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Note: The 7-week Natural Eyesight Improvement Course and the Weekend Seminar are the same as far as content. The Weekend Seminar is provided primarily for people who are unable to attend the 7-week Course. The 7-week course has the advantage of more time to integrate the correct vision habits. The Weekend seminar has the advantage of only 1, 2 or 3 trips are needed.

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Free Introductory Lectures

    Malden (5 km south of Nijmegen), The Netherlands

• Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., August 2, 2008
• Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., September 6, 2008
• Tuesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m., September 23, 2008
• Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., September 27, 2008
  
  Free Introductory Lectures are given by Tom Quackenbush in English in Malden, The Netherlands. (Malden is 5 km south of Nijmegen.)
  No reservations are necessary. Guests are welcome to attend.
  Please email (best) or call for address and directions.
  
  

Natural Eyesight Improvement 7-Week Courses

    Malden (5 km south of Nijmegen), The Netherlands

• Thursdays, 6:30-9:15 p.m, September 30-November 11, 2008
  
  
• Saturdays, 11 a.m.-1:45 p.m., October 4-November 15, 2008
  
  NEI courses are taught by Tom Quackenbush in English in Malden, The Netherlands. Malden is 5 km south of Nijmegen. The NEI course consists of 7 classes; one class per week; each class is 2 hours and 45 minutes
  Unlimited, free review/support group classes!
  Food is not provided.
  * Late enrollment is possible at the 2nd class.
  

Natural Eyesight Improvement Weekend Seminars (2 1/2 days)

    Nijmegen (Malden), The Netherlands

• Friday, August 8, 2008, 6:30 p.m-9 p.m
  and Saturday, August 9, 2008, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
  and Sunday, August 10, 2008, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
  
  FULL; no spaces available, (unless there is a cancellation.)
  
  
• Friday, December 5, 2008, 6:30 p.m-9 p.m
  and Saturday, December 6, 2008, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
  and Sunday, December 7, 2008, 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.
  
  Spaces available. Space is limited to approximately 10 students. Reserve your space now!
  
  Notes:
  NEI weekend seminars are taught by Tom Quackenbush in English in Malden, The Netherlands. (Malden is 5 km south of Nijmegen.) This is a 2 1/2 day seminar.
  Unlimited, free review/support group classes!
  Bunkbed housing is available at the office. Food is not provided.
  Cannot make the first class on Friday evening? No problem! Contact NVC for more information.
  
   

Natural Eyesight Improvement Course and Seminar Graduates Feedback

Thanks for a great seminar, and most of all educating me on the work of William Bates. I hope to use this valuable information to help many of my patients. Tom, you are an excellent educator.
    From one of your biggest fans! Edward.
    --- Dr. Edward C. Kondrot, M.D., Ophthalmologist, Author of Healing the Eye the Natural Way.

This seminar was more than just educational. It was an experience in vision and seeing that I expect to make a part of my daily living the rest of my life.
    Tom's knowledge and presentation of correct, natural vision skills are phenomenal. Everything was so simple (yet, for me---a myope---not easy). Tom's sense of humor made the event both fun and relaxing.
    For anyone frustrated at wearing glasses, I cannot imagine a better, more natural way to return to visual wellness.
    Special thanks to Dr. Edward Kondrot of Alternative Medicine for the Eye in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, for inviting Tom to come to Western Pennsylvania and for sponsoring this event at his wonderful facility.
    --- Jeff, Pennsylvania

Thank you once again for an unbelievable seminar in Pittsburgh! Kelvin and I are incredibly motivated by your personal example to live a healthy and clear (as in not blurry) life.
    --- Jenny, Illinois

I attended your seminar in Pittsburgh, PA in March, and I would like to let you know how much I enjoyed it. It was wonderful. It was exactly the right amount of technicality combined with practical approaches to practicing natural vision habits.
    --- Elizabeth, Illinois

