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Bowen Hands
The Journal of The Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia
June 2013
Inside
This Issue:
Baby Bowen for
Colic
A New Approach
Jane’s Story
Rheumatoid
Arthritis
Essence of
Bowen
The Original Bowen Technique
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BIRTH & BABIES
John Wilks writes
For a Bowen therapist, treating babies is immensely
rewarding. Just as a seedling can be nurtured with
the smallest amount of physical guidance, babies,
by the gentlest of moves, can be helped to release
the stresses and trauma of the birth process.
The compressive forces experienced during birth
can cause imbalances in a baby’s system, even in
natural births. Many babies experience difficulties
through the use of suction, forceps or Caesarean
deliveries and studies show this may develop into
problems later in life such as depression, migraine,
sinusitis, spinal problems and postural imbalances.
For more information see www.cyma.org.uk or
contact John Wilks
[email protected]
Excellent moves by Practitioner Marcela Campian from Clui-Napoca (Romania) doing Baby Bowen on 15 day old
Delia. Marcela’s great article on page 5 and 6 reports on 67 babies treated with Baby Bowen for Colic.
Photos by Camelia Burduja.
ABOUT THE COVER -
Bowtech/Bowenwork instructor Jane Murphy, midwife of 29 years, is
pictured with Mia. Jane has sent us some amazing excerpts from her Baby Bowen Log Book in the delivery suite.
Some of these miracles are astounding! A great testimony to this wonderful technique! See pages 3 and 4.
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BABIES ARE BETTER WITH BOWEN
What greater joy can you have
than knowing you have helped a
baby feel comfortable free of pain,
how rewarding to see that look
of appreciation that words cannot
express.
Many years ago when we released
our Bowtech Brochure in England
we wrote “The Original Bowen
Technique is extremely gentle and
is considered SAFE for anyone
from pregnant women to newborn
babies, the frail and the elderly”
The UK authorities demanded we
remove the word safe as the Bowen
Technique has never been proven
safe to use on babies. My response
was that it has never been proved
to be unsafe. We then substituted
the word appropriate which was
acceptable.
UK instructor John Wilks Birth and
Babies comment on the adjacent
page compliments the chapters in
his book on Fertility and Birth.
John’s book “the Bowen Technique
The Inside Story” is a must for all
Bowtech/Bowenwork practitioners.
We cannot emphasise enough
the incredible value Bowen is for
babies, probably the most important
baby Bowen moves are baby colic,
respiratory, temporo mandibular
joint and colon procedures.
We are pleased to feature in this
issue excerpts from Jane Murphy’s
Baby Bowen Log Book, and
exciting research reports on Baby
Bowen for Colic submitted by
Marcela Campian from ClujNapoca Romania and also a new
approach to baby colic treatment
using the Bowen Technique by
physiotherapist, Georgi Ilchev,
Bulgaria. From Pune India we
have inspiring articles by Kavita
Doshi read them on page 5.
Our theme for the September issue
is “news from around the world on
Bowtech/Bowenwork”.
We are delighted to welcome
Mary Martorano - U.S.A. and
Massimiliano Cuccione – Italy, to
our family of Instructors. We wish
them all the best as they embark on
their teaching journeys.
Ossie
Jesus said “Let the children come to
me, and do not hinder them; for to
such belongs the kingdom of God”
Elaine and Ossie’s SBP 2 Masters Class - Perth - 5th and 6th April 2013
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MY BABY BOWEN LOG BOOK
Jane Murphy says “Using Bowen after delivery may provide a simple solution to the
problem of not sucking. It seems to settle the head trauma and hopefully will allow the
infant a great start in life free of locked-in-patterns of survival and reactive muscle
patterns that may contribute to ongoing imbalance and ill health in future years.”
There are amazingly simple “body button’ or ‘procedures’ that I use on the body to help
heal or reset the normal functioning of the body, starting with being able to and willing to
suck after birth.
4.4.11 Mother in labour, but had
not dilated from 3-4cms overnight
for (7-8hrs). When I started my
shift at 0700, I gave her BRM1 and
pelvic procedures and she went into
good labour. A little later I gave her
the sacral move and she was fully
dilated within a few hours and the
baby was born with a few pushes.
