Alison Lara Mott CZB, FMCHC

For years I said life made sense to me because it had dance at the center. Then one day, it didn’t.

I was at a time of transition. I ended my 20 year career teaching dance. My body was changing. I had more aches, less energy, and menopause hung on the horizon. My spirits were low and my path uncertain. Regular Zero Balancing sessions gave me the support I needed to weather the change. In the practitioner’s steady hands, I made friends with myself again. The safe space she held allowed old hurts to surface gently and heal. I was able to embrace my grief about the end of my dance life and let it go. Bit by bit, I came to see myself in a fresh light, to rediscover delight in the world and curiosity about my next chapters.

With the freedom ZB opened up, I was able to expand in new directions. In the next years of “say yes, boldly,” I became certified in ZB, desiring to pass on the gift of transformation. I stretched beyond the body to become a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach, working with clients to identify and reach their own health goals. And I reawakened my inner nerd, gathering tools from positive psychology, neuroscience, polyvagal theory, and morphic field theory.

Transitions are uncomfortable. Everything feels uncertain as the old pattern is disrupted and the new one has yet to emerge. Like an electron in perturbation as it builds energy for the jump to a new level, you may feel dizzy with the change brewing. The good news is that ferment, which makes your current situation untenable, makes the next pattern possible. ZB and coaching can be the larger containers that hold you as you navigate the transition to a better way of being.