Event Update
I am teaching in 2024 at the Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy, the Downeast School of Massage in Maine, at The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin. The main literary event is my new book published by Singing Dragon/Handspring Publishing, co-authored with Dr. Jeff Rockwell - “The Memory Palace of Bones: exploring embodiment through the skeletal system.”
My workshop schedule is regularly updated in my monthly newsletter, “Putting the Soul Back in the Body” - click on that link or go to the bottom of this page to subscribe. In 2024 I am teaching “Deep Massage for the Neck” on Jan. 14 at our school in Austin, Zero Balancing I & II at the Costa Rica School of Massage Therapy, June 9-19 and Deep Massage and the Memory Palace, Downeast School of Massage, October 11-13, and Zero Balancing I & II at The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School, Nov. 7-17.
The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School, TX
The feet are the foundation for our whole body and for our whole life! It is surprising that, nonetheless, most massage therapists do not know the muscles of the feet in detail! Every therapist needs a thorough knowledge of the all the muscles of the feet and techniques to address them. This class will give you that knowledge. if you take the class on a Sunday, that Monday you will have a new and tremendously effective therapeutic protocol for the feet.
Heal & Sole - Heel & Soul
February 9, 2025
Zero Balancing Level I/II (Hybrid)
August 1-5, 2025
Bristol College of Massage and Bodywork,
This 35-hour class incorporates what is normally taught as “ZB I and II” – it is a hybrid course open to people taking ZB for the first time and anyone who has had previous Zero Balancing study.
Unlike many other bodywork techniques that focus on soft tissues like muscles and fascia, ZB practitioners work more directly with the bones and joints. Dr. Smith believed that bones hold deep energy patterns, and by releasing tension in the bones, one could affect deeper energy systems in the body.
Zero Balancing is often described as a non-verbal, meditative practice. While receiving the treatment, the client lies fully clothed on a massage table, and the practitioner applies pressure or traction to certain parts of the body in a very specific manner. The goal is to clear energy blockages and allow the body’s natural healing processes to occur.
Zero Balancing Level I/II (Hybrid)
August 11-15, 2025
Esoterra, Amsterdam
This 35-hour class incorporates what is normally taught as “ZB I and II” – it is a hybrid course open to people taking ZB for the first time and anyone who has had previous Zero Balancing study.
Unlike many other bodywork techniques that focus on soft tissues like muscles and fascia, ZB practitioners work more directly with the bones and joints. Dr. Smith believed that bones hold deep energy patterns, and by releasing tension in the bones, one could affect deeper energy systems in the body.
Zero Balancing is often described as a non-verbal, meditative practice. While receiving the treatment, the client lies fully clothed on a massage table, and the practitioner applies pressure or traction to certain parts of the body in a very specific manner. The goal is to clear energy blockages and allow the body’s natural healing processes to occur.
Freely Movable Joints
September 18-21, 2025
The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School, TX
ZERO BALANCING I & II
October 6-12, 2025
Downeast School of Massage, ME
This special class at the Downeast School of Massage combines the two Core classes of Zero Balancing. This 7-day class will give you all you need to perform full Zero Balancing sessions. David Lauterstein is a faculty member of the Zero Balancing Health Association and has been teaching ZB since 1996. Zero Balancing is a path-breaking therapy that will add an essential and new dimension to your bodywork. Founded by Dr. Fritz Smith, osteopathic MD, it is derived from ideas
and techniques of Rolfing, cranio-sacral work, acupuncture, Eastern and Western understandings of energy and anatomy. Zero Balancing I and II, offered uniquely in this hybrid course, will give you the entire Core Zero Balancing protocol.