• A simple Alexander Technique self-direction that can change your life
    Jan 25 2024

    Robert Rickover and Imogen Ragone discuss a simple and powerful new Alexander Technique self-direction with far-reaching implications for all facets of your life. Imogen teaches in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com You can learn more about Alexander Technique directions in general here: BodyLearningCast.com/teachers... More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com Other related videos: A Simple and Practical way to Explore and Use Alexander Technique Inhibition - youtu.be/a-XOiSmu42A A Brief History of Alexander Technique Directions (from 2015) - bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/271700-a-brief-history-of-alexander-technique-directions Effective ways to use Alexander Technique Directions - bodylearning.buzzsprout.com/382/136406-effective-ways-to-use-alexander-technique-directions

    Mind Your Mind puts this direction in a broader context: bodylearningblog.com/mind-your-mind/

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    35 mins
  • A Little Bit of Nothing
    Nov 10 2023

    Marjorie Barstow would often say, at the end of one of her four week long Alexander Technique workshops: When you get home, and people ask you what you learned in Nebraska, don't tell them 'a little bit of nothing.' In this conversation, Imogen Ragone and Robert Rickover discuss the implications of this admonition from several different points of view. Imogen teaches the Alexander Technique in Wilmington, Delaware. Imogen's website: ImogenRagone.com Robert teaches in Omaha, Nebraska. Robert's website: AlexanderTechniqueNebraska.com Imogen and Robert also teach online. More information about Marjorie Barstow: MarjorieBarstow.com More information about the Alexander Technique: AlexanderTechnique.com

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    15 mins
  • Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 6
    Jul 24 2023

    Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique.

     She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique.

    This is the sixth in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover about her discoveries. Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. In this conversation, Amanda and Robert discuss the importance of this new perspective for Alexander Technique teachers and students today.

    More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/
    More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.com
    More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com

    Information about ordering Amanda's book from Amazon: https://marjoriebarstow.com/book

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    36 mins
  • Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 5
    Jul 24 2023

    Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique.

     This is the fifth in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover about her discoveries. Robert is an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode focuses primarily on the influence of Professor John Dewey's influence of Marjorie Barstow's group teaching.

    More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/
    More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.com
    More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com

    Information about ordering Amanda's book from Amazon: https://marjoriebarstow.com/book


    Part 1: https://youtu.be/KpKE7U0uBHk 
    Part 2: https://youtu.be/0KZMpPAcCug 
    Part 3: https://youtu.be/p2IIh8r9FKw 
    Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fRz6W0cfs 
    Part 5: https://youtu.be/AyxvQv1ofak 
    Part 6: https://youtu.be/aEtwPff7qj8

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    38 mins
  • Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 4
    Jul 24 2023

    Robert Rickover continues his discussion with Imogen Ragone, an Alexander Technique teacher in Wilmington, Delaware, about F. Mathias Alexander's use of the term "psycho-physical." An earlier conversation was about why he used that phrase, and some of the implications of the meaning he assigns to it, and can be seen here: https://youtu.be/b9NxHqCLuX8

    In this video, they explore the subtle physical manifestations of simply thinking about speaking as a way of experiencing just how tightly-knit "mind" and "body" actually are.More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/
    More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.com
    More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com

    Information about ordering Amanda's book from Amazon: https://marjoriebarstow.com/book


    Part 1: https://youtu.be/KpKE7U0uBHk 
    Part 2: https://youtu.be/0KZMpPAcCug 
    Part 3: https://youtu.be/p2IIh8r9FKw 
    Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fRz6W0cfs 
    Part 5: https://youtu.be/aEtwPff7qj8 
    Part 6 https://youtu.be/AyxvQv1ofak

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    34 mins
  • Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 3
    Jul 24 2023


    Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique.

     This is the third in a series of her conversations with with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode is primarily about the gap between Alexander's stated hopes for the future of the Technique, and his actual behavior.

    More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/
    More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.com
    More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com

    Information about ordering Amanda's book from Amazon: https://marjoriebarstow.com/book



    Part 1: https://youtu.be/KpKE7U0uBHk 
    Part 2: https://youtu.be/0KZMpPAcCug Part 3: 
    https://youtu.be/p2IIh8r9FKw 
    Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fRz6W0cfs 
    Part 5: https://youtu.be/AyxvQv1ofak 
    Part 6: https://youtu.be/aEtwPff7qj8

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    36 mins
  • Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 2
    Jul 24 2023

    Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique.

     This is the first in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode provides an overview of her findings. Subsequent videos will go into greater detail.

     More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/
    More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.com
    More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com

    Information about ordering Amanda's book from Amazon: https://marjoriebarstow.com/book

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    22 mins
  • Newly available documents about Alexander Technique developments from the 1940s - 1980s: Part 1
    Jul 24 2023

    Amanda Cole, an Australian academic researcher, writer and performer, is the author of "Marjorie Barstow and the Alexander Technique - Critical Thinking in Performing Arts Pedagogy." She is also a long time student of both the classic and Barstow-inspired versions of the Technique. She draws on multiple sources, including a significant collection of written correspondence between F. M. Alexander, Marjorie Barstow, Frank Pierce Jones and Professor John Dewey that provides a new, and very different, perspective on the history of the Alexander Technique.

     This is the first in a series of her conversations with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska. This episode provides an overview of her findings. Subsequent videos will go into greater detail.

    More information about Amanda: https://amandacolemezzo.com/
    More information about Robert: https://alexandertechniquenebraska.com More information about F M Alexander: https://alexandertechnique.com/fma More information about Professor John Dewey: https://alexandertechnique.com/dewey More information about Marjorie Barstow: https://marjoriebarstow.com
    More information about the Alexander Technique: https://alexandertechnique.com

    Information about ordering Amanda's book from Amazon: https://marjoriebarstow.com/book

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    28 mins