Zero Balancing® Classes

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Class Description: 

Zero Balancing (ZB) is a simple, yet powerful, bodywork system designed to align the energy body with the physical body in an elegant, efficient manner. Developed by Dr. Fritz Smith, in 1973, Zero Balancing focuses on the whole person, even when addressing specific needs. ZB has been shown to be very effective for a wide range of mind-body issues, from musculoskeletal disorders to anxiety, and is a wonderful tool for personal growth. Dr. Smith's research and practice showed him that when structure and energy flows are balanced dysfunctional habits, such as outmoded emotional patterns and imprints from past traumas, tend to decrease.

Registration Information: 
See ZeroBalancing.com for all Continuing Education approvals.

CEUs approved for all MTs; acupuncturists through NCCAOM; NCBTMB for all Zero Balancing Classes; PTs in Massachusetts and several other states.


Core Zero Balancing I and II

Core Zero Balancing I

In Core Zero Balancing I, you will learn the beginning Zero Balancing protocol: how to work with energy as a specific working tool; how to feel where energy is held at the bone level and how to balance it; how to read the body's signs of energy movement; and how to work with states of expanded consciousness. By the end of the four-day class, participants will be able to perform full Zero Balancing treatments, and begin to help people. Zero Balancing techniques or principles are a natural complement to Massage Therapy and other healing skills, and may be used as a full treatment in themselves or incorporated into other bodywork.

Key Zero Balancing principles include:

  • bones function as key conduits for the deepest energies in the body
  • the foundation joints in the body also have a key role in energy transmission
  • working with the energy of the bones helps take clients into a deeper connection to their core energy
  • working with ZB's signature "Interface Touch" allows for deep contact and establishes clear boundaries between practitioner and client as well as within the client themselves
  • working with the energy and structure of the bones facilitates work with altered states and expanded states of consciousness
COST: $595 ($495 if register before 30 days prior to the class.)

Class Schedule for Zero Balancing I:

       
February 2013       Louisville, CO 720-890-8922

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Core Zero Balancing II

Core Zero Balancing II extends and deepens the principles of Zero Balancing working with more of the core of the body. The class includes reviewing and deepening the fulcrums in Zero Balancing Core I.

January 13 - 18, 2013  Esalen, Big Sur, CA  831-667-3005
     

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ADVANCED ZERO BALANCING CLASSES

 

INTRODUCTION TO VERBAL FULCRUMS IN ZERO BALANCING

This class looks at how we can use words in all aspects of Zero Balancing to deepen the effects of our ZB sessions. Learning how to feel comfortable and successful using verbal fulcrums within a session is of great value for the Zero Balancer. My experience is that certain held areas need verbal processing to fully let go.

The class will include theoretical presentations and practical exercises to help us in all areas of ZB where we use words - from establishing rapport with the client initially, to the framing process and using verbal fulcrums in a ZB session in a way that allows clients to stay in their right brains. We will also address using words after sessions - both in evaluating the work and helping the client become more aware of the learning that occurred, as well as creating "homework" which will energetically match their needs and saying the final goodbye which ends a session.

  • Learn when (and when not) to use verbal processing in Zero Balancing sessions
  • Learn how to create deeper rapport and deeper frames with clients, which allows for more change in ZB sessions
  • Learn a "Short Processing Protocol" to use for verbal processing with appropriate clients
  • Learn ways to help both practitioner and client dialog with the body

"I was blown away!! The depth of this work has changed me and will change my practice. Jim teaches with love and ease. I felt really safe and able to ride my growing edge."    - Linda Puerner-Fischer

"Nice to see the culmination of lots of experience e shared in a new way to help ZBers safely and respectfully ease into better comfort with the use of language and processing."    - Mary Murphy

"Jim's teaching is so very clear - so able to explain things in a way that seems simple, clear, and full."    
- Sheilah McCarthy-Daskovsky

Class Schedule:

June 2 - 5, 2012              Wilmington, VT  617-354-8360, ext. 11
March 21 - 24, 2013              Austin, TX  617-354-8360, ext. 11

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TOUCHING THE WHOLE PERSON

Touching the Whole Person helps you to identify the archetypal signature of the five elemental emotions, and to provide fulcrums to help balance these emotions. You will learn to feel more deeply into the held energy in the bone and the energetic field; to go beyond merely identifying an imbalance in a joint or bone to learning to identify the quality of the evergy held in the imbalance - including the client's emotions, self-image, concerns, etc. The course will include work on framing, processing, and listening to both the words of the client and their body's massage.

You will learn:

  • To open your evalustion skills with more depth and precision
  • To place fulcrums into different realms - emotions, wellmess, core self, basic energetic imbalance
  • To identify your own blocks wiile progressing as a Zero Balancer
 "I think Jim McCormick's course, Touching the Whole Person, is one of the most important courses I've ever taken. Being able to feel the signatures of emotions in my hands has deepened by sensitivity and progressed my ZBs."    - Judith Sullivan, NCTMB

"This is the best course I have ever taken."    - Doreen Almeida, PT

"This is a fabulous course. I felt engaged every moment of the class. Touching the Whole Person has helped me experience a level of confidence in myself, a clearer awareness of energy, and a deeper and more rewarding connection to my clients."  - Eliza Mallouk, MT

Course Length: 4 days
CE Hours: 25
NCBTMB/NCCAOM Approved

Prerequisites:
Core ZB Program (ZBI and ZBII)

Required Reading:
The Alchemy of Touch by Fritz Smith, MD

Class Schedule:

To Be Announced