Oh, this is one of my favorite muscles. It’s deep, mysterious, and controversial. It’s like the occult conspiracy of soft tissues, many people have never heard of it, but it’s secretly affecting your posture, your comfort, and your freedom of movement. In my first specialty of Myofascial Massage Therapy, we learned to palpate and releaseContinue reading “The Psoas Controversy”
Tag Archives: Zero Balancing
The Beautiful Dance
When I was learning Zero Balancing, it was notably different from soft tissue massage in theory as well as practice. When I had an online meeting with Fritz Smith, the founder of Zero Balancing, his advice to me was to approach this new modality with a “beginner’s mind.” I took his advice to heart, andContinue reading “The Beautiful Dance”
I Did It!
Just got my ZB certificate! I am officially a Practitioner, I can use the logo in my advertising, I can pay annual dues to the professional organization. I’m so pleased to have added this modality to my repertoire of healing skills. I look forward to exploring with you the inner peace and spaciousness that canContinue reading “I Did It!”
On Being a Jigsaw Puzzle
I spent much of the last year studying Zero Balancing, a new (to me) bodywork modality that works with bones, rather than soft tissues as massage therapy does. I finished my coursework in November, took the online exam last month, and this week I finally took and passed my practical exam. That is, I gaveContinue reading “On Being a Jigsaw Puzzle”
New Ways To Touch
Friends, I have embarked on a new path. I’m taking a certification course in Zero Balancing. It’s a modality notable for having a name that doesn’t tell you what it is. (I am reminded of the of that time I self-published a novel with a name that was uncomfortably long and cryptic, but that’s aContinue reading “New Ways To Touch”
Rachel Creager Ireland, LMT 