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SUMMARY:SOMATIC NEUROREGULATION - FOR TRAUMA\, VETERANS\, AND PTSD
DESCRIPTION:We’ll learn transforming trauma-informed care for lasting healing utilizing The Trager® Approach\, Positional Release\, and Polyvagal Theory.\n\n\nThis class invites massage and somatic practitioners to explore the profound impact of non-verbal touch in restoring trust\, releasing chronic tension\, and awakening the body’s innate resilience.\nGrounded in the principles of Presence\, Co-regulation\, Neuroplasticity\, and empowerment through movement\, Trager® integrated with Positional Release  has demonstrated significant benefits for those dealing with PTSD\, musculoskeletal and chronic pain\, addiction\, anxiety\, and emotional overwhelm.  \nLearn to create safety through rhythmic\, effortless movement\, presence-based touch and holds\, and meeting clients where they are—without force or agenda. When the body feels invited rather than fixed\, true change occurs.\n\n“We’ll also incorporate Trager somatic movement exercises that build on the gains achieved during table work\, empowering your clients to engage with their world differently and transform their human experience.\nIf you’re ready to enhance your practice with greater depth\, compassion\, and clinical effectiveness\, this class is your gateway. Join us to elevate your skills and become part of a community committed to making a meaningful difference.\n \n\nThis NCBTMB accredited workshop also serves as a prerequisite for the Trager® Level 1Training leading towards certification as a Trager® Practitioner.\n \nAbout Michael: Michael Lear works with veterans and others managing effects of trauma and has been published on the subject. A Trager® Instructor\, Michael has been practicing Trager® and other forms of bodywork since 1987. A dedicated mindfulness adherent (Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka) and Ashtanga Yoga Instructor\, Michael’s lifelong commitment is to assist folks to be happy in their bodies and connected to those around them.
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/somatic-neuroregulation-for-trauma-veterans-and-ptsd/
LOCATION:ABE Massage School\, 621 The Parkway\, Richland\, WA\, 99352\, United States
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SUMMARY:TRAUMA INFORMED BODYWORK FOR HEALING AND RESILIENCE
DESCRIPTION:What if your hands could speak safety so clearly… your clients’ nervous systems finally listened? Join us and unlock the power of touch as a language with The Trager® Approach—transforming trauma-informed care for lasting healing. \nStep into a transformative experience with The Trager® Approach—a gentle yet powerful method rooted in the highest standards of trauma-informed care. This class invites massage and somatic practitioners to explore the profound impact of non-verbal touch in restoring trust\, releasing chronic tension\, and awakening the body’s innate resilience. \nGrounded in the principles of Presence\, Co-regulation\, Neuroplasticity\, and client empowerment through movement\, Trager® has demonstrated significant benefits for those dealing with PTSD\, musculoskeletal and chronic pain\, addiction\, anxiety\, and emotional overwhelm. It’s more than just technique—it’s a paradigm shift in how we connect through our hands and teach movement. You’ll learn to create safety through rhythmic\, effortless movement and presence-based touch\, meeting clients where they are—without force\, without agenda. When the body feels invited rather than fixed\, true change occurs. “We’ll also incorporate somatic movement exercises\, Trager “Mentastics” that build on the gains achieved during the table work session\, empowering your clients to engage with their world differently and transform their human experience. \nIf you’re ready to enhance your practice with greater depth\, compassion\, and clinical effectiveness\, this class is your gateway. Join us to elevate your skills and become part of a community committed to making a meaningful difference. \nThis Introductory Workshop serves as a prerequisite for the Trager® Level 1 Training leading towards certification as a Trager® Practitioner. \nInstructor: Michael Lear is an internationally recognized Trager® Approach Instructor\, practitioner\, and Ashtanga Yoga Instructor with a client base spanning five continents and including a few Academy Award\, Grammy and Emmy winners as well as many figures prominent in business and industry. He’s published in the field of trauma for his work with veterans and PTSD and with victims of the Tsunami in South Asia. \nPlease register for the workshop here! 