Thanks for such a special class. I am thrilled that I came to the Free Introductory Lecture and the weekend NEI Seminar. It was well worth the long drive up from Arlington, VA to Pittsburgh, the time that I took off from work to do the travel, and the money that I spent for the seminar and my hotel accommodations. I really feel a lot of hope that I will be able to throw away my glasses SOON.
      The vision activities were great. I like the story we did Thursday evening involving a buzzing bee and writing our names in the sky. I do that whenever I want something simple.
      On Saturday I liked the elephant swing, the ball tossing, closed-eyelid sunning, palming and more stories, and the practice on the scenic photograph; to see in 3-D [not just stereoscopic vision] was fantastic. The activity of looking at another person in such detail was very helpful. After that session I found myself, from afar, looking at each person differently. I liked Tom's thought, which I'm using now, to use the infinity pattern when looking at someone's eyes. Remember the vision halo? Using that was and is extremely helpful in letting me know whether I am moving my head. I wish I had the nerve to wear it at work. It was great feedback for me to use it most of Sunday, especially when we practiced reading. I totally have a resistance to moving my head and this calls attention to it.
      On Sunday the night-time story through the black forest was nice because each of us got to add to the story. Participation, rather than just sitting [and listening], was helpful in keeping my mind from wandering.
      I enjoyed Tom's sense of humor throughout the weekend, and I appreciated hearing your class guidelines at the beginning of the seminar. Thank you for all the practice you had us do, and drilling those 3 things I need to do into my head. I loved learning with such an open-minded group. I felt connect to the group in more than one way. Thanks to everyone for a super weekend.
    --- Robbie, Virginia

I'm sure you hear so much admiration for your classes and unique teaching abilities. Let me add to the list. Thank you for being so strongly self-centered, in the best sense of that word. It's inspiring to be in the presence of someone who has the courage to be. [Centralization is a key to natural, clear vision.]
      Here's my testimonial to Dr. Kondrot:
      The day after completing Tom Quackenbush's weekend seminar I found that my reading glasses were too strong. More importantly, I could see faces in much greater detail and found the greatest pleasure in looking with interest into every person's eyes I encountered. This work is quite profound in that I also found myself feeling unselfconscious fondness for each person I met. I even found that deep-seated feelings of shame had lessened. I don't know what vision education has to do with core emotional responses to life. I just know I'm grateful for the shifts.
    --- Ruth, New Jersey

Hi Tom,
Long time no “seen.” Because of work, unfortunately, I was unable to attend the support class many times. But I'll be back Tom ;-) So, I'd like to attend the July 1 review class. The good news is: after a period of lower vision, I experienced enormous progression again over the last couple of months. My vision is better than ever before. Much more and much longer periods of clearity, colours and details.
    --- Freddie, Amsterdam

My experience with Tom's class has truly been inspirational. I had read Tom's book [Relearning to See] twice and felt I had a pretty good grasp of the material. But having the experiences in the weekend seminar, I now feel I understand everything at least twice as well. I have only needed my 20/80 glasses (when I needed glasses) in the last two days, and have experience many flashes of better vision. I am noticing oppositional movement and 3-D vision all the time. I noticed things I never saw before on my four-mile drive to work that I have been making for six years! I now really feel I will be able to get rid of my glasses I have wearing for 30 years.
    --- Daniel, Pennsylvania

Thank you so much for coming to Phoenix and teaching a life-changing class on Natural Eyesight Improvement. Both my husband, Luke, and I reaped, and will continue to reap, many benefits from what we have learned. Luke has begun wearing his reduced eyeglasses to work for the first time which has sparked interest with his colleagues in Natural Eyesight Improvement. I am grateful for your dedication to spreading the good new about Natural Eyesight Improvement to the world using your scientific background.
    --- Susan, Arizona

I really loved your class. It was the most relaxing weekend, and I really enjoyed what I was learning. Your teaching methods were very effective and the interactive participation helped me to learn and to remember.
    --- Tayna, Tennessee

Fall 2008 Certified Teacher Training Program (TTP)

• September 30-October 30, 2008

              Spaces currently available.
              100 Euro discount if paid in full by August 15, 2008.
              Bunkbed rooming currently available.

TTPs are taught by Tom Quackenbush in English, only in Malden, 5 kilometers south of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

Receive your training and certification from one of the world's most knowledgeable and experienced Natural Eyesight Improvement teachers. Author of Amazon.com's #1 "Eye Problems" and “Optometry” categories natural eyesight improvement book!

For TTP tuition, rooming and other information, send an email with your location to the email address at the top of this page. Please send communications in English. TTPs are dependent upon sufficient enrollments.

