Carla Montagno

• About Carla

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Cindy Popp-Hager

• About Cindy

  I have been a Trager Practitioner since 1983, a class organizer since 1983, a Tutor since the inception of the Tutor program and a Tutor Supervisor, A Trager Anatomy Teacher since 1986, and a Trager Instructor since 2004. I have served on my regional Board as President, the USTA's Education Committee, the IC and the ICMT, and as part of the Theory U group. I served as co-coordinator of the 2004 USTA conference in Massachusetts.
  
  I have a Master's Degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University.
  
  I have been teaching throughout my entire professional career, and facilitating groups in personal and professional growth is one of my greatest passions.
  
  I have been teaching Mentastics classes to the public for years and will be creating a variety of special- themed Trager for Daily Life classes.

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Eileen Dickinson

• About Eileen

  Eileen is particularly inspired to provide anatomical and physiological information to Trager students and practitioners so they can articulate more clearly about how/why Trager is effective, and to increase the potency of their work.

  She brings this same enthusiasm to clients, helping them understand their body. Eileen is a PT on staff at the University of Michigan and maintains a thriving private Trager practice. For the USTA, she tutors students and practitioners, and teaches Introductory Workshops and an Elective on the anatomy and physiology of joints. She is currently training to become an Anatomy Teacher (for Trager).

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Fawn Christianson

• About Fawn

  At 26, I had been living on Kauai for 9 years. During that time I’d put myself through college, taught Scuba Diving, Hatha Yoga, ran a Spiritual Center and was trained in and performed Ancient Hawaiian Hula. My brother from Santa Cruz, CA, implored me to attend Dr Trager’s demonstration. I watched Dr. Milton Trager dance around the table, moving his client’s body in ways which reminded me of the weightless grace which happens in the warm Pacific ocean. The undulating wave movements connected the whole person, body, soul and mind.

  Dr. Trager’s exuberant joy was contagious as he created results of relieving the client of surgically planned knee pain. He empowered the client by stating, “I learned from you, today” as his face glowed a radiance that had him lit up like a 5yr old. I thought to myself, he’s been doing this for over 50yrs and he still gets this excited!

  This is what I want to do!

  My decision led me to moving back to Bay Area California which allowed me to apprentice with Dr. Trager for the next 15 years. I brought this joyful pleasure to my clients for 28 years in a full-time active practice in Silicon Valley, CA. My evolution has had me dividing my time between teaching coaches how to create their thriving practices and teaching The Trager Approach.

  There’s a dedication in my core to bringing forward in the most accessible ways the genius of my mentor. Having my clients experience for themselves the pleasurable joy of their light emanating brightly brings the deepest gratification.

  I recognize I’ve been given a gift through Dr. Trager and it’s my path to be communicating and sharing as clearly as I can for those who are drawn to grow and expand.

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Gail Stewart

• About Gail

  Gail Stewart began studying bodywork and process at Esalen Institute and at the Gefion School in Berkeley, CA in 1971. She continued to study and work with a number of pioneers in awareness-based bodywork and process, including Dick Korn of the Berkeley Institute of Psychodrama, Peter Levine, Ph.D., founder of Somatic Experiencing, Dick Price, co-founder of Esalen Institute, and Christine Price, founder of Gestalt Awareness Practice.

  She studied with Dr. Milton Trager, originator of TRAGER® Psychophysical Integration and MENTASTICS® Movement, from 1975 until1997, and has worked as an Instructor in the

  Trager Institute’s professional training program from 1980 until the present. In 1983 she founded reSource, a school for bodywork in Berkeley, California, which she directed and where she taught for fifteen years. Currently she leads groups in Gestalt Awareness Practice and the TRAGER Approach. She maintains a private practice in Berkeley, California.

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George Gottlieb

• About George

  George Gottlieb is a Trager® Practitioner, Tutor, Instructor, and Licensed Massage Therapist residing in Seattle. He has been in practice since 1986 and teaching since 2000. He studied with Dr. Trager for over 10 years. His interest in bodywork was sparked by Trager® received when recovering from a serious accident and was/is part of an ongoing process of maintaining health and heightening awareness that includes weight training, diet, natural health, Yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, communication skills, and conflict resolution.

