A newly published independent study highlights the effects of Zero Balancing to calm the autonomic nervous system and reduce anxiety symptoms. You can read the article here.

With a mix of gratitude and reflection, the editors announce the closure of the Journal of Transformative Touch. (Launched as the International Journal of Zero Balancing and Transformative Touch in 2020). The journal will publish its final issue in June 2025, welcoming your submissions through April 2025. While the Journal's mission to share insights [...]

At the end of January 2025, Aminah and Fritz were laid in their final resting place together in their adored Borrego Springs. A small group of family and community members gathered to remember them and bring them to a peaceful resting place. Aminah and Fritz had given specific instructions regarding the land, which was [...]

Honoring Dr. Misty Rhoads for her role as Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Transformative Touch, and welcoming Veronica Quarry, MS, PT as the Journal’s new Editor-in-Chief The ZB Touch Foundation Board honors and recognizes Misty Rhoads, PhD, Professor of Public Health at Eastern Illinois University, and ZBHA faculty member, for her enormous contribution [...]

We are writing with both sadness and gratitude for a lifetime of work in the service of healing and transformation, that Dr Aminah Raheem Smith, the beloved wife and partner of Dr Fritz Smith, passed peacefully in the early hours of 23 August. Dr Raheem was the originator of Soul Lightening Acupressure having developed the [...]

We are delighted to announce that Deborah Rosene PhD has kindly agreed to join the ZB Touch Foundation Board of Directors and we look forward to working with her. Deb is a licensed psychologist and Certified Zero Balancer based outside Boston in Massachusetts where she works as a therapist, mind/body educator, consultant and bodyworker. Having a background in dance, [...]

We have long dreamed of setting up a research project to find out more about the beneficial effects of the skilled touch of Zero Balancing. So it is with considerable excitement that we can announce our participation in a scientifically based research study in collaboration with the respected Neuro Synchrony Institute in Austin, Texas. This will [...]

ZBTF logo: A new, modern logo was created for the ZBTF by focusing on Fritz’s beautiful hand-drawn fulcrum design. It has been further developed for use on social media (as above) where we hope to build a positive international presence for Zero Balancing in the coming years. ZBTF Website: A new web domain at www.zbtouch.org has been [...]