Teacher Training Program Graduates Feedback

Comparing Tom Quackenbush's Teacher Training Program with that of [another Bates Method teacher], I found Tom Quackenbush's course far more useful. For anyone wanting to teach Natural Eyesight Improvement, Tom offers a format that can readily be repeated. In six months of teaching the Bates method, I have taught what is basically Tom's course to 44 people and their feedback has been very positive. Moreover, Tom goes the extra mile in being helpful, offering more than I expected.
    --- Nigel

After 25 years I finally met the person who could tie this all together for me. Thank you for all you have done and your generous spirit in sharing your work with the world! Thanks, Tom, for all your skill and care in preparing others to teach natural vision classes!
    --- Greg

I enjoyed your presentation at the XX International Holistic Vision conference in Italy. For me, it was a mini-concentrated version of the TTP---a very comfortable feeling. However, one thing really surprised me at that conference and it is the fact that just about everyone, except you of course, used the word "exercises"---How amazing! I was very surprised to see how far away most people are from the actual teachings of Dr. Bates. He did speak about habits and that point has escaped most people. As for me, it sort of made your teaching even more powerful.
     I have one class left to teach in my first NEI course. I am happy to report that my students are quite happy as well, very interested and obviously also pleased with the way I present the various activities and explanations. So again I am grateful to you.
    --- Annie

I would like to thank you for the valuable training you have provided for us. It was really outstanding. Also , thank you for referring Jessica to me. I have started teaching her privately in my home. I am very happy to start practicing my real career.
    --- Cimen

Just wanted to let you know how great your TTP was. My vision improved, I'm happy, and I can teach.
    --- Nick

WOW! What gives your TTP its "Je ne sais quoi" is your compassion for people and passion for this great work. The TTP was so much more than I expected!
    --- Vivian

I have benefitted tremendously from your knowledge, wisdom and compassion. Carrying the torch of your enthusiasm for healthy sight will add joy to my path. It has been truly a transformational experience.
    --- Claire

Outstanding! What an incredible experience. It is impossible to express my gratitude in words.
    --- Estelle

If it weren't for your great book, Relearning to See, I'd have never had this wonderful opportunity to train with you. Thank you for sharing your pearls of wisdom. My life will be much more clear from now on, and hopefully the lives of my students as well! Thanks for all your hard work with the Bates Method for 20 years. It truly is life changing!
     Upon returning home and getting an eye exam, the reduced 20/40 glasses I had gotten before coming to Oregon are now 20/20!! I may never need to go for another prescription, because when my new reduced glasses get to 20/20 I will be able to pass a driver's vision test without glasses! I was so excited leaving the doctor's office!
     As I drove home I listened to the song "Miss Independence" and thought how wonderful it will be to have my independence back and no longer have to rely on glasses. I have to say "Thank you" to Tom!
     I have my first free lecture set up for mid-September and am locking down my location & dates from my first classes. I can't wait to share this great news with others.
    --- Sheri

After reading all of the natural eyesight improvement books, I can say that the only way to normal vision is the real, original Bates method! Your TTP was my most important life experience! Thank you very much for your wonderful work!
    --- Evgeni

I feel very fortunate to have taken your TTP. Your extensive and thorough coverage was so unexpected. Our bias toward seeing was corrected under your complete TTP. Our left/right brain dominance was balanced and I now feel very confident.
    --- May

I want to update you on what I've been doing with my new career. I started one class this summer (four completed, three to go). Attending are five friends with a variety of vision problems and Dimitri, who you referred to me. I am very thankful to have Dimitri in my class because he is by far the most enthusiastic and motivated vision student. His presence has helped not only my enthusiasm but the other students as well. I am having fun with it.
     I have taken some time in sending you a summary of my vision experiences during and after your class. I needed time to reflect and absorb all that I learned. And to see if the increased clarity I experienced during your classes is long lasting---it is. But I now offer this flowing statement with all my heart:
     Tom, I want to thank you for giving me one of the best gifts of my life. Not only did I relearn to see, but I relearned how to live. In your classes I learned that vision becomes clear only when it is effortless. I resisted this at first, but your calm guidance and assurance helped me to trust rather than exercise my visual system. As with life, everything you need comes to you without trying. Not only has my eyesight improved---and continues to improve six months later---but my concentration, memory, and intellectual capacity has increased as well. Even my tennis game is better! Your class has changed my life. My goal now is to help others to see in an effortless, relaxed manner, and to bring clarity to their outer and inner worlds. Thank you.
    --- Teresa

I like to tell you that I am so pleased with the stay at your place, and that I feel your teaching has been really useful for my daily life. I am sure I have improved my vision---and I am much more aware of the details of the colours---and the 3 D. And the best thing is that I feel more relaxed in my neck, even when I am working at the computer. I meet many people asking me for a course, and I have already started with introductory lectures. 
     I had my first introductory lecture one week ago. I think it went alright---I was of course a bit nervous, but it passed when I started. I think you trained us well, I felt that I knew what I was talking about....And my guests seemed interested in learning more. I will start a 7 week course in October.
     --- Torill, Feldenkrais teacher

Thank you very much for one of the best learning experiences I've ever had.
    --- Fernando

