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One Hundred and Forty Five Candles

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

Frederick Mathias Alexander, the developer of the Alexander Technique, was born on this day back in 1869.  Let’s use this occasion to celebrate his discoveries, and his achievements in making them available to us today. Alexander (often called “FM”) grew … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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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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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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The Alexander Technique: A New Approach to Mind-Body Unity

Body Learning Blog Posted on March 27, 2013 by Robert RickoverMarch 27, 2013

No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. – Albert Einstein No one would deny that we ourselves enter as an agency into whatever is attempted and done by us. This is a truism. But the … Continue reading →

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Misconceptions about the Alexander Technique

Body Learning Blog Posted on March 14, 2013 by Robert RickoverMarch 14, 2013

When the subject of the Alexander Technique comes up in conversation, I’ve found that people who have heard about it often have a very distorted idea of what it’s all about. This is not surprising because the Technique is concerned … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, John Dewey, Posture | Tagged Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, John Dewey, posture | 17 Replies

Nirvana in your Neck

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 28, 2013 by Robert RickoverFebruary 28, 2013

I was chatting with some friends over dinner, attempting to explain the basic principles of the Alexander Technique. I spoke a little about the importance Alexander teachers attach to having a free neck so that the head can easily balance … Continue reading →

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