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Weeding Your Internal Garden

Have you noticed how good it feels to be in a freshly weeded garden? Or a newly cleaned home? We can all recognize the natural cycles of our lives moving from organization to disorganization to organization over and over again. We weed the garden. New weeds appear. We vacuum the bedroom. New dust bunnies appear. Weeded gardens and clean bedrooms feel better. It’s not just the feeling of accomplishment many of us have after cleaning or weeding. We feel better even when someone else has done the work. Organization feels better than chaos in both our outer and inner worlds.

Clearing or cleaning the external space around us has an organizing effect on our internal space, also known as our internal field. The concept of an organized internal field is fundamental in Zero Balancing (ZB). A more organized field feels better than a disorganized field. Receiving a Zero Balancing organizes your internal field like weeding your internal garden. It’s one of the main reasons you feel better after a Zero Balancing session. 

Zero Balancing techniques, called fulcrums, work by introducing a field that is clearer, stronger, and more organized. For an analogy, think of what happens when a magnet is placed next to a pile of iron filings. The magnetic field is stronger and more organized than the field holding the filings in a pile. The filings line up in response. Likewise, your body responds to Zero Balancing fulcrums by becoming more organized. Because patterns of physical or emotional pain are less organized, they reorganize in response  to the stronger, more organized field introduced during your ZB session. The result: you feel better. 

My clients often report feeling relaxed yet energized after a Zero Balancing session. This may be due to the amount of their energy that can be tied up in a disorganized field. In the garden, when vegetable plants are crowded with weeds, those weeds compete for resources like water, nutrients and sunlight. 

Likewise, our internal resources are challenged by having a disorganized internal field. Disorganized patterns tie up valuable energy. This can make daily life more challenging. 

Approaching an important event while internally disorganized can increase anxiety. Whether giving a presentation at work or hosting a dinner party, having your PowerPoint slides in order or a complete shopping list helps with the archetypal anxiety associated with these activities. An archetypal emotion is one that is normal and inevitable given the situation. If you are human, you will experience this emotion when in this situation. It’s archetypal to feel thirsty when in the desert. Thirst is unavoidable. If you organized your trip, you’ll know which pack has the water. If you can’t find your water because you didn’t organize well, your discomfort can be amplified by feeling fearful or frustrated with yourself in addition to feeling thirsty. Situations that are challenging archetypally, like presentations or dealing with difficult individuals, become more arduous. There are weeds in your internal garden, competing for resources. Knowing this can help you to prepare both your inner and outer worlds for our challenging world. The internal organization provided by a Zero Balancing session can help with upcoming surgeries or performances, new jobs or retiring. 

It’s natural to cycle from organization to disorganization. Navigating our often challenging external world is easier with a well-organized internal field, an internal garden free of weeds.

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The Unexpected Benefits

Most people come to see me for help with physical pain. I am a Physical Therapist by training so this makes sense. Many don’t know what Zero Balancing is, perhaps have not heard of it. However, they want help with back or neck or shoulder pain and perhaps they have heard from a friend that I was able to help. I occasionally use Physical Therapy tools and most always use Zero Balancing. And people’s pain gets better. What my new clients may not be aware of is how Zero Balancing is helping them on every level of themselves; efficiently wrapped up in one simple 30-minute session. However, I’m aware of it. And I observe changes, sometimes profound changes, in almost everyone I work with.

As my clients’ pain improves, I’ve observed other seemingly unrelated aspects of their lives improve as well. People discover new things about themselves and their bodies, become happier, become more truly who they are, become more able to function in the world with greater ease. The changes are usually subtle at first. Someone who has a hard time saying no spontaneously finds themselves saying no. Someone who has a hard time setting boundaries becomes aware they have set a boundary without really thinking about it. Someone whose life is a roller coaster discovers a new ability to ride the ups and downs. These are some of the unexpected benefits of receiving Zero Balancing treatments. To be clear, my job is solely to give the ZB session and that’s all I am doing. It’s the Zero Balancing session itself that creates change. 

