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 [...]
Karden Rabin of the Trauma Research Foundation discusses why embodied therapies are facilitating breakthroughs where conventional talk-based therapies have failed. Touch, embodiment, or what is often referred to as the felt sense is, in and of itself, a realm of consciousness. Not only that, it’s far older, more massive and arguably more important than our [...]
Judith Sullivan writes that volunteering short Zero Balancing touch sessions once a month for 13 years for staff, volunteers and sometimes 'guests' at The Haven, a multi-resource day shelter for the homeless in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia supports the community in many ways - and inspires everyone involved! Read more: https://thekeep.eiu.edu/ijzbtt/vol2/iss1/4/
On 15th February 2022 the ZB Touch Foundation Board met with members of the Zero Balancing community on Zoom, to speak about the role of the Foundation, its background, key activities and future plans. The Board also spoke about what joining the Foundation as a Board member would involve, prior to appointing Deborah Rosene. You [...]
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, [...]
“Dizziness” is a colloquial term for the general experience individuals associate with a variety of problems with the vestibular system. Because “dizziness” is a general description of a symptom that may have a range of causes, seeking care from various medical specialists, the root problem is often missed, potentially leaving clients suffering for years. In [...]
David Lauterstein, a Zero Balancer, and Dr Jeff Rockwell, who has studied massage, Chiropractic, osteopathy and many other modalities, have jointly authored a book entitled The Memory Palace of Bones – Exploring Embodiment through the Skeletal System. It will be published by Singing Dragon in February 2023. In this article, published by Positive Health Online, they [...]
UK Zero Balancer James Salomons has undertaken an exploration of the role of bodywork in integrating psychedelic experiences. The project involved working with volunteers who are using psychedelics for therapeutic reasons, to see how Zero Balancing could help them integrate their experiences. The three volunteers that came forward each had three Zero Balancing sessions and [...]
