Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 1

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: Robert's website: More information about the Alexander Technique: Below are the links to the series Introduction and the other three video conversations: Introduction - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Below are the audio podcast versions of our conversation: Introduction: Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4:

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Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 1 is an episode from Body Learning: The Alexander Technique by Robert Rickover.

This episode is 12:23 long.

This episode was published on Sep 12, 2025.

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