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You’re a Nice Place to Visit, but Would You Want to Live There?

Body Learning Blog Posted on August 24, 2016 by Robert RickoverJanuary 17, 2021

The most important question you can ever ask is: ‘Is the universe is a friendly place?’ – Albert Einstein He added: … if we decide that the universe is a friendly place, then we will use our technology, our scientific … Continue reading →

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Stuck In The Middle With You: Your Neck

Body Learning Blog Posted on January 31, 2016 by Robert RickoverJune 24, 2020

When our children were in middle school, my wife and I would attend “Classroom Visit Night” at the start of each term. This involved going to all their classes in the same order they did during the school day, and … Continue reading →

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The Shockingly Easy Method To Improve Your Posture – And The Way You Do Everything You Do

Body Learning Blog Posted on November 30, 2015 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

It is natural for our bodies to work efficiently – Patrick Macdonald. MacDonald was one of the first people trained to be an Alexander Technique teacher, in the early 1930s,  and his observation was based on over 50 year’s experience … Continue reading →

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Ask And You Shall Receive – Free Energy From The Earth

Body Learning Blog Posted on April 6, 2015 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

A couple of weeks ago, I embarked on my usual after-dinner walk.  I’d had a long day of teaching and was feeling a little tired and generally low energy.  My inclination was to skip the walk, but decided some fresh … Continue reading →

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Pinkie Power

Body Learning Blog Posted on March 6, 2015 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

I was introduced to the term brachiation a few months ago by my colleague Ellen Stafford, an Alexander Technique teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in one of her blog posts, Everyday Poise: Brachiation Ellen is interested in the evolutionary development of … Continue reading →

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Life on Earth – Where Powerful Forces Collide

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 26, 2015 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

Check out the little guy in this 30 second video below. Known as a pond skimmer, he spends most of his life perfectly poised on the water’s surface. In some ways his situation is not all that different from ours. … Continue reading →

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Change your Password – Change your Life

Body Learning Blog Posted on January 26, 2015 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

When I teach new Alexander Technique students, I almost always give them “homework” based on experiments in thinking and moving that I’ve talked them through in their lessons.  These experiments typically involve using Alexander Technique directions (more on these below). … Continue reading →

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Switch it Up

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 6, 2014 by Robert RickoverJanuary 17, 2021

The trouble is none of my pupils will believe that all they need to do is to think and that wish for the neck to be free will do the trick…We are so brutalized by our belief in doing and … Continue reading →

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Throw it Away!

Body Learning Blog Posted on September 21, 2014 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

I love this quote* by F. Matthias Alexander! For me, it gets to the heart of a major obstacle faced by students as they begin to explore Alexander Technique directions – the strong temptation to hold on to the nice … Continue reading →

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Free for All

Body Learning Blog Posted on September 2, 2014 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

I am free. That’s a simple example of an Alexander Technique Freedom Direction.* Freedom Directions are both amazingly simple, and amazingly powerful. Would you like to do a little experiment to test that claim, an experiment that could change your … Continue reading →

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