Concentration: Powerful Skill or Harmful Habit? - Part 4

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: Robert's website: More information about the Alexander Technique: Below are the links to the Introduction and the other 3 of our video conversations: Introduction - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3- 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 4 is an episode from Body Learning: The Alexander Technique by Robert Rickover.

This episode is 18:02 long.

This episode was published on Sep 12, 2025.

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