John A. Baron

John works with clients to identify sources of unnecessary physical and vocal tension, enabling them to release their full and connected presence into any room. He has worked in private practice in his native England, in Italy and in the US, with diverse organizations including Fireman’s Fund Insurance, Google Inc., San Francisco Opera, Cal State East Bay, Voicetrax, as well as for the Esalen and Sundance Institutes.

John studied with some of Europe’s finest voice teachers, including Kate Fleming, the voice director of the National Theatre. His major teacher was Florence Norburg, who taught Laurence Olivier, Vanessa Redgrave, and Rex Harrison. The Arts Council of Great Britain awarded him a scholarship to study with Ms. Norburg.

He has enjoyed 25 years of work with the San Francisco Ballet. John is also a senior teacher/teacher trainer of The Alexander Technique, used extensively by actors, speakers and performers throughout the arts world as a means of mind-body integration and for dealing with performance tension. He lives and works in Sausalito, California.