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A doctor of both osteopathy and medicine, Dr. Smith has always been fascinated by the healing power of touch. During the late 1960s, Dr. Smith studied at Esalen Institute in Northern California with many of the forerunners of the body-mind therapy movement, and became a certified Rolfer®. There he met J.R. Worsley, founder of the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in England, whose demonstrations "cracked" Dr. Smith's beliefs in the purely Western medical model. During this period he also began to explore yoga, meditation, spiritual teachings in India, Eastern energy medicine, and quantum physics. Soon after, Dr. Smith traveled to the UK to study with J.R. Worsley and became a licensed acupuncturist in 1972, earning both bachelor's and master's degrees in acupuncture, and becoming a fellow in the Chinese College of Acupuncture.</p> <iframe width="400" height="233" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/UaKUZ2lZijM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p>Dr. Smith's keen observations of, and experiences with, both anatomy and energy as a force in the body led him to develop the manual therapy system of Zero Balancing. In Zero Balancing both energy and structure are engaged simultaneously through skilled touch to bring about profound healing and amplified wellness. The name came about when someone receiving his work described the experience as being brought back into balance, "like I was Zero Balanced."</p> <p>Dr. Smith has been practicing and teaching Zero Balancing throughout the world for more than 35 years. He's the author of many articles and two books, <a href="/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/store/books">Inner Bridges: A Guide to Energy Movement</a> and <a href="/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/store/books">Body Structure and Alchemy of Touch: Moving Towards Mastery Through the Lens of Zero Balancing</a>.</p> </div> <div id="coreR" class="font2 md ltgrey lhlg"> <i>"The name came about when someone receiving the work described the experience as being brought back into balance, like I was Zero Balanced."</i> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="footerWpr"> <div class="footerSocial"> <p>Follow Us On</p> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/https://www.facebook.com/ZBNorthAmerica" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242im_/http://www.zerobalancing.com/assets/images/social-facebook.jpg" width="39" height="39" border="0"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/https://twitter.com/ZeroBalancing" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242im_/http://www.zerobalancing.com/assets/images/social-twitter.jpg" width="39" height="39" border="0"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/https://plus.google.com/112496073379904005007/posts" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242im_/http://www.zerobalancing.com/assets/images/social-google.jpg" width="39" height="39" border="0"/></a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/https://www.youtube.com/user/zerobalancing" target="_blank"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242im_/http://www.zerobalancing.com/assets/images/social-youtube.jpg" width="39" height="39" border="0"/></a>  </div> <div id="footerWprLower"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/professional_training/course_calendar">Find a Course</a>     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/our_association/support_zb">Support Zero Balancing</a>     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/our_association/join_or_renew">Join or Renew</a>     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/policies">Policies</a>     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/member_center">Member Center </a>     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/links">Links</a>     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/site_map">Site Map</a>     <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/contact">Contact</a></p> <p><a href="/web/20161008103242/http://www.zerobalancing.com/"><img src="/web/20161008103242im_/http://www.zerobalancing.com/assets/images/footerlogo.jpg" width="191" height="94" alt="Zero Balancing"/></a></p> <p class="xsm">© 2016 Zero Balancing Health Association. 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