World Massage Festival &
Massage Therapy Hall of Fame


July 12-14, 2024 - AMC
July 14-18 2024 - WMF
Harrah's Cherokee Casino Resort
Cherokee, NC


Our Mission Statement: To honor those who built the bridges for our profession,
to educate the general public about massage, to educate therapists
about different types of massage and to have fun.






Fernando Rojas
2023 Massage Therapy Hall of Fame Inductee


Fernando Rojas, RSMT, LMT PhD, is a Tragerwork practitioner and facilitator, massage therapy instructor, NCBTMB massage therapy CE provider and a researcher in mindfulness. You can see some testimonials on social media:
https://www.facebook.com/tragerpr/ and https://www.instagram.com/tragerpr/

Website: Tragerwork Mindfulness



Somatic Mindfulness - Connection
8 CE Contact Hours

Learn the theory and techniques to complement your massage treatments by reducing or eliminating the potential of massage therapist burnout and/or related injuries; preparing the client’s body for deep work with less strain; and developing, transmitting and sharing mindfulness in action. Somatic Mindfulness workshops (Fundamentals, Connection, Grounding, Expansion & Radiance) expose the massage therapist to tragerwork and mindfulness-based skills that potentiate their therapeutic efficacy. Application of the techniques stimulates the brain's neuroplasticity, introduces new neural sensory information, and activates positive neuromuscular changes in clients. Inherent to the method is support to the therapist's own self-care which ensures career longevity. In Connection the body's sense of interrelation is explored from handles around several body planes and angles. Each workshop is self-contained and there are no prerequisites to take each of the themes.

Somatic Mindfulness workshops are approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB #311) for continuing education and are also sponsored by NCBTMB to teach New York LMTs continuing education that is accepted by the state of New York for license renewal. They are also approved for Florida (CE Broker Tracking # 50-32975) and Louisiana massage therapy continuing education requirements. The workshops are also recognized as an application of Switzerland’s Trager Therapy principles to complement massage therapy and bodywork. In Switzerland, Trager Therapy is an official method of Complementary Therapy.

What to bring: Massage table. Sheets. Wear comfortable clothes (yoga/gym).

PLEASE DO NOT WEAR PERFUME, COLOGNE OR ESSENTIAL OILS TO CLASS.