Grant Ragsdale has been teaching the Alexander Technique in Leeds and Hebden Bridge - West Yorkshire - for seven years. He is a member of STAT - The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique.
The Alexander Technique has been found to be beneficial for such problems as back pain, stiff shoulders, stiff neck, repetitive strain injury ( rsi ), tension, poor posture, anxiety, backache, arthritis, bursitis, tendonitis, stress, eyestrain, stiffness and poor balance.
The Alexander Technique is popular with practitioners of such activities as dance, music, singing, acting, riding, swimming, golf and tennis - in fact, any activity where improved co-ordination is helpful.
The Alexander Technique was first developed by F.M.Alexander, who was born in Tasmania in 1869 and who died in London in 1955. He used it first to cure himself of a habit of throwing his head back when reciting in public.
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S.T.A.T. (The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique) can be contacted at:-

Linton House
39-51 Highgate Road
London
NW5 1RS
Tel: 0845 230 7828

e-mail STAT at enquiries@stat.org.uk

The S.T.A.T. web site www.stat.org.uk
is very well organised and well worth a visit. It has a list of all the S.T.A.T. registered teachers in the U.K. as well as a wealth of information about the Alexander Technique in general and what is going on around the country.

For a well set out website by a London based Alexander Technique teacher, take a look at Anthony Kingsley's site at http://alexander-technique-london.co.uk

For Tai Chi and Chi Kung in Leeds, you can do no better than to contact my very good friend Barney Bardsley. Her teaching is strongly influenced by the Alexander Technique. Her style is fluid and friendly. Take a look at her wonderful website at Tai Chi Spirit

A very comprehensive American site is run by Robert Rickover. It is The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique, and can be found at www.alexandertechnique.com
Another site that he runs, and well worth checking out, can be found at http://posture.ws

Robert keeps his sites bang up to date. They have much to interest anyone who wants to find out more about the Technique and related subjects.

An interesting site about children and the physical implications of their computer use can be found at ergo.human.cornell.edu/Pub/HFPresentations/NEEkidsweb.pdf.
Did you know that on current predictions, the average American child will spend 23 years on the Internet?

Peter Nobes teaches the Alexander Technique in Central and South East London, at

South Bank Alexander Centre, Blackfriars Rd, London SE1
London Bridge Osteopathic Clinic, Borough High St, London SE1
Greenwich Natural Health Centre, Royal Hill, London SE10.

Visit his website at www.alexandertech.co.uk or email him at pn@alexandertech.co.uk

ChakrasMy very good friend Fleck Fletcher teaches Yoga in and around Leeds.
He is a lovely person and an inspiring teacher. Also, he is about to qualify as a Yoga Therapist.
To find out more, visit his website at www.leeds-yoga.co.uk

The F Matthias Alexander Trust was created in 1990 to advance the education of the general public in the Alexander Technique, to promote research and study into all aspects of the Alexander Technique and to disseminate the useful results of that research.

The Trust has been very active in the recent past and ahead of a proposed new fund-raising drive has built a website detailing some of its activitiesand setting out its contact addresses.

The site is to be found at www.alexandertrust.org.uk

If you are looking for an Alexander Teacher or a therapist of a different kind, try taking a look at www.uktherapists.com

Another good site for Alexander Teachers as well as all sorts of therapists is www.shared-care.com

If you are trying to get hold of books about the Alexander Technique a good place to look is Mornum Time Press www.mtpress.com

You can email them at books@mtpress.com

If you are lookling for an Alexander teacher in the Somerset area, take a look at the website of Gail Clarke and Mike Rawlinson at http://Alexander-technique-lessons.co.uk

Alexander Technique Teacher, London - Hilary King - Hilary King (MSTAT) teaches the Alexander Technique in North London (N16).