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Comprehensive Explanations

At Salience, we don't teach you to memorize facts you'll never use, instead we help you understand the nervous system in a way that transforms your practice. 

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Clear Hands-on Skill demos

Over an hour of practical tools and soothing massage flows you can use immediately in your practice. 

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Powerful Communication Tools

Set yourself apart and empower your clients with analogies, examples, and simple homecare that gets powerful results. 

About the course

This course equips massage therapists with practical tools to address the nervous system directly. Understand the stress response, pain science fundamentals, and how sensory input can be used to create safety in the body. Learn specific massage techniques for the vagus and trigeminal nerves that can shift the entire system toward safety, helping you support complex clients with clarity and confidence.

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About Me:

I’m Alanna. I’m a massage therapist, educator, and unapologetic nervous system nerd. I started Salience because our profession deserves education that’s evidence-based and human — clear enough to apply tomorrow, but flexible enough to honour the messy, complex reality of working with actual people. Learning about pain and the nervous system doesn’t have to be overwhelming. I’m here to bring some clarity and simplicity to the process and leave you feeling confident.

Curriculum

21 Chapters · 65 Lessons

  1. 1

    Module One - Stress: Neanderthal Nervous Systems

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      Nervous System Safety: Intro

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      Intro Slides

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      Module One Slides

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      Module One Reflection

  2. 2

    Module Two - Stress: Threat Level & Adaptation

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      Module Two Slides

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      Module Two Reflection

  3. 3

    Module Three - Adaptation & Acute vs Chronic Stress

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      Module Three Slides

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      Module Three Reflection

  4. 4

    Module Four - Stress: Clinical Applications, 
Summary & Body-based 
Stress Management

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      Module Four Slides

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      Module Four Reflection

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      Please take a 15 min break here!

  5. 5

    Module Five - Pain: Intro to Pain Science

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      Module Five - Pain: Intro to Pain Science

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      Module Five Slides

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      Module Five Reflection

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    Module Six - Pain: The Threat Bucket

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      Module Six - Pain: The Threat Bucket

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      Module Six Slides

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      Module 6 Reflection

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    Module Seven - Pain: Pathways & Modification

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      Module Seven - Pain: Pathways & Modification

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      Module Seven Slides

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      Module Seven Reflection

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      30 min break!

  8. 8

    Module Eight - Changing the Pattern

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      Module Eight - Changing the Pattern

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      Module Eight Slides

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      Module Eight Reflection

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    Module Nine - Exteroception Exercises: Intro

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      Module Nine - Intro to Exteroception Exercises

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      Module 9 Slides

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      Module Nine Reflection

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    Module Ten - Exteroception Exercises: Vision

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      Module Ten - Exteroception Exercises: Vision

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      Module 10 Slides

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      Module Ten Reflection

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    Module Eleven - Exteroception Exercises: Smell/Hearing

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      Module Eleven - Exteroception Exercises: Smell
 & Hearing

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      Module Eleven Slides

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      Break time!

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      Module Eleven Reflection

  12. 12

    Module Twelve - Parasympathetic Nervous System

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      Module Twelve - Parasympathetic Nervous System & Interoception

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      Module Twelve Slides

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      Module Twelve Reflection

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    Module Thirteen - Nervous System Dysfunction Symptoms

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      Module Thirteen - Nervous System Dysfunction Symptoms

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      Module Thirteen Slides

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      Module Thirteen Reflection

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    Module Fourteen - Clinical Application Theory

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      Module Fourteen - Clinical Application Theory

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      Module 14 Slides

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      Module Fourteen Reflection

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    Module Fifteen - Working with the Vagus Nerve

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      Module Fifteen - Working with the Vagus Nerve

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      Module Fifteen Slides

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      Module Fifteen Reflection

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    Module Sixteen - Vagus Nerve Massage: Practical

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      Module Sixteen - Vagus nerve Massage: Practical

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      Module Sixteen Slides

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      Module Sixteen Reflection

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    Module Seventeen - Interoception Exercises: Vagus Nerve Activation

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      Module Seventeen - Vagus nerve activation exercises

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      Module Seventeen Slides

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      Module Seventeen Reflection

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      15 min break!

  18. 18

    Module Eighteen - Trigeminal Nerve Theory

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      Module Eighteen: Trigeminal Nerve Theory

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      Module Eighteen Slides

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      Module Eighteen Reflection

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    Module Nineteen - Trigeminal Nerve Massage: Practical

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      Module Nineteen - Trigeminal Nerve Practical

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      Module Nineteen Slides

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      Module Nineteen Reflection

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    Module Twenty - Body based Stress Management

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      Module 20 - Body Based Stress Management

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      Module Twenty Slides

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      Module Twenty Reflection

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    Conclusion Future Learning & Contact info

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      Conclusion, Contact Info, References

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      Conclusion, Contact Info, References Slides

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      Last Reflection

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