Body Learning Blog

by Robert Rickover

The Use of the Self is F. M. Alexander’s third, and shortest, book. It is generally seen as his most readable.

With the help of AI I’ve put together key passages, and provided a little context for each one below.

There’s a man standing in front of three mirrors, alone in a room in Melbourne in the 1890s, watching himself recite Shakespeare. He does this for well over a year. He is losing his career — a profession...

I recently listed to a Freakonomics podcast about the growing understanding that failure can be an extremely useful step towards success.  There are now college classes devoted to this – Failure 101 so to speak – and even a traveling Museum of Failure!

You can listen to the ...

Guest Post by Will Jakes

John Dewey and F. M. Alexaander

It is as reasonable to expect a fire to go out when it is ordered to stop burning as to suppose that a man can stand straight in consequence of a direct action of thought and desire. – John Dewey

John Dewey (1859-1952) was an American philosopher and ...

You might recognize this as the title of a Country song from the 1990’s by Lorri Morgan. You can listen to it at the bottom of the page.

The song’s message is very simple: She just wants to have a drink and chill after a hard day’s work and she most definitely ...