Chi for Two Trauma Healing, 6570 James B Rivers Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, GA (2026)

02/18/2026

💡 Chi for Two® offers a version of finding yourself or self-realization that does not involve a master teacher or leaving behind the mundane to go into the wild, but rather invites self-discovery within the dance of relationship.

💛 Working with a Chi for Two coach playing The Mother, “Ideal Parent,” provides the space to explore and heal your multi-generational trauma patterning and discover authentic Being. Every person can practice the symbolic redos offered in the Chi for Two practices.

🧠 The Chi for Two practices—with the coach playing The Mother—give us the redo of developmental dances that enables us to alter our nervous system patterning, so we are armed to gracefully Handle whatever comes from within or without, allowing our light to shine. 🌟

Chi for Two®, a polyvagal-informed, multi-generational trauma healing method, offers somatic healing practices that are relational and developmental. 🌀

Chi for Two is an ISMETA Approved Training Program (www.ISMETA.org, International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association), meaning Chi for Two qualifies within ISMETA’s worldwide standards for scopes, ethics, competencies and practices in training Somatic Movement Therapists and Educators.

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01/24/2026

Dee Wagner, LPC, BC-DMT, MSME/T, explains the mindful embodiment method she originated called Chi for Two®.

🌟 Chi = energy
🌟 Two = relational

Did you know❓
Chi for Two partner practices for clients to do with a coach/therapist are relational and developmental. 🌀👣

They were developed through a synthesis of:

💮 Polyvagal nervous system science

💮 Levine, van der Kolk and Menakem’s understanding of multi-generational trauma patterning

💮 Bainbridge Cohen’s understanding of infant development from Body-Mind Centering

💮 Infant rhythms identified in the work of Kestenberg and colleagues

💮 Authentic Movement

💮 Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor

In their choice of the word “chi” (which can also be written “qi”), the originator and developers of Chi for Two honor the ancient people who created the practices that are currently associated with the word “mindfulness.”

✨ Developer Stephen Wagner was a long-time student of martial arts, tea ceremony and shamanism.

✨ Developer Mary Lou Davidson offered shiatsu, a Japanese massage practice based on the Chinese understanding of energy as part of her many years of professional bodywork.

✨ Developer Caroline Gebhardt, who has a yoga certification, began her integration of somatic therapies and counseling in work with disordered eating—the sucking and biting that polyvagal theory so deeply informs.

✨ Originator Dee Wagner has spent over 30 years weaving all these therapeutic modalities together from her perspective as a Master Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist, Dance/Movement Therapist, and Counselor.

⭐️ We invite you to learn more at www.ChiforTwo.com.

01/24/2026

Save the date!

🌟 May 1, 2026 🌟

Somatic therapists Dee Wagner, LPC, BC-DMT, MSME/T & Caroline Gebhardt, LPC, RYT, RSME/T are excited to offer a deeper understanding of the science of the vagus nerve and how relational somatic practices can affect bodily functioning, providing an ethical approach to integrating somatic therapy into Intuitive Eating.

5hrs Ethics CEs for Counselors
(LPCAGA Approved)

Ethics of Integrating Somatic Therapy into Intuitive Eating for Relational Nourishment

Date: Friday, May 1, 2025
Time: 9:00am - 3:30pm
Location: Harbor of Dreams Art, Stone Mountain Georgia
Address: 6570 James B Rivers Memorial Dr, Stone Mountain, GA 30083

Objectives:

1) Identify and describe the ethical guidelines that are followed when somatic practices are invitational and relational.

2) Increase ethical competency by gaining scientific understanding of deprivation/restriction as dorsal vagal Shutdown and invitational and relational somatic practices as the pathway to the biological functioning called our Social Engagement system.

3) Ethically offer clients somatic practices that are invitational and developmental, creating consciousness of multi-generational trauma patterns that have caused harm, and providing the co-regulation that supports the digestive functioning that heals systemic harm.

