In Zero Balancing pausing and taking our hands off the body is as important as our touching.
Read MoreA tribute to Fritz Smith from Mary Murphy, ZB faculty member, at his 90th birthday, May, 2019.
Read MoreEVEN GOLD HAS A SILVER LINING!
Read MoreOn May 11, Dr. Fritz Smith would have been 95. Gratefully he has spent his whole life exploring the deepest ways to positively affect the human being in body, mind and spirit. The book “Life in the Bones” explains his life and Zero Balancing’s development. “This amazing biography taught me more about the energy body and the origin and evolution of mind/body therapies than I have learned in 30 years of practice and teaching. “ - Paul Sibcy, MA
Read MoreA provocative handout to inform and inspire you in your work. Sometimes therapists just think we are performing helpful techniques/services. In truth, when we engage our whole self the result is vastly healthier for both the practitioner and client/patient.
Read MoreThe 11th and 12th rib are calling floating ribs, but really all ribs float.
Read MoreA fascinating, subtle, and super important aspect of Zero Balancing is that you “evaluate” a bone or joint before you choose to place a fulcrum in it. So, first, there is the commitment to deep curiosity, compassion, and care involved in getting to know a place in a person before you choose to “do” anything.
Read MoreIn August 2024 I will be returning to the UK to teach Deep Massage, both basic and advanced< at the Bristol College of Massage and Bodywork. These are dependably some of the most profound students I’ve ever taught due to their collective level of education, intelligence and sensitivity.
Read MoreAt the Lauterstein-Conway School we have just been thrilled with 23 participants in the “Geometry of Healing” course. For most of them – 17 - this is the culmination of their 100 hours in our Intensive Certification Program that began last May.
Read More“I’ve been reading your philosophical missives with interest but I have a little problem with the last one. “ - Allan Davidson on the key to Ida Rolf’s work.
Read MoreEarly reviews of “The Deep Massage Book” convey a sense of the uniqueness of what one learns by studying Deep Massage: The Lauterstein Method.
Read MoreThere are special places of awe and power where we can rest and be rejuvenated. The book reminds us that we can do this within ourselves. We already know this in our bones.
Read MoreIn Zero Balancing, we cultivate our ability to sense and to see as equally important as the touch techniques we apply.
Read MoreA link to the cover article from the Massage Therapy Journal - from about 30 years ago!
Read MoreThese days aggression is too highly regarded or viewed as acceptable. This holds true in the realm of our culture, our politics, and even in our treatment rooms. How many clients and therapists claim “the deeper the better,” some even weirdly saying, “You can’t hurt me!”
Read MoreI proposed to my associates at our school that we offer an Intensive version of the ZB Certification Program through which the participants, upon successful completion, could become Certified Zero Balancing Practitioners - in under one year…
Read MoreThe more I work with Zero Balancing the more I contemplate deeply about one’s structural form with the energetic body and the relationship between the two.
Read MoreIn 2023, the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin, TX will offer a unique opportunity for ZB Certification -- the TLC Intensive ZB Certification Program!
Read More“Advice is like snow, the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.”
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Read MoreThe lore of the Chinese lute gives us an unparalleled window into touch technique.The descriptions and imagery of the kinds of touch used for lute-playing show us that we in the West have a highly under-developed vocabulary and imagery for the vast range of gestures, shapes and spirit conveyed through the infinite and different ways we touch.
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