When baby was born I gave it Baby
Bowen and BRM 3 and the purple
shignon on the back of its head
disappeared very quickly and he
proceded to then suck well at the
breast!
17.1.12 Baby born stunned apgars
6 and10, and required Oxygen
and bagging. I quickly gave Baby
Bowen and it picked up quickly.
The mother had started to
haemorrhage profusely. The doctor
immediately wanted me to get
4 Cytotec tablets from the drug
cupboard and draw up 40 Unit
Syntocinon IV drip to commence
immediately. I quickly gave mum
the BRM1 stoppers (the Emergency
Moves), ran out of the room to get
the medication, when I came back
into the room the bleeding had
settled down considerably.
18.12.11. 0730hr My patient was
2cm dilated, ruptured membranes,
clear liquor (amniotic fluid), not yet
contracting or in good labour.
The plan was to induce labour if
she didn’t get going herself. I gave
her the lower back and pelvic, and
sacral procedures throughout the
morning. She started to labour well
using only nitrous oxide gas for
pain relief. By 1100 hr she was fully
dilated!
That is a very fast for a first time
mother!
21.1.12 My patient had a very fast
delivery and gave birth in only 4
pushes. Baby had a very bruised
purple stunned little face, and was
very gurgly and mucousy as it
hadn’t had the normal vaginal
squeeze when pushing up, as she
had such a rapid delivery.
grunting sound. The mother said
the paediatrician had seen her baby
that morning and said she had a
“floppy larynx”. The parents were
understandably worried as she had
delivered the previous evening and
baby was still noisy. So I explained
that I was a Bowen therapist and
what Bowen therapy was, and
gently gave Baby Bowen and
BRM3.
She pinked up immediately, and the
noise seemed to quieten down.
I also looked after her the next
day, mother said that the noise had
completely stopped overnight and
that her baby had slept well,
remained beautifully pink and was
feeding well too!
14.2.12 Today I was looking after 6
ladies in postnatal ward. 3 were Day
1 caesareans for failure to progress
in labour after failed inductions
and a new delivery using forceps
that morning!
Being very blue and rattly, I gave
baby Baby Bowen and BRM3 and
TMJ cross. Her little face pinked
up instantly! Later I still needed to
suction her to remove the mucous
and she then fed well.
6.2.12 I was doing my afternoon
rounds checking my mothers
and babies, when after entering
this patients room, I noticed her
baby was a very grey colour and
making a weird whistling, kind of
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In handover report it was said that 4
of the babies had feeding problems.
That can take hours of your time
and be the cause of much upset for
the mothers. I gave each baby Baby
Bowen and BRM3 taking about 30
seconds to do, all were feeding well
immediately afterwards.
14.4.12 Mother was having a LSCS
(caesaren) as baby was a transverse
lie. (not in head down or breech).
During the operation Dr tried to turn
baby to get it out from head to
MORE OF JANE’S BABY BOWEN SUCCESSES
breech with no success. Baby was
born very shocked, white and flat.
Apgars (score out of 10 determining
the infants condition at birth) were
5 at one minute and 9 at 5 minutes.
I immediately gave the Baby
Bowen and it picked up, pinked
up and became more lively. In
recovery, baby sucked like a dream.
Mother said her 2 previous babies
had not successfully breastfed in
hospital at all.
30.4.12 Mother had a caesaren
for failure to progress (not dilate),
CPD (cephalopelvic disproportion)
and foetal distress. Baby had
good apgars but had an extremely
elongated (ET like) head and a jaw
that was way out of alignment.
After giving the baby Baby Bowen
and BRM 3, in recovery baby
wanted to suck at the breast but was
having difficulty and squealed with
the pain. With the TMJ procedure
its head/jaw came nearly back
into alignment and successfully
breastfed. The baby also had a deep
forcep indentation on the right
temple from the lift out, so I did a
Bowen move on it and although the
redness stayed, the deep indentation
filled out straight away.
April 2013, I was on an afternoon
shift and the morning midwife
looking after this mother of 31
weeks and 4 days gestation in
premature labour, said she was
starting to have tightenings that
were increasing in frequency. So
straight after report I went to put the
CTG cardiotocograph machine
on her to monitor the contractions.
