Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

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  Alexander Technique Bluegrass Song - The Uncoiled Spring 03.08.2026 2min

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  Forward and Up: A rap song about the Alexander Technique 02.08.2026 2min

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  Neuroscience and the Alexander Technique 02.05.2026 44min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska, interviews Tim Cacciatore, Phd, an Alexander Technique teacher and neuroscientist living in England, about what neuroscience can say about the effective use of Alexander Technique directions. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about Tim's work, and online classes, can be found at AlexanderTechniqueScience.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechniq...
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  Is awareness of harmful habits necessary for Alexander Technique lessons to release them? 11.02.2026 14min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss the question of whether you need to know what your harmful habits are in order to release them, as many Alexander Technique teachers seem to believe. They also discuss the idea that Alexander Technique lessons will lead to greater awareness of harmful habits, another common belief of Alexander teachers. Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware and Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Imo...
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  Two new Alexander Technique Self-Directions 08.02.2026 9min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss their experiences using 2 new Alexander Technique self-directions. Imogen is an Alexander Technique in Wilmington, Delaware and Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Imogen's website: https://imogenragone.com Robert's website: https//movementcoaching.com More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com
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  Can the Alexander Technique help with Sleep Apnia? 06.02.2026 18min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss the possibility that the Alexander Technique can help people with obstructive sleep apnia. Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware and Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Imogen's website: https://imogenragone.com Robert's website: https//movementcoaching.com More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com This article from the Mayo Clinic provides an ove...
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  The Power of Doing Nothing - An Alexander Technique Song 26.01.2026 2min

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  Bill Conable on Alexander Technique Body Mapping and its limitations 20.01.2026 48min

  Send us Fan Mail Bill Conable, the originator of Alexander Technique Body Mapping talks about its origins. He is co-author of the book about Body Mapping: amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0962259543/alexandertechniqA Original video of this talk: youtube.com/watch?v=CCXyRfbFN9M&t=16s This video is very useful for getting a full understanding of Body Mapping More information about the Alexander Technique: youtube.com/watch?v=CCXyRfbFN9M&t=16s More information about the Alexander Technique: a...
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  Pause Before You Move - An Alexander Technique Song 08.01.2026 2min

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  Alexander Technique Teacher Describes Typical First Few Lessons With A New Student 01.12.2025 30min

  Send us Fan Mail Alexander Technique Rena Anya Deveza interviews Robert Rickover about how he typically teaches the first few online lessons with a new student. Rena's website: AlexTechManhattan.com Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com
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  Alexander Technique Conscious Control: Marjorie Barstow 1 Minute Clip 06.11.2025 1min

  Send us Fan Mail (Audio begins in 15 seconds) Marjorie Barstow was the first graduate of F. Matthias Alexander's first training course in 1934. This video from which this audio was taken was shot at one of her last workshops, in the winter of 1990/91, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Marj was 91 years old and the the effects of her osteoporosis were clearly evident - but her teaching was at it's finest. For more information about the Alexander Technique, visit alexandertechnique.com For more...
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  Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 1 12.09.2025 12min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware in which we outline F. M. Alexander's understanding of the harm caused by one type of concentration, and the sequence of events he believes brought us to this sad situation: Poor Use of people today leads to Mind Wandering which then leads to Concentration. Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.com Robert's website: h...
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  Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 4 12.09.2025 18min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware discuss F. M. Alexander's view of the underlying cause of the narrow focus concentration that is so prevalent today - namely our poor use of ourselves compared to that of "savages and wild animals". Not an easy topic to talk about but very important if we want to understand Alexander's thought process. Imogen's website: http...
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  Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 3 12.09.2025 14min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware discuss the fact - and the implications of that fact - that most Alexander Technique teachers believe concentration is harmful, while most of the rest of the word think it's a good thing. Imogen's website: https://ImogenRagone.com Robert's website: https://AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com More information about the...
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  Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit - Part 2 12.09.2025 17min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware go into more detail F. M. Alexander's understanding why so many of us today are caught up in the harmful, narrow focus, type of concentration, and what the "solution" is in his view. Unfortunately it was next to impossible for most of his students to implement and moreover it disregarded the core principle that our body should be ...
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  Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Introduction 12.09.2025 12min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware in which we introduce our four conversations about the two types of concentration, why it is important to distinguish one from the other, and what F. M. Alexander had to say about them in his second book, "Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual". We discuss how this topic brings out aspects of F. M. Alexander's thinkin...
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  An Alexander Technique teacher talks about how the AT helps her with her ongoing long COVID recovery 07.09.2025 46min

  Send us Fan Mail Rena Deveza, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska about her experiences with long COVID, and how the Alexander Technique has helped with the recovery process. Rena's website: https://alextechmanhattan.com Robert's website: https://alexandertechnique.com More information about the Alexander Technique: https:/alexandertechnique.com Resource suggestions from Rena: Patient-...
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  Short Introduction to the Alexander Technique 22.08.2025 1min

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  Metronome Therapy and the Alexander Technique 02.07.2025 21min

  Send us Fan Mail Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone talk about Metronome Therapy and how it can be useful to Alexander Technique students and teachers. Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: MomementCoaching.com Imogen is an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware. Website: BodyIntelligence.com Original video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQufcmCty-c More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com
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  Alexander Technique Directions, Inhibition and a new way of thinking about Body Wisdom 19.06.2025 28min

  Send us Fan Mail (This podcast is primarily for Alexander Technique teachers, trainees and students.) Robert Rickover talks with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about the implications of Inhibition, Alexander Technique directions for our understanding of our innate Body Wisdom. More information about Alexander Technique directions: bodylearningcast.com/teachers/directions Imogen's website:ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska and Toronto Can...