the treatment

Your Bowen treatment can be performed through light clothing.

You are lying comfortably on your tummy on the table with appropriate draping with sarongs (or blankets in the cooler weather).

The very first two Bowen moves are so important - a gentle rolling move performed either side of your lower (lumbar) spine. These first two moves are much like switching on a computer, messages are now running throughout your nervous system as your own body is now assessing where there is tightness, scar tissue or a dehydrated area. As the Bowen moves through your body and comes to these areas you may notice tingling, heat or a general awareness of that area. Your brain takes notice - this is something different!

It is during this time that I leave you for two or three minutes. This period of rest is also part of the treatment as big things are happening!

As the sensations settle I then do the next two moves on a different area of the body and again leave you for two or three minutes. This sequence of Bowen moves and pauses continues for between 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Waiting for the sensations to settle is your body’s way of guiding me how much Bowen to do in your treatment.

The Bowen is the catalyst and your body responds - in its own time. From the moment those very first two Bowen moves were made on your lower back - your nervous system, fascia, ligaments, tendons are all rebalancing and responding. Your body will continue rebalancing over the following week.