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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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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

The Posture of Power

Body Learning Blog Posted on October 20, 2015 by Robert RickoverOctober 20, 2015

Since discovering the Alexander Technique many years ago, I’ve been fascinated by the posture and movement patterns I observe in others. When I see someone that appears to have a dysfunctional pattern, I ask myself: “How are they doing that?” … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Posture | Tagged Alexander Technique, power, speakers, use | 2 Replies

Mind your Manners

Body Learning Blog Posted on May 30, 2013 by Robert RickoverMay 30, 2013

In my last blog, When will I finally get it?, I wrote about the impatience that students sometimes feel about their progress with the Alexander Technique. F. Matthias Alexander, the developer of the Technique,  famously said: “We can throw away … Continue reading →

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Technology and Us

Body Learning Blog Posted on August 8, 2012 by Robert RickoverNovember 17, 2014

“What is the best use of technology?” This question is asked more and more as the pace of technological change has accelerated. Greater speed, power, inter-connectedness etc. can produce all sorts of obvious benefits. We visit distant places quickly and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Ergonomics, F. Matthias Alexander, John Dewey, Technology | Tagged Alexander Technique, ergonomics, F. Matthias Alexander, John Dewey, technology, use | 17 Replies

Alexander Attitude

Body Learning Blog Posted on March 21, 2012 by Robert RickoverFebruary 16, 2017

I recently watched a short PBS News Hour piece about the American hero John Glenn.  Fifty years ago, Glenn became the first person to orbit the earth and he was being interviewed about that historic – and extremely dangerous – … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, Apptitude, Attitude, John Glen, Self-Study, Use | Tagged Alexander Technique, aptitude, attitude, John Glenn, use | 7 Replies

What’s the Use…of the Alexander Technique?

Body Learning Blog Posted on February 16, 2012 by Robert RickoverAugust 31, 2020

There’s not a lot of jargon in the Alexander Technique, but the word “use” – as pronounced in the title above – has a special meaning that’s worth thinking about because it relates directly to just about everything we do. … Continue reading →

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Posted in Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, Use | Tagged Alexander Technique, F. Matthias Alexander, Fred Astaire, use | 8 Replies

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