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Zero Balancing is a manual therapy modality in which the practitioner applies finger pressure or traction to tense tissue to enable relaxation and reorganisation. Fritz Smith developed Zero Balancing from osteopathy, Rolfing, yoga, and traditional Chinese medicine. It has been described as "a bodywork modality that claims to balance energy and structure within the body". == History == Fritz Smith developed Zero Balancing in the early 1970s.〔 Smith trained and licensed as an Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon in 1955 and received an M.D. in 1961 in the state of California. During the late 1960s, Smith studied with several teachers at the Esalen Institute in Northern California, among them Ida Pauline Rolf, founder of Rolfing and J. R. Worsley, founder of the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in London, England. He also studied with Swami Muktananda, the founder of Siddha Yoga. Under Worsley, Smith became the first American to earn the Diploma of Acupuncture at the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in London, in 1972.〔 Smith began to integrate principles of traditional Chinese medicine with his osteopathic training. This led him to develop the manual touch therapy system of Zero Balancing.〔 The name came about when someone receiving his work described the experience, "I feel so well-balanced, like I'm zero; zero-balanced." Smith is the author of many articles and two books, ''Inner Bridges: A Guide to Energy Movement and Body Structure'' and ''Alchemy of Touch: Moving Towards Mastery Through the Lens of Zero Balancing.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zero Balancing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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