Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

An Alexander Technique teacher talks about how the AT helps her with her ongoing long COVID recovery


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Rena Deveza, an Alexander Technique teacher in New York City, talks with Robert Rickover, an Alexander Technique teacher in Omaha, Nebraska about her experiences with long COVID, and how the Alexander Technique has helped with the recovery process. Rena's website: https://alextechmanhattan.com Robert's website: https://alexandertechnique.com

 More information about the Alexander Technique: https:/alexandertechnique.com

 Resource suggestions from Rena:

 Patient-Led Research Collaborative - https://patientresearchcovid19.com/covid19-patient-led-research-team/

 #ME Action https://www.meartistsproject.com/ Articles: Fatigue Can Shatter a Person: Everyday tiredness is nothing like the depleting symptom that people with long COVID and ME/CFS experience. - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/07/chronic-fatigue-long-covid-symptoms/674834/

 One of Long COVIDF’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood: Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard. - https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2022/09/long-covid-brain-fog-symptom-executive-function/671393/

 Recent novel: 

There’s Nothing Wrong with Her - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CLKZK173/?bestFormat=true&k=there%27s%20nothing%20wrong%20with%20her&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_k1_1_27_de&crid=1EW9HVQWNR57I&sprefix=there%27s%20nothing%20wrongwith%20

 Missy Vineyard's book: - How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live: Learning the Alexander Technique to Explore Your Mind-Body Connection and Achieve Self-Mastery-  https://www.amazon.com/How-You-Stand-Move-Live-ebook/dp/B00D0UYB3E/ref=sr_1_1?crid=D6Q1AZVR6O27&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.paY6qwMbdZqiVnA29TS3FCPI8PXNxXto2BBX0F7bKIs.naZaPvhKMKDC7Bd2Ewp3GwxL1dwpzgj7VOceMl5p48Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=missy+vineyard&qid=1757267906&s=digital-text&sprefix=missy+vineyard%2Cdigital-text%2C103&sr=1-1

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