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It’s a Rushin’ Plot!

Body Learning Blog Posted on December 17, 2019 by Robert RickoverFebruary 6, 2023

I’ve been somewhat obsessed with my walking patterns over the past couple of months, ever since I realized that for for most of my life, I’d been pushing my torso a forward a bit when I walked. As I wrote … Continue reading →

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Smile!

Body Learning Blog Posted on November 19, 2019 by Robert RickoverNovember 19, 2019

OK, I’m going to confess.  I was seduced by a clever bit of click bait titled: Neuroscience Says Doing This 1 Thing Makes You Just as Happy as Eating 2,000 Chocolate Bars. 2000 chocolate bars!  I do love chocolate, especially … Continue reading →

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Power Up: Extend and Amplify Your Alexander Technique Directions

Body Learning Blog Posted on April 8, 2019 by Robert RickoverApril 8, 2019

Learning how to usefully self-direct yourself in an effective way is one of the most important skills an Alexander Technique student acquires from lessons in the Technique.  It is, to use the title of F. M. Alexander’s second book, truly … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique | Tagged Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, Eckhart Tolle, F. Matthias Alexander, Self-Study, use | Leave a reply

Pause Power

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 25, 2019 by Robert RickoverFebruary 25, 2019

I’ve just started reading Eckart Tolle’s book, The Power of Now.  It’s somewhat of a spiritual classic and has been recommended to me by several people over the years. This is not a book review, but let me begin by … Continue reading →

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Taming Your Inner Constrictor

Body Learning Blog Posted on December 20, 2018 by Robert RickoverDecember 21, 2018

I’m always experimenting with new Alexander Technique self-directions and the other day I came up with this one: “I am not constricting myself” – a variant of the more frequently used “I am not compressing myself”.  Both of these are … Continue reading →

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When You’re Your Own Worst Enemy

Body Learning Blog Posted on November 27, 2018 by Robert RickoverJune 1, 2022

Emmet Fox was was a New Thought spiritual leader of the early 20th century and is well known for the insightful stories he told to illustrate important spiritual concepts. Here’s one that resonates nicely with basic Alexander Technique principles: A … Continue reading →

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The Alexander Antidote to Terror

Body Learning Blog Posted on September 4, 2018 by Robert RickoverSeptember 4, 2018

I was having an Alexander Technique lesson with the late Walter Carrington, a well-known and highly respected teacher in London in the early 1980s and somehow the subject of the civil war then raging in Lebanon came up. I had … Continue reading →

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Moses and Alexander – Between a Rock and a Soft Place

Body Learning Blog Posted on June 25, 2018 by Robert RickoverApril 3, 2022

In Numbers 20, verses 2-12, The people are thirsty and Moses asks God to help.  God gives Moses a staff and tells him to command a rock to supply the water. The pattern established over many years was Moses conveying … Continue reading →

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Does Sitting Have To Be A Grave Mistake?

Body Learning Blog Posted on December 28, 2017 by Robert RickoverDecember 28, 2017

We’ve all heard the phrase “Sitting is the new smoking”.  The dangers of our sedentary life style have been well established at this point, and pretty much everybody now knows that sitting for long periods of time can pose serious … Continue reading →

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Auto-Correct

Body Learning Blog Posted on November 22, 2017 by Robert RickoverNovember 22, 2017

I’m fortunate that I don’t have to do a lot of driving, and most of my trips are only 15-20 minutes or so.  But they do provide nice opportunities to put my Alexander Technique training into practice and I’ve come … Continue reading →

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