I had this experience in my own life multiple times. As I received my monthly ZB sessions, gradually over time my life improved. It was surprising and sometimes astonishing. I felt like I’d been handed a new menu in the restaurant of life; full of possibilities I never thought I’d have access to, feeling grounded, stable, free and happy in ways I’d never dreamed possible.  

We live in a stoic culture. Tolerating pain is expected, implicitly and sometimes explicitly. Those who express pain are often labeled wimps or given other derogatory labels. Emotional pain may be greeted with even more derision. Yet as human beings, most of us are subjected to harmful physical and emotional experiences at least once in our lives. Many experience harm multiple times. 

From a holistic view, harm on any level affects all the levels. When have any of us experienced a physical disruption without concomitant disruption of many other aspects of our lives? If you sprain your ankle, you may have pain in your ankle and need to use crutches to walk. You may not be able to work. You may need help to make meals or to go grocery shopping. Perhaps you are responsible for making someone else meals or helping someone else shop. 

Physically your ankle hurts, yet you are affected mentally and emotionally as well. You may feel anxious or useless when you can’t do your job. You may feel worried or ashamed about not being able to pay your bills. You may feel distressed about letting someone down who depends on you for help. You may need help and find it difficult to ask for or accept help.  

A treatment modality that addresses all these levels at once is invaluable from my perspective. While Physical Therapy may be necessary for treating some aspects of physical pain, the addition of Zero Balancing can help the structural injury and the emotional and mental repercussions as well. A treatment modality that helps all parts of the person is powerful medicine. 

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Why can’t I stick to my exercise program? PART 2

It seems every January brings focus to health and exercise so we are right on track with our spotlight on creating the habit of regular physical exercise! Part 1 presented a self-assessment exercise designed to help you identify your likes and dislikes with regard to exercise. You can read Part 1 here Now it’s time to put this information to use.

It’s worth repeating: the only exercises that work are the ones you will actually do. You will increase the likelihood of sticking with your new exercise habit if your program: 

  • Contains exercises you enjoy. 
  • Realistically fits into the time you have.
  • Happens at a time and place you like. 
  • Contains exercises that help you achieve your goals. 

The self-assessment exercise in Part 1 should have helped you to identify the type of exercise you enjoy, a realistic estimate of the amount of time you have to exercise, and when and where you like to exercise. Here are some suggestions to help you put this information to use. 

Exercises you enjoy: While there is lots of evidence promoting specific types of exercise as most beneficial, no exercise can help you if you don’t do it. It’s a simple fact that people are more likely to continue what they like and stop what they don’t like. There are hundreds of effective stretching, strengthening and cardio exercises. Keep looking for something you enjoy until you find it. 

Exercises you have time to do: You may have read that 60 minutes of daily exercise is recommended. But realistically, you may be able to find only 30 minutes 3 times a week. Impractical expectations often lead people to quit; resulting in no exercise, no movement towards goals, and often a feeling of failure or shame. Not good! Although we may tell ourselves that lack of motivation or laziness is to blame, the stumbling block is more often an unrealistic expectation of what can be accomplished. Commit to exercising during the time that truly fits into your schedule and watch as your success builds a new habit. 

Exercises that happen at a time and in a setting you like: I know of a woman who attended jazzercise classes twice a week for years because the location was on her drive home from work. Both the location and the time fit nicely into her schedule. Find the time and place that works for you and stick with it.  

Exercises that help you achieve your goals: Our bodies are a lot like plants. Give a plant the right amount of sunlight and water and it will grow beautifully. With your body, give it the right type and amount of exercise and it will change. What’s the right type and amount of exercise? The answer varies depending on your goals. Targeting the specific muscles you need for a given activity will help you maximize your benefit for the time you have allotted to exercise. A good Physical Therapist or exercise trainer can help you determine which muscles to target and how much strength and flexibility is optimal, as well as help you to find the exercises you like. 