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/trauma-informed-bodywork-for-healing-and-resilience/
LOCATION:Staybridge Suites\, 328 NW 46th St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98107
CATEGORIES:Intro Trager,Trager
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SUMMARY:INDEPTH TRAGER® WEEKEND for LEVEL 1-2 STUDENTS & PRACTITIONERS
DESCRIPTION:A welcoming space to grow your Trager work\, connect with community\, and move forward on your path.\nThis special gathering is designed for Trager students and practitioners to immerse in the work. Come for one day\, or join for the full weekend experience. \nWhether fulfilling student requirements or simply refining your Practitioner Tablework and Mentastics\, this flexible\, supportive learning environment offers small-group instruction\, documentable trades\, clinical labs with outside bodies\, tutorials\, and plenty of opportunity for connection and growth. Practitioners are welcome at half price. \nLearning Explorations Include:\nRefinement and integration of Trager principles into the curriculum\nTrager Clinic: Live experience working with outside bodies with supervision.\nCredit for one group tutorial.\nTrager labs\, including themed full and body-part specific trades \n\nLevel 1 and 2 students and practitioners will be working together as one cohort while Level 3 students enjoy a parallel Immersion in the large space. This will facilitate focus\, community\, and cross fertilization. \n \n\nDates and Times:\nThursday\, September 18th – Sunday\, September 21st\nTh: 1:30-6:30pm (online / in person)\nFri-Sat: 10am-6:30pm (in person)\nSun: 9am-5:30pm (in person) \n\n  \n\nReceive and document up to:\n9 sessions given (3 in supervised clinical setting with outside bodies.)\n6 sessions received\n6 hours mentastics\n1 Tutorial (Group)\n1 Recommending Tutorial (potential) \n\nPrice:\n1 Day $195 (includes Thursday Mentastics and one other day)\n2 Days $375\n3 or 3.5 Days $545\nw recommending tutorial $720 \nPractitioners: $100 per day (w free Thursday Mentastics)\n*Recommending tutorial may be possible for L1 0r L2 students and must be scheduled in advance. \nPayment Plans Available \n____________________________________________ \n\n\nInstructors:\nMichael Lear has been Studying somatic disciplines since the 1980’s. He’s a Trager Instructor\, Tutor\, and Senior Practitioner living in Easton\, PA. He’s a decades long Ashtanga Yoga Instructor and Vipassana adherent in the tradition of SN Goenka. He’s a professional drummer and skillful group leader. He is currently focused on bringing Trager to those with complex PTSD\, especially our veteran community.  \nJoseph Rodin is a Trager Instructor\, Tutor and Practitioner in Seattle\, WA\, and brings his decades of experience as a bodywork and psychotherapist. He is a former Yoga Instructor and aficionado of Afro-Brazilian Dance and Percussion.  \n  \nLead Assistant: \n\n\n \n\n\nElizabeth Haselwood has been a Trager practitioner over twenty years\, and brings a background as a former professional dancer\, somatic educator\, and psychiatric nurse. She’s worked extensively with groups at the BodyMind Clinic in Boulder\, CO where she makes her home.\n\n\nReady to Register?\n\nPayment plans available upon request \nFall in Seattle is beautiful and we hope you’ll join us for this enriching time of practice and community.
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/indepth-trager-weekend-for-students-and-practitioners/
LOCATION:Hotel Nexus\, Seattle\, WA\, 2140 N Northgate Way\, Seattle\, WA\, 98133
CATEGORIES:Trager
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SUMMARY:PATHWAY TOWARDS TRAGER® CERTIFICATION FOR LEVEL 3 STUDENTS
DESCRIPTION:What we’ll do:\nComplete many post Level 3 Certification Requirements and move toward Practitioner status. This course offers individual and group instruction to fulfill many training program requirements while striving towards practitioner level competency. Applying the lens of Trager Principles to the curriculum\, we’ll refine our capacities for effective movement and table explorations. Learning methods include guided practice\, group and individual mentoring\, discussion\, and clinical lab with outside bodies. \n  \n\nDates and Times:\nThursday\, September 18th – Sunday\, September 21st\nTh: 1:30-6:30pm (online / in person)\nFri-Sat: 10am-6:30pm (in person)\nSun: 9am-5:30pm (in person) \n  \nLearning Explorations Credit includes:\n9 sessions given\n6 sessions received\n6 hours mentastics\n3 required Level Three tutorials\nPractitioner Level refinement and integration and execution of principles within the curriculum \nClinic\, live experience working with outside bodies with supervision.\nSmall group tutorial with 2-4 students.