Paige's Zero Balancing brochure

PAIGE MARTIN: WHAT ZB CAN DO FOR YOU: ZERO • Zero Balancing (known as ZB) facilitates I am a licensed massage therapist and certified balancing Zero Balancing practitioner with more than 30 improved postural alignment and increased years experience in the mystery and intelligence mobility in the joints and muscles with Paige Martin of the body. As an award-winning dancer and choreographer, my involvement in Somatic • Recent ZB research studies confirmed an LMT, CERT ZB studies is extensive, and my background in average stress reduction of 61% during a 30- (917) 805-3522 Osteopathy, Five Element Acupuncture, Massage, minute ZB session versus a 12% stress and Yoga inform the larger effects of a Zero reduction for clients during an equivalent Balancing session. By observing simple actions rest period like walking, I encourage improvement of postural alignment and movement efficiency. Experience • A ZB session can produce an experience of has shown there is heightened awareness of one’s deep relaxation and a stillness of mind and structure and mobility after a single session, and body quite distinct from a typical massage with this new awareness one can become more sophisticated in their own body-mind linking. • ZB counteracts the physiological and psychological effects of the fight or flight Developed in the 1970’s by Fritz Frederick Smith, mechanism that causes anxiety, chronic MD, an American physician, osteopath and muscular tension, and depletion of the acupuncturist, Zero Balancing is a manual therapy immune system that addresses the relationship between energy and structure in the body. Our structure is what is • ZB stimulates the parasympathetic branch of relatively stable (our bones, muscles, organs), the autonomic nervous system while our energy is all that is relatively in motion (what animates us). • Initial research indicates that ZB may stimulate delta and theta brainwave As with a patterns, the same patterns experienced in sailboat, deep meditation - producing happiness, where the inner peace, and expansion of consciousness sail is the structure Zero Balancing is hands-on body/mind therapy and the that releases held tension at the bone level. wind is the Designed to promote maximum relaxation and energy a deep sense of well-being, ZB effectively that acts addresses an array of chronic and acute issues. upon it- Informed by Quantum theory, Zero Balancing this is a leading-edge therapy that engages a interaction determines the direction of the voyage and person where energy and structure meet, and the ease of navigation. change can happen.

WHAT TO EXPECT: WHY ZB: THE SCIENCE: A ZB session can last between 15 and 45 minutes ZB serves as an antidote to our modern condition. Forces such as gravitational pull are carried and and is safe for any age group. While one reclines In a world that is hurried and pressured, mediated by the skeleton, where our deepest fully clothed on a massage table, gentle pressure competitive and stressful, most of our time and flows of energy reside. And as bone is our densest and traction is applied to key joints and other bony energy is consumed with fast-paced activity and living tissue, it holds a correspondingly powerful landmarks. This simple protocol creates a balanced coping with an overload of information. As charge. effect between the skeleton and energy body, demands on our attention and energy toward releasing tension in the muscles and giving ease to outer activity and stimuli increases, so does our The foundation joints, which act as shock the joints. need to re-organize and focus more inwardly. absorbers for the distribution of weight, play a crucial role in structural integrity and the Typically clients experience increased mobility and Since ZB focuses on one’s energy and structure, transmission of energy. Small changes here will a heightened awareness of their structure after a any issue that falls under either category (or both) amplify throughout the body. These types of session. A session can enable a person to feel their can be addressed. It is particularly indicated when imbalances will be below our level of body in an extraordinary and fresh way we manifest a disruption in the relationship consciousness because they lack the between self and body, and so can be helpful proprioceptive input from the muscles. during or after transitional periods in our lives. Touch directed at the foundation joints and semi- Zero Balancing significantly improves our ability to foundation joints can place one at the edge of the adapt to changes that life is continually known self. As a result, clients often experience confronting us with. having access to new information about themselves after a session... ZB addresses the whole person while focusing on Both physically and psychologically, unconscious specific needs, allowing the body to adjust and re- boundaries within the self shift from restriction to organize, both structurally and energetically. potential for change! Whether a ZB session is used to alleviate physical Bringing one’s structure and energy back into pain and/or mental tension, a person can expect harmony consistently makes for a happier, improved overall functioning. This emphasis on healthier individual! optimal functioning makes Zero Balancing a therapy for anyone and everyone!