Interview with Dr. Fritz Smith Founder of Zero Balancing
This “Vocabulary of Touch” Article features an interview with Dr. Fritz Smith founder of Zero Balancing Health Association.
In it we learn about what the components of good touch feel like and how to do it.
Useful in AOHMassage Couples Massage Class
Alvina has been with Insight Acupressure formerly Soul Lightening International since 1998, teaching since 2004.
She teaches PA 1, CA 1, CA 2, Ca Practicum Series, Seva 1 & 2, Seva Teacher Training, A4A Series, A4A Good Points Series. Most of which is available as Webinar.
Alvina is also a Skilled Touch Practitioner for PA 1A and CA Classes.
Alvina makes her home in Naples FL which is a favorite destination for hands-on classes.
Alvina Quatrano L.M.T. has been practicing since 1991. She is a registered and approved provider with NCBTMB and FL offering trainings to individuals, couples, groups and schools. She created the Art of Holistic Massage (AOHMassage) On-Line and Hands-On Series. www.AOHMassage.com
Touch: Healing Our Bodies by Madisyn Taylor
published in Daily OM July 11, 2014
Incorporating human touch in to our everyday lives is vital to the healing of our emotional and physical selves.
The Wonders of our Bodies
Sometimes we might concentrate so much on our spiritual lives that we overlook the wonders of being present in our physical form. When we are more aware of the fact that our bodies are also important in terms of our personal growth, we may find it easier to nurture them. One of the most powerful ways to do this is through human touch, for a loving, comforting touch allows us to access the part of ourselves that yearns for a sense of oneness with the world around us. Even simple forms of touch connect us not just to our bodies but also to the energetic presence of other people.
Embrace
There are so many ways to incorporate touch in our daily lives, one of the easiest being a heartfelt embrace. Just making a point to hug someone on a daily basis and really feel our energy pass between each other can strengthen the bonds that keep us together. Hugs help us heal any hurt or upset we may have recently experienced by letting us release that no matter what happens to us, we have someone in our lives who supports and cares for us.
Massage Restores
Another nourishing form of touch is massage. While we may think of massage as a luxury, it is actually an ancient form of healing that enables us to open up our energetic pathways in order to receive unlimited energy from the universe. It doesn’t matter whether a simple massage comes from a loved one or a massage therapist, but by giving ourselves the gift of massage every once in a while, we are doing something healthy and beneficial for our bodies. Massage helps our bodies activate their own restorative powers, creating a wonderful way to engage fully in our own healing.
Healing Nature of Touch
Letting ourselves take advantage of the healing nature of touch creates space where we can truly live in and experience the world through our bodies, allowing us to completely immerse ourselves in the loving sense of joy and wonder that is our life.
Couples Massage Classes
Consider taking Alvina’s Couples Massage Class which is a comprehensive and caring way to learn Partners Massage. One is coming up February 18-19, 2022 but can be arranged anytime.
Mimi’s class, Choosing the Artist’s Path, uses Julia Cameron’s well known workbook, The Artist’s Way as the core curriculum.
She says, “Choosing the Artist’s Path is one of my permanent offerings at Project Write Now, a nonprofit in Red Bank, NJ that transforms organizations, communities, and individuals through writing where I’ve been working for several years teaching tweens and teens Songwriting.
In my Songwriting programs, students learn how to connect with themes that are personal to them, and therefore resonate on a universal level. This is a quality found in all good writing. During this strange and scary time especially, Songwriting is a great outlet, as well as a way to build community and spend time together. A way to explore our stories, and set them to music.
You may remember that the main character of my debut novel BEFORE GOODBYE is a budding songwriter. It’s really through her exploration of songs and lyric writing, that main character Cate Reese begins healing, after a great loss.
I believe that all writing is healing, but Songwriting in particular, since it involves singing. Singing is a wonderful way to focus on our breath and our bodies, similar to the way we do when practicing yoga. It’s a meditative, fun activity that helps us express ourselves, release tension, and relax, and I’m happy to be able to provide one-on-one voice lessons over Zoom during a time when people need to “make some noise” more than ever.”
A student testimonial reads:
I am creative! I am an artist! These were affirmations I could neither feel nor express until I met Mimi Cross.
Mimi Cross, course facilitator of the 12-week workshop, Choosing the Artist’s Path, takes a strategically well-planned book and methodology, author Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity, and brings it to life, specifically, to your life, as she guides you through the wonderful journey of getting in touch with the creative force within you.
Mimi fully brings herself and her experiences to every class as she personalizes the course material for each student. Her concepts and insights helped me reach into myself, become aware, connect, and find the core issues keeping me creatively blocked. In her class, I learned to rekindle my creativity, spirituality, and respect my gift.
Building on this wonderful experience, you will find that Mimi’s delightful, meaningful and spiritually connected meditations take you to another place; a place deep within you. She then gently eases you from meditation into a writing or visual art experience.
If you want to get in touch with your creativity and yourself, meet Mimi Cross.
Website: mimicross.com
Twitter: @mimicross
Praise for SHINING SEA
“Cross’s songwriting experience comes across in the poetic language.” —Publishers Weekly
Praise for BEFORE GOODBYE
“Desperate and real. Stunningly beautiful!” —Night Owl Reviews
Connect with Alvina via phone, set an intention, sit back and relax or assist by holding your own acupoints or heart space.
Reiki is a consciously intuitive tool to access a person’s energy field using the hands.
Process Acupressure is a light-touch centered therapy that is designed to work with the various pressure points in the body to stimulate self-healing and spiritual growth through the alignment of the chakras and meridians.
Zero Balancing works with relieving stress from the bones of the body. It is aligning and deeply relaxing, leading to improved capacity to enjoy a better experience of daily life. Donations accepted during COVID19 time. Contact me to discuss process 732-266-5276