\nTrager labs\, including full trades\, body-part specific trades and focus\npractitioner level use of various Trager Principles in your work. \nLevel 3 students will be working together as a cohort most of the time while Level 1 and 2 students and practitioners will be enjoying a parallel Immersion in the large space. This will facilitate necessary focus while building community. \n\nFee: $795\nTuition includes\n3 tutorials valued at $525\n3 days of instruction valued at $600\nInitial $150 deposit\nPayment plans available \n\n____________________________________________ \nWhat’s left for L3 students to complete:\n-*Write a personal essay on your Trager experience\n-Complete 2nd recommending tutorial with Joseph\, price included\n-Receive 2 professional Trager sessions (since L3)\n-Complete other coursework / instructor requirements \n\nSecond included recommending tutorial:\nThe first recommending tutorial (with Michael Lear) takes place onsite on Saturday or Sunday. The second tutorial (price included ) to be scheduled with Joseph Rodin within 4 weeks of workshop. Any suggestions or requirements from first recommending tutorial are to be completed within that timeframe to be recommended for immediate certification. \nRemaining practice sessions or mentastics:\nInstructors will help facilitate an efficient pathway to competence \n\nInstructors:\nMichael Lear has been Studying somatic disciplines since the 1980’s. He’s a Trager Instructor\, Tutor\, and Senior Practitioner living in Easton\, PA. He’s a decades long Ashtanga Yoga Instructor and Vipassana adherent in the tradition of SN Goenka. He’s a professional drummer and skillful group leader. He is currently focused on bringing Trager to those with complex PTSD\, especially our veteran community.  \nJoseph Rodin is a Trager Instructor\, Tutor and Practitioner in Seattle\, WA\, and brings his decades of experience as a bodywork and psychotherapist. He is a former Yoga Instructor and aficionado of Afro-Brazilian Dance and Percussion.  \n  \n\nLead Assistant: \n\n\n \n\n\nElizabeth Haselwood has been a Trager practitioner over twenty years\, and brings a background as a former professional dancer\, somatic educator\, and psychiatric nurse. She’s worked extensively with groups at the BodyMind Clinic in Boulder\, CO where she makes her home.\n\n\n\n* Please complete and turn in your essay prior to the workshop. Here’s the ask: write a 500 – 700 word essay which is a personal statement that communicates a sense of your learning process and self-development during the Trager Certification Program: the challenges\, successes\, questions\, insights etcetera. On the last page\, put your name\, email address and mobile telephone number. 
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/path-to-trager-certification/
LOCATION:Hotel Nexus\, Seattle\, WA\, 2140 N Northgate Way\, Seattle\, WA\, 98133
CATEGORIES:Trager
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SUMMARY:RESTORING POLYVAGAL HARMONY AND CORE MUSCULAR INTEGRATION UTILIZING THE TRAGER® APPROACH
DESCRIPTION:Leverage the essential principles of Dr. Milton Trager’s seminal approach to touch and movement as a language that by their very nature are trauma-informed\, non-invasive methods for reaching the unconscious mind and dissolving some of the deepest effects of trauma held in the musculature\, those impacting the vagus nerve system. \nUsing the body as a handle to reach the mind for this dialogue and to establish a state of peace and safety\, we’ll utilize a combination of compassionate\, mindful attention\, oscillatory mobilizations\, and informed positional releases to follow the path of the vagus nerve to address and integrate the implicated skeletal muscle groups associated with the fight\, fight or freeze response—those including trapezius\, diaphragm\, and psoas. \nOn the shoulders of your own well developed skills and coupled with a mindful presence\, these concepts will enhance your capacity to restore tone to the Ventral Vagal System through the Neck/Shoulders/Rib cage of your clients to facilitate deep and positive interoception and social connection.  And the down regulation of the Dorsal Vagal Response through the diaphragm\, abdomen and psoas/QL\, will help to restore visceral harmony.   We’ll also build on the Mentastics to empower your clients to further the neuromuscular gains from this protocol to ensure lasting change through simple Trager® Mentastics:  mindful\, somatic movement exercises. \nAbout the Vagus Nerve:  Proper balance of vagus nerve response is essential for optimum health and well-being. The longest nerve in the human body\, the vagus nerve originates in the brain stem and extends into the chest and abdomen. Carrying both motor and sensory information\, it supplies innervation to the heart\, major blood vessels\, airways\, lungs\, esophagus\, stomach\, and intestines. \nIn addition\, the vagus nerve stimulates the secretion of acetylcholine within the central nervous system.  Acetylcholine plays a role in motivation\, arousal\, attention\, learning\, memory including muscle memory\, and REM sleep.  Acetylcholine\, a neurotransmitter as well as a neuromodulator\, also aids in reducing inflammation in all organs.  It modulates the release of other neurotransmitters\, including dopamine\, norepinephrine\, and serotonin\, impacting the mood and the energy level. \nInstructor: Michael Lear works with veterans and others managing effects of trauma and has been published on the subject. A Trager® Instructor\, Michael has been practicing Trager® and other forms of bodywork since 1987. A dedicated mindfulness adherent (Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka) and Ashtanga Yoga Instructor\, Michael’s lifelong commitment is to assist folks to be happy in their bodies and connected to those around them.