Mother now said that the premature
contractions were getting stronger
and more frequent. Now 1-2
minutely. I rang her doctor and
asked could she have her regular
medication to stop the contractions
early. I gave it as ordered, but
without any improvement.
Mother was now very
uncomfortable and in tears and said
that the pain felt like a huge rubber
band across her tummy, like an
“horrendous cramp”.
When I heard the word cramp I
thought of Cramp Move!!
I gave it to her after a brief
explanation and you could see the
premature contractions virtually
were stopped in their tracks. The
monitor was still on recording
this,and you can see where and at
what point the Bowen was given. It
was really amazing!
In a few minutes it had totally
stopped. Within half an hour I again
checked on her and she was fast
asleep!
5.3.11 This mother had a very long
and exhausting labour of 24 hours.
At the time I was taking over her
care, she had stopped contracting
despite a Syntocinon IV infusion.
She was fully dilated but not
contracting and so the baby’s head
was not descending. To get her back
into labour at 0800 I did the Coccyx
move on her, and the contractions
started up again at 2 minutely. She
delivered stunned 3.8kg baby boy
at 0912, by a kiwi cup vacuum
delivery. The doctor wanted him to
have some Oxygen so I took him
over to the baby resusitare and gave
him Baby Bowen and BRM3.
He immediately brought up a big
plug of mucous which I gently
suctioned and gave him some O2.
He turned a beautiful pink and I
placed him back on mum’s chest
for a cuddle. By the time the doctor
had stitched mum up his head had
changed shape, the bruising had
settled and he sucked well at the
breast.
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March 2011, At the beginning of
my shift, I’d only just received from
handover report that this mother
was 4cm dilated. She was standing
up rocking against her husband
and in considerable pain. After
introducing myself, I suggested/
offered to give her the Sacral move
to assist with the pain relief.
Within 10 minutes she felt she
wanted to push. I examined her and
she was fully dilated to 10cms.
I found that giving the Sacral move
was a fantastic procedure for pain
relief in labour and also if well
timed helped to dilate the
cervix quickly.
March 2012, I came on shift in
delivery suite and a mother who
had just delivered an hour or so
previously was having extreme pain
just under her sternum. Her doctor
thought maybe she had herniated
her stomach through the diaphragm.
On taking over her care, he asked
me to give her 100mg of Pethidine
as an intramuscular injection.
After explaining to her and her
husband, that I was a Bowen
therapist and what it was, she
agreed to try some Bowen therapy,
as I explained there was a procedure
that helped with hernias in this
area, and if it didn’t help of course
I would give her the injection her
doctor ordered.
I gave her the Upper Back stoppers
and then the Respiratory Procedure.
Amazingly the pain immediately
subsided, and she said that she
didn’t require the Pethidine any
longer. The doctor came back and
and enquired as to whether I had
given her the injection, she told
him that the midwife had given her
Bowen and she was now pain free!
Jane Murphy is
an accredited
Bowtech
instructor from
Sydney, NSW
INSPIRING - FROM PUNE - INDIA
only helped her with the common
problems of pregnancy like back
ache, swelling,tiredness but I also
realized that the baby was also
growing really well compared to
babies whose mothers were not
taking Bowen.
I had a client who came all the way
from Mumbai every Saturday for
Bowen. She was not being able to
keep her foetus beyond 6 weeks of
pregnancy. As the baby had no heart
beat it had to be aborted. She had
a daughter of 5 years and she was
trying for her second baby.
She was very stressed out due to
this which was affecting her health
and work. I explained to her the
Bowen technique and I started
her treatment. As she had regular
periods I started with balancing
both the husband and wife to
reduce their stress. I gave them
BRM, Respiratory and Kidney in
the first session followed by TMJ
and Coccyx in the third session.
After that a break was given and
they returned after 15 days and I
started the pregnancy protocol and
she conceived. But she was very
anxious till the 6 week period and
I helped her with counselling and
keeping her spirits high. She was
able to keep her baby for the full
term and kept coming for Bowen
till she could travel. This not
She was perfectly healthy for the
entire term and delivered a normal
healthy baby boy. I would highly
recommend not only Bowen for
conception but also for the good
growth of the baby. They couldn’t
thank me enough and I couldn’t
thank Bowen enough. I was
completely overwhelmed the day I
saw the baby and tears of joy rolled
out my eyes. I had my first Bowen
baby in my hands!!!
