San Francisco Teachers
Robert Britton
Robert Britton graduated in 1978 from the Alexander Training Institute-SF (Frank Ottiwell and Giora Pinkas). In addition to his private practice in San Francisco, he has taught the Alexander Technique to musicians at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music since 1984. He served as the Chairman of the American Society for the Alexander Technique, and was a director of the 2011 International Congress of the Alexander Technique. He has helped train Alexander Technique teachers since 1989, and regularly gives workshops to Alexander teachers around the world.
Contact: www.uprighthuman.net | robertbritton@mindspring.com
Location: San Francisco
Lena Hart
Lena Hart is currently the resident Alexander Technique teacher at The Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has a private practice in San Francisco and Walnut Creek, CA. She specializes in helping performers, but has helped people from numerous professions (techies, athletes, retirees) and various ages (11 years to 75 years) improve their abilities and decrease pain.
Lena has been practicing the technique since 2001 and graduated from The Alexander Educational Center of Berkeley. She is AmSAT certified. She received her M.F.A from the University of Tennessee and her BA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Contact: AlexanderTechniqueSFBayArea.com | lessons@alexandertechniquesfbayarea.com
Location: East Bay / San Francisco
Josephine Gray
Josephine Gray started studying the Alexander Technique in 1983 to rescue her career as a professional violinist from a debilitating repetitive strain injury. She has since been able to resume her professional career. She certified with Frank Ottiwell in 1998. Josephine has taught the Technique at the American Conservatory Theater Summer Congress, and at the Opera Academy of California, Chevron/Texaco (IT division employees) and the Performing Arts and Social Justice Department of the University of San Francisco, where she joined the faculty as Alexander Technique instructor in 2010.
Josephine is certified to teach Jessica Wolf's Art of Breathing and Steven Shaw's Art of Swimming.
Contact: www.jograyalextech.com | jo.gray@usa.net
Location: San Francisco
George Lister
(Co founder, Bay Area Alexander Technique)
George Lister began his study of the Alexander Technique in 1986 to help relieve serious back and shoulder pain. He was certified as a teacher by AmSAT in July 1994, and teaches in San Francisco and Redwood City, California. He was the founder and director of the Northern California Center for the Alexander Technique, a teacher training course leading to certification by AmSAT. He works with singers and instrumentalists to support and enhance performance; and as an avid swimmer, hiker and backpacker, uses his experience with these activities to help students increase endurance and reduce stress and pain.
Contact: www.alexvoce.com | georgeilister@sbcglobal.net | (415) 317-1813
Location: South Bay / San Francisco
Sally Porter Munro
It was through singing that Sally Porter Munro began her studies of the Alexander Technique, first in London and then in New York. She trained to become a teacher with Frank Ottiwell in San Francisco and was certified by AmSAT in 1996.
She is a member of the San Francisco Opera Chorus and concertizes here and abroad. Sally has an extensive teaching practice specializing in the use of the voice, including vocal rehabilitation and breathing. She works with all ages, levels and styles. Sally has found that combining the Alexander Technique with singing brings about much freedom, joy, and healing.
Contact: www.alexvoce.com | smmezzo@aol.com | (415) 317-1770
Location: San Francisco
Kari Prindl
Kari Prindl trained at ATI-SF certifying in 1992. She has worked with performers throughout her career and is an amateur cellist herself. She was on the faculty of the American Conservatory Theater’s prestigious MFA program from 2008 until the school closed in 2022. Her private practice is made up of students who come to her seeking support for physical, mental and spiritual issues. Forever curious about what it means to live in a human body, she is currently working towards a license in Marriage and Family Therapy, with a concentration in Somatic Psychotherapy.
Contact: alexandertechnique-sf.com | kariprindl8@gmail.com | 415-378-0356
Location: San Francisco
Elyse Shafarman
Elyse Shafarman holds a Master’s Degree in Physiological Psychology and Alexander Technique Teacher Certification from Frank Ottiwell (2003). Elyse is on the faculty of American Conservatory Theater’s MFA program and Berkeley Rep School of Theatre. She maintains a private practice in San Francisco and Berkeley. Her background as a modern dancer and professional training in psychology, yoga, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction influence her work.
Contact: www.bodyproject.us | elyse@bodyproject.us | (415) 342-6255
Location: East Bay / San Francisco