Cooperative Healing, Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork

05/10/2023

Celebrating 50 years of Zero Balancing during the month of May with haiku poems offered by ZB practitioners. Find a session or class near you at www.zerobalancing.com.

Thank you, Deanna Waggy for your excellent graphic design!

04/30/2023

In Zero Balancing our primary working tool of touch is the fulcrum. Simplified a fulcrum is a point of support on which a lever turns and serves as a catalyst for change.

Archimedes said "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I shall move the world"

Fulcrums aren't solely physical but also deeply energetic. For instance our skillful use of speech is a verbal fulcrum. Can you recall a time when expressing a simple word or two was all that was needed? Diffusing an awkward situation, bringing a smile to anothers face or as the precursor for new insight and direction in life.

When we embody the fulcrum we become the fulcrum, a stimulus for change affecting how we relate to ourselves, others and the world around us.

04/08/2023

"When you receive or study Zero Balancing, you run the risk of being yourself." Fritz Smith, MD, Zero Balancing founder

03/05/2023

BODYWORK WITH YOUR EYES

In Zero Balancing, we don't just "look" at our clients. We commit to "seeing" them and what they do in response to ZB. The bodywork that is done is ultimately THEIR work, not ours. It proceeds from inside out. But we can see the trajectories of their inner work through changes in breathing, movement, facial expression, etc. This sensory aspect is an essential capacity emphasized by Zero Balancing. Learning Zero Balancing will give you a much deeper level of knowledge and skill in seeing and responding to these "working signs."

"While with an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy,
We see into the life of things"
~ William Wordswoth

I've heard a study was done of films of Feldenkrais, Trager and Ida Rolf working. The study was looking for what made them masterful, what distinguished their work from their students. It turns out they were not apparently "doing" any different moves than their students. What they were observed to be doing, quite differently, is they were paying attention to the client, "tracking" the client with a far higher degree of concentration.

It turns out observation skills and the sensory aspect of bodywork is as important as or more so than the motor actions we take. So use your eyes brilliantly and you will SEE what needs to be done.

11/16/2022

10/08/2022

By spending time within, we can find ways to heal our bodies more deeply

A valuable message wrapped in an adorable drawing...
I'm feeling it! 💞
To go along with the image, here are some
Powerful Benefits of Looking Within.
1. By looking within and exploring your thought patterns and behaviours you can discover your true nature.
2. Compassionately looking within can help you to positively deal with insecurities.
3.Compassionately looking within can increase self-understanding, self-worth, self-confidence and improve your overall mental health.
4. Compassionately looking within can help you focus on yourself and identify self-care needs so they can be met.
5. Looking within can also boost your energy. A lack of looking within can lead to not knowing yourself well enough to know what fuels your energy and what drains it. Regularly and compassionately looking within can go a long way in preventing you from feeling drained, overwhelmed or burnt out.
We spend so much time in our outer world, don't forget to lovingly spend time looking within. There is so much beauty waiting to be fully uncovered.
Wishing you health, peace and empowerment.
### J 💜

Adorable image by Sketches in Stillness