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In only 3 sessions of Bowen Therapy you can be relieved of most annoying or chronic health problems

I must admit that this sounds too good to be true. I too was skeptical about what Bowen Therapy could do for me – that is, until I tried it.

I had been suffering from debilitating lower back pain for a number of years but I found myself living with it. Most of the time I was OK but if I was bent over for too long or picked up anything heavy I found myself in a great deal of pain.

The last straw for me was that I wasn’t able to pick up and hold my growing sons without wincing.

I tried my local GP but all he had to offer were anti-inflammatories and analgesics. I knew that these would mask the symptoms of my problem but they didn’t address the cause. It was obvious that after I stopped taking them, the pain would return.

Next came the chiropractor, then the deep muscle masseur then the osteopath but all I was getting out of them was short-term relief. I would find myself visiting them time after time, week after week. Whilst these treatments were drug-free (an important factor for me), they weren’t giving me the long-term relief that I was looking for.

The amazing effects of Bowen Therapy

My name is Stewart Gatenby and I want to introduce you to the remarkable modality that is Bowen Therapy.

In 1999 I visited the Mind, Body, Spirit festival and discovered Bowen Therapy. Out of all the other healing modalities there, I was really drawn to the Bowen stand. I knew there and then that I had to give it a try.

I must admit that during the first treatment and directly afterwards I wondered whether this was yet more wasted money, as I didn’t feel any better. Still, with my instructions for post-treatment care in hand, I headed home with an open mind.

The next morning I woke up and felt somehow different. I was moving more freely and I felt lighter. On the second morning I felt wonderful and I was able to do all the things that I should have been able to take for granted but hadn’t been able to; like holding my children in my arms, gardening, reaching up, even sitting for long periods without feeling stiff afterwards. The relief was liberating. That was when I knew that I had to learn this wonderful skill.

What is Bowen Therapy?

Bowen Therapy was developed between the 1950's and the early 1980's by Mr Tom Bowen of Geelong, Victoria. He was completely self-taught and yet came up with one of the most remarkable healing modalities in the world today. Read more about his story here.

During a session, the Bowen Therapist performs a series of rolling movements over various muscles, tendons and nerve groups. These are made in groups, with a two minute wait between each group. The moves are usually made with the fingers or thumbs but one or two of the deeper moves are made with the elbow. Having said that, a Bowen Treatment is very gentle and can be performed on anyone from babies to the elderly. Indeed, I performed Bowen on my youngest son when he was less than a minute old. He was delivered as a full breech baby and I was concerned about his breathing and his hips. I'm happy to say that these weren't a problem to him then or since.

Even with it's gentleness and simplicity, Bowen Therapy is amazingly effective against practically any health problem. The average number of treatments needed is three, although some more deep-rooted problems may require more. Compare this to almost any other natural therapy and you can see what a wonderful legacy Mr Tom Bowen left us.

How can something so simple be so effective?

Whilst it is true that no-one yet knows exactly how Bowen Therapy works, there is one thing for certain, which is that it does work! There have been many theories over the years as to how a few targeted cross-fibre moves can facilitate the healing of so many illnesses.

I have my own theory, which comes from my first instructor who would continually tell his students that the moves sent messages to the brain The brain would be then be re-set and able to start the healing necessary to overcome the illness.

It took me a while to accept this, but once I had put it into my own “medical model” then it made sense.

Our bodies don’t want to be ill or injured. If we cut ourselves, the wound will heal. Broken bones will fuse back together. If we get a virus, our bodies produce antibodies to fight it. So why do we sometimes hold onto illnesses?

We have a region of our brain called the hypothalamus. This region is responsible for regulation of the body and maintaining homeostasis. Homeostasis is a state of remaining the same. In other words, it keeps the internal status quo.

The problem is that sometimes the hypothalamus doesn’t realize that the state that it is keeping is one of illness and it will resist attempts to alter it. I believe that Bowen Therapy resets this region through subtle messages sent via the many nerve bundles during the treatment. Once reset, the body can go ahead and start to heal itself.

Testimonial of Bruce Beet of Ferntree Gully, Vic