Your teacher training class was the best class I have ever taken. I feel more than prepared to teach others to see. We have more than enough to work with. I am different now when introducing folks to natural vision. I can answer questions calmly and confidently. I talk to people relaxingly, reassuringly, and with curiosity about them. Coming home has been a tremendous joy. Since I left I had been anticipating seeing my visual progress after 6 weeks of being away. The immense joy is flooding back like it did when I first took off my glasses. I take my walks in familiar places and know that I am seeing much better. I saw the spores on the fern fronds one relaxed morning. I look at the mitts I wear to stretch and am surprised I have no glasses on when they seem so clear. Everything is vibrant. But best of all, from the bluff all the way down to the river mouth hundreds of feet away, I can see if the seals and seagulls are hanging out! I am so happy and so sure that I will regain my sight completely. AMAZING! I will be forever AMAZED.
     Thank you for keeping the joy of natural vision alive and teaching us all to do the same. We are well equipped as good teachers who truly understand Dr. Bates' work and how to teach it to others.
     Relaxing peace and lots of love,
    --- Natalie

I want to thank you for the Teacher Training Program which was excellent and a very enjoyable experience. I have been teaching a few people who live too far away to attend courses. I believe that you have heard from one of them---my Dad! He's pretty interesting really as I don't think that he has ever quite believed me about this and has always quite liked wearing glasses. Not a promising student, but I did an hour with him and my Mum. I didn't measure his vision before we started, but after the hour he was amazed to find he could see car number plates at the legal distance for driving, and read very small print in a good light---not bad for 76. He has decided to experiment and go without glasses and is getting on really well. I keep getting phone calls telling me that he can see things that he didn't expect and it is all very encouraging. I have also taught a few friends, all of whom saw an improvement in an hour's lesson.
     [3 months after graduation:]
     I've been to the optician today and wanted to let you know that she confirmed that my eyesight has improved since I did the Teacher Training Program. At my last test my unaided acuity was 6/13 (right) and 6/9 (left). Today it was measured at 6/9- (right) and 6/6- (left)---just a smidgen away from 20/20. And the optician confirmed that I definitely don't need glasses for driving---fantastic! Thanks once again for the course. It's really exciting to have been able to improve my vision further. I now know that better than 20/20 with both eyes is possible; in fact, I'm certain I sometimes see this well already...
     The best thing for me about Tom's program is coming away with a detailed course that you can run straight away. 
    --- Erica

My classes are going well! People are already seeing improvement. My mother now has 20/20 vision and can read her small print Bible in low light! I am greatly appreciative of the wealth of knowledge and great training, resources and referrals you have given me...
     You are my hero! You tell me how to get my sight back, you give me wonderful training in eyesight teaching and then you give me support afterwards. You have profoundly affected my life in a positive manner. Thank you so much for sending me the contact list and for everything else you do and have done! Have a wonderful day!
     P.S. My student that recovered sight in his formerly blind eye is saying that colors are becoming even more vibrant and overall sight is continuing to perfect itself. He sees about 20/20 in both eyes now.
    --- Crystal

I am in awe of the thoroughness of what you teach; and teaching Natural Eyesight Improvement classes has been of great benefit to my own eyesight.
    --- Bobby

I just wanted to say that coming to the TTP was one of the best all-round experiences I've ever had. A break that was appreciated by my body and mind, and knowledge that was acquired that'll help my education no end...Thank you.
    --- Zahoor

This Teacher Training Program has been insightful and thorough. Thank you for all your caring and sharing. It's made all the difference. I feel so very grateful for being involved with this work and for your training. Teaching is challenging but wonderful for me.
    --- Dorea

I thank you again for you dedication in studying the original works of Bates and his predecessors, and for fine-tuning the information.
    --- Joy

Great program! Keep up the good relaxation!
    --- Art

Almost one year ago I completed your Teacher Training Program. I am amazed at subtle explorations that have had profound impact in my body and mind during the past year. JOY is the experience; yet the word seems much too small to describe it. I rarely experience migraine or tension headaches anymore. For two decades they plagued my life on a weekly basis.
     Thank you for all of your research, your consolidation of Bates' life work, and your dedication to teaching. It is amazing to now have the gift of choice. I never really knew what "choice" meant until exploring this body of knowledge for myself. I sometimes fluctuate (visually and physically) as I discover myself, however, knowing what comprises a natural, healthy choice is beyond compare. I look forward to continual vision improvement and most of all, I look forward to LIFE!
    --- Patricia

