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A New Year’s Eve Conversation with Mr. Alexander

Body Learning Blog Posted on January 1, 2014 by Robert RickoverDecember 26, 2019

I was totally caught off guard when I received a phone call yesterday asking if I’d like to do a short interview with F. Matthias Alexander, the developer of the Alexander Technique! Alexander has been dead for over 50 years … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander | Tagged Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, John Dewey | 4 Replies

Mr. Alexander uses his own Technique: Moving Up while Falling Down

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 31, 2013 by Robert RickoverApril 15, 2014

It can be interesting to ask Alexander Technique teachers how they use the Technique in their own lives. Imagine how much more interesting would it be to learn just how F. Matthias Alexander, the developer of the Technique, used it … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander | Tagged Alexander Technique, emergency, F. Matthias Alexander | 5 Replies

The Thief and the Technique

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 28, 2013 by Robert RickoverApril 15, 2014

Can the Alexander Technique make a thief a better thief? It seems logical that it could.  Alexander Technique lessons have helped musicians play better. It’s helped office workers sit at desks and use their computer with less harmful tension.  it’s … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander | Tagged Addiction, Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, Thief | 8 Replies

Freeing Alexander’s Dream from the Cage of his Technique

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 22, 2013 by Robert RickoverApril 15, 2014

In my previous blog, Alexander’s Dream, I wrote that while F. M. Alexander began his career with huge hopes about the future of his work, things were looking bleak at the time of his death in 1955. Since then, however, … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, F. Matthias Alexander | Tagged Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, Alexander's Dream, F. Matthias Alexander | 7 Replies

Alexander’s Dream

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 20, 2013 by Robert RickoverApril 15, 2014

In my previous blog, Mr. Alexander in his Own Write: On Reading his Four Books, I wrote about the valuable legacy of Alexander’s writings.  Although deeply flawed in many ways, they are filled with useful information, and insights into the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, F. Matthias Alexander, John Dewey | Tagged Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, Alexander's Dream, F. Matthias Alexander, John Dewey | 11 Replies

Mr. Alexander in his Own Write: On Reading his Four Books

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 15, 2013 by Robert RickoverApril 15, 2014

Within days of my first Alexander Technique lesson, I was experiencing so many dramatic changes in my body – most spectacularly a gain in height of almost an inch – that I just knew this strange new process was something … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander | Tagged Alexander Technique, Alexander's books, F. Matthias Alexander | 8 Replies

Beyond the body with Mr. Alexander

Body Learning Blog Posted on September 3, 2013 by Robert RickoverApril 15, 2014

When most people think about the Alexander Technique, and the discoveries of F. Matthias Alexander, they think about topics like posture improvement, pain relief, moving with greater ease, and more efficient breathing. In other words, how we can learn to … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Directions, F. Matthias Alexander | Tagged Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, God, negative directions | 4 Replies

Uncle Sam talks about the Alexander Technique

Body Learning Blog Posted on July 4, 2013 by Robert RickoverJuly 4, 2016

I recently interviewed Uncle Sam about his experiences with the Alexander Technique: Me: Uncle Sam, thanks so much for this interview.  It’s an honor for me to speak with you. As a child growing up in Washington, D.C. I saw … Continue reading →

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The Dark Side of Fitness

Body Learning Blog Posted on June 19, 2013 by Robert RickoverApril 15, 2014

A New York Times article, “Doctors See a Big Rise in Injuries As Young Athletes Train Nonstop” highlights a serious and growing health concern for teenagers and their parents. Typical injuries include stress fractures, cracked kneecaps and frayed heel tendons … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Children | Tagged Alexander Technique, Children, Fitness, sports | 6 Replies

“Make it So”

Body Learning Blog Posted on June 12, 2013 by Robert RickoverJune 12, 2013

Make it so – Jean Luc Picard, Captain, USS Enterprise The phrase has entered our language thanks to the popularity of Star Trek.  But have you ever wondered just how it (whatever it was) was “made so?” Obviously a lot … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique | Tagged Alexander Technique, Captain Kirk, Star Trek | 4 Replies

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