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holds information and that energy is a basic building block of our bodies,” said Smith.


His approach balances the relation- ship of energy and structure in the body/ mind with a comfortable, deep touch called “interface,” which creates a clear place of contact so that both client and practitioner are present, attentive and in the moment. For the practitioner, who remains clearly aware, and the client, who enters into a state of expanded consciousness, Zero Balancing can be a meditative experience, as well as an op- portunity for the body/mind to reorga- nize and enhance health.


According to Smith’s beliefs and experience, the body can accumulate tension or trauma in tissue. Zero Bal- ancing is focused on bone-held ten- sion and addresses the body’s deepest, densest tissue. Using finger pressure and gentle traction on areas of tension in the bones, joints and soft tissue, the therapist creates points of balance, or interfaces, around which the body can relax and reorganize. As a clearer,


stronger field of energy is brought in, the therapist can alter or release the tissue-held vibration, thus releasing held memory and old trauma. Smith explains that, once freed from multiple places of held tensions influenced by past events, the individ- ual is more able to live in the here and now and becomes more congruent with the moment. “Releasing nonfunctional information in the form of memory and holding patterns within bone, which represents our earliest conditioning and teaching, can be life-changing,” he advises.


Alvina Quatrano, a Naples mas- sage therapist trained in Zero Balanc- ing, attests to the positive effect the modality has on her clients. “A person comes away from a session knowing that they’ve been touched and altered in some way, though they may not always have the vocabulary to fully explain it,” she says.


Many individuals who have expe- rienced sessions with Verilee Herpich, a registered nurse and licensed mas-


sage therapist, who will present a Zero Balancing II class May 2-5, describe the results in simple language. “Clients tell me all the time that they feel aligned, grounded and deeply relaxed,” advises Herpich, who notes that the modality is especially helpful for anyone going through any type of transition.


Monarch Therapy, LLC, Quail Plaza, 4500 Executive Drive, #105, Naples 34119. Call 239-687-8286 or visit MonarchTherapy.com. Visit EMDRIA. org. See ad, page 39.


For information on a 2.5-hour February 8 introductory session on Zero Balanc- ing at Journey Arts, at 2950 Immokalee Rd. (Winter View Court, #4), in Naples, contact Alvina Quatrano at 732-266- 5276. Register for the February 24- 27 Level I class, taught by Elizabeth Martin, RN, and the May 2-5 Level II, class taught by Verilee Herpich, RN, at ZeroBalancing.com. All classes are eli- gible for continuing education credits, See ad, page 57.


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