Bowenwork promotes deep relaxation... and stimulates the body’s natural self-healing ability.
Bowenwork promotes deep relaxation... and stimulates the body’s natural self-healing ability.
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Bowenwork was developed in the 1950s by the late Thomas Bowen of Geelong, Australia. Bowen’s approach was to reset the tension in specific muscles and muscle groups by using a unique type of stretch-and-roll-through “move” and then pausing between sets of moves to give the body time to integrate the changes.
He achieved amazing results. According to a 1974 survey of alternative health practitioners performed by the Victoria Government. Bowen was found to be doing over 13,000 sessions per year. In over 85% of his cases, the problems for which his patients sought treatment were resolved completely.
What is Bowenwork?
Bowenwork is a gentle system of touch that initiates a series of responses in the body, resulting in a state of deep relaxation.
Bowenwork addresses the body as a whole.
It affects not only the musculoskeletal framework, but also the fascia, nerves, and internal organs. The body’s integrated response to Bowenwork improves circulation and lymphatic drainage; it also enhances the assimilation of nutrients and the elimination of toxins from the body.
It is appropriate for anyone at any age.
What Bowenwork Does
The practitioner places fingers or thumbs on the skin over precise points on muscles, tendons or other soft structures. He or she then applies gentle rolling pressure to effect a change in the underlying tissue. The changes stimulate the body’s autonomic nervous system to rebalance. Once this occurs, the body can initiate a healing response on structural and energetic levels. Muscles and nerves have this thixotropic or “melting” property, which may be enhanced by adding herbs and healing foods.
Clients often report major or total improvement in seemingly unrelated problems they had forgotten to mention to their practitioners.
What To Expect in a Session
What To Expect in a Session
Wear light-weight, loose-fitting clothing that your practitioner can work through.
Wear light-weight, loose-fitting clothing that your practitioner can work through.
Your practitioner will take a health history and ask about the reason for your visit.
Your practitioner will take a health history and ask about the reason for your visit.
Your practitioner will perform small moves on specific points of the body interspersed with rest periods. During the rest period is when the body will rest and repair.
Your practitioner will perform small moves on specific points of the body interspersed with rest periods. During the rest period is when the body will rest and repair.
After each series of moves, your practitioner will make sure you are comfortable and may leave the room to allow your body time to begin its response to, and integration of, the changes.
After each series of moves, your practitioner will make sure you are comfortable and may leave the room to allow your body time to begin its response to, and integration of, the changes.
Many clients can be seen in the same time period. Group sessions are typical.
Many clients can be seen in the same time period. Group sessions are typical.
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