  His strengths as a practitioner and instructor are a delight in the work, the ability to connect, work, and teach from a meditative place, profound respect for the body, a combination of kinesthetic understanding and intellectual curiosity, and a love for learning and sharing that which he knows.

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Gwen Crowell

• About Gwen

  Gwen Crowell was introduced to the work of Dr. Milton Trager when she went to massage school in Berkeley. She worked with Dr. Trager from 1978 until his passing in 1997. Attracted by the joyful movement and ease of the work, Gwen was delighted to share Trager® first with clients and then with students beginning in 1985 when Dr. Trager selected her as one of his instructors.

  Gwen was a pioneer in bringing Trager to Washington and has maintained a private practice since 1979. She enjoys listening and attending to people. Through Trager, Gwen assists others in sustaining a positive and productive internal awareness, leading to kinder, gentle relationships with themselves and others. As a teacher, she effectively guides students, helping them to anchor moments of understanding and to recognize and celebrate their competencies. She is the designer of this Trager Program and a core faculty member at Discoverypoint. Gwen has also been a guest lecturer at Bastyr University and teaches Trager certification classes throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. She enjoys participating in the creative process of Trager and witnessing clients and students transform through the power of touch.

  Contact info:

  Phone: 206-362-4839

  Email: gwenappts@aol.com

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Joe Rodin

• About Joe

  Licensed in massage since 1991 and teaching continuing education since 1995, his experience has lead him to Certification in the Trager® Approach where he’s an Instructor. He has studied and worked extensively in Osteopathic-inspired methods and worked in nationally recognized clinics in TMJ, Chronic pain, and Anesthesiology. His specialties include headache, neck and TMJ, chronic pain and injury treatment, neurologic re- integration, and maternal and infant care.

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Judy Fasone

• About Judy

  Judy Fasone is an RN, Certified Trager Practitioner and Solo Instructor, Board Certified Health and Wellness Nurse Coach and Advanced Holistic Nurse.

  Weaving Trager Mentastics, Reflex Response and tablework, I empower my clients and students to use their internal and external awareness, integrating the body, mind and natural environment for self-healing and wellbeing. The coaching training I have accentuates the possibilities, and I use self-assessments and offer resources based on functional medicine to look in depth at cellular functioning such as sleep and nutrition. I am currently fascinated with the psychophysical aspect of the work, having experienced the contagion of release in my own body as a client allows unconscious memories and sensations to surface. The client and I use this information together to release holding patterns.

  I spend as much time in nature as possible to refuel and soak in the beauty of my surroundings. Compassionate care and access for all is my intention, and although I do not specialize, I see many people who want to spend time outdoors. Occasionally a client will meet me at a metropark, where we "walk and talk" hitting the trails, using Mentastics and pauses, and park benches or fallen trees to allow the body to find a new trail comfortably on uneven ground.I live and work in Columbus Ohio, in the Ohio Valley, which was once home to the Shawnee, Delaware (Lenni Lenape) and Wyandotte tribes.

  I love teaching, and I am willing to travel for small classes, to share what I have learned and learn more with you! I teach Introductory Online and in person classes; Mentastics Classes, online and in person up to 3 days; and two Electives: Building a Practice, Building a Community, and the Heart of Ethics. I am excited to work with organizers who want to bring me to a new area to help them build their community.

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Judy Rose Seibert

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• About Judy

  A graduate of Potomac Massage Therapy Institute in 1997, Judy Rose has specialized in the Trager Approach to Movement Education and Mind Body Integration since 1998. As a teacher, she is known for her skill of being able to clearly articulate and demonstrate Trager movement and principles. In her classes, participants learn to embody the playful, relaxing movements of Trager which give both practitioner and client greater freedom, joy and ease of movement.