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/restoring-polyvagal-harmony-and-core-muscular-integration-utilizing-the-trager-approach-3/
LOCATION:Therapeutic Connections School of Massage\, 505 East 24th Ave\, Spokane\, WA\, 99203
CATEGORIES:Intro Trager Polyvagal,Live Event,Trager
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250307T210000
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SUMMARY:THE SCIENTIFIC FRONTIERS OF TOUCH AND MOVEMENT
DESCRIPTION:Advances in neuroscience continue to highlight a vast world of possibilities for our biological expression. Learn through the dialogue of touch to activate our clients inherent neuro-plastic properties\, epigentic capacities\, heart-brain coherence\, and full\, fluidic expression. Join Michael Lear\, Ashtanga Yoga Teacher\,\, Trager Instructor\, and long time Mindfulness Adherent (Goenke)\, to explore the new\, ermerging paradigm for bodywork.
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/the-scientfic-frontiers-of-touch-and-movement/
LOCATION:Therapeutic Connections School of Massage\, 505 East 24th Ave\, Spokane\, WA\, 99203
CATEGORIES:Live Event
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250208T180000
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SUMMARY:RESTORING POLYVAGAL HARMONY AND CORE MUSCULAR INTEGRATION UTILIZING THE TRAGER® APPROACH
DESCRIPTION:Leverage the essential principles of Dr. Milton Trager’s seminal approach to touch and movement as a language that by their very nature are trauma-informed\, non-invasive methods for reaching the unconscious mind and dissolving some of the deepest effects of trauma held in the musculature\, those impacting the vagus nerve system. \nUsing the body as a handle to reach the mind for this dialogue and to establish a state of peace and safety\, we’ll utilize a combination of compassionate\, mindful attention\, oscillatory mobilizations\, and informed positional releases to follow the path of the vagus nerve to address and integrate the implicated skeletal muscle groups associated with the fight\, fight or freeze response—those including trapezius\, diaphragm\, and psoas. \nOn the shoulders of your own well developed skills and coupled with a mindful presence\, these concepts will enhance your capacity to restore tone to the Ventral Vagal System through the Neck/Shoulders/Rib cage of your clients to facilitate deep and positive interoception and social connection.  And the down regulation of the Dorsal Vagal Response through the diaphragm\, abdomen and psoas/QL\, will help to restore visceral harmony.   We’ll also build on the Mentastics to empower your clients to further the neuromuscular gains from this protocol to ensure lasting change through simple Trager® Mentastics:  mindful\, somatic movement exercises. \nAbout the Vagus Nerve:  Proper balance of vagus nerve response is essential for optimum health and well-being. The longest nerve in the human body\, the vagus nerve originates in the brain stem and extends into the chest and abdomen. Carrying both motor and sensory information\, it supplies innervation to the heart\, major blood vessels\, airways\, lungs\, esophagus\, stomach\, and intestines. \nIn addition\, the vagus nerve stimulates the secretion of acetylcholine within the central nervous system.  Acetylcholine plays a role in motivation\, arousal\, attention\, learning\, memory including muscle memory\, and REM sleep.  Acetylcholine\, a neurotransmitter as well as a neuromodulator\, also aids in reducing inflammation in all organs.  It modulates the release of other neurotransmitters\, including dopamine\, norepinephrine\, and serotonin\, impacting the mood and the energy level. \nInstructor: Michael Lear works with veterans and others managing effects of trauma and has been published on the subject. A Trager® Instructor\, Michael has been practicing Trager® and other forms of bodywork since 1987. A dedicated mindfulness adherent (Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka) and Ashtanga Yoga Instructor\, Michael’s lifelong commitment is to assist folks to be happy in their bodies and connected to those around them. \nCost: $195\nDate and time: Saturday\, February 8th\, 9am-6pm\nLocation: Prime Movement. Bellingham\, WA
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/restoring-polyvagal-harmony-and-core-muscular-integration-utilizing-the-trager-approach-2/
LOCATION:Prime Movement Bellingham\, 1704 N. State St\, Bellingham\, WA\, 98225
CATEGORIES:Intro Trager,Intro Trager Polyvagal,Live Event,Trager
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SUMMARY:Test Dev - 131224 - 0111
DESCRIPTION:Test Description
URL:https://josephrodin.com/class/test-dev-131224-001/
LOCATION:Therapeutic Training Center\, 929 N 130th St\, Ste 12\, Seattle\, WA\, 98133\, United States
CATEGORIES:Level 1 Trager,Level 2 Trager,Live Event,Trager,Virtual Event
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