Zero Balancing
Touching Energy & Structure at the Level of the bone
Todd was first exposed to Zero Balancing (A system of healing that blends energy healing from acupuncture with osteopathy's structurally based medicine) several years ago when he was teaching a Japanese acupuncture seminar in Tucson, Arizona. After a long day of traveling and restless sleep in his hotel room, he was feeling a bit “off”. During the lunch break, one of the students in the class offered to give him a "ZB" session. At the time, he had read a book about Zero Balancing, but he had never experienced it first hand. Todd decided to accept her offer, and a mere hour later was truly blown away when he got up off the table feeling like the combination of a ninja and a Zen master. It was at that point in his life, that Todd knew that he needed to study more about that work, and for the last several years he has been passionately doing so.
What is Zero Balancing?
ZB is a style of manual medicine that was developed by Dr. Fritz Smith, a medical doctor, osteopath, and five-element acupuncturist who integrated a brilliant synthesis of eastern and western paradigms of medicine into one treatment modality that simultaneously works on both energy and structure.
Typically a session lasts around 45 minutes. The person receiving the session is fully clothed and lays on their back, while the practitioner uses finger pressure and gentle traction on areas of tension in the bones, joints, and soft tissue to create fulcrums, or points of balance, around which the body can relax and reorganize itself. This work addresses the deepest and densest tissues of the body, along with soft tissue, and energy fields, and in doing so helps to clear blockages in the body’s energy flow, amplify one's vitality, and contribute to an overall better postural alignment. Typically after a Zero Balancing session one is left with a wonderful feeling of overall physical organization and on of inner harmony.
Typically a session lasts around 45 minutes. The person receiving the session is fully clothed and lays on their back, while the practitioner uses finger pressure and gentle traction on areas of tension in the bones, joints, and soft tissue to create fulcrums, or points of balance, around which the body can relax and reorganize itself. This work addresses the deepest and densest tissues of the body, along with soft tissue, and energy fields, and in doing so helps to clear blockages in the body’s energy flow, amplify one's vitality, and contribute to an overall better postural alignment. Typically after a Zero Balancing session one is left with a wonderful feeling of overall physical organization and on of inner harmony.
As far as health issues, ZB is an effective treatment for the alleviation of body aches and pains, releasing restrictions in movement, as well as for providing lasting relief from emotional distress and thereby improving one's overall quality of life. It can also be helpful with reaching specific goals such as the relief from back pain, improving one's energy concentration and/or sleep, releasing unwanted stress, eliminating old habitual behavior patterns & overcoming addictions, as well as boosting overall well-being.
After being involved in the study and practice of the healing arts for over twenty years, Todd has found in Zero Balancing what is a very authentic expression that integrates well into his acupuncture other work, and he is happy to be offering these sessions serving the Sonoma County, California towns of Windsor, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and other surrounding areas.
After being involved in the study and practice of the healing arts for over twenty years, Todd has found in Zero Balancing what is a very authentic expression that integrates well into his acupuncture other work, and he is happy to be offering these sessions serving the Sonoma County, California towns of Windsor, Healdsburg, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol and other surrounding areas.