If you choose a program you like that matches your schedule, you are much more likely to exercise, to continue exercising, and to return to your program if it is interrupted, as can happen so frequently in life. And if you do the exercises correctly and consistently, you are giving your body what it needs. Your body will change and you will achieve your goal.

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How Zero Balancing Can Help You Navigate Your Life

In the 30 years I’ve been giving Zero Balancing (ZB) sessions, I have observed that clients who come for multiple sessions gradually become better able to handle the normal and sometimes excessive stresses that life can bring. Irrespective of the initial reason clients seek help, aspects of their inner and outer lives seem to improve; most notably in their experience of inner stability.

Everyday language has lots of phrases that describe inner world instability. “The rug was pulled out from under my feet.” “You could have knocked me over with a feather.” “I can’t seem to get my legs beneath me.” With so many destabilizing challenges in our lives, having inner stability can be critically important. 

Are you familiar with Weebles? A Weeble is a toy that does not fall down. The world outside can tilt and the Weeble may wobble, but it somehow is able to adapt and doesn’t fall down. Weebles are a good example of stability for this discussion. Stability requires maintaining a broad range of adaptability and resilience in response to sometimes extreme external forces. If we have good internal stability, we may wobble but we don’t fall down!

How might we avoid “falling down”? Looking at the physical body, we know that a fall occurs when the person’s center of gravity moves outside their base of support. A wider base is more secure than a narrower base because the center of gravity can move farther without moving outside the base of support. If one removes a leg from a kitchen chair, the base of support is smaller so the chair will tip. A lower center of gravity is also more stable. If we remove a leg from a footstool, it may not tip at all because its low center of gravity may compensate for the smaller base of support. 

Try standing on one foot. You feel the wobble as your body experiences a narrower base of support. If you grab a chair you have enlarged your base of support. If you bend your knee, you’ve lowered your center of gravity. Unless you choose to change your position, you will remain stable. The floor won’t move. 

What if the surface you are standing on is both moving and unpredictable, like when surfing? The surfer adapts to this challenging situation by remaining in a stable stance; knees bent and feet wide, low center of gravity and wide base of support. The external instability is constant and outside the surfer’s control. It is the surfer’s inner stability, body position and focus that keeps him on the board. 

Life often resembles surfing and some waves are pretty big. Zero Balancing can help us find that surfer’s stance in our inner world.

Zero Balancing balances body energy and body structure. Loss of inner stability can occur  when joints that function to transmit force or energy become compromised and less able to function optimally. This is quite common and may not even be noticed. If you feel ungrounded or easily knocked down, this may be part of the cause. ZB sessions can restore this function, facilitating the freer movement of energy through our physical structure. Our energy, our essence, can move through and inhabit our bodies more fully, helping us to adopt a surfer’s stance in our inner world. We experience a body-felt sense of increased stability. 

Repeated ZB sessions anchor this kinesthetic experience. Stressful times become easier to manage. While some stressors may never feel easy, having an easier time can be a big help. We may wobble yet we experience more adaptability and resilience. We don’t fall down.  

Inner stability provides an essential tool for navigating a changing, unpredictable and often unstable world. It helps keep us on our surfboards!

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Why Can’t I Stick to My Exercise Program? PART 1: Try This exercise!

Most of us are aware of the importance of regular exercise. We are surrounded by research and advice on how much to exercise, when to exercise, the best types of exercise. But how can you determine the best ways for you to exercise and how to stick to these exercises? To begin, here is an inescapable fact about exercise…the only exercises that work are the ones that you will actually do! So before looking at exercise research and medical advice, it may be helpful to try this exercise in discovering your personal definition of “the best exercise.”

Here is the exercise: investigate your relationship with exercise. Investigate your beliefs about exercise. Be honest with yourself. Many people have preconceived notions about what exercise should entail. It can be helpful to notice any thoughts with the word “should” and to put those thoughts aside. Just for now. Explore who you are with self-acceptance, without judgment. 

