Zero Balancing Health Association

10/31/2025

Zero Balancing mentors are committed to ongoing learning. This October this beautiful group gathered in Western Mass for a fun weekend focused on a deeper dive into the ZB principle of Interface - conscious connection with a clear boundary - to another, to yourself and to community. They shared presentations, practices, play and touch sessions, exploring how Interface can be clear, dynamic, and embodied. What internal signals tell you that you are at interface?

Find an amazing ZB mentor in the practitioner search on www.zerobalancing.com

10/30/2025

Thank you to everyone who registered for the Zero Balancing Community Benefit on October 18! Your support means the world to the ZBHA community and organization.

Here are just a few of the astonishing paintings created during the 2-hour "Connecting to the Essential Vibration of ZB through Portal Painting" session led by Dr. Katey Hauser. Each one offers a personal interpretation of how we carry forward the vibration of Zero Balancing into the future. If you would like to share your portal painting with the community, we would love to see it! Please email a .jpg or .png file to zbha@zerobalancing.com

Save the date for our 2026 Community Benefit - June 19-21 in person, in Pennsylvania. Looking forward to seeing you there. More information coming in 2026.

Find a class at www.zerobalancing.com

10/29/2025

Join Mary Murphy and Misty Rhoads online November 8 for:

The Touch of Inclusion: Expanding the Circle of Connection in Healing Work
SATURDAY Nov 8 • 1PM - 4PM Eastern
Details & register here:
https://www.zerobalancing.com/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=11/8/2025&eventid=603

This three-hour interactive workshop invites Zero Balancing practitioners to come together in a warm, supportive space to reflect on how to deepen the connection and foster inclusivity and healing in ourselves, our clients, and our communities. Together, we will explore how our conditioning shapes our perspectives and discover new ways to create a greater sense of belonging in our work.

A panel of individuals representing marginalized groups will share their personal experiences and viewpoints, opening the door to meaningful conversations about what our community truly needs to support collective healing. Through guided activities and open dialogue, participants can listen, learn, and reflect on how Zero Balancing can play a vital role in creating spaces of safety, respect, and transformation.

10/04/2025

Learn Zero Balancing this month on Maui and add to your healing arts practice a form of skilled touch that enlivens the body and releases deeply held tension at the bone level. Or find a class near you at www.zerobalancing.com

Here's what ZB students and clients have to say: (thank you Rebekah Harbour!)

💬 “After one session my chronic back pain was gone — and it hasn’t come back.” – ZB Client
💬 “Zero Balancing gave me tools that immediately helped my clients release pain and move with more freedom.” – Massage Therapist, ZB1 Graduate
💬 “My posture shifted, my tension melted, and I felt lighter than I have in years.” – ZB Client
💬 “I’ve studied many modalities, but ZB stands out for how quickly and effectively it creates lasting change.” – Acupuncturist, ZB Practitioner

🌺 Zero Balancing 1 is coming to Maui! 🌺
Here’s what clients and practitioners are saying about the power of ZB:

💬 “After one session my chronic back pain was gone — and it hasn’t come back.” – ZB Client

💬 “Zero Balancing gave me tools that immediately helped my clients release pain and move with more freedom.” – Massage Therapist, ZB1 Graduate

💬 “My posture shifted, my tension melted, and I felt lighter than I have in years.” – ZB Client

💬 “I’ve studied many modalities, but ZB stands out for how quickly and effectively it creates lasting change.” – Acupuncturist, ZB Practitioner

10/04/2025

Have you registered for the ZB Community Benefit?
Don’t miss the joy!
Saturday October 18, 2025 |Online
12:00 noon - 6:00 p.m. ET | 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PT
SIGN UP HERE:
https://www.zerobalancing.com/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=10/18/2025&eventid=595

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS
ZB Calm and Ground: 3 Minutes, 1 Chair, A Moment of Reset
*Workshopping the Seated ZB*
with Judith Sullivan

Ethical Relationships through the Lens of Zero Balancing
with Megan Lavery, LPC, LMT
2.5 NCBTMB Ethics CEs
for live online attendance

Connecting to the Essential Vibration of ZB through Portal Painting
with Dr. Katey Hauser

Register to receive access to the recordings for one full year:
https://www.zerobalancing.com/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=10/18/2025&eventid=595

09/12/2025

Core ZB Study Group Online: anchor and amplify your learning
17 September 7-8PM EDT

Register here: https://www.zerobalancing.com/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=9/17/2025&eventid=648

A chat with hosts Alison Mott and Jenny Ash, Certified Mentors

Q. Who would benefit from attending the online study group?

A. Anyone new to ZB who has taken at least one class (ZB I or ZB II) will be able to meet others in the same stage of learning. Maybe you have no one to practice with, or you want to anchor what you’ve learned. The study group is a nice steppingstone to keep skills fresh between classes.

