A holistic and balanced approach to the healing of the body.

Body, Mind & Spirit

Complementary or natural medicine has long recognized that physical symptoms are a reflection of an imbalance in the mind, the emotions or the spirit. It is becoming more and more accepted by the medical and scientific community that the emotional disturbance of stress can have a major impact on the physical body, and lead to ill health and disease.

An integral part of a Bowen Therapy treatment involves listening to the client on many levels. While the physical aspects of the client’s problem are always addressed in the treatment, a gentle awareness of the underlying mental, emotional or spiritual problem can assist the healing process. A client should never be forced to deal with the non physical aspects of their problem, but space for this unfolding is always there if needed. Many times, just listening to their client’s story in the context of their life, is enough to allow a full healing process to occur.

The Fascial Kinetics course recognizes the importance of incorporating an awareness of the body, mind and spirit link into the training program, and each course unit gives the student a deeper awareness and understanding of these processes.

Energetic pathways

Ancient healing traditions like Traditional Chinese Medicine attribute the causes of pain and illness to disturbances in energy flow in the body. Modern science has confirmed the existence of these energy systems, and new ways of healing are now concentrating on working with and balancing the body's energy systems.

If good health is a balanced state of energy within the body, then pain and illness are caused by imbalances, which block the flow of energy. If problems accumulate, our self-healing process becomes overloaded, and the body may need outside support.

This is where bodywork that addresses disturbances in the energetic pathways can help to restore balance and to promote healing. We know that blockages in our energy flow can be released by freeing adhesions and restrictions in the fascia. The meridians that are addressed in Traditional Chinese Medicine flow through the fascia, and can be affected by fascial restriction.

New research by Dr Mae-Wan Ho, of ISIS, the Institute of science in Society, also shows that the crystalline structure of the fascia transmits instant messages to the whole body. A message transmitted by the ground substance of the fascia is received in every part of the body at the same time – much faster than the nervous system can transmit.

Working around these imbalances, Bowen Therapy helps to release the fascia and remove energy blocks and disturbances so that energy can flow freely throughout the body.

Healing is a continuous movement toward harmony and balance. Tom Bowen believed the body had a great ability to heal itself, but sometimes needed assistance to remove blockages getting in the way of a healing process. He developed his unique healing system that is now known as Bowen Therapy. On a deeper level, Bowen therapy is working to balance the body's energy systems and pathways.

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