Zero Balancing (ZB) is a hands-on bodywork system designed to align your energy body with your physical structure. Simple yet powerful, it focuses on your whole person, even when addressing specific needs. Considered at the leading edge of body/mind therapies, ZB moves beyond Western scientific approaches to body structure by incorporating Eastern concepts of energy and healing, enabling the practitioner to work simultaneously with your structural and energy bodies to bring balance.

Essentially, these two bodies work in concert with one another and with the external world, yet function independently of each other. The structural body is what you can see and touch -- bone, soft tissue and all the body organs. The energy body is the seen and unseen movement, including muscular movements, movement of tissue fluids, cellular and molecular vibrations and movement of the life force itself. In essence, the quality of energy and structure, and their relationship to one another, directly affects how well we function physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. The latest research shows that changes in energy fields actually precede illness and have a causal relation to disease.

It can be useful to think of the structural body as the sail of a boat and the energy body as the wind. At some point the wind meets the sail. When structure and energy are not integrated, you're like a sailor floundering at sea, not "tacked into the winds of life." Life is less satisfying and you're more susceptible to all manner of emotional distress and disease.

ZB creates a point of stillness where the mind quiets, the energy fields organize and internal reorientation occurs. When structure and energy are balanced, dysfunctional habits, such as outmoded emotional patterns and imprints from past traumas, tend to release. In addition, you're able to function with relative ease, efficiency and comfort, cope with things better, and enjoy greater robust health. After a session, the vibrations of stress pass through the body more easily, making difficult situations less problematic. This is why most people report experiencing a sense of fluidity, integration and well-being following a session.

A ZB session generally takes between 30 to 45 minutes and is performed with the client fully clothed.

Zero Balancing was developed by Fritz Smith in 1975, a Doctor of Osteopathy who earned a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Acupuncture, studied yoga, Rolfing, meditation and Eastern Philosophies in order of gaining a deeper understanding of illness and health.