Q. What’s the theme for the 9/17 group meeting?

A. We will be looking at the principle of Blue Line and the Box. It’s a great thing to think about for ZB and for life.

Q. Can people ask about other topics?

A. We will be taking questions on anything from specific fulcrums to the protocol sequence to touch skills like Interface.

Q. How is the hour gathering structured?

A. We start with a pyramid meditation, followed by brief introductions. The main event is 30 minutes of guided exercises and questions/sharing. We may include fulcrum practice and “air ZB,” going through the motions of evaluations and fulcrums with optimal body mechanics.

09/11/2025

The ZBHA Community Benefit • The Joy Of Empowerment
ONLINE • October 18, 2025 12-6 PM ET

Register: https://www.zerobalancing.com/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=10/18/2025&eventid=595

Join us! Gain new skills, CEUs, and community connections!

Sessions Include:
1. Connecting to the Essential Vibration of ZB through Portal Painting with Dr. Katey Hauser
2. Ethical Relationships through the Lens of Zero Balancing with Megan Lavery, LPC, LMT (2 CEU hours - NCBTMB)
3. ZB Calm and Ground: 3 Minutes, 1 Chair, A Moment of Reset with Judith Sullivan

The 2025 ZB Community Benefit has been designed around your requests: one day rather than two; more time in each session; practical skills and personal growth; a chance to earn CEs; and time to connect and support Zero Balancing. Attend live to receive 2 CEUs from NCBTMB for the Ethics portion taught by Megan Lavery. Whether you attend live or watch the recording later, you are supporting the ZBHA and providing much needed funds to keep the organization and the field of Zero Balancing thriving.

09/11/2025

Introducing ZBHA Community Agreements:
Cultivating a vibrant culture of respect and empathy

Our aim is to help everyone feel welcome by supporting respect, integrity, safety and accountability throughout the ZB community, as well as in our interactions with the wider world. To this end, over the past 18 months, the ZBHA has created a list of Community Agreements. A living document, drafted by the Inclusive Growth Committee – ZB faculty members Mary Murphy, Lisa Bardarson, Misty Rhoads and Jared Urchek – and reviewed with feedback from ZBHA Board members, ZB teachers, mentors and practitioners. These agreements reflect our aim to create a supportive space for everyone to learn, grow, and connect.

Read more:
https://www.zerobalancing.com/files/ZBHA%20Community%20Agreements%207_28_25.pdf

09/10/2025

Saturday Sept. 13 • 1-4 PM ET
EMBODIED ACTIVISM: A trauma-sensitive approach to healing communities
with Mary Murphy and Misty Rhoads

A note from Mary and Misty:
We are warmly welcoming you to explore the power of collective healing with a safe and anchored space we will co-create together. This three-hour interactive workshop invites participants to investigate how systemic oppression manifests within individuals and communities and explore ways to work with these internalized patterns to foster healing. Through guided activities and discussions, attendees will examine the interplay between individual conditioning and collective systems of oppression, cultivating an awareness of how these dynamics influence the body and nervous system on a felt level. Participants will gain insights into how their own patterns and biases contribute to the collective experience and how cultivating trust, connection, and nonjudgmental awareness can support meaningful transformation. This workshop is designed to inspire reflection, promote healing, and empower participants to contribute to collective change with intention and integrity.

Details & register: https://www.zerobalancing.com/ev_calendar_day.asp?date=9/13/2025&eventid=602

08/22/2025

Zero Balancing can add depth, integration and transformation to other types of bodywork or energy healing practices such as acupuncture. Based on principles of nature, ZB touch is clear, respectful and focuses on our deepest selves in bone, joints and soft tissue. Learn this bodymind wellness system to bring these benefits to your clients:

https://www.zerobalancing.com/benefits

Photo by the Costa Rica School of Massage of Zero Balancing I