What is Bowen Technique?

The Bowen Therapy Technique was first brought to England in 1993 and was developed by Tom Bowen (1916-1982) who lived and worked in Geelong, Australia.

 

To carry out a Bowen treatment the therapist makes a series of gentle but precise soft tissue movements. These are rolling moves with thumbs or fingers. Bowen moves are made on very precise junctions of muscle, ligaments and bone, of nerve pathways, of blood and lymph circulation facilitators and of energy flow. There is an ever changing action of communications between these systems.

 

To make a Bowen move the muscle is, first, gently stretched, which activates the sensory nerves to pass information to the brain about the state of the muscle, tendon or ligament in question. Tendon sensory nerves are sensitive to resistance rather than stretch. The body has its own blueprint of homeostasis (perfection). If the sensory message received by the brain, when the Bowen move is made, is not correct, then the body goes into action to rebalance the area.

 

The theory has been put forward that the body is a network of transmitters and receivers. They all operate, or attempt to operate, on a specific energy frequency and by making small moves throughout the body, we create a vibrational field that allows all the receptors and transmitters to operate evenly.

 

In effect, where there have been faults, the action is likened to replacing a broken fuse, therefore reconnecting the electrical properties of the body. The concept is, that the action of Bowen, jams a nerve signal that has become faulty, the body, therefore, will re-set the signal to the default (correct) setting.

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