The second testimonial:
I had gone go-karting with my
family and we were having a good
time when suddenly there was chaos
and people had gathered around one
of the karts. Normally I would never
go and watch a crowd but something
told me to check it out.
I went and to my horror saw a
girl had got nearly strangled with
her scarf as it had come under the
wheels of the kart.
I told everyone to step aside and
allow some fresh air and slowly
removed the scarf. The girl was
completely in trauma and couldn’t
breathe. I was so scared but trusted
Bowen and myself and brought
all that I had learned in my First
Aid and Bowen to help her as she
would die without help. I first gave
her the respiratory spine move 3
and she gave a big gasp. I gave the
BRM upper back and respiratory
seated along with upper respiratory
moves. And that time I saw her
tongue going backwards. I told her
husband to put his finger between
the teeth and also gave TMJ. She
immediately opened her eyes and
started to breathe normally but it
required a little effort. I gave her
water to drink and she was much
better and could walk. I told her
husband to go to a doctor as she was
badly bruised and maybe required
further treatment.
I am not being arrogant but I
actually felt like God. I understood
the power of Bowen and the
importance of what I was learning.
I don’t know who the couple were
and neither do they know me but the
thank you that I received from their
heart and eyes was enough for me.
Thank you Farida for teaching me
this beautiful technique as it is not
only helping people heal but giving
me a complete sense of satisfaction
and fulfilment that I have been
searching for since years.
I hope someday I will be able to
be an instructor and take this work
forward.
Lots of love and gratitude,
Kavita Doshi
Pune India
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Naushad Buchia our first male
Bowen practitioner
in India
having lunch with Frency Palia, Feroza Buchia
and Instructor Farida Irani
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I DArED TO TRY BABY BOWEN FOR COLIC!
I am Marcela Campian from Cluj-Napoca (Romania) - Bowen practitioner since June 2011. I decided to open up
a practice right after graduation. The dramatic switch I had to make, from an executive manager within a national
company, working 12 hours per day / 7 days per week, to a hands on therapist, seemed like the most natural choice,
as I was right away and genuinely attracted by the Bowen Technique.
Starting a practice on Bowen Therapy was a challenge for me though. I was encouraged by the excellent results I
had, but the number of patients was below my expectations. I realized I needed some promotion work. The internet
did not help too much at first, although I was listed on the official Romanian website, had my own Facebook page
and subscribed to different therapists directories.
Everything changed when I subscribed to a Facebook
group of mothers, discussing babies and small children
life and challenges.
When I saw how many medicines they were
recommending to each other, I started talking about
Bowen Therapy. No one from this group seemed to
know what that was.
Being a mom myself (I have a daughter of 6 years old),
using the appropriate language and being able to talk
from a personal perspective, helped me having the first
client from this group.
That was all it took! 65% of the clients I’m having
now are a result of that first child I treated and the
permanent contact I kept with this group. After treating
dozens of children (from 1 to 5 years old) and gaining the mothers trust, when I saw how much trouble the baby’s
colic brings for the entire family, I proposed free treatments to “test” the Baby Bowen procedure, as I never had the
chance to apply it, only knowing it from the book and from my teacher.
When Andrew Zoppos introduced this procedure to us, I believed him, as I did for any other procedure (“if applied
correctly, it will work for 95% of the clients...”), but I haven’t been too much in a hurry to start using it.
It’s not easy to bring many newborns in the practice, nor it is to convince the parents letting you touch their
newborns.
This group was the perfect opportunity for me to test this procedure, by my own and I was having the right contacts
(6300 mums from all over the country, many with babies under 1 year old).
Number of babies
So it “happened” that it is now over 7
months since I keep giving the Baby Bowen
procedure to 67 babies, aged between 5
hours and 5 months.
The results are absolutely amazing!
Out of the 67 babies, only 16 needed the
procedure to be repeated the second time and
that was the end of their problems.
Nine babies were colic free for more than 4
days after the treatment, but when the
problem started again it was mild and their
mothers didn’t choose to bring them back
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for another treatment. Four moms said that the technique did not help their babies (they only had 1 or maximum 2
treatments).
