Instructor: Eileen Dickinson, PT, Certified Trager Practitioner
Join us for a transformative three-day class designed to elevate your practice by integrating cutting-edge scientific principles with hands-on techniques.
Day 1: The Science of Presence
- Explore the critical importance of presence in bodywork.
- Learn how to cultivate and deepen this essential skill and why you should want to.
- Practice presence with your attention in different places to enhance client outcomes.
- Dive into the science of the nervous system, biotensegrity, and the forces of gravity and ground reaction, to understanding how weight distribution and the distribution of force and tension in your own body impacts your client’s experience.
Day 2: The Science of Touch
- Delve into the art and science of touch, examining why we touch and who is really touching whom.
- Prepare your hands to deliver therapeutic touch.
- Become familiar with sensory receptors, mechanotransduction, and the pathways that shape our touch experience, from the somatosensory cortex to the insular cortex.
- Differentiate between gnostic and pathic touch and explore the unique qualities of soft matter in bodywork.
Day 3: The Science of Movement
- Navigate the existing and emerging paradigms of movement science.
- Understand joint mechanics, proprioceptors, and the role of mechanotransduction in movement.
- Discover the importance of novelty in movement.
- Learn about motor unit recruitment, central pattern generators, and the importance of full joint excursion for balanced and effective bodywork.
Elevate your practice by integrating these scientific insights with hands-on experience, and watch as your effectiveness as a bodyworker reaches new heights.
Note regarding "hands-on": This class does satisfy WA's 8-hour hands-on, in person requirement described in WAC 246-860-475 subsection 2b.
Additionally: This class can be used to satisfy the prerequisite for the Trager® Level 1 Training leading towards certification as a Trager® Practitioner.
What to Bring: Please see the class description on the Therapeutic Training Center's Website for details
Registration Options: We are offering Eileen Dickinson's classes at a discounted group rate if you register for both classes at once, versus taking each individual class. If you would like to register for just one or both classes, please click on the following links to register, otherwise continue on to register for this class. Please note that by taking both days of class, you save $75.
- Sensational Joints (Seattle March 12, 2026) - 8 hours
- The Science of Presence, Touch and Movement: A Deep Dive For Bodyworkers (Seattle March 13-15, 2026) - 24 hours
Class Date: March 13-15, 2026
Class Time: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location: Seattle -- Please click on the this link to go to the class description on the Therapeutic Training Center's website for full class details.
Cost: $595
Cost/Hour: $24.79/hr
CE Hours: 24
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