Zero Balancing
I was attracted to studying Zero Balancing because not only is its approach totally gentle and honoring of the patient, but that it works with freeing the flow of energy in the bones of the body. I was intrigued at how such a gentle work could dramatically help people with their body pain, there stress level, and their overall sense of well being. Our bodies have energy flowing through them. Some examples are the electrical energies flowing through our nerves, the acupressure/acupuncture pathways (meridians) that flow through our bodies, the chemical energies that occur trillions of times every moment in our bodies as chemical reactions. These energies can not be seen by the naked eye but have been discerned and recorded through scientific measurement.
In the 1970’s, Dr. Fritz Smith, an osteopath, medical doctor, acupuncturist, discerned another energy flow in the body. He found that energy flowed through the bones and that this energy could get blocked leading to poor health and lack of harmony in the body. He found that the key bones to release of blocked energy flow to create more balance and harmony in the body were the sacroiliac joints, the joints of the spine, the back of the skull and certain joints in the feet.
Zero balancing use specific gentle finger pressure by the doctor and held stretches by the patient (called fulcrums). These gentle pressures and held stretches provide a point of stillness around which energy and structure can reorganize, giving the patient an opportunity to let go of held tension and pain and experience new levels of integration and ease in their body. Zero balancing is another wonderful gentle tool I appreciate having in my healing tool box and I enjoy using aspects of this work with patients when it matches their health improvement needs.
