Zero Balancing

Jim McCormick LAC met Zero Balancing's founder, Dr Fritz Smith, while studying Traditional Chinese Acupuncture with Dr J. R. Worsley at Kenilworth, UK, in the fall of 1972. He began his Zero Balancing training in 1974 and in 1979 became the first teacher of ZB after Dr Smith. He is currently on the Faculty of the Zero Balancing Health Association (ZBHA) in the USA. Jim teaches Zero Balancing to students around the world, including in Canada, Mexico, Australia and New Zealand, Switzerland, Austria and Finland, as well as in The UK and the USA. He is president of the non-profit Zero Balancing Touch Foundation. He is co-president of Cambridge Health Associates, a holistic health center in Massachusetts, USA, where he practices Zero Balancing and traditional acupuncture. Jim McCormick has woven his 50 years of experience in alternative medicine into this book in which he explains the unique principles behind Zero Balancing and illustrates them with detailed case histories. Jim is known for creating a caring and creative environment, where participants feel safe to be their full selves, while exploring new ideas and skills. He presents information clearly, warmly and with good humor and joy.

• Foreword by Fritz Frederick SmithForeword by James L OschmannPreface/Acknowledgments/About the Author/Glossary/IntroductionPART  ONE  BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ZERO BALANCINGChapter 1:  A skittish donkeyChapter 2:  Structure and energy: Listening for the donkeyChapter 3:  Foundation jointsChapter 4:  The bones store our essenceChapter 5:  Living in the momentChapter 6:  Working signsChapter 7:  Creating a frameChapter 8:  Living from your core selfChapter 9:  Body felt senseChapter 10: Altered states of consciousnessChapter 11: Verbal fulcrumsPART  TWO  HEALING PRINCIPLESChapter 12: Amplify the wellnessChapter 13: Caring, compassion and containmentChapter 14: BoundariesChapter 15: Feeling stuckChapter 16: Overcoming abandonmentChapter 17: Dealing with angerChapter 18: ResistanceChapter 19: Anxiety and depressionChapter 20: Trauma and zero balancingPART  THREE  BODY, MIND AND SPIRITChapter 21: Unifying body, mind, and spiritPART  FOUR  TRANSFORMATIONChapter 22: Zero Balancing and the power of transformationPART FIVE  RESEARCH ON ZERO BALANCINGChapter 23: Research on zero balancingBibliographyPermissionsIndex