Understanding the Bowen Technique
The Bowen Technique is a very gentle form of natural healing. It involves only light moves, applied to very specific points on the body, with significant pauses or rests between each series of moves. Studies of various light touch therapies have shown that one does not need to use forceful manipulation to achieve significant changes.
Bowen works on the ‘fascia’ which consists of tough sheets of connective tissue, providing a covering of variable strength and thickness for every structure. All muscles are surrounded by it and it allows flexibility and movement between various parts of the body. A ‘movement’ consists of thumbs or fingers being placed over the muscle, tendon or joint (this can be done through light clothing). A gentle ‘push’ is felt by the patient. When a move is made the sensory information reaches the spinal cord, it passes through the nerve pathways to the brain. Here the information is shunted backwards and forwards via a complex, self corrective feedback mechanism.
Our bodies can store memory of past trauma, blow or accident which can be held in a frozen state for many years. Bowen allows the body to unfreeze those areas that have been compensating.
“ The level of touch used in a Bowen treatment is very gentle”
