{"id":41111,"date":"2012-02-28T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T02:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=41111"},"modified":"2012-02-28T18:41:39","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T02:41:39","slug":"did-fred-astaire-get-bored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=41111","title":{"rendered":"Did Fred Astaire Get Bored?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this podcast<\/a>, Alexander teacher Amy Ward Brimmer talks to Robert Rickover about how the Technique can help with boredom.<\/p>\n

Robert: “One aspect of boredom is not being in the moment and self-aware but being in some other state.”<\/p>\n

Amy: “Whenever I’ve been aware and in the present moment, there’s always been a whole lot going on. Boredom is being disconnected from the present moment. Boredom is the way we shut off.”<\/p>\n

“Whenever I’m bored, I’m collapsing. I’m pulling down and in on myself. Alexander work gives me the opportunity to wake up and to notice how am I breathing?”<\/p>\n

Robert: “I notice kids fiddling in a bored way with their iPhones or electronic equipment. They’re trying to find something to engage them. They often exhibit the worst aspects of their posture at that point. Curled over.”<\/p>\n

Amy: “Kids lying around the house will say, I’m bored.”<\/p>\n

Robert: “Just look at their bodies when they say that.”<\/p>\n

Amy: “Just completely slumped. Almost defeated.”<\/p>\n

“My response as a parent to that ‘I’m bored’ complaint is to offer activities. That never works.<\/p>\n

“Boredom is a form of resistance to what is.”<\/p>\n

Robert: “If you look at Fred Astaire in movies, he’s totally present. It would be interesting to ask Fred Astaire if he ever got bored.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this podcast, Alexander teacher Amy Ward Brimmer talks to Robert Rickover about how the Technique can help with boredom. Robert: “One aspect of boredom is not being in the moment and self-aware but being in some other state.” Amy: … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10268],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alexander-technique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41121,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41111\/revisions\/41121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}