SOMATIC BODYWORK: TOUCH THAT MOVES
2026-10-03 10:00 - 18:30 UTC | Advanced Bodywork School of Massage, 1200 N 14th, Ste 200, Pasco, WA, 99301
What is Somatic Bodywork?
Deepening the message of massage, Somatic Therapy grounds changes in the nervous system and empowers clients to maintain and expand these changes. Especially potent for treating chronic pain, effects of trauma and anxiety, and regaining full, organic movement. Great for increasing career longevity and working without pain. Somatic Therapy Principles including somatic referencing, interoceptive awareness, moving in mindfulness, and motion based bodywork included. Based on Trager Somatic Therapy Approach.
What is Trager?
Trager is a unique, neuromuscular approach to bodywork and movement re-patterning. The tablework consists of deep, fluid rocking movements (oscillations) of muscles and joints combined with compression and gentle traction. This feeds into the nervous system resulting in dramatic muscular relaxation, along with feelings of lightness, freedom and flexibility. The client is also shown simple exercises called mentastics which helps integrate the profound changes in the body.
About This Class:
Although Trager is it’s own bodywork modality, it can be used to greatly enhance other styles of massage. In this class you’ll:

Learn and practice Trager bodywork techniques and principles.
Learn how the potency of the Trager three-dimensional oscillations, combined with tissue compression, promotes profound tissue release, dissolves muscle memory, and improves the efficiency of the nervous system.

You’ll leave with immediately effective tools for your style of work and an appreciation for the profound contributions of the Trager approach!
This Introductory Workshop serves as a prerequisite for the Trager® Level 1 Training leading towards certification as a Trager® Practitioner.
Instructors:
Joseph Rodin is a licensed massage therapist, psychotherapist, and certified Trager® practitioner. His somatic background includes intensive study of Trager®, along with extensive coursework in osteopathic inspired manual therapy methods. Joseph took his first Trager® course in 1995 and returned to later to become certified in 2010. Since then, he has taught numerous Trager® introductory classes, mentored with and assisted senior Trager® instructors, been a Trager® Tutor and is the past President of the US Trager® Association and past member of the Board of Directors for Trager International. He’s presented on Trager and TMJ at Trager Conferences live, virtually, and for the Tragerology organization.

Tony Held is a Trager Practitioner, Wilderness Skills Instructor, and master clinical massage therapist. Tony brings both lucid insight and warm compassion to his teaching.

Holly Indigo, Trager Practitioner, has studied a plethora of healing modalities and brings this amalgam along with her gentle, present support and the wisdom of her own healing journey to her classes.

SOMATIC BODYWORK: TOUCH THAT MOVES
2026-10-05 10:00 - 18:30 | Many Waters Wellness Center, 800 Sprague St, Walla Walla, WA, 99362

SOMATIC BODYWORK: TOUCH THAT MOVES
2026-10-10 10:00 - 18:30 | Veritas Massage Studio, Veritas Massage Studio 1221 Fraser St, Suite E101, Bellingham, WA, 98229, United States

SOMATIC BODYWORK: TOUCH THAT MOVES
2026-11-08 11:00 - 17:30 | Kitsap Hot Yoga, 20714 State Hwy 305, Poulsbo, WA, 98370

SOMATIC FOUNDATIONS OF PRESENCE, TOUCH, AND MOVEMENT
2026-11-12 09:30 - 2026-11-15 17:00 | Hampton Inn and Suites Northgate, 9550 1st Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115
This workshop – 2 and 4 day options – delves into the somatic foundations of presence, touch, and movement, inviting participants to experience Trager Somatic Therapy’s guiding principles of softness, weight, waves, connection, play, pause, and authenticity. *Two day attendees attend Thursday and Friday.
Each workshop day is 9:30-4:45pm, (9:30am-12:30pm & 1:45pm-4:45pm) with an hour and fifteen minutes for lunch. 12 ncbtmb ce’s awarded for 2 days, 24 ce’s for 4 days. Each day includes 4 hours of mindful movement explorations and 2 hours of hands on application at the table.
Come explore how our felt sense of movement changes the potency of our touch. This workshop is for anyone interested in deepening their relationship with touch and movement, in personal or professional settings. It’s open to anyone and fulfills the Mentastics class requirement for Trager certification.
Open to bodyworkers, movement practitioners, and anyone curious about embodied connection, this workshop offers a nourishing space to refine your touch, heighten sensory awareness, and attune to the natural intelligence of your living body.
Investment:
2 days: $375 / 4 days: $695
Discount for previous mentastics course:
$40 discount for 2 days of attendance. $100 discount for 4 days of attendance.
$80 discount for 2 days of attendance. $200 discount for 4 days of attendance if you’ve taken mentastics after January 2023.

Power of the Pelvis Workshop, Monday, Nov 17th, 10am-5pm. Roger will be teaching this one day course, open to all, for $195.
Discount for Power of the Pelvis Workshop.
Participants doing 4 days of Mentastics receive 50% off.
Conference Style Weekend Offerings: Tutorials, Trades, and Professional Trager Sessions available mornings, late afternoons, and evenings.
Location: Hampton Inn and Suites in Northgate – Seattle, WA. Walk to/from Light Rail (which services airport). Discounted rooms available for $139, mention Trager Workshop or use this link for discount when making reservations online.
Instructor: Roger Tolle
As a Trager Practitioner since 1985, Roger has worked with over 30,000 clients. His background includes a B.A. in Theater/Movement, and 15 years as a professional modern dancer. He’s studied extensively with Dr. Milton Trager and other somatic pioneers and methods in the field of somatic movement education including Continuum, Aston Patterning, Body Mind Centering, and Gyrotonics. He was awarded the title of “Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist” by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).

POWER OF THE PELVIS
2026-11-16 10:00 - 17:00 | Hampton Inn and Suites Northgate, 9550 1st Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98115
Using Trager principles of Somatic Therapy, we focus on how the pelvis, and its associated energies of grounding, sensuality and balance, provides the roots for graceful movement and flowering of consciousness. Emphasis is placed on staying present, and developing fluidity through gentle rhythmic motion. Participants are guided in opening, strengthening and balancing the pelvis through a combination of personal movement explorations, and partner games both on and off the tables.

Class Objectives

To learn how to release tension, reduce stress, and build support in the lower body.

To palpate and assist freer movement and fuller awareness in a partners’ feet, legs and hips.

To sense weight, groundedness, fluidity, balance, and freedom of movement in themselves, and in a supine partner.

To discover personal movement/awareness truths through open exploration.

To find connection, ease stress and access feelings of freedom and peace through simple movement explorations done with awareness.

To gain a basic understanding of some of the principles of Trager Movement Education and Mind/Body Integration.

To explore how these movement principles bring new depth and lightness to a bodywork practice.

Class has 4 hours of Hands-On work and 4 hours of movement exploration.

Instructor: Roger Tolle
As a Trager Practitioner since 1985, Roger has worked with over 30,000 clients. His background includes a B.A. in Theater/Movement, and 15 years as a professional modern dancer. He’s studied extensively with Dr. Milton Trager and other somatic pioneers and methods in the field of somatic movement education including Continuum, Aston Patterning, Body Mind Centering, and Gyrotonics. He was awarded the title of “Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist” by the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).