Thank you Andrew Zoppos for making me the facilitator for this babies health and wellbeing! IT IS
THE MOST AMAZING FEELING EVER! Now I continue treating about 4 or 5 babies / week for colic
and since I learned Masters procedures, I started treating babies for tear duct blockage and it also
works fantastic! Thank you Tom Bowen for such a wonderful technique, Ossie and Elaine for the hard
work to make it known to the world and Andrew Zoppos for the passion he is passing on to all of us!
Marcela Campian
Cluj-Napoca (Romania)
SP1 in Maine: front row: Sherrie Clark, gracious hostess Lori Rizutto, Elizabeth Maller, Mark Brody:
back row: Betty Ann Dean, Amanda Legsdin, Yvette Courtemanche, Instructor Abby LaRock, Lauren Wadsworth, Kate
DeRiso, Erin Mitchell, Kathryn Jul, Instructor Nancy Pierson and Holly Boiselle
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A NEW APPROACH TO BABY COLICS
TREATMENT
- THE BOWEN TECHNIQUE
Author: Georgi Ilchev; Physiotherapist - Bulgaria
Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to present a new method for a non-symptomatic treatment of baby colics. 44 babies
have been included in the research during the period February 2011 – September 2012. Bowen sessions have
been applied to all monitored babies. The procedures have been done once every 4-7 days. The average amount of
sessions per baby is 2.8.
The following results have been achieved: 62% responded with complete recovery, 23% achieved significant
improvement with mild, incidental colics and 15% responded with no improvement.
The conclusion is that the Bowen technique can provide salutary and relatively fast effect for baby colic treatment
and can be used in addition to the standard medication or naturopathic treatments.
INTRODUCTION
The aim of this article is the effective application of the Bowen technique for baby colics. The infamous baby
colics usually are the first serious challenge the baby and its parents meet. Nowadays, the treatment is mainly with
medications. The article aims to inform the physiotherapy society and the Bowen practitioners of the positive
application of the Bowen technique for baby colics and to recommend its usage as an addition to conventional
medical practices.
REPORT
Baby colics are usually present during the first few weeks from birth to the third month. In rare cases they can
persist up to the sixth month of childbirth. Usually, they go with sharp, severe abdominal pain and severe spasms
of the smooth stomach and intestine muscles. It is difficult for the parents to understand the real reason for their
child’s cry as the babies cannot describe what is actually bothering them.
Most common symptoms:
• The baby is loudly crying for a long period of time despite the attempts for relief.
• Symptoms usually appear at a same time of the day, often after feeding and usually disappear as suddenly as
they appear.
• Signs of abdominal bloating and gas.
• The baby is having a stiff stomach, knees are fully flexed towards the body, and palms are into fists.
• The baby is often suffering from insomnia, anxiety, irritability.
There are many theories for baby colics but there is no concrete, solid, scientifically based one over which experts
unite. It is proven that the reasons for colics differ with different babies. Several major factors, usually revealing in
combination may lead to discomfort or baby colics:
.
Newborns have immature digestive system, which has never before processed food. It is, literally, just learning
how to function. The smooth muscles of the digestive tract that has to assist digestion have not developed an
appropriate functioning rhythm to be able to effectively advance food through the digestive tract. Furthermore,
newborns have lack of beneficial bacteria intestine flora (probiotics), which forms with time and assist digestion.
This can give an explanation why almost all babies overcome colics during the first couple of months.
.
Some foods that breastfeeding mothers eat contain volatile chemicals and allergens which may lead to colics
and abdominal discomfort to a small percentage of newborns. Through breastfeeding, signs of fruits, vegetables
and other gas forming foods may pass over to the baby and lead to gas and/or bloating.
.
Babies often swallow air while they eat or during a prolonged cry. This increases gas and bloating and
contributes for a further discomfort.
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Baby’s nervous system is immature as well. It is possible that they get easily overloaded with unfamiliar sounds,
lights or vibrations. Babies like that usually experience more pronounced colics, irritability, difficulties falling
asleep at day or night, etc.
.
The psycho-emotional status of the mother is also very important especially if she is breastfeeding. Tension,
anxiety, petulance and other negative emotions of the mother and the family could easily transfer to the baby and
cause baby colics.
