BOWEN TECHNIQUE - WHAT IS IT?

The Bowen Technique is a complimentary therapy designed by the late Tom Bowen of Geelong, Australia. Tom Bowen was a gifted and intuitive healer, with no formal training in therapy work. By 1975 he was seeing a remarkable 13,000 patients a year, as documented by the Victoria State Government. The first bowen seminar's were taught in Australia in 1987.

It is a type of bodywork which is very subtle and only uses small movements over the muscles and connective tissue to stimulate a reaction of the body. There are many theories as to how the bowen technique works but to be honest it is very difficult to put into words. What is known is that the practitioner will stimulate muscles, tendons, nerves and fascia.
An excellent book which looks at the biologic mechanisms of action is one called (Clinician's Complete Reference to Complementary & Alternative Medicine, ISBN 0-323-00755-4)

The body is stimulated at specific points, (many along the spine, close to nerve endings), usually in pairs of movements (to create body balance) using minimal finger pressure. There is time left in between each set of movements (whereby the practitioner will commonly leave the client alone in the therapy room) before he/she will return to continue further work.

The client lay's on a treatment couch or a suitable comfortable surface, and the moves are performed often through light clothing. The treatment time can vary due to the individual body responses however most practitioners allow 45mins - 1hour for a treatment.

The technique is useful for many conditions which are covered in another section. It should be noted that the therapy can be used on all ages of the population (including babies) due to it's gentle application.

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