‘THE GIFT OF OUR UNDERSTANDING’


Welcome to our Autumn 2024 Schedule!

September through December, 2024

Continuing Online Zoom Classes
offered in time zones for the USA & Europe

COURSE SCHEDULE:

Dates:                  

Monday Classes:

September 23, 30

October 7, 14, 28

November 4, 11, 18, 25

December 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

$420 for all of these Monday classes through December

FEES: $30 per class (see below for exceptions)

Times:

MONDAY Online Zoom Group:

Time: 11 am - 12:30 pm USA Eastern Standard time

5 pm - 6:30 pm European time

How do I Register?

Register in advance for the 2024 MONDAY Classes here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rde-vpz4iH91_Jo-EKBESdeB3Fr6ddG6s

Continuing participants: Thank you all for continuing!  Your presence and participation in these classes is a total pleasure for me! 

Welcome to all newcomers!

To contact me

If you have questions email: tommy@easeofbeing.com with the subject ’Zoom Classes Spring-Summer 2024’ or WhatsApp: +1 617-413-1638

Class Fees:

You may pay the entire fee after you register or pay in two installments. If another means of payment is necessary for anyone to join the class, no worries, I will accommodate your needs. The fee for each class is $30. If you cannot afford $30 per class per individual contact me and we will arrange what you can afford.

For those who cannot register for the entire course and wish to drop in as you are able, this will be fine. The drop in fee for an individual class is $35 payable upon attendance.

How to Pay

You may pay for the classes by choosing one of the following two accounts: 

If you choose to pay with Venmo the Spring/Summer Monday classes are $420

My Venmo account is preferred and is paid with:   @tommythompson007

My PayPal account is:   @eaglesprings

If you choose to pay with Paypal the fee is $432.18 each for the the Monday class series (an added 2.9% paypal fee).

Once you register and send payment you will receive the link with your class link.

“I very much look forward to seeing you online”

Tommy


Participants’ voices on what to expect from the course

“It has been a pleasure and a gift to have the opportunity to experience Tommy and his teaching online the last couple of months. Each week I have eagerly anticipated the meetings because they leave me inspired, uplifted and with many ideas to ponder. It has been wonderful to be the recipient as he shares the wisdom and understandings garnered from a lifetime of experiences both personal and professional.  His stories and lessons are full of compassion and insight and even through the medium of Zoom there is a sense of connection and being part of a group process.  The gentle exercises he offers for exploration every week bring possibilities for self-observation, discovery and those lovely “aha!” moments which culminate in a sense of ease. If it can dare be said that there are any silver linings in this Covid cloud that envelops us, for me the opportunity to meet and learn from Tommy has been one of them”.

Victoria Menear MD, Alexander Teacher USA

 

“Tommy’s teaching of the Alexander Technique translates very well to the Zoom format. I am continually amazed at how much better I feel after one of his classes. He creates a feeling of safety and mutual respect with his students that allows for honesty and openness.”

Kevin Hoffmann
Assistant Professor of Performing Arts, Elon University USA

 

“Because of the pandemic and the exponential growth of Zoom classrooms, I have been fortunate to work with Alexander Technique teachers that otherwise I could never have afforded to travel to and work with.  Tommy Thompson, an AT teacher I greatly admire, is one of those teachers. I’ve learned something new about myself each week as he shared his insights and expertise teaching of the Alexander Technique.”

Toni Sheads, Alexander Teacher, USA

 

“After I graduated from Tommy’s training 6 years ago and started my own practice, I realized there was something I dearly missed in my life and in my teaching. Tommy’s take on the Technique on how to keep working on our personal narrative and free ourselves from its constraining chains was one of the parts I missed most. Tommy’s teachings are full of compassion and understanding about what it is to be human. The online classes provide us with tools to help our students (and ourselves) to become fully present to the experience of being alive on this planet, present with our activities and our emotions and thoughts.”

Clara Sandler, Alexander teacher ATI certified
Voice faculty New England Conservatory

Our classes are always so special and transformative. Thank you so much for opening the doors that you do for each of us. Today’s lesson was touching and deep. I was reminded in a different way of how brief life really is and how deep love can be.

Meredith Cooper, Alexander teacher ATI certified

Tommy can draw people into personal spaces they infrequently adventure. But with Tommy, they feel they have a Guide who will accompany them anywhere; a Guide who accepts any kind of story, any kind of reaction or request. The freedom to express is palatable.

Tommy, on his side, developed a unique alternate language for Alexander’s Discovery. Instead of talking about inhibition, Tommy talks about “withholding definition”. More than any other teacher I know, Tommy can effortlessly bridge the gulf that often separates “physical postural advice” and “profound existentialism.” The deeply psychological comes easily in Tommy’s classes, and yet he manages to keep it respectfully within the boundaries of “Alexander work”. Incredible.

Jeremy Chance, Alexander teacher STAT certified
Director of BodyChance school for Alexander Technique Training in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan

As a courtesy to other teachers, please note the following online classes as well:

Anthony Kingsley: www.alexanderteacher.co.uk

David Gorman: www.learningmethods.com

Holly Cinnamon: www.teachingpresence.com

Bruce Fertman: email bf@brucefertman.com

Delia Rosenboom: https://www.deliarosenboom.co.uk/

Jamee Culbertson https://jameec.com/