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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Monkey Haikus

Monkey crouching low
Swinging from the trees with ease
Rising up high, run free.

Barney


Use our flexible friend
Up, down and around, spiral
Give to the ground.

Alma

 

Managing monkey
Is good for the soul, Grant says
Maybe I could believe him?

More monkey, he said
Moaning, groaning, I did so.
Wow! What a surprise!

Celia

 

Poised between Heaven and Earth
Weight supported evenly
On both feet.

Pat

 


We come from monkeys
Alexander takes us back
To our jungle freedom.

Gay

 

All of this bending
Cannot change at all the way
My father gardens.

Grant

 

Monkey hurts your knees
But Grant we like to please and
Our body it frees.

Hilary

 

Sandalled simian
Melting towards bright starlight
I go down upwards.

Nick

 

It's great to monkey about
With Grant and others,
Knees bent, arms low - and freedom.

Wendy

 

Swinging free
Head, neck, hip, knee
Tree to tree?
Monkey puzzle, naturally

Janet

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