Here are the questions: 

Do you like to exercise? If the answer is yes, what type(s) of exercise do you like? If the answer is no, as is common for many people, can you identify what you dislike? Be as specific as possible. If you dislike exercise, what might make it more palatable?  

Where do you like to exercise? Do you like going to the gym? Hate going to the gym? Love swimming? Hate getting wet? Do you prefer taking a class or working privately with a trainer? What about following an exercise video at home in your living room? Would you rather be indoors or outdoors?  

What time of day works best for you? Before your day gets started? Or perhaps after getting home from work? 

How much time are you able to spend exercising? Note the wording. How much time are you able to spend, not how much time you think you should spend exercising. 

What do you hope to achieve by exercising? What are your goals? Perhaps weight loss, improved muscle strength, flexibility or tone? Increased well-being? Decreased stress? 

How will you know you have reached your goal? This is an important and often overlooked question. Try to make your goals specific. For example, being able to walk two miles. If your goal is to feel less stressed, how much is “less stressed”? What specifically does “less stressed” feel like? The Visual Analog Scale, also known as the pain scale or VAS, has been shown to be quite accurate; meaning that if you feel your pain is a 5 on the scale of 1 to 10, your “5” is quite consistent within yourself. You can use the same method to measure your stress. Even measuring stress as small, medium, or large can be helpful. 

At the end of this exercise on exercising, you should have some information about yourself that will help you to determine your next step toward developing a successful exercise habit. For example, you may discover you like exercise if it’s outdoors in the early morning; that you can realistically spend 20 minutes 3 times a week exercising; that your goals are to lose 20 pounds and to be able to walk 2 miles. Or you may have discovered that you don’t like exercising but are willing to endure it for 10 minutes every day as long as you can remain seated. Your goal is to decrease your blood pressure medication. 

Part 2 will discuss creating an exercise program based on what you learned about your relationship to exercise. Look for it in the Winter 2023 newsletter coming this December. I hope you enjoy your process of self-discovery!

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Get in the Habit: Clearing Obstacles to Starting an Exercise Program. 

Did you know that people tend to exercise less in the winter months? Is this true for you? Spring is here and the increasingly warm weather may be just the thing to help you to start a new habit: regular exercise.

How many of us have…

…joined a gym, thinking the monthly fee will motivate us to exercise regularly? 

…decided to exercise every day for an hour but never seemed to get around to doing it?

…decided the reason we aren’t exercising is because we are lazy or unmotivated or too busy? 

Perhaps the reason for our lack of success has more to do with human nature than motivation or get-up-and-go. What if we look at getting more exercise as creating a new habit?

There has been a lot of research recently about habits: how powerful they are, how to break bad ones and start good ones. So, what is a habit? For our discussion, let’s define habit as an action required through repetition. Actions we consistently repeat become habits. If we exercise consistently, it will become a habitual part of our daily life. 

Sounds simple. 

But if it’s so simple, why is it so hard? Let’s look at some potential obstacles.

For one, we tend to create exercise goals without considering whether the goals are achievable. Or we may choose exercise based on what we’ve read about what doctors say we should be doing. We don’t consider our likes, dislikes, and the real constraints of daily life. For example, clients often come to me for help going to the gym more frequently. Yet when I ask them if they like the gym, they respond, “I hate going to the gym.” or “I hate to exercise.” Similarly, someone may decide to exercise every morning before work yet hate getting up early. It’s not hard to see both approaches heading toward failure. 

So, just for now, put aside what you’ve read or what you’ve always thought you should be doing with regard to exercise. Instead, as a first step, spend a few weeks observing yourself and making a list of what types of exercise you like. Be honest with yourself about what you enjoy and don’t enjoy. What time of day do you feel energized? When in your daily schedule are you most likely to consistently have time to exercise? How much time can you realistically spend exercising? Where do you like to exercise? If you prefer exercising at home, where in your house or apartment are you most comfortable? 

