Bowen is a holistic bodywork technique that can help resolve a wide range of conditions ranging from traumatic injury, to chronic pain or illness, to stress-related conditions and compensation patterns, and blockages from unresolved (old) injuries. The results can include a return to balance, a pain-free body and a relaxed mind.
Bowen therapy is suitable for everybody from pregnant women and newborns to the elderly and those recovering from physical, medical and other long-term conditions.
Bowen can also be used for helping maintain optimum health and vitality, or for a luxurious whole-body deep relaxation treatment.
Bowen’s relatively gentle “moves” over muscle and other soft tissues address the body as a whole, and is said to initiate the body’s natural healing mechanisms. Benefits can almost always be immediately felt on a physical, emotional, mental or energetic level.
The Bowen technique uses subtle moves on the body’s fascia (your body’s connective tissue) to send messages deep into the body, retrieving the memory of a preferred and balanced state of health. The Science behind Bowen is complex, yet a simple explanation of the anatomical and physiological structures influenced by Bowen Therapy is available on the Bowen Training Australia website.
Results can be remarkable, even from the first session. Usually only a few sessions are needed to correct the presenting problem and return visits will be recommended only if you continue to feel sustained benefits.
The following conditions respond well to Bowen therapy:
• Old or new injuries
• Chronic unresolved pain
• Headaches or migraines
• Frozen shoulder, tennis elbow and carpel tunnel
• Back ache, sciatica, knee, ankle pain, plantar fasciitis and bunion pain
• Sinus, asthma and other respiratory complaints
• Digestion problems
• Reproductive/ hormonal issues
• Depression / anxiety / emotional issues
• Any stress-related condition including sleep disturbances
