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About This Course


"I feel so grateful to be taking this course during COVID-19.  It’s helping me understand my own nervous system responses and giving me tools for myself that I’ll later use with clients.  Thank you for this well-timed, entertaining and accessible information!  The best online class I've taken ever."  S.R., Oregon LMT  

This course is an online, interactive distance learning course that was designed primarily for Oregon, Washington, New Mexico and any NCBTMB affiliated state massage therapists to earn their required 4 hours of CEU's in Ethics, Communication and Boundaries.  Because it is interactive, it meets all requirements from the Oregon Board of Massage Therapists and can be counted as 'contact hours' towards ethics credits.  

For states such as Washington, New Mexico, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Florida - their boards also accept this course for ethics hours, as do all states that accept NCBTMB approved courses.  If you have any questions specific to state massage licensing qualifications, please contact your state board. 

If you are taking this for CEU's to present to the Oregon Board of Massage Therapy, here is a little housekeeping:   

If you are completing this course for credit In Oregon, there is an interactive community that you must join within this class. There are a few discussion questions pinned at the top of the community page for you to mull on, answer, and interact with others and myself.  It is a requirement for course credit to answer these questions.  Beyond that, you are welcome to post your own queries, concerns, and questions, or include inspiring moments, applicable articles, and anything related to the class.

In this class, we will be discussing our body's reaction to stress and how that can inform our communication, our boundaries with others, and our jobs as massage therapists.  The course lives at the intersections of neuroscience and communication, bodywork and boundaries.

The material is centered around and inspired by Stephen Porges' work on polyvagal theory.  While its observations and tenets can help us with our time at the massage table, polyvagal theory can apply to every aspect of our lives, from partnerships to parenting, work to play.  

During our time together, we will be learning and applying this information in different ways.

We will have:

     *  Video Lessons

     *  Movement practices and explorations

     *  Short meditations

     *  An interactive community to discuss and play with the concepts

I hope this course will give you value way beyond the four hours of continuing education credits.  Thank you.  


If needed, refunds are available within 30 days of purchase through contacting us via email.  

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Best ethics course I have ever attended!

Devi Archer

This course was well researched and well presented. There is a wealth of information for further exploration. Lots of A-Ha Moments! The meditations and exercises help to integrate the information. Quality of content and videos is excellent. I high...

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This course was well researched and well presented. There is a wealth of information for further exploration. Lots of A-Ha Moments! The meditations and exercises help to integrate the information. Quality of content and videos is excellent. I highly recommend this course to other LMTs, yoga teachers, or anyone interested in learning more about how our nervous system responses impact our attitude and behavior.

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Highly recommend this course!

Kimberly Horn

This class was very informative, entertaining and easy to follow. I enjoyed the mix of content and exercises as well as the interactive questions and feedback with other people taking the course. I have learned many new tools to help me in my prac...

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This class was very informative, entertaining and easy to follow. I enjoyed the mix of content and exercises as well as the interactive questions and feedback with other people taking the course. I have learned many new tools to help me in my practice and also in my personal life. Thank you Jessica for putting together this great course!

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Best Ethics Class Ever

Dori White

Somehow the info on this course came into my email box, I looked at it very briefly but cast it aside because I had another ethics class on my radar. When the other course was not available I checked back in on this one. WOW am I glad I did!! n...

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Somehow the info on this course came into my email box, I looked at it very briefly but cast it aside because I had another ethics class on my radar. When the other course was not available I checked back in on this one. WOW am I glad I did!! not only did it fulfill my requirements but it turned me onto a whole new concept for me. It was so interesting that now I want to learn more about it. Thank you so much.

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enjoyable journey through polyvagal theory and boundaries

julie frear

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Easy, fun and interactive!

Rebecca Parker

I very much enjoyed this course for many reasons and it was so nice to be able to do from the comfort of my home and in my own time. The information was informative, interesting and thorough without being drawn out.

I very much enjoyed this course for many reasons and it was so nice to be able to do from the comfort of my home and in my own time. The information was informative, interesting and thorough without being drawn out.

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appeals to Healing arts practitioners

SHERRIE HUCKELBERRY

Really loved it

Really loved it

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Excellent class

Julie Riha

This is my third Ethics class and by far the best. So much good information from a totally new (at least for me) perspective. Fun, interactive exercises and an engaging teacher.

This is my third Ethics class and by far the best. So much good information from a totally new (at least for me) perspective. Fun, interactive exercises and an engaging teacher.

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Truly, a great course for LMTs, for work and interpersonal relationships

Tyler Waldenberger

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enjoyable journey through polyvagal theory and boundaries

julie frear

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Awesome Interactive Learning Course!

Maria Hartrum

Instructor(s)

Jessica Larsen

OR License #23819 NCBTMB CE Provider #1000491

Jessica has been a massage therapist since 2006, specializing in fluid deep tissue, prenatal, and Arvigo Techniques in Mayan Abdominal Massage. She's also become pretty obsessed with polyvagal theory as of late, and is excited to offer a new twist on classes about ethics, communication and boundaries for massage therapists. She lives in Corvallis, Oregon with her husband and two young boys. Motherhood more than anything has kept her on her toes about effective communication and nervous system regulation.