8ck4...

How Self-Compassion Relates to the Alexander Technique

June 16, 2022 02:00 - 19 minutes - 13.6 MB

Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talks with Robert Rickover about her thoughts on self-compassion and how it relates to, can be enhanced by, and is even integral to the Alexander Technique. Imogen's ideas on self-compassion are inspired especially by the latest book by Kristin Neff,  Fierce Self-Compassion: How Women Can Harness Kindness to Speak Up, Claim Their Power, and Thrive". Imogen teaches in Wilmington, Delaware and online. Imogen's website: Imog...

Alexander Technique Inhibition: An Efficient and Practical Form of Outsourcing

June 16, 2022 02:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, talk about Alexander Technique Inhibition and how it can be thought of as "inner outsourcing." The importance of this was recognized by F. M. Alexander and many first-generation Alexander Technique teachers: BodyLearningBlog.com/not-even-a-teeny-weany-bit Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebr...

The power of the word "notice" for Alexander Technique teaching and self-direction

April 04, 2022 21:00 - 12 minutes - 8.32 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, have a discussion about the unique power and usefulness of the word "notice" for Alexander Technique teachers and students. Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: https://AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: htt...

Alexander Technique: How can we learn to inhibit? - Part 3

April 04, 2022 21:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, have a third follow up talk about an inhibitory self directions and how they show just how significant and complex our unconscious response to those directions. There is also a preliminary discussion of the link between inhibition and outsourcing. Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebr...

The Alexander Technique origin story and how it affects Alexander teachers and students Today

February 25, 2022 20:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, have a wide-ranging conversation about Alexander's discoveries, the outside influences that made them possible, and their implications for Alexander teaching today. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the...

Alexander Technique: How Can We Learn To Inhibit? Part 2

February 25, 2022 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, have a follow up talk about an inhibitory self direction that, among other advantages, addresses a major pitfall of self-directing itself. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: Ale...

F. M. Alexander: The "Breathing Man" - and perhaps also The "Torso Man"

January 31, 2022 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.17 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the broader implications of F. Mathias Alexander's work with breathing. More information about Alexander Technique directions: BodyLearningcast.com/teachers/directions Information about Jeando Masoero's work: Initial-AlexanderTechnique.org Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebrask...

Alexander Technique and Choice - A Simple and Powerful Demonstration

January 31, 2022 16:00 - 14 minutes - 9.71 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about a simple way of demonstrating the power of choice. More information about Alexander Technique directions: BodyLearningCast.com/teachers/directions Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alex...

Alexander Technique: How Can We Learn To Inhibit?

January 31, 2022 16:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, have a wide-ranging conversation about some ways we can use to help us learn how to inhibit. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com You can learn how to suppor...

Alexander Technique Directions, Inhibition and a new way of thinking about Body Wisdom

December 03, 2021 14:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

(This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the implications of Inhibition, Alexander Technique directions for our understanding of our innate Body Wisdom. More information about Alexander Technique directions: bodylearningcast.com/teachers/directions Imogen's website:ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: Al...

An incredibly simple way to move with greater ease and less tension

December 03, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.4 MB

Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about a simple and effective way to stand, sit and move with greater ease and less harmful tension. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, 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 posturepage.com/suppor...

Exercise, Diet, Health and Longevity: What we Know and how the Alexander Technique can Help

December 03, 2021 14:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB

Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about studies measuring the health and longevity benefits of diet and exercise, and their implications for the Alexander Technique. A summary of those studies can be found here: nytimes.com/2021/09/29/well/move/exercise-weight-loss-longer-life.html Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information abo...

A Simple and Practical way to Explore and Use Alexander Technique Inhibition

December 03, 2021 13:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MB

Imogen Ragone explores with Robert Rickover Margaret Goldie's approach to Inhibition using a simple Alexander Technique direction. More about Margaret Goldie: AlexanderTechnique.com/MargaretGoldie Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska and Toronto Canada. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com You can learn more about Alexander Technique directions in general here: BodyLearningCast.com/teachers/directions More information about the Alexander Technique: Alexan...