Each aspect you list should be true and aligned with your nature. Be relentlessly honest with yourself and fully accept who you are. 

Remember that the only exercise that works is the exercise you will actually do! All the “best exercise” information in the world won’t help you if you won’t do it. I once had a client who was honest enough to state she was only willing to exercise during the commercials when she watched the nightly news. I gave her an exercise program that matched her willingness and she did her exercises every night. 

It’s unlikely you will consistently exercise if you don’t enjoy it or can’t get to it because it doesn’t align with your daily rhythms or busy lifestyle. If you hate the gym but love walking in your neighborhood, take walks in your neighborhood. If you like lifting weights but don’t have more than 10 minutes per day to exercise, lift weights for 10 minutes. Try it!

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A ZB Perspective for Your Life

In an earlier newsletter, I introduced the idea that Zero Balancing (ZB) principles can help you in your daily life. It can be so helpful it’s worth a deeper look. Specifically, how using the Zero Balancing concept of fulcrums and working states can deepen your understanding of normal responses to change, especially ongoing change like the pandemic.

To review, the term “fulcrum” is used to describe each technique used during a ZB session. A fulcrum creates an opportunity for movement, in much the same way an otherwise stationary board becomes a lever by placing it on a fulcrum. When your ZB practitioner places a fulcrum and holds it for a few seconds, your system responds by going into motion. Your internal world starts to reorganize and change in response to the stillness in the practitioner. This process is called a working state. It’s an in-between state; in between the patterns you had before the fulcrum and the new patterns that have not yet formed. Each fulcrum, working state and new pattern are part of an organic, holistic process that naturally moves you toward a higher state of health. 

Outside the context of a Zero Balancing session, a new job, moving house, getting married, going through a pandemic, all these life experiences can be viewed as fulcrums. They are all catalysts for change and the experience that follows is a working state. In some circumstances we are like the ZB practitioner placing the fulcrum.  In some instances we are like the person on the table receiving the fulcrum. 

How can understanding fulcrums and working states help you? 

It can provide an understanding of which side of the process you are experiencing and guide your choices. If you are receiving the fulcrum, you have entered a working state. This in-between state is inherently unstable because things are in motion; things are changing. From this perspective, it’s perfectly normal to feel stressed, for things to feel challenging or extremely uncomfortable. The continuing discomfort of the global pandemic is a good example. This global fulcrum ended the patterns of our pre-pandemic lives and we remain in a working state. The new patterns have not yet fully formed. The perspective of fulcrums and working states can help because it makes sense of our ongoing stress. 

Recognition that you are in a working state can help you feel more stable, even if things are still in motion. The stress you feel is a normal, if uncomfortable, response to change. You can anticipate that once the new pattern is established, you are likely to feel better. You realize that you are experiencing a normal part of re-orienting around a change and may be better able to tolerate the discomfort as a result. It may not feel easy yet it may feel easier! 

It can be equally helpful to understand fulcrums and working states when you initiate the change. Here, you are like the practitioner. You have placed the fulcrum and you can view the reactions of those around you as their working state. Like a ZB practitioner, your job is to stay present and remain still. Those around you are reorganizing around your fulcrum. Their reactions are a normal response to the change you have created, their discomfort is the normal discomfort of being in a working state. This may free you from feeling you must argue or justify your decision. If you can stay still and present, their reaction often winds down soon and you can both move forward into the new pattern. 

Try looking at experiences in your life as fulcrums and working states. I hope it helps!

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What are the best shoes for a person with high-arched feet?

In this 3-part series, I’ve been helping you to determine the optimal shoe features for your particular foot. Part 3 will look at what shoes may be best for a person with high arched feet. If you missed Parts 1 and 2 you can read them here. 

Let’s get started on Part 3!