Registration coming soon!
Questions? Email Caroline@MBodiedTherapy.com

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01/19/2026

Chi for Two®, a mindful embodiment method, otters somatic movement healing practices that are relational and developmental.

Certified Chi for Two embodiment coach Fred Shelton is offering a six session package for those interested in learning tools for better nervous system regulation and overall better health.

Chi for Two (Chi meaning energy, Two meaning relational) is a synthesis of many trauma healing methods and is an Approved Training Program with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association).

Trained Chi for Two coaches help to re-pattern nervous system functioning by:
* using an invitational approach
* offering relational somatic support
* celebrating new movement expressions over time that provide a robust quality of embodiment and healing.

Learn more at:

Contact Fred at atlbodymovementcoach@gmail.com

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01/11/2026

Chi for Two® deepens the world's understanding of the body's anatomy, which makes mobilization in the Play Zone possible because there is appreciation of percussive rhythms and oppositional movement as the pathway to Individuation within two-person relational dances.

Chi for Two, a mindful embodiment method, offers somatic movement healing practices that are relational and developmental.

Chi for Two (Chi meaning energy, Two meaning relational) is a synthesis of many trauma healing methods and is an Approved Training Program with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association).

Chi for Two practitioners offer somatic healing in a way that “dances with” clients instead of “doing something to” a client.

Trained Chi for Two coaches help to re-pattern nervous system functioning by:

*using an invitational approach
*offering relational somatic support
*celebrating new movement expressions over time that provide a robust quality of embodiment and healing.

Learn more at:

ChiforTwo.com

01/11/2026

Chi for Two® is a polyvagal-informed, multi-generational trauma healing method that offers somatic practices as a path toward mindful embodiment.

Chi for Two names Four Emanations of Embodiment:

🌟Navel Radiation: Star-like energy from the core, down the legs, up the spine, out the arms

🌟Contralateral Movement: Helps to unblock Star energy

🌟Gesture: Movements that call for a response, movements that try to change the dance

🌟Handling: When movement is responded to over and over by an elder, in a celebratory, sensitive way, we are eventually better able to “handle” our own big feelings

With interest in both matching and mismatching dances within relationships, along with understanding of polyvagal theory, Chi for Two’s relational and developmental practices serve as symbolic redos that help to develop Social Engagement system functioning.

Learn more at www.chifortwo.com

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01/11/2026

No one gets what is ideal.

However, when we have somatic knowing of what is ideal, we become who we would have become if we had gotten what is ideal. 🌟

Chi for Two®, a mindful embodiment method, offers somatic movement healing practices that are relational and developmental.

Chi for Two (Chi meaning energy, Two meaning relational) is a synthesis of many trauma healing methods and is an Approved Training Program with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association).

Chi for Two practitioners offer somatic healing in a way that “dances with” clients instead of “doing something to” a client.

Trained Chi for Two coaches help to re-pattern nervous system functioning by:

*using an invitational approach
*offering relational somatic support
*celebrating new movement expressions over time that provide a robust quality of embodiment and healing.

Learn more at:

ChiforTwo.com

01/11/2026

Chi for Two® originator Dee Wagner and Certified Chi for Two Embodiment Coach Ingrid Lacey show a version of our Push and Star practices.

“When I push into what’s not me, I find me.” 🌟

Dee and Ingrid are also both longtime dance/movement therapists, who bring somatic movement practices grounded in nervous system science to their clients and continuing education workshops worldwide. 🌎

Chi for Two is a polyvagal-informed, multi-generational trauma healing method that offers somatic practices as a path toward mindful embodiment.

Chi for Two (Chi meaning energy, Two meaning relational) is a synthesis of many trauma healing methods and is an Approved Training Program with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association).

Our practitioners offer somatic healing in a way that “dances with” clients instead of “doing something to” a client.