I have improved my vision from 20/1000 (which I've had before entering school) to 20/300 as measured by my eye doctor through the training of Tom Quackenbush and my own integration of the natural vision habits. This improvement took me a little under a year. I...often have period of amazingly clear sight without glasses.
     I recently had the experience of sitting in a classroom where I was taking a course that I very much enjoyed, and being able to clearly see and read my textbook without glasses at a distance of 12". My optimum distance for reading was tested at 2-3" from my face. So, I was doing what is considered to be impossible for me. I noticed that while I was doing this, my body was relaxed, my mind was focused and my interest was absorbed to the point of not thinking about seeing or using my eyes. I was able to sustain this throughout the entire class.
   --- Dmitra

Tom, it has been a great experience. First of all in knowing you, and receiving all your information and the love of natural vision. It is certainly always present in my---I was going to say viewpoint---in my EYES, as I look out into the world---that has changed completely...What a wonderful living gift you have given to me and continue to give to hundreds of others.
     I feel privileged to have been in your Teacher Training Program to experience first hand your wealth of knowledge and experiences...Your generosity in sharing everything you do and have done is truly appreciated.
   --- Louise

Eight of my employees decided to take my [first] eye improvement classes and yesterday was the first lesson...Thank you for the excellent Teacher Training Program you have given us. To know how to improve my eye sight and other's is a precious skill.
   --- Toshi

I do appreciate having my vision 'foundations' in the Bates basics the way Tom teaches it, because some of the other teachers go way into alternative medicine, and it is too easy to drift off into outer space following them.
   --- Esther

I am very satisfied with my progress. My left eye can now read the normal letters of a magazine paper at a distance from 1 meter. Before your Teacher Training Program it was 70 cm. Also very positive is that the awareness of my both eyes at the same time is growing. [Pieter had amblyopia.]
   --- Pieter

My free introductory lecture was great and I taught my first class last Wednesday to six students! WOW! More to come....
   --- Natalie

Your impressive vision work is a gift to us all. I know the hard work, dedication and sacrifice it has taken to bring this work forward.
   --- Nancy, ND

Your Teacher Training Program has been one of the best experiences of my life. I am excited about sharing your knowledge with others.
   --- Bryn

Thank you for giving so much to us, all of the time we've been with you. You are an incredible teacher and a wonderful example to us. I look forward to sharing this amazing knowledge and bringing more "clarity" to the world.
   --- Karen

I just returned from a week in the redwoods at a women's equinox retreat. I did some lecturing on natural vision and the response was enthusiastic. I haven't needed my glasses since I left Oregon. I am so grateful for all the wonderful teachings that you shared with me. [Donna recently passed her driver's vision test without corrective lenses.]
     [Follow-up:] I drove out to Tucson last week and it was a relaxing drive without having to wear glasses. Also, I love being able to read the comics in the paper [without glasses], (something I couldn't do last summer.)
     I feel very confident; there has been a lot of interest and I will be giving more lectures soon.
   --- Donna

Yes, Tom, you were right! One can be successful at teaching Natural Eyesight Improvement classes right away. I wanted to tell you how excited I am---I will be teaching my first class tomorrow; there are 6 students enrolled, plus I have 10(!) students enrolled for the Tuesday night class. You were right about getting them to the free lectures---I gave 5 free lectures to a total of about 40 people. The Tuesday evening class filled up very quickly; I had to turn down 4 people, plus there are others interested in my January class. It seems like people here in Manila are ready for this.
     That was a great referral you gave me (Anabel). Thank you. She's taking my class along with 4 friends. She also brought her husband, brother and mother to a free lecture. She and her group were taught eye exercises in a workshop by a fellow named Leo...They have seen some improvement; but Anabel sees that it has only taken her so far. Her friends are keen on continuing improvement with my course. Anabel is a Chigong teacher and is recommending my Natural Vision class to her students.
     I really appreciate your thoroughness in teaching us.
   --- Jelly

I am returning home with giant personal vision improvement and an ability to share it with others, not to mention with the way to generate an income. The color balancing program promises additional health and vision improvements, and can couple beautifully with teaching Natural Eyesight Improvement. All of the gifts I have been given have been electrified by your precise example which has been extremely powerful.
     Other than the old Canadian I mentioned to you, no one---including my parents---have ever offered or taught me so much that can be truly useful and beneficial in life---and all of this done cleanly without breeding dependence. If you ever wonder whether you have made a difference in your students' lives, you can always know you made me able to live my "best so far." You are the finest teacher I have ever had and I feel lucky to have crossed paths with you.
   --- Nancy

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