As we learned in Part 1, the foot needs to be mobile early in the walking cycle, for shock absorption and adapting to the ground, and rigid later in the walking cycle, to propel the body forward. 

Your high-arched foot is rigid because of its interlocking bone structure. So you have what you need for the later part of the walking cycle, which is great! Your rigid foot is excellent for propelling the body forward and helping you to take a nice, long step. However, it may be at a disadvantage during the early stages of the walking cycle, when you need flexibility for shock absorption and to adapt to any unevenness underfoot. With insufficient shock absorption, ground reaction forces travel up your leg and can adversely affect your hip, pelvis and back. With insufficient flexibility in your foot on uneven ground, you have a higher risk of falling or spraining your ankle. 

The good news is that the right shoe can make up for the shock absorption and adaptability  your high-arched foot lacks. A soft and mobile shoe with added cushion can make a big difference!  

Here are 3 simple tests you can perform in the shoe store to find a soft and mobile shoe. Two of these tests are used by people with flatter feet. However, you will make different choices based on the results! 

Heel Counter Squeeze 

The Heel Counter is the back part of your shoe where your heel sits. 

Place your thumb and forefinger on either side of the heel counter. Pinch the sides together. 

For high-arched feet, a shoe where you can easily squeeze the sides together, like this black shoe, is a better shoe for you.  

If the heel counter remains firm, like this blue shoe, this is not a good shoe for you. It’s too stiff and rigid. 

Twist Test

Hold the back of the shoe with one hand and the toes of the shoe with the other hand. Try to twist the shoe. 

[Photo of back of twisted black shoe here] 

If it’s easy to twist, like the black shoe, it’s a good shoe for you. 

If it’s harder to twist, like the blue shoe, it is not a good shoe because it’s too rigid. 

Back of the Shoe Test

Look at the back of the shoe. The sole should flare slightly outward like the shoe above. This will add stability to the outside of your foot and decrease the risk of twisting your ankle. 

Avoid shoes where the sole slants inward, like the shoe above. This is a less stable shoe.

And to add shock absorption, be sure your shoes have plenty of cushioning! 

How much does wearing the right shoe matter? 

It depends. If you are not having any problems with your feet or back or spraining your ankle, it’s probably not important that all your shoes meet the criteria above. However, if you are walking for exercise or having problems, the right shoes may help! 

Thanks for reading!

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What Can Zero Balancing Help?

This is a question I get asked all the time. Common questions are “Can Zero Balancing help my neck? My husband’s back? Anxiety? Writer’s block?” The answer depends on what’s causing the problem.

An easy way to understand this is to think about your car. If your car won’t start because the ignition is broken, installing a new battery is not likely to help! Your mechanic needs to find and then fix the cause of the problem, in this case the ignition. The same is true for the body, as well as the emotions, mind and spirit. Determining whether a particular treatment modality is likely to help requires at least some understanding of the cause of the problem.

Let’s use back pain as an example. Different healthcare professionals will likely look at your back from different perspectives. Western medicine is primarily concerned with the structure of the body. A western medical practitioner, like a doctor or Physical Therapist, may examine the muscles, joints, or nerves in your back to determine the cause of your pain. Eastern medicine, like acupuncture, is primarily concerned with energy or chi. An acupuncturist may evaluate the flow of chi through your body to determine the best treatment for pain. Zero Balancing bridges western and eastern medical thought. ZB practitioners see people as having two bodies; a structural body and an energy body and focus on the relationship between the two. So a ZB practitioner will evaluate the relationship between your structure and your energy to determine the cause of your back pain. 

Many years ago a colleague came in for a ZB session. She had never received ZB before and was curious. During the session I noticed an imbalance between the structure and energy in her low back area. It responded nicely to the ZB techniques. After the session, she expressed amazement that her back no longer hurt. It turned out that she had chronic back pain, information she had not shared with me prior to the session. She said that through the years, she had worked with “the best of the best” Physical Therapists in the city, but she still had the pain. She was pleasantly surprised when the session addressed both her curiosity about ZB and her chronic back pain!

