South Bay Teachers
David I. Anderson
Following a serious back injury that ended a promising rugby career, David Anderson set out to understand the workings of the human body. His recent graduation from the Alexander Educational Center in Berkeley in 2016 complements an academic career that has focused on the study of human movement for over 30 years. David is a Professor of Kinesiology at San Francisco State University but lives in Pleasanton, California. He has worked with athletes and sports teams in his native Australia and is dedicated to helping people achieve peak performance, whether in sports, the performing arts or activities of daily living.
Contact: dandersdanders@yahoo.com
Location: South Bay
Jeanne Benioff
Jeanne Benioff graduated from NCCAT in 2012 and teaches in Redwood City, CA. She has been interested in movement, voice, and the relationship between mind and body for many years. Before becoming an Alexander Technique teacher, she worked as a computer programmer/analyst.
Contact: www.jeannebenioff.com | jbenioff@comcast.net | (650) 364-8119
Location: South Bay
Dana Ben-Yehuda
Dana Ben-Yehuda came to Alexander Technique as an actress in 1984. She is a competitive ballroom dancer and musician. Graduate of Alexander Educational Center, AmSAT Certified, AmSAT Media Spokesperson, 2002-2009. BA /Theater, Classical Guitar at SF Conservatory. In private practice for 17 years, her professional work includes Music at Menlo, Google, SJSU Departments of Music and Dance. Referral source: UCSF Movement Disorders and Stanford Pain Management clinics. Dana specializes in helping competitive ballroom dancers increase fluidity and refine poise. She helps professionals improve posture and presence. She regularly works with Parkinson’s clients for better posture, freer movement, and quality of life.
Contact:
www.alexandertechniquestudio.org | dbenyehuda@comcast.net |(650) 714-6403
Location: South Bay
Barbara Coulson
Certified in 1996, Barbara Coulson’s priorities are warmth, intuition and customization for each student. Special interests are walking; embodiment and anatomy of the foot, knee and hip; vocal anatomy; low back, neck, and shoulder issues; and understanding breathing. Barbara’s interest in Alexander Technique originated in her own healing experience, having recovered from a debilitating computer-related neck injury. Additional studies have included certification from Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen in Embodied Anatomy and in Developmental Movement Patterns. Her personal interests are dance, yoga, painting, and playing the cello.
Contact: alexandertechniquesanmateo.com | bcoulson@earthlink.net | (650) 375-0620
Location: South Bay
Greer Ellison
Greer Ellison received her Alexander Technique training with George Lister at the Northern California Center for the Alexander Technique in Redwood City, CA in 2010. She is a professional flutist and teaches flute in Palo Alto, UCSC and Stanford University. Greer enjoys teaching with the AT approach, having the skills to think and access her choices in directing her students. She teaches AT students at school and at home. She has been a member of the California Symphony, Portland Baroque Orchestra and the SF Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. She holds degrees from the Oberlin Conservatory and the University of Michigan.
Contact: www.GreerEllison.com | greere@gmail.com
Location: South Bay
Dominique Jacques
Trained by the esteemed Walter Carrington, Dominique Jacques has been teaching the Alexander Technique since 1976. Having worked also as a psychotherapist, she is renowned internationally for her integration of physical and emotional approaches. She specializes in high-performance individuals, working with not only senior executives, engineers, academics, and VCs, but also athletes, singers, and actors who see a strong tie between their performances and how they are in their bodies. Dominique is uniquely able to tackle a range of (often connected) challenges, including vocal and breathing limitations, back pain, blockages, and difficulty projecting self-confidence and “executive presence.”
Contact: www.dominiquejacques.com | Dominique@dominiquejacques.com | (858) 245-1488
Location: South Bay
David Levitt
David Levitt came to the Alexander Technique after 10 years searching many modalities and, with lessons and teacher training, was able to resolve a range of painful injuries to the neck, back, arms and knees. David has successfully worked with people from software and technology, marketing, performing arts, sports, medicine, law and more. He has helped students to improve performance and endurance while recovering from pain or injury.
During lessons, David utilizes simple movements like walking, sitting and standing, breathing (and even swimming) to release pain and attain a healthy poise and posture.
Contact: www.davidlevitt.net | David@davidlevitt.net | (248) 893-7159
Location: South Bay
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
Barbara Maloney
Barbara Maloney graduated from the American Center for the Alexander Technique in New York City in 1987. Before moving to San Jose in 2000 she lived in Paris and then Cambridge, England. During her time abroad she taught private lessons and classes for Centre National de Musique et de la Danse and University of Cambridge departments and colleges. Barbara has been invited to give workshops for a broad spectrum of applications including public speaking, choral singing, dance and yoga. Her experience teaching Silicon Valley students with their diverse needs, interests, and backgrounds continues to be deeply rewarding.
Contact: barbaramaloney.com | barbara@kinecht.com | (408) 356-0234
Location: South Bay
Bill Olson
Bill Olson first encountered the Alexander Technique in 1990 as a performer at Williams College. He knew immediately that he would be involved with it for the rest of his life. Bill eventually trained at the Center for the Alexander Technique and began teaching in 2001. Since then he has been teaching and performing in the Bay Area.
Contact: www.learnalexander.com | biullo@gmail.com | (650) 323-6964
Location: South Bay
Jonathan Salzedo
After a degree in mathematics and post-graduate music training on the harpsichord, Jonathan Salzedo chanced happily on the Alexander Technique. He played the harpsichord well but not easily, and greatly admired musicians who had a more natural way with their instruments. Alexander Technique helped him to find what he needed, a different way of going about not only playing but everything he was engaged in. Jonathan took lessons for many years before training as a teacher of the technique. His life today combines freelance music, teaching and software development, and Alexander Technique is an important basis for all those activities.
Contact: www.salzedo.com | jonathan@albanyconsort.com | (408) 829-8116
Location: South Bay