Trained Chi for Two coaches help to re-pattern nervous system functioning by:

*using an invitational approach
*offering relational somatic support
*celebrating new movement expressions over time that provide a robust quality of embodiment and healing.

Learn more at:
ChiforTwo.com

10/19/2025

You are invited to attend this free event presented by Dance/Movement therapy intern and Chi for Two® Embodiment Coach trainee Juanita Ramey, along with her mentor Dee Wagner.

🌟 Movers and Shakers: Through the Lens of a Granddaughter of Hosea Williams 🌟

Date: Sunday, October 19, 2025
Time: 4-6pm
Where: Harbor of Dreams Art (6570 James B Rivers Memorial Dr, Stone Mountain, GA 30083)

Juanita explores the interface of civil rights movement and dance/movement therapy. Dee supplies the Chi for Two understanding of nervous system functioning.

Chi for Two is a polyvagal-informed, multi-generational trauma healing method that offers somatic practices as a path toward mindful embodiment.

Chi for Two is an Approved Training Program for ISMETA, the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association.

Eventbrite link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movers-and-shakers-through-the-lens-of-a-granddaughter-of-hosea-williams-tickets-1688568687399

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10/17/2025

Congratulations to our most recent Certified Chi for Two® Embodiment Coaches! We celebrated the two-year training journey these graduates completed during a ceremony this week and look forward to seeing them shine as they help others! 🌟

🌟 Lauren Walther 🌟
🌟 Deb Tawil 🌟
🌟 Houston Stowell 🌟
🌟 Bob Mahoney 🌟
🌟 Jaana Allas 🌟

Chi for Two trains helpers to recognize how much the two-person therapeutic interactions between a client and a helper are like infant/parent interactions. A client’s reach for help and a helper’s response to that reach can begin a symbolic relational redo that—with practice—heals multi-generational trauma.

Chi for Two (Chi meaning energy, Two meaning relational) is a synthesis of many trauma healing methods and is an Approved Training Program with ISMETA (International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association).

Chi for Two practitioners offer somatic healing in a way that “dances with” clients instead of “doing something to” a client.

Trained Chi for Two coaches help to re-pattern nervous system functioning by:

*using an invitational approach
*offering relational somatic support
*celebrating new movement expressions over time that provide a robust quality of embodiment and healing.

Interested in working with one of our coaches?

Or perhaps interested in expanding both your personal and professional experience by training in the Chi for Two embodiment coaching program?

Learn more at www.chifortwo.com

10/15/2025

Dee Wagner (USA), Mukti Jarvis (Australia) & Jaana Allas (Singapore/Bali) meet in-person for the first time at the ISMETA Conference in Benicassim, Spain (9/25/25). John Cargile, Chi for Two® Administrator and Artist (USA) also joins the gathering!

Dee, originator of Chi for Two, and Mukti, Chi for Two Coach and Trainer, introduced workshop participants to the Chi for Two understanding of nervous system functioning at the ISMETA conference in Spain. Jaana is a Certified Chi for Two Embodiment Coach who attended the conference.

The September 2025 conference attracted 100 somatic practitioners from around the world with somatic disciplines from developmental perspectives to martial arts.

Participants appreciated experiencing how two-person interactions affect life force - chi.

ISMETA is the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. Chi for Two, a mindful embodiment method, is an Approved Training Program for ISMETA.

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10/15/2025

Mukti Jarvis and Dee Wagner presented Re-patterning the Lover Dance: Chi for Two Awareness of Polyvagal Anatomy, Bite/Snap, and Language at the 2025 ISMETA conference in Spain. Mukti is a Chi for Two® Coach and Trainer, and Dee is the originator of Chi for Two.
Mukti invites partners to become aware of the connection between claw and jaw that is part of the gesturing that accompanies language. When partners practice Push with their somatic practitioner, they can come back to the dance with each other using nervous system functioning that makes negotiation possible.

ISMETA is the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association. Chi for Two, a mindful embodiment method, is an Approved Training Program for ISMETA.

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