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Kathryn Hansman-Spice

• About Kathryn

  Kathryn has specialized in integrating the the latest developments in brain science to understand the power of the TRAGER Approach. Her Level V class, called TRAGER Rewires the Brain, explores how Milton’s Trager principles are affirmed by neuroscience concepts. In her extensive study through NICABM conferences and webinars she recognized that TRAGER offers the foundation of body-based education that is now considered a pioneering approach in treatment of trauma survivors. She has completed Level I of Pat Ogden’s acclaimed Sensori-Motor Psychotherapy, which emphasizes the importance of safely bringing clients into their bodies and teaching them to track sensations.

  https://www.pausibility.com/

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Laura Lynn Giubardo

• About Laura Lynn

  Laura Lynn Giubardo has been doing bodywork for over 40 years working on over 30,000 bodies. She continues to take classes and learn. In 2023, she became a Certified Trager® Instructor.

  As a Massage Therapist, body worker, yoga student, mother of seven, and a spiritual seeker from the church of Kindness, her journey in bodywork began as a 19 year old on the big Island of Hawaii. She studied Lomi Lomi, shiatsu, sport massage, prenatal massage, and Swedish massage, among others. Her Level 1 Trager® training facilitated a transcendent experience as her diaphragm released; it enabled her to take a breath so deep that her life was transformed and has been growing and transforming ever since. She continues to apply the principles of Trager® in her life, and the lives of her family, friends and clients. She has seen other’s lives transformed by The Trager® Approach. She believes in the principles that Milton Trager taught to the core of her heart, and it is beyond her understanding why these principles are not taught in every school in the world. The body is a vessel that carries the soul; moving the body can help a person realize the potential of their existence. She remains forever grateful to Milton Trager for the gift he has offered, allowing her to heal, and assist others in their healing.

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Michael Lear

• About Michael

  Michael is an internationally-recognized Senior Trager® Practitioner, Tutor & Instructor, and Ashtanga Yoga Instructor with a client base spanning five continents and including a few Academy, Emmy, and Grammy Award winners as well as many figures prominent in business and industry. For over 25 years, Lear has been at the forefront of mind-body medicine, yoga, and meditation. He was recognized with a cover article in 2007 Massage Therapy Journal for his work introducing Trager® to physical therapists in post-tsunami Sri Lanka, which he has also done in Japan. Michael also teaches Yoga Anatomy and advanced asana modules for Yoga Alliance Teacher Trainings. In addition to being a long-time Vipassana meditator, Michael holds a B.S. in finance and has worked extensively in both the corporate and international relief sectors.

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Roger Tolle

• About Roger

  Since 1989, Instructor Roger Tolle, has taught the Trager Approach to hundreds of students in 16 countries on five continents. Classes include introductory through advanced professional levels of the Trager Certification Training Program, workshops on movement and presence for bodyworkers, specially designed programs for conferences and schools, and a popular series of workshops in Movement and Transformation. He is deeply involved in the training and mentoring of a new generation of Trager Instructors.

  He has a B.A. in Theater/Movement, and spent 15 years as a professional modern dancer embodying fluidity, ease, power, clarity, and a wide-ranging vocabulary of movement. Extensive study with Dr. Milton Trager, and with other pioneers in the field of movement education, including Judith Aston, Beverly Brown, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Emily Conrad, and Deane Juhan brought him a thorough working knowledge of function in motion. Decades of further training in Gyrotonics, Kundalini and Ashtanga Yoga, Insight meditation, Body Electric erotic energy transformation, Surrogate Partner Therapy, as well as his practice of daily movement meditations have steeped him in the interconnected influences of mind and body. As one of his long time students remarked, “He lives what he teaches.”

  In 1999 he left a full time Trager practice in New York City to move to Charlottesville, VA. When not on the road teaching, he maintains a practice there as well as in Silver Spring, MD, where he also directs and teaches an intensive Trager Certification Series.

  Visit: RogerTolle.com

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Roger Hughes

• About Roger

  Roger teaches in the Trager® Certification Training Program for The United States Trager® Association. In his Chicago based practice, he focuses on Trager® Movement Education and Mind Body Integration and the Vodder Method of Manual Lymph Drainage. He is a 1995 graduate of the Chicago School of Massage Therapy, and in 2010 received the ‘Pioneer Award’ in Massage Therapy from the Illinois Chapter of the AMTA.

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