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Is A Picture Worth A Thousand Slurs?

Body Learning Blog Posted on December 27, 2019 by Robert RickoverDecember 27, 2019

The use of imagery to teach or learn the Alexander Technique is, to put it mildly, a controversial topic. The diverse views were on full display in recent exchanges on the Alexander Technique Forum Facebook Page(1) include everything from general … Continue reading →

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A Simple Hack That Brings A New Ease Into Your Walking

Body Learning Blog Posted on December 8, 2019 by Robert RickoverDecember 8, 2019

The late Alexander Technique teacher Marjorie Barstow would sometimes say to a student who was about to walk: “Your legs are just tagging along.” She also had figured out a very simple and effective way to use her hands to … 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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Beware of Body Bullies Behaving Badly!

Body Learning Blog Posted on March 1, 2019 by Robert RickoverMarch 1, 2019

A recent article in the New York Times, When the Bully is the Boss, explores the effects that a bullying leader has on organizations. Not surprisingly, it turns out bullying doesn’t really lead to better productivity: …the vast majority of … Continue reading →

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Kami and Marj

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 25, 2017 by Robert RickoverOctober 25, 2017

Marjorie Barstow (Marj) did some of her very best Alexander Technique teaching during the last 25 years of her life.  Starting at around 70 years of age, she became quite well known in Alexander circles and for over 20 years … Continue reading →

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The F. Matthias Alexander Story – It Ain’t Necessarily So: Part 2

Body Learning Blog Posted on April 13, 2017 by Robert RickoverApril 13, 2017

In my last blog, The F. Mathias Alexander Story – It Ain’t Necessarily So, I wrote that I consider F. Matthias Alexander to have been a genius – but  a very different kind of genius that we have been led … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique | Tagged Albert Redden Alexander, Alexander Technique, Alexander Technique Directions, Marjorie Barstow | 2 Replies

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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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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When will you finally get it?

Body Learning Blog Posted on May 21, 2013 by Robert RickoverMay 2, 2021

Picture this Alexander Technique workshop scene: About 30 people of widely varying ages and experience with the Technique are seated in a circle in a basement classroom of a university music department. Standing in the center of the group is … Continue reading →

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Horse Sense and Sensibility

Body Learning Blog Posted on December 12, 2012 by Robert RickoverApril 29, 2013

Many years ago I showed a copy of the Equitation issue of Direction Journal to Marjorie Barstow, the first person to graduate from the first Alexander Technique training course. Until her death at age 95, she was the world’s senior … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, Horseback Riding, Marjorie Barstow | Tagged Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, horses, Marjorie Barstow | 18 Replies

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