Massage therapy, done as the practice of, in Aldous Huxley’s words, a non-verbal humanity reawakens us to our capacity for embodiment. Touch is real, the most “real” sense as it is the only sense that contacts structure as well as energy simultaneously.
Read MoreProgress in both the art and science, both energy and structure, is a precious legacy of modern massage therapy. Of late the scientific perspective has been wonderfully emphasized. It is the purpose of this article to contribute to balancing this emphasis with an understanding of the essential role energy, art, and integration play in our knowledge and therapy.
Read MoreThe world's first shoulder was a wrinkle in an embryo's neck, floating in the oceans of Ordovician Earth, ~480 million years ago.
Read MoreTherapy for individuals is vastly important. Equally needful is work we can do for the larger “body” politic. Ultimately health is a community issue, not only an individual one. VOTE and let’s help make the world a healthier place for all!
Read MoreBlessed are the nourishers -
Read MoreThe imagery of bones in poems and the poetic role of bones in our lives are herein explored in detail!
Read MoreThe vibrations that make sound relate to the “harmonics series” in bodies, musical instruments, and ultimately in all things.
Read MoreNaming things gives us the illusion that something is just “there” - but that’s not true.
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All neurosis begins as a restriction of breath. – attributed to Wilhelm Reich. This phrase has stuck with me as a fundamental truth for years…
Read MoreWhat does “biological optimism” mean to you?
Read MoreThings relate to each other through conjoined irregularities. This knowledge is amplified by appreciating the magic, for example, of corn kernels perfectly fitting in their irregularity, and the ingenuity of conjoined shapes in ancient stone-walled temples.
Read MoreIn Zero Balancing pausing and taking our hands off the body is as important as our touching.
Read MoreThe imagery of the ships who we are conveys not only the dance of all things in the water medium in which we live, but simultaneously it represents as well our soulful aspirations, as we embark and perpetuate this human odyssey.
Read MoreA tribute to Fritz Smith from Mary Murphy, ZB faculty member, at his 90th birthday, May, 2019.
Read MoreOf the many we could have chosen here is a small selection of photos from Fritz’ life
Read MoreAt his 90th birthday party in 2019, Dr. Fritz Smith, the founder of Zero Balancing, said with glee that he’d see us at his 95th birthday.
Read MoreFear is natural - it is like spring hiding beneath winter - water under the earth - anxiety just needs breath to turn into excitement.
Read MoreEVEN GOLD HAS A SILVER LINING!
Read MoreOn May 11, Dr. Fritz Smith would have been 95. Gratefully he has spent his whole life exploring the deepest ways to positively affect the human being in body, mind and spirit. The book “Life in the Bones” explains his life and Zero Balancing’s development. “This amazing biography taught me more about the energy body and the origin and evolution of mind/body therapies than I have learned in 30 years of practice and teaching. “ - Paul Sibcy, MA
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