Different ways for solving the baby colics are known. Most widely spread is the conventional treatment with
medications prescribed by a pediatrician. The healing property of naturopathy is well known also.
Highly effective is the application of the Bowen technique.
44 babies were included in the current research at an age of 1-5 months, monitored between February 2011 and
September 2012. Baby Bowen sessions were applied to all monitored babies with a minimum of two minutes break
in between the set of moves. The procedures were done once on every 4-7 days.
The average number of sessions is 2,8. (fig.1)
Parents were asked to give a phone .all feedback
five to seven days after each session. The stage
of the colics was discussed, the quality of sleep
whether is deep and long enough, the amount
of milk intake as well as awareness and agility
of the baby. If necessary a new appointment was
scheduled.
As a result of the applied Bowen sessions a
complete recovery was achieved to 63% of the
babies, after only 2-3 sessions. 23% respond with
a significant improvement but still experience
mild, incidental colics and 14% show no
improvement of state (fig.2)
It was interesting to observe that after two or three sessions some parents were satisfied by the improvement and
did not continue with the treatments despite some remaining signs of the symptoms. As shown on fig. 1 only 8
babies had four Bowen sessions. This may give an explanation why there are 23% with incidental colics.
Another observation at the end of the research period shows that many of the non-responding babies are on natural
breastfeeding. It is once again “a food for thought” that the psycho-emotional status of the mother and the food
she eats plays an important role in resolving the baby colics symptoms. However, this is still a matter of future
observations.
CONCLUSION
The Bowen technique can successfully be applied to the complex treatment of baby colics. There are no side effects
or contraindications. A complete recovery or a significant improvement is observed almost to all babies, even after
the first few sessions.
Let’s remember that babies are still getting used to this world and with growth their colics will disappear. The
Bowen technique simply shortens this period.
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gradually being altered and
is becoming more deep tissue
and sports oriented whilst the
gentleness and non invasive
aspects are beginning to
disappear.
I have just recently returned from
Queensland after assisting on the
Equus College of Learning and
Research latest EMRT course and
attending Ali’s newest workshop
“Essence of Bowen”.
physiology and body responses.
I can only say that anyone who
wishes to experience what Bowtech
Bowen Therapy is truly about
would, I believe, will truly benefit
on so many levels.
Not so with this 2 day course!
Ali’s reverence and regard for Mr
Bowen’s technique in its truest
form is to me an inspiration. The
position of each and every move
upon the body is explained and
After attending these wonderful
two days of ‘Essence of Bowen’
with Ali, I now hope that this
particular course will be currently
recognised and sanctioned by the
Bowen Association for the required
Continuing Practitioner Units.
The more of these particular and
very specific courses that are made
available for practitioners, the more
this amazing therapy will continue
in the way that Mr Bowen would
definitely approve of.
I would like to take this opportunity
to express to you just how
outstanding I found this newest
course.
When I started training with Paul
Toohey in 2004, I admit that I
immediately fell deeply in love
with this most extraordinary and
exceptional remedial therapy and
the factor that it was gentle yet so
powerful in its healing abilities just
heightened my admiration.
In the last few years however, I
have felt that the true essence
of this magnificent therapy is
accomplished meticulously, all the
while recounting the importance for
gentleness and respect being held
in focus in order for the recipient
to receive the ultimate in their own
healing.
Many thanks, with blessings
Virginia Ede
Davistown NSW
Every aspect of this level of
Bowen is explained fully whilst
still maintaining a level of fun and
enjoyment in the exploration of
“ESSENCE OF BOWEN” -
By Ali Goward
I held my first ‘Essence of Bowen course’ with the five students that are taking the EMRT® practitioner course
including a racehorse trainer from Scone, trotting harness horse trainer from Victoria, a vet from Qld, a vet nurse
from Victoria and a performance competitor.
► the vet has already gained diplomas in veterinary acupuncture and veterinary chiropractic’s. She is very
excited and has adapted to her new therapy with great enthusiasm.
► As an introduction: - the ‘Essence of Bowen’ is taught mainly to enable the EMRT® animal Bowtech®
practitioner to see postural and structural imbalances in the rider as the emphasis on total healing for the horse
which has to come with realignment of the rider.
