Wondering about how to talk about Zero Balancing? Want to tell your (family, partner, trainer, PT) about ZB and don’t know what to say? Is your friend asking about Zero Balancing sessions and you don’t know how to answer? You’re not alone! ZB practitioners and clients alike can find it challenging to talk about ZB. Whether we initiate the conversation or want to respond to questions, it can feel difficult to translate our kinesthetic experience into words.

Clients often tell me they begin to talk about ZB and the conversation stalls. If you’ve begun to talk about your ZB experience and it doesn’t seem to be going well, there may be several reasons why. 

One approach is to think about your own goal in talking about Zero Balancing. What do you hope to accomplish with the conversation? Be honest with yourself. If your goal is, for example, to share how much the sessions help you, then just talking about it will meet the goal. Whether the person is able to hear and understand you is secondary. You have shared your experience. 

Many of us aren’t really clear about our own goals. If you read the above, imagining a conversation, and are feeling some vague dissatisfaction, then perhaps your goal was something different or may have been only partially met. If you have some clarity about your desired outcome, it may guide you in deciding what to say or how to say it. 

Let’s look at the two scenarios mentioned above–one in which you initiate the conversation and one in which you are asked. 

What might be a goal when initiating a conversation about Zero Balancing? 

Let’s say your goal is feeling heard while sharing your excitement about your own experience. What response on the part of the listener would make you feel heard? If you are clear about what you are looking for, you’re more likely to know when you’ve received it. 

What if your goal is to help your friend or family member? This leads in a few directions. Will the goal be met if they hear you? If they agree to think about getting a session? If they agree to receive a session? Take into account that we cannot control the responses of our listeners. Is your goal realistic? Might it take several conversations to achieve? Answering these questions may help you in the conversation. 

It can feel trickier if you are asked the question “What is Zero Balancing?” People often tell me that this is where things begin to go awry because they feel they must be able to answer the question as if they were a practitioner. That’s not true. 

You may not know what’s involved in giving a session but you certainly know what it’s like to receive a session. You have clothes on. You lie comfortably on your back. You receive similar techniques in a similar order each time. And it feels good. It’s very relaxing. At the end of the session you wish you could stay lying on the table. Your pain is better. You feel taller. You look forward to coming back. All this qualifies as a very good description of Zero Balancing. 

For more tips and ideas, read my previous blog on how to talk about ZB here