ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE TEACHER TRAINING
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE
Teacher Training Courses
There are several thousand Alexander teachers worldwide. Most of them have completed a three-year full time training course and are certified teaching members of one or more Alexander Technique professional societies. Typically, these societies require successful completion of a 3 year full-time study program at an accredited teacher training course - 1500-1600 hours of instruction.
A number of teachers have trained more informally on an apprenticeship basis. Some professional societies have a waiver process allowing these teachers to become certified based on a peer-review process or, in certain cases, requiring attendance at an approved training course and approval by the Director. Some of these informally-trained teachers have elected not to be certified by a professional society. There is no legal requirement for such certification.
The links below will take you to the websites of teacher training courses. Below these links, you will find links to Alexander Technique professional societies that certify training courses. There you can find information about their certification requirements and information about training courses that do not yet have their own websites.
Courses in the United States
- American Center for the Alexander Technique - New York City
- Alexander Technique New York - New York City
- Balance Arts Teacher Training Course - New York City
- Habit and Choice Teacher Training - New York City
Alexander Training Institute of Los Angeles - Los Angeles, California
- Alexander Technique Education Center - Berkeley, California
Art of Learning Center - Berkeley, California
- North Carolina Alexander Technique Program - Greensboro, North Carolina
- Alexander Technique Urbana - Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
- Alexander Technique Center Seattle - Seattle, Washington
- The Alexander Technique Center of New England - Amherst, Massachusetts
- Alexander Technique Center at Cambridge - Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Saint Louis Center for the Alexander Technique - St Louis, Missouri
- Alexander Technique Training Center - Boston, Massachusetts
- The Performance School - Teacher training in Seattle and San Diego
- The Philadelphia School for the Alexander Technique - Philadelplhia, PA
- The Alexander Alliance - Philadelphia, PA and other locations
Courses in Canada
Vancouver School for the Alexander Technique - Vancouver
- Montreal School for the Alexander Technique - Montreal
Courses in Great Britain
Essex Alexander School - Illford, Essex, (near London)
- The Alexander Technique College - Brighton
- The Brighton School of Alexander Technique - Brighton
Oxford Alexander Training School - Oxford
Centre for the Alexander Technique - South West London
- London Centre for Alexander Technique and Training - London
The Alexander Technique School of Cornwall - Cornwall
Manchester Alexander Technique Training School - Manchester
Interactive Teaching Method Association - Bristol
New Directions Alexander Technique Training Course - East Devon
Alexander Re-education Centre - Berkshire
Training Courses in Other Countries
Alexander Technique Centre - Brussels, Belgium
Alexander Techniek Academie - St. Job in 't Goor, Belgium
- Alexander Technique Centre Amsterdam - Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ecole Technique F. M. Alexander de Paris - Paris, France
School for F. M. Alexander Studies - Melbourne, Australia
Alexander Technique Institute - Sydney, Australia
Sydney Alexander School - Sydney, Australia
Institut Alexanderbewegung - Linz, Austria
Interactive Teaching Method Association - Darmstadt, Germany
Schule fur F.M.Alexander-Technik - Freiburg, Germany
Center for Alexanderteknik - Copenhagen, Denmark
ATA Training Course - Tokyo, Japan
F.M. Alexander Teacher Training School - Kyoto, Japan
Alexander Technique Centre - Galway, Ireland
L´Estudi Centro de Técnica F.M.Alexander de Barcelona - Barcelona, Spain
- Escuela de la Tecnica Alexander Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Professional Society Information:
American Society for the Alexander Technique(AmSAT) - This link will take you to AmSAT's homepage. AmSAT certifies training courses in the United States. You can get information on AmSAT-approved training courses by calling (800) 473-0620
Alexander Technique International (ATI) - This link will take you to main ATI page. ATI uses a peer-review process to certify teachers. You can contact ATI in the United States at (888) 321-0856
The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) teacher training information STAT is the oldest Alexander professional society. It is based in the United Kingdom and certifies courses in the UK and some other countries. It is affiliated with a number of professional societies in other countries (AmSAT, CANSTAT and AUSTAT, for example). This site provides basic information information about STAT-certified courses in the UK as well as contact information about affiliated societies in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Israel, the Netherlands, Norway, South Africa, Spain and Switzerland. Some of those affiliated societies have approved local training courses. You can also contact STAT in London at 020 7284 3338
Canadian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (CANSTAT) - Certifies teacher training courses in Canada. Contact CANSTAT via the email address on the site.
Australian Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (AUSTAT) - Certifies teacher training courses in Australia