Maier Integrative Education
-
This 4-week live online course (2 hours/week) introduces Dan Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness as a structured body-mind scan for massage therapy. Participants explore awareness along two axes, experiential vs. narrative and internal vs. external, to recognize where they and their clients are showing up in sessions. Using this map, therapists learn to support expansion into other domains of awareness, guiding treatment planning, reflective practice, and collaborative attunement. The course emphasizes scope-appropriate application, trauma-responsiveness, and relationally informed facilitation.
Who this course is for
Licensed massage therapists who want a clearer way to track and respond to client experience in session. Especially useful for those in medical, oncology, or trauma-informed settings, as well as private practitioners navigating moments of story, emotion, or silence and wanting a more grounded framework.
What you will gain
A practical way to use the Wheel of Awareness to track internal/external and experiential/narrative domains in real time. You’ll build confidence navigating shifts in client experience, improve attunement and documentation, and develop language you can use for reflection, case reports, or teaching.
Course Objectives
Describe the basic structure of Dan Siegel’s Wheel of Awareness and its relevance to massage‑scope body–mind–spirit scanning.
Use the experiential vs. narrative and internal vs. external axes to map sequential pathways of awareness (e.g., external narrative → external experiential → internal experiential) for themselves and clients.
Apply the Wheel as a brief preparation and integration practice for themselves and, when appropriate, collaboratively with clients in a trauma‑responsive, scope‑appropriate way.
Develop a short, de‑identified case reflection that documents how their own self‑assessment and the two‑axis map informed attunement and session process
Investment
Course is approximately 24 hours of engaged learning, translating to a time commitment of up to 6 hours weekly, including time for in-class and out of class work. Individual processes may vary.
A sliding scale, $150-$200-$250, is offered to support access to this 1-month course while sustaining this work. Please choose the rate that best reflects your current resources—no justification required.
