Posts Tagged ‘zero balancing’
THIS IS MY BOX – REFLECTIONS ON WONDROUS CONTAINERS
Today is Christmas and millions of people will be opening boxes. And they will be looking inside these boxes with excitement. In a figurative sense I’ve begun to be as interested in “boxes” as in their contents. The box “contains” the present. It holds these treasures that we invest with feelings. They are, at their…
Read MoreKNOWLEDGE IS THERAPEUTIC!
Do You Feel Like You’re Chasing Your Client’s Problems? When I first began working as a therapist, I really enjoyed doing my sessions. Soon however, I found people asking me about their injuries and pains and I felt I didn’t know enough to assess exactly what the problems were and what was causing them. I…
Read MoreBETTER THAN JUST GOOD
TLC & the Advanced Massage Program Years ago I went to a local Italian restaurant which didn’t look very classy. So when the waiter came over, I pointed to an entrée and asked skeptically, “Is this good?” The waiter looked down at me and confidently said, “Sir, that is more than GOOD.” That, in so…
Read MoreTHE CASE FOR TOUCH – GUEST BLOG BY AMANDA KING
My sense, as a bodyworker, that healing possibilities through touch are infinite. Professional touch, while geared to provide a consistency of experience to the client, also allows for that person’s individual response to a multitude of factors, including pain sensitivity, pressure, etc. In approaching a new client, for example, I ask her if she is…
Read MoreLife in the Bones, The Book I Didn’t Write and the Book I Did
by David Lauterstein Beginning about ten years ago, Aminah Raheem, the wife of my Zero Balancing mentor, Dr. Fritz Smith, asked if I would consider writing his biography. At the time I was still working full-time on my second book, The Deep Massage Book, so I thanked her and declined but promised I would give…
Read MoreI HAVE A DREAM – and it’s in my bones!
by David Lauterstein, LMT, Cert. ZB Years ago I received the gift of hearing Martin Luther King speak in person. I hope you’ll excuse me if I bring some of his inspirational tone into this little essay. I just can’t resist. The reason I can’t resist is I have a dream too. And I know…
Read MoreThe value of the Advanced Program
by David Lauterstein In the last years we have seen something almost weird happening in our field. For the first time ever, the demand for massage therapists has exceeded the supply. This is great. This means there are jobs for just about every single one of our graduates. What they usually need at this point…
Read MoreThe Four Top Reasons To Learn Zero Balancing
“If you love the body you must know the bone….” ~ R. Tillinghast Add something really effective and new to your tool bag. To help people more and to retain clients better, you need to be enhancing your skills and supporting your inspiration. Learning new effective work refreshes, excites you more in your work…
Read MoreZero Balancing brings you back to center
by Tasha Snedaker The modality is like a tree that just got out of a wind storm and is now… still. It balances you like a pendulum, that, once it’s experienced the very edges of balance, and being unbalanced, it comes to center and… rests. This “center” enables the person to feel “lighter” and taller in…
Read MoreALL LAYERS OF MIND AND BODY ~ HOW DOES ZERO BALANCING HELP?
Your body is composed of layers. Each one has a relatively soft, connective tissue associated with it. Generally called “fascia”, these connective tissue layers act somewhat like a series of living saran wrappings around all the tissues in the body. The layers overall are: The skin with its associated superficial fascia The organs and muscles…
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