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.
