About Judith

A practice built around listening.

Judith Sullivan is a bodywork practitioner, teacher, and author in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work brings attentive touch, movement, and a lifelong curiosity about the body together.

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Approach

The whole person.

Touch, breath, structure, and movement are connected. Judith’s approach makes space for these relationships, and for the individual at the center of the work.

Her practice includes CranioSacral Therapy, Zero Balancing, and Visceral Manipulation. Her teaching extends into T’ai Chi and Qigong, inviting students to explore slow movement, balance, and awareness.

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Areas of practice

Different approaches. Shared attention.

CranioSacral Therapy

A gentle, hands-on modality that is part of Judith’s current bodywork practice.

Zero Balancing

A body-mind approach centered on touch, structure, and attentive listening.

Visceral Manipulation

A soft-touch modality Judith integrates according to the needs of each person.

Training and teaching

A lifetime of learning.

Since 1976

Private practice

Judith has maintained a private bodywork practice since 1976, learning through both client work and teaching professionals around the country.

1983

Zero Balancing

She began studying with founder Fritz Smith, MD. Zero Balancing became the foundation of her approach.

1984–1999

CranioSacral study and teaching

Judith began studying with Dr. John Upledger in 1984 and taught for the Upledger Institute from 1986 through 1999.

Developing new studies

She created Secrets of the Skull, Spirit of the Organs, ZBKids, and Fabulous Fulcrums for the Zero Balancing Health Association.

Writing

A practice shared.

Judith is the author of Zero Balancing Expanded: The Attitude of Awaiting a Fish, a book for students and practitioners continuing their study of Zero Balancing.

Private bodywork sessions

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