Start Date: 5/1/2026 9:00 AM EDT
End Date: 10/18/2026 4:00 PM EDT
Venue Name: Zero Balancing at Eden
Location:
497 Boyd Hill Road
PO Box 869
Wilmington, VT United States 05363
Organization Name:
Essential Energetics of ZB Faculty
Contact:
Essential Energetics of Zero Balancing: A Journey to Embodiment
May, July and October 2026
Taught by Lisa Berger, Michele Doucette and Amanda King
Description:
Essential Energetics of Zero Balancing (EEZB) is a new program designed to facilitate a deeper engagement with the theories, principles and touch skills introduced in the Alchemy of Touch, Freely Movable Joints, and Geometry of Healing courses. Developed by Dr. Fritz Smith and taught by other ZBHA faculty members, these classes challenge us to expand our skills and perspectives when working with structure and energy. As certification electives they comprise the first level of advanced training in the Zero Balancing curriculum.
The EEZB program offers a unique opportunity for up to 12 Zero Balancers to share a journey of creative learning and embodiment of these principles and practices so essential to ZB mastery. A mix of in-person classes, between-class assignments and online meetings will allow for powerful shared frames, rituals, review, reflection, touch feedback, and cohort support to nourish your process of embodiment.
Join us on this path toward greater fluency in your work and more body-felt experiences regarding the full potential of ZB. By diving deeper together, we hope to discover new understandings of human potential, explore our own healing and well being, and gain new levels of insight, connection, and confidence.
Prerequisites:
The four-day classes: Alchemy of Touch, Freely Movable Joints, and Geometry of Healing before EEZB registration. You can also take any missing classes prior to the weekend that it is featured. We also encourage you to repeat the courses, take advancing skill days, and review each study guide and your notes before starting EEZB.
Dates:
Module 1 - Alchemy of Touch: May 1-3, 2026 (2.5 days)
Module 2 - Freely Movable Joints: July 10-12, 2026 (2.5 days) We will provide the FMJ Study Guide (v. 2025)
Module 3 - Geometry of Healing: October 15-18, 2026 (4 days)
Location: Wilmington, Vermont • Eden, Michele’s beautiful, spacious, serene solar-powered home and land.
CEUs: Each weekend module will offer 13 CEUs (2 days) as Advancing Skills Days for a total of 39 CEUs. (NCBTMB, NCCAOM)
TUITION AND REGISTRATION
(EEZB Refund Policies are below)
$1500 ($300 deposit + $1200 tuition)
Register with a deposit of $300 using the Register Now with Deposit button. Space is limited, so register as early as possible. Once the class is full, you will be added to a wait list.
Tuition Balance:
The balance of your tuition will be payable to Lisa Berger via check or electronic transfers that are clarified in the registration confirmation email.
Options:
- Pay the balance of $1200 in full by February 1, 2026.
- Pay in two installments of $600, due by February 1 and June 1.
Lodging Information Please contact
Michele Doucette for lodging information at Eden or in Wilmington area.
What students say about training with Lisa, Michele and Amanda:
“I feel much more connected, or reconnected, to a cohort of ZB practitioners. Doing the MAP training over 3 long weekends really created a sense of community that I’ve never really had with ZB.” - Rachael Timberlake
“It was truly a pleasure to see how Michele, Lisa and Amanda shared the responsibilities of leading the group. Every interaction was clear, honest, and based on the knowledge we were all taking part as equals, learning from each other.” - Eric Eichelberger
“I am so impressed with your cohesiveness as a teaching team…you function almost like a jazz trio. You each have your solo parts but also play well together and in supportive roles to each other. You promote collective effervescence.” - Lindi Oberon
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EEZB Refund Policies
The EEZB program's structure differs from other ZB classes and so has its own tuition payment and refund policies.
If you withdraw from the program for any reason, refund policies for the $300 deposit and tuition payments are as follows:
1. Before 3/1/2026: Full refund of the $300 deposit and full refund of any tuition paid to date.
2. Between 3/1 - 4/30: No refund of deposit. 50% refund of $1200 tuition balance or $600. If you have paid only $600 by these dates, it will not be refunded.
3. After 4/30: No refunds.
If you need to miss one EEZB module
If illness or other emergency prevent you from attending a module, and you want to stay in the program, we will make arrangements to give you access to notes and lessons and a buddy from the class to talk to. Zoom meetings will be recorded and made available only to members attending EEZB. You will not receive CEUs for any missed module.
