About Catherine

Catherine Taye Slattery

Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

Catherine is a gifted bodyworker, with over 25 years of experience helping people through touch and movement. She has a compassionate presence, smart, sensitive hands, and deep confidence in the body's ability to heal.

More from Catherine: 

I came to Rolfing 30 years ago for the same reason many of my clients do: I didn’t feel good. I had headaches. TMJ tension. Knee pain. Back pain. Yoga had heightened my awareness of my body, but it seemed all I encountered was more tension. I longed for ease, flexibility, and relief. A series of Rolfing sessions helped all of my pains and unexpectedly made me a much better dancer. And I experienced a fundamental shift in my relationship to my body. Before Rolfing, I would (unknowing, but consistently) ignore and override my body's needs  and experiences. Rolfing brought  me into interested, available, responsive contact with my body--the beginning of a true relationship with my body. 

Fast forward 15 years, and an overlapping series of traumatic events left my nervous system overwhelmed and stuck in traumatic distress. To some degree, my existing healing resources and tools helped me cope with living in dysregulation, but nothing truly resolved my traumatic experiences until I began to get regular SE sessions. 

I'm glad to be able to offer Rolfing and Somatic Experiencing to people who need them.  It's an honor to be able to work in this way.  

I have a passion for movement, with a special interest in how movement and embodiment support the integrity of the body and the experience of being a person! Many traditions have influenced me: Vipassana meditation, Iyengar yoga, Ashtanga yoga, 5Rhythms, yoga with Sofia Diaz, Azul Conscious Movement, attachment and horsemanship with Duey Freeman, and developmental movement (DNS).  I love dance most of all. Modern dance is my favorite,  and I have also spent some time with ballet, hula, and classical Indian dance. I am newly interested in (and loving!) Gaga Movement Language. 

I have a bachelor's degree in fine arts and life sciences from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. I trained at the Rolf Institute (in Colorado and Brazil), graduating as a Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner in 2001, and I completed Somatic Experiencing training in 2024.