Zoom Testimonials
“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.