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Learning To Write With Ease
According to Jean Piaget, children are only developmentally capable of writing once they reach the age of six, and yet many of them are in school much earlier than that and forced to write. They don’t have the motor skills … Continue reading
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The Power Of Negative Directions
I was giving a first lesson to a chiropractor the other day and I was having trouble communicating “let your neck be free so your head can move forward and up.” The direction made little sense to my student. The … Continue reading
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Can You Teach Alexander Technique Via Skype?
I did a radio interview last week with Debi Dali in Dallas. She asked if I taught Alexander Technique via Skype. So far, I do not, but many leading Alexander teachers do, including Robert Rickover, Mark Josefberg and Sharon Jakubecy. … Continue reading
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The Dark Side Of Fitness
Robert Rickover writes: A recent article in the New York Times, “Doctors See a Big Rise in Injuries As Young Athletes Train Nonstop” highlights a serious and growing health concern for teenagers and their parents. Typical injuries include stress fractures, … Continue reading
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Can You Teach Yourself Alexander Technique?
In Australia in 1891, the actor F.M. Alexander developed such severe voice trouble that his career was threatened. According to the Alexander myth, F.M. could find no help so he eventually sat himself down in a room filled with mirrors … Continue reading
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How The Alexander Technique Helps Musicians
From BodyLearning: Michael Parkinson, a bassoonist and Alexander Technique teacher in Vienna, Austria, talks to Robert Rickover about his own experiences with the Technique, and how it can help musicians. Michael writes: …[R]eplacing habitual patterns of movement with something more … Continue reading
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Why Should Children Study Alexander Technique?
“Gal Ben-or, an Alexander Technique teacher in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, talks with Robert Rickover about the usefulness of the Technique for children.” Gal: “The Alexander Technique teacher tries to teach his students how to use themselves properly.” Robert: “It’s … Continue reading
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Parallels between the Alexander Technique and Acupuncture/TCM
Amira Glasser is an Alexander Technique teacher in New York and a student of traditional Chinese medicine. Robert Rickover conducts the interview. “At one point, I tried to understand it [TCM] and I gave up.” “When I go, I present … Continue reading
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