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Lilies of the Field

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 28, 2017 by Robert RickoverJanuary 17, 2021

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. This blog was inspired by a recent Facebook post … Continue reading →

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What is the Alexander Technique? – Part 2

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 11, 2017 by Robert RickoverFebruary 11, 2017

This is a question Alexander Technique teachers get all the time, and one I wrote about last January in What is the Alexander Technique?  It’s something I keep coming back to. Teachers’ replies to this most basic of questions about … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique | Tagged Alexander Technique, Delsarte, F. Matthias Alexander, Marjorie Barstow | Leave a reply

Taking A Walk Down Easy Street

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 5, 2017 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy. – Saadi As I was walking in my neighborhood yesterday evening, I experimented with some new Alexander Technique directions, based on an idea that originated with Alexander Technique teacher Imogen … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Self-Study | Tagged Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, F. Matthias Alexander | 10 Replies

Lay Your Burden Down

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 6, 2016 by Robert RickoverOctober 6, 2016

The other day I was working with one of my Alexander Technique students, showing her how she could stand with ease.  Like a great many people, she had a habit of pushing her upper torso back and her pelvis forward … Continue reading →

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How the Alexander Technique helped me Overcome Terrible Customer Service and Useless Tech Support

Body Learning Blog Posted on July 18, 2016 by Robert RickoverJuly 18, 2016

This past week, I had to deal with two companies which, under the right circumstances, provide an excellent product but which have truly awful phone support systems. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about: Long hold times during which … Continue reading →

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Striding Towards Freedom

Body Learning Blog Posted on April 17, 2016 by Robert RickoverApril 17, 2016

I have always walked a lot. As a child, my parents were just about the only people in the neighborhood without a car so if I wanted to go somewhere, I had to walk or take the bus. It was … Continue reading →

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The Plot Thickens: The Alexander Technique

Body Learning Blog Posted on April 13, 2016 by Robert RickoverFebruary 26, 2019

The Alexander Technique has been around for over 125 years and so it’s not surprising that references to it, and to it’s founder F. Matthias Alexander, have appeared in works for fiction a number of times. Some of those references … Continue reading →

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Change Your Tune

Body Learning Blog Posted on January 4, 2016 by Robert RickoverJanuary 4, 2016

I once assisted the late Marjorie Barstow on a teaching trip to a large mid-western university where she gave classes in the Alexander Technique to Music Department faculty and students. In one class, a professor asked for help playing the … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Marjorie Barstow | Tagged Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, Marjorie Barstow | 8 Replies

What is Our Supreme Inheritance?

Body Learning Blog Posted on December 14, 2015 by Robert RickoverDecember 14, 2015

Answer #1: It’s the title – almost! – of F. Matthias Alexander’s first book, Man’s Supreme Inheritance – originally published in 1910 and republished in an expanded version in 1918 with an added sub-title, Conscious Guidance and Control in Relation … Continue reading →

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The Posture of Power – Part 2

Body Learning Blog Posted on November 17, 2015 by Robert RickoverNovember 17, 2015

In my last blog, The Posture of Power, I wrote about politicians and televangelists – two of my favorite groups to observe. I love to watch them because they generally have pretty good posture and use of their their bodies. … Continue reading →

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