Guided Constructive Rest with Anne Johnson

November 14, 2021 23:00 - 18 minutes - 10.7 MB

This talk was given live during a session at the second annual ATTGP online Alexander Technique Summit in October 2021, and is designed to be listened to while lying down in Constructive Rest. Anne is an Alexander Technique teacher in Philadelphia. ATTGP (Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia) website: alextechgreaterphila.com Anne’s website: alexandertechphiladelphia.com. More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest More information about ...

Guided Constructive Rest with Imogen Ragone

November 14, 2021 23:00 - 21 minutes - 12.6 MB

This talk was given live during a session at the second annual ATTGP online Alexander Technique Summit in October 2021, and is designed to be listened to while lying down in Constructive Rest. Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in WIlmington, Delaware. ATTGP (Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia) website: alextechgreaterphila.com Imogen’s website: imogenragone.com. More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest More information about t...

Guided Constructive Rest with Jano Cohen

November 14, 2021 23:00 - 22 minutes - 13.1 MB

This talk was given live during a session at the second annual ATTGP online Alexander Technique Summit in October 2021, and is designed to be listened to while lying down in Constructive Rest. Jano is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wynnewood, PA, a suburb of Philadelphia. ATTGP (Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia) website: alextechgreaterphila.com Jano’s website: alexandertechnique-teacher.com. More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/Constructive...

Guided Constructive Rest with Mary McCann

November 14, 2021 23:00 - 21 minutes - 14.9 MB

This talk was given live during a session at the fith annual ATTGP online Alexander Technique Summit in 2024, and is designed to be listened to while lying down in Constructive Rest. Mary is an Alexander Technique teacher in Philadelphia and Montgomery County, PA. ATTGP (Alexander Technique Teachers of Greater Philadelphia) website: alextechgreaterphila.com Mary’s website: explorealexander.com. More information about Constructive Rest: AlexanderTechnique.com/ConstructiveRest More information...

An Alexander Technique teacher and teacher-trainer talks about his lessons with Margaret Goldie

May 21, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MB

Anthony Kingsley, an Alexander Technique teacher and teacher trainer in London, England, talks with Robert Rickover about his lessons with Margaret Goldie, (often referred to “Miss Goldie”), one of F. M. Alexander’s early assistants. Anthony's website: AlexanderTeacher.co.uk  Anthony's YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UC7SfhO-B-B0QtElSfX5mHzA Robert teaches in Lincoln, Nebraska, Toronto, Canada and online. Robert’s website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More general information about th...

Margaret Goldie's approach to Alexander Technique Inhibition

May 19, 2021 14:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MB

Penelope Easten, an Alexander Technique teacher in County Clare, Ireland, talks with Robert Rickover about why Miss Goldie viewed inhibition as primary to directing. She emphasized the importance of stopping as it allows a moment of true choice. Penelope also discusses how the autonomic system (which regulates safety, danger, life threat) fits with this view of inhibition. The video version of this interview: youtu.be/rgwQUfIi5Y8 Penelope’s book, “The Alexander Technique: 12 Fundamentals of ...

Margaret Goldie’s teaching, and how F M Alexander developed the Alexander Technique - Part 7

April 14, 2021 15:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MB

Penelope Easten, an Alexander Technique teacher in County Clare, Ireland, talks with Robert Rickover about the key differences between what Alexander and Miss Goldie were doing, and the modern Alexander technique as we know it. Although what has come down to us is truly wonderful work, it may only be 50% of Alexander’s work, and the reasons for this are discussed. We need to reclaim the ‘whole elephant’. Penelope’s book, “The Alexander Technique: 12 Fundamentals of Integrated Movement” is ba...

Chakra Healing Therapy and the Alexander Technique

April 14, 2021 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MB

Glen Park, an Alexander Technique teacher in England talks with Robert Rickover about how Chaka Healing and the Alexander Technique can complement one another. Glen Park's latest book is: "Chakra Healing Therapy; Awaken Spiritual Energies and Heal Emotional Wounds". You can learn more about this topic at Glen's website: GlenPark.uk​ Robert Rickover is an Alexander Technique teacher in Lincoln, Nebraska. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com​ More general information about the Alex...