About Catherine

Catherine Taye (Slattery)

Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Practitioner

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

Hi, I'm Catherine! I'm a gifted and experienced bodyworker and somatic traumawork practitioner. I have a compassionate presence and smart, strong, perceptive hands. I've helped a lot of people get a lot better, and have deep confidence in our ability to heal. 

I have over 25 years of experience working with the accumulation of injury, tension, stress, and trauma in people's bodies, giving me expertise in:

• wonderfully effective soft tissue work. Melting and mobilizing those stuck, tense places!
• working with relationships between different parts of your body. How are your feet affecting your back? How is your breath affecting your neck? And so on... 
• working with your nervous system. Is it continually setting you on "be tense"? Is it keeping some parts of you shut down?

If you want a holistic approach to a single body issue, or are experiencing a complex combination of issues, I can help!

More on my background and approach:

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 (unknowingly, but consistently) ignore and override my body's needs. Rolfing was the beginning of a true relationship with my body. 

Fast forward 15 years, and an overlapping series of traumatic medical events left my nervous system overwhelmed and stuck in traumatic distress. My existing healing resources helped me cope with living in dysregulation, but it wasn't until I began to get regular Somatic Experiencing sessions that my nervous system began to truly repair.

I am grateful to be a able to offer Rolfing and SE. They are powerful together! It's an honor to be in the presence of deep healing. 

I have a passion for movement, with special interest in how movement supports the integrity of the body, and the whole experience of being a person. Modern dance is my favorite. I've also studied ballet, hula, and classical Indian dance.  I am newly interested in (and loving!) Gaga Movement Language (a fantastic movement practice for everyone). Other influences: 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 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.