While I was delighted the session had helped her back, my interpretation of her experience was simply that the pain must have been caused by an imbalance between her structure and energy, at least in part. And because the ZB directly addressed the imbalance, her symptom went away. The cause of the problem had been taken care of, like fixing the ignition would take care of that car that wouldn’t start. 

The same approach can be applied to all of the problems mentioned above. Zero Balancing can be very effective for troubles in your body, emotions, mind or spirit if those troubles are caused by an imbalance between your structure and energy. 

In my experience, some situations and problems are more likely to cause an imbalance between body structure and body energy. These situations often result from experiencing trauma of both a structural and energetic nature. One example would be trouble that started during a particularly stressful period in life, like a car accident after losing a loved one or going through a divorce. In general, trauma of any sort impacts both our structure and energy. 

Is it worth trying a ZB session or two to find out if it can help? The answer is usually yes, especially for problems that have been around for a long time. Give it a try!

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How to Talk about Zero Balancing

Clients often tell me they struggle with how to talk to people about Zero Balancing (ZB). They love receiving the sessions and want to share with friends and family but don’t know what to say. A friend asks, “How does it work?” or “What does Linda do during the session?” and my clients say they don’t know how to respond. 

Here are some tips and ideas!

First, take yourself off the hook. You can’t be expected to know what I’m doing, unless you are a Zero Balancing practitioner. And even then, you’ll miss the fun if you spend your ZB  session figuring out what I’m doing instead of relaxing and enjoying yourself. So please don’t expect yourself to be able to speak to my experience giving a ZB. 

You are, however, an expert at your own experience. No one knows your experience better than you! So start there. Your authenticity is a powerful communication tool. 

You may wonder how sharing your own experience can answer your friend’s questions. 

Think about what your friend may actually be asking when they ask how ZB works. Most of us are interested in some basic information when considering bodywork sessions for the first time or with a new practitioner. It’s normal to want to know: Will it feel good? Will it help me? Will I be safe? 

These are universal human concerns and are, quite possibly, what you yourself wondered before you tried Zero Balancing. Often, we are not fully aware of these specific concerns. So we ask what it is or how it works. Or we ask if it’s similar to something we already know about. 

When a potential new client asks me what Zero Balancing is or how it works, I answer their spoken question and also the unspoken questions listed above. By talking about how ZB may help, how good it feels, how experienced I am, and how much care I bring to each session, I am hopefully answering both the spoken and unspoken questions. 

When you share your own experience, you may be answering the unspoken questions and possibly the most important questions. You are sharing that it feels good, that it’s helping you, that you feel safe. 

So what details might you share about your own experience? 

One possibility is to share how you feel during the session. You are lying on a soft and comfortable treatment table. How does my touch feel to you? Good? Safe? Gentle? Comforting? Calming? 

Another option is to think about how you feel when you first sit up after a ZB session. When you first stand up. After you’ve walked a bit. Now see if you can come up with a few words that describe how you feel. Here are some words clients have used to describe how they feel  after a ZB session: 

Grounded. Light. Less pain. No pain. Calm. Taller. Serene. Clear. Happy. Better. 

Do any of these words fit your experience? If not, perhaps there are other descriptions you can share about Zero Balancing. 

Are the sessions helping you? Without sharing personal details about why you are receiving Zero Balancing, you can describe ways you know the sessions are helping you. For example: “My pain is better.” “I’ve been able to get back to gardening.” “I’ve started writing again.” “I’m more relaxed.”

Lastly, you can refer your friend or family member to my website Lindawobeskya.com for descriptions of how I work and links to a podcast and articles on Zero Balancing click here. Another resource is the Zero Balancing website click here for more information. There are 2 excellent books on Zero Balancing. Inner Bridges by Dr. Fritz Smith, the developer of ZB, and Zero Balancing by John Hamwee.