SOMATIC FOUNDATIONS OF PRESENCE, TOUCH, AND MOVEMENT
2026-11-12 09:30 - 2026-11-15 17:00 UTC | 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. 24 NCBTMB he’s awarded for’s for 4 days and 12 WA State ce’s awarded for two 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 09:00 - 18:00
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).
