What is Zero Balancing Anyway?
Zero Balancing (ZB) is at the leading edge of modern body-mind therapies. Certification in ZB will greatly amplify the benefits you and your clients enjoy. We believe it is the next “big thing” because of the new world we live in. Clients come to us not only with physical complaints but equally with stress-related symptoms. Zero Balancing uniquely addresses both the physical and the energetic aspects of clients’ health. It does so at the deepest level of clients’ structure and energy – the skeletal system within the musculoskeletal system.
Many massage therapists knowledgeably address the muscles and fascia but yet need ways to address the deeper fascia and the deeper structures of ligaments, joints, and bones. Drawing on the background of Zero Balancing’s founder, Dr. Fritz Smith, who has in his background a Doctor of Osteopathy, an MD, Certification in Rolfing, with a Masters in Acupuncture – Zero Balancing enables you to much more thoroughly and efficiently address the full range of clients’ concerns.
“Zero Balancing (ZB) is a powerful touch therapy for body and mind. Deeply relaxing and energizing, ZB touches your core, at the level of bone, to promote wellness and balance. Zero Balancing is the most powerful modality addressing the musculoskeletal system with particular focus on the skeletal aspect of that system. It combines detailed Western anatomical knowledge with energetic insights drawn from acupuncture and Eastern psycho-physiology. The fascinating theory and very precise techniques will add a whole new dimension to your practice!” — Zero Balancing Health Association
About the Instructor
ZB Faculty Member, David Lauterstein
David Lauterstein is The Lauterstein-Conway Massage School’s Co-founder and has been in massage and bodywork practice since 1977. He is certified in Structural Bodywork and Zero Balancing and has been a teaching faculty member of the Zero Balancing Health Association for over 25 years.
David was inducted in 2011 into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame, honored in 2012 with AMTA’s Teacher of the Year Award, and recognized in 2013 by the Alliance for Massage Therapy Education as “Educator of the Year.”
David is the author of the books: “Putting The Soul Back in the Body”, “The Deep Massage Book: How to Combine Structure and Energy in Bodywork”, “Life in the Bones: A Biography of Dr. Fritz Smith and Zero Balancing,” and co-authored with Dr. Jeff Rockwell, the forthcoming, “The Memory Palace of Bones: exploring embodiment through the skeletal system.”
He has been a massage and bodywork teacher for 40 years, specializing in teaching Deep Massage and Zero Balancing throughout the US as well in England and Costa Rica.
The People and History of ZB
Founder, Fritz Smith
Integrative medicine pioneer Dr. Fritz Smith’s observations and experiences with both anatomy and energy led him to develop the manual therapy system we know as Zero Balancing (ZB).
In the 1960s, Dr. Smith, already an Osteopathic M.D., studied at the Esalen Institute in Northern California and became a certified Rolfer®. During this time, he began to explore yoga, meditation, Eastern energy medicine, and quantum physics.
Beginning in 1972, Dr. Smith traveled to the UK to become a licensed acupuncturist, earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree in acupuncture. He also studied with the famous teacher, Swami Muktananda. Zero Balancing consciously works with body, mind, and spirit.
Dr. Smith has practiced and taught Zero Balancing throughout the world for more than 45 years and continues to teach to this day.
“Beyond being a therapy, Zero Balancing is a community. Some of the most exciting and stimulating features of ZB are the people who have been attracted to study this approach, and the community and friendships we have made. When we are together, it seems that a creative field develops for everyone, where new insights, understandings, and associations occur.” – Fritz Smith