ABOUT ralph hadden
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Ralph Hadden BA is a certified Feldenkrais practitioner and member of the Australian Feldenkrais Guild Inc.
He has over 40 years' experience in movement and body therapies- as a practitioner, teacher and trainer of teachers. Ralph was, for 20 years, the founder and director of the Melbourne School of Tactile Therapies, a school that pioneered massage practitioner education in Australia. Ralph was among the first to undergo training in Australia as a Feldenkrais practitioner and has been teaching this method since 1988. He became an Assistant Trainer (accredited to teach in Feldenkrais practitioner training programs) in 2012. Ralph has taught and presented for many organisations including the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Australian Physiotherapy Association, Gawler Foundation, Arthritis Foundation, CAE, RMIT, Breacan, Boite Singers Festival, Laneway Learning, Australian Feldenkrais Guild Inc and Hepburn Spa. He writes for journals such as Wellbeing and the Australian Association of Massage Therapists and has published a book of poems. From 2012-2018 he was editor of Feldenkrais Australia, the national journal of the AFG Inc. In 2023 he published his book, Your 14 Day Pelvis Program. He is based in Melbourne, Australia and teaches nationally and internationally. Ralph teaches and practises with clarity, respect, good humour and is trauma aware. In his leisure hours Ralph has acquired a black belt in Aikido, played cricket and sung in choirs. He enjoys reading, 5Rhythms dance, movies, cryptic crosswords, walking, bicycling, cooking and time with friends and family. |