Eleanor Rosenthal, M.AmSAT

Eleanor Rosenthal

Eleanor Rosenthal, an AmSAT certified Senior Alexander Teacher, has been teaching the Technique in San Francisco for more than 35 years.  She was trained at the American Center for the Alexander Technique in New York, the first Alexander teacher-training program in the United States. She has also worked with first generation English teachers trained by Alexander and practices additional modalities inspired by osteopathy. For more information, please see Bio.

The Alexander Technique

The Alexander Technique is a century old method of learning to "use yourself" better in everyday life. The Technique reduces tension and can be used to relieve many kinds of musculoskeletal pain — particularly back, neck and shoulder pain. Gently, and without relying on exercises, the Technique helps you improve your posture, voice, and movement, as well as the way you carry out your everyday activities. It can also be used to improve your  performance in specialized activities like music, theater, sports, and dance.

  In the Alexander Technique the gentle guidance of the teacher's hands is powerfully transformative, and the teacher's instructions and explanations help you learn to apply the Technique in your daily life.

More Modalities

Eleanor is also an advanced practitioner of CranioSacral Therapy, developed by John Upledger, DO, and Visceral Manipulation, developed by Jean-Pierre Barral DO (including Neural and VisceroVascular Manipulation), disciplines inspired by Osteopathy which greatly enrich her work in the Alexander Technique. Eleanor began studying CranioSacral Therapy in 1986 and added Visceral Manipulation in the early '90's. She finds that having access to multiple body systems when working with clients increases her effectiveness dramatically.

Eleanor Rosenthal, M.AmSAT,  
Certified Senior Teacher of the Alexander Technique
San Francisco, California