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Tag Archives: Gravity

Gravity’s Sad Story – Part 2

Body Learning Blog Posted on March 11, 2020 by Robert RickoverMarch 11, 2020

Eight years ago I managed to arrange an interview with Gravity, Gravity’s Sad Story, during which he expressed a great deal of unhappiness about his negative image in the popular imagination, and the blame he so unfairly receives. I thought … Continue reading →

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Apples to Apples: You’re not a Cat, a Dog, or a Child

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 11, 2019 by Robert RickoverFebruary 14, 2019

British Alexander Technique teacher Marcus Sly recently published a blog titled Is Good Use Innate? in which he writes about the tendency of Alexander teachers to use examples from the animal kingdom to illustrate the kind of graceful co-ordination we … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique Directions | Tagged Alexander Technique, Animals, Children, Gravity, posture, use | 3 Replies

Epiphany at 30,000 Feet

Body Learning Blog Posted on August 18, 2017 by Robert RickoverAugust 18, 2017

I was flying from Chicago to Lincoln, the second leg of a trip back from a teaching trip to Toronto.  Still a bit tired from getting up at 3 AM to catch my first flight, I dozed off for awhile.  … 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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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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Posted in Alexander Technique, Gravity, Self-Study | Tagged Alexander Technique, Gravity, Up with Gravity | 2 Replies

Gravity’s Sad Story

Body Learning Blog Posted on August 26, 2012 by Robert RickoverJanuary 27, 2013

What’s the first feeling you get when you hear or see the word gravity? For a great many people it conveys something negative, or heavy – something we need to fight against to keep our body from sagging as we … Continue reading →

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