If we pause there, inside the sensation of the arms and listen - we can discover their messages for us. 

Fulcrum is distinct from “technique” because a fulcrum, applied to touch, is a balance point, much like the mid-point of the see-saw. The see-saw moves up and down, but the middle, the pivot point, the fulcrum, is still - the part that doesn’t move. In a therapeutic fulcrum, the clarity in touch is the pivot point for the client’s inner work releasing tensions no longer needed.

·      The clavicle is anatomically classified as a “long bone.” As such it is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally.

·      It is the first bone to begin the process of ossification during development of the embryo, during the fifth and sixth weeks of gestation.

·      It is one of the last bones to finish ossification, at about 21-25 years of age.

 ·      In birds, the clavicles fuse to form a single Y-shaped bone, the “furcula” or what we call the “wishbone.”

The world's first shoulder was a wrinkle in an embryo's neck, floating in the oceans of Ordovician Earth, ~480 million years ago.

The imagery of bones in poems and the poetic role of bones in our lives are herein explored in detail!

Recently a friend responded to our extended correspondence about life’s complications with one word. She wrote, “Selah.” I never had heard the word before and was intrigued. The deeper I explored the more mysterious and wonderful it became.

If we pause there, inside the sensation of the arms and listen - we can discover their messages for us. 

The “box” is a simple name for a container. In Zero Balancing and Deep Massage we consciously encourage the person to feel safe and contained through a very high, caring touch quality. Then the touch, when sustained, can, within the box (aka the inner arena, the field), evoke new experiences that may help the client let go of tensions that no longer serve them.

For me - a young beatnik/folkie at the time - the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago was paradise.

When a person, with pure appreciation and a peaceful mind, tries to compose with stones, grass and water in order to create one unified beauty – the formation is called a “garden.” In this context, the garden is the embodiment of the peaceful coexistence of all the elements of nature.

Recently a friend responded to our extended correspondence about life’s complications with one word. She wrote, “Selah.” I never had heard the word before and was intrigued. The deeper I explored the more mysterious and wonderful it became.

The “box” is a simple name for a container. In Zero Balancing and Deep Massage we consciously encourage the person to feel safe and contained through a very high, caring touch quality. Then the touch, when sustained, can, within the box (aka the inner arena, the field), evoke new experiences that may help the client let go of tensions that no longer serve them.

Fulcrum is distinct from “technique” because a fulcrum, applied to touch, is a balance point, much like the mid-point of the see-saw. The see-saw moves up and down, but the middle, the pivot point, the fulcrum, is still - the part that doesn’t move. In a therapeutic fulcrum, the clarity in touch is the pivot point for the client’s inner work releasing tensions no longer needed.

In Zero Balancing pausing and taking our hands off the body is as important as our touching.