What is Zero Balancing?

Zero Balancing is a unique, potent but little-known bodywork therapy.  It is one of those well-kept healing secrets.  I would describe it as massage with your clothes on.  Therapy without the talk. Meditation without the mantra.  It goes to right to the heart of healing by bringing your energy and your structure (your physical body) into balance.

Zero Balancing is a bodywork that has only been around for 30 years.  According to its founder, US physician and osteopath, Dr Fritz Smith, it is the first healing technique to work on the mind and body by integrating the Eastern concept of energy flow with a Western understanding on body structure.

What happens during a session? 

Yes, you do lie on a couch but only after an assessment of the current state of your energy field and your skeletal flexibility.  For this, you sit on the edge of the couch and allow your pelvis to be rocked from side-to-side and your arms to be rotated in their sockets.

You then lie down and do nothing for the 40 minutes an average session will last.

How does it Work?

As a Zero Balancing practitioner I have been trained to recognise energy pathways clearly mapped out by Dr Smith and so your session will always follow the same pattern.

I use fulcrums or “pivotal points” that I create in the body using the pressure of my fingertips to bring your energy and structure into a balanced relationship.  You should immediately feel you are being worked on by someone who knows their way around the body and who knows exactly what they are doing.

Whatever state you are in when you first get onto the couch, you can expect to jump off again feeling relaxed, lighter in your body, stretched out and quieter.

What will I feel after a session?

You may, when you step down, realise your legs feel like jelly and that your head is still reeling from the deep meditation.  You may feel a release either during or after a treatment.

Zero Balancing can relieve muscular-skeletal problems and help clear other blockages and emotional or spiritual issues.  It can also enhance sports performance.

Unless you are dealing with a specific problem, such as back pain or headaches, then you probably only need a session once every three weeks to help you stay both connected and in balance.

I came across an interesting article a few days ago about ritual.  A ritual is defined as a predefined sequence of symbolic actions often characterised by formality and repetition that lacks direct instrumental purpose. Read more

Connect

Connect with the people around you: with family, friends, colleagues and neighbours, at home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.

Be Active

Go for a walk or run, step outside, cycle, play a game, garden or dance – exercising makes you feel good. Most be active importantly; discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness.

Take Notice

Be curious, catch sight of the beautiful, remark on the unusual, notice the changing seasons, savour the moment and be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling.

Keep Learning

Try something new, rediscover an old interest, sign up for that course, take on a different responsibility at work, set learning a challenge you enjoy achieving – Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun.

Give

Do something nice for a friend or a stranger, thank someone, smile, volunteer your time, join a community group – Seeing yourself and your happiness, as linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you.

You don’t have to do all 5 actions everyday straight away but trying to try to do one or two can be a good place to start.