Washing Out the Fascial Sweater

April 15, 2023

Location: Blueberry Gardens Healing Center, Ashton, MD

Instructor: Roger Tolle

Language: English

Contact: Jennifer Brennan, info@pmti.org  (202) 686-7046

Class Description: What happens when bodywork sessions speak eloquently and listen deeply to the multi-dimensional, multi-planar fascial sweater that weaves around and through the torso?

Through discussion, demonstration and practice, we share the role of skillful touch and mindful movement on body shape, posture, sensory connection and graceful movement.

Perspectives and stories are drawn from study with the pioneers in the bodywork and movement education fields and my own decades-long personal explorations and clinical applications.

Please wear loose, easy-to-move-in clothes and bring your smartphone. You will have the option of being videoed on your own camera at the beginning and end of the day.

Introduction to the Trager Approach (ITT)

March 12, 2023, 10am-5pm

PMTI, 8701 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Roger Tolle, Instructor

For students enrolled in the PMTI massage training program

Contact: Brenda Rayner,  info@pmti.org  (202) 686-7046

The Trager® Approach to Somatic Movement and Manual Therapy is pleasurable, gentle, nurturing and non-invasive. Integrating principles of this work helps you address your clients’ specific concerns, whether to bring more joy into life, to enhance athletic performance, explore and release emotional constriction, or to address the functional limitations of pain, medical conditions, aging, disease, or injuries.

Movement Perspectives in Bodywork (MPB)

March 11, 2023, 10am-5pm

PMTI, 8701 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Roger Tolle, Instructor

For students enrolled in the PMTI massage training program

Contact: Brenda Rayner,  info@pmti.org  (202) 686-7046

Movement: the essence of being alive. Your individual unique way of moving reflects not only your level of wellness, but your entire personality, the way you feel yourself taking your place in the world. It is your birthright to move naturally with ease and comfort. Whoever you are, in whatever condition, with whatever personal history, you can always learn to improve the quality of what you do.

In this one-day workshop for second level massage students, we use movement to increase sensation, body awareness, and proprioception. We explore grounding, sensing, elongating, freeing and enlivening as tools for preparing to touch intelligently and with nuanced awareness.

Feet

January 14, 2023

PMTI, 8701 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Roger Tolle, Instructor

Contact: info@pmti.org  (202) 686-7046

Class Description:

The feeling and function of our feet has an effect on our entire body. The Trager® Approach offers great ways of working effectively with foot related issues brought to us by clients. Self-care Trager practices also bring refreshed levels of sensitivity, support and comfort for our own feet, legs, pelvis, back and beyond. In this interactive workshop, Roger shares his experience and understanding of how positive feeling fuels and restores natural function, as well as insight into the deep, long-lasting impact of grounded presence. Walk away with a new spring in your step!

Prerequisites: None

Hands

December 10, 2022

PMTI, 8701 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Roger Tolle, Instructor

Contact: info@pmti.org  (202) 686-7046

Class Description:

The Trager® Approach offers great ways of working effectively with hand related issues brought to us by clients. The work also offers excellent practices for developing new levels of sensitivity, skill, quality and comfort for our own hands, arms and shoulders. Drawn from decades in practice and teaching, Roger shares his understanding of kinetic physiology and the interdependent influences of mind and body in movement, as well as insight into the deep, long-lasting impact of potent softness. Touching your clients will never be the same.

Prerequisites: None

Movement Perspectives in Bodywork (MPB)

August 28, 2022, 10am-5pm

PMTI, 8701 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Roger Tolle, Instructor

For students enrolled in the PMTI massage training program

Movement: the essence of being alive. Your individual unique way of moving reflects not only your level of wellness, but your entire personality, the way you feel yourself taking your place in the world. It is your birthright to move naturally with ease and comfort. Whoever you are, in whatever condition, with whatever personal history, you can always learn to improve the quality of what you do.

In this one-day workshop for second level massage students, we use movement to increase sensation, body awareness, and proprioception. We explore grounding, sensing, elongating, freeing and enlivening as tools for preparing to touch intelligently and with nuanced awareness.

Contact: info@pmti.org  (202) 686-7046

Introduction to the Trager Approach (ITT)

August 27, 2022, 10am-5pm

PMTI, 8701 Georgia Avenue, Suite 700, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Roger Tolle, Instructor

For students enrolled in the PMTI massage training program

The Trager® Approach to Somatic Movement and Manual Therapy is pleasurable, gentle, nurturing and non-invasive. Integrating principles of this work helps you address your clients’ specific concerns, whether to bring more joy into life, to enhance athletic performance, explore and release emotional constriction, or to address the functional limitations of pain, medical conditions, aging, disease, or injuries.

Contact: info@pmti.org  (202) 686-7046