Robert Britton graduated as an Alexander Technique teacher in 1978. 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 chairman of the American Society for the Alexander Technique from 1997 to 1999.
He has helped train Alexander Technique Teachers since 1989, and currently trains Alexander teachers at the Alexander Educational Center in Berkeley. He regularly helps train Alexander teachers in Berlin at the Ausbildungszentrum für F.M. Alexander-Technik Berlin, as well contributing to the well being of the international Alexander Technique Affiliated Societies, and the Annual Members Meeting of the Affiliated Societies.
Bob regularly gives workshops around the World to Alexander Technique teachers. He was a faculty member of the Bay Area Summer Opera Training Institute (BASOTI) for fifteen years, and was one of the directors of the 2011 9th International Congress of the Alexander Technique in Lugano Switzerland.
He has an extensive background in Buddhist meditation, including ten years of intensive Zen practice. He currently is the Chairman of the Complete Musician Department at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.