► As a CEU: - ‘the Essence of Bowen’ is taught with the understanding of the deeper perspective of the WHY’s
and WHEREFOREs of the principles of the technique, including my research into Bowen and vertebral
subluxation, understanding physiological anatomy.
► All these new students have been referred onto the BCNT to complete their Diploma of Bowen after they have
taken their EMRT® course.
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BOWEN SUCCESS STORY - from NEW ZEALAND
Here is her story:
Inga Von Benzon
MIGRAINE AND
PARTIAL PARALYSIS
Here is another successful Bowen
story! This is what gets me out
of bed in the morning!! I’ll let
Antoinette tell it in her own words.
I received this email from her today,
and prompted her to write her story
which I add below:
“Hi Inga, just to let you know I’m
getting on famously.
I am using my indoor cycle nearly
every day for 30 mins, which I have
started to increase by a couple of
mins each time. I’ve so much more
energy and am able to do so much
more after work instead of just
sitting reading or going to bed. I
have had no repercussions from
exercising thus far. My right eye and
face area may go a little numb but
then I stop. I have only had one day
that it stayed numb up until 3pm but
then it went away. Anyhow, I just
wanted you to know how wonderful
I feel at the moment, things are
really looking up. We even went
fishing yesterday and I was able to
fillet all the fish, wash my car, hang
out washing, you name it I’m doing
it. I’ll be in touch for either another
Bowen treatment or anything else
that pops up in the future… We still
can’t believe it!”
Kind regards,
Antoinette
‘I was going to a chiropractor
for 4 years due to arthritis in my
lower back and neck. I was pretty
fit and healthy, going to the gym
5 days a week at 5.30am before
work, full of energy. Basically the
debilitating migraines started in
November 2010 and my life as I
knew it started to slow down. I was
constantly exhausted and constantly
had headaches. In January, after
a particularly nasty light prism
migraine, I was admitted to hospital
due to stroke-like symptoms. I was
in hospital for 5 days, had CT scans,
MRI and blood tests galore. First
they thought my carotid artery had
sprung a leak and damaged some
nerves in my brain.
To cut a long story short, over the
next two years they tried to work
out what was wrong with me and
they decided that I had an idiopathic
third nerve palsy complicated by
light prism migraines. It was a case
of two world colliding causing
havoc.
During this time my quality of life
was zip. I had the energy to get to
work, get home and then go to bed.
I had lost my ability to multi task,
my balance was off (giving me the
appearance of a drunk person), I
had double vision and my face was
continually numb down the right
hand side, including the eye, this
would get worse with the light prism
migraines and my left arm to my
fingers would go numb as well.
I would have no warning when a
light prism migraine would hit and
when it did it would take up to 3
weeks to get over it, only to have it
happen again.
Eventually, I was put on Topamax
to try and control the migraines. It’s
a drug they use to control epilepsy.
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It is a horrendous drug and had little
to no effect, I still got sick and I still
had no energy.
Out of pure desperation, in
December 2012 I went looking
for an alternative treatment. I was
mainly focussed on my diet at this
stage and was wanting help with
that. I found Inga and read what I
could about her (by now I trusted
no one!). To be honest the reason
I went to Inga is because the first
testimonial I read on her website
was of a migraine suffering lady
whom Inga had helped. I met Inga
and she insisted I needed Bowen.
I loved her direct ‘ no nonsense’
approach to things. I went away on
my Christmas break and did a lot of
research and I was NOT convinced.
When I returned from my break I
was exhausted (again), and gave
Inga a call.
I had my first Bowen treatment
on 8th January 2013. I was so
disappointed when I left, thinking
‘well that was a waste of money’.
It wasn’t until I got to work I
discovered that for the first time in
two years my face was not numb!
I got home that night after work,
did a load of washing and cooked
dinner (normally I would have to go
to bed).
I have had 3 Bowen treatments and
I am pretty much back to full health.
3 that’s all it took! My partner and
I are in a state of happy shock. I
still do not understand how Bowen
has helped me and even when Inga
is doing the treatments in my head
I’m saying ‘this can’t be working’.
BUT it does and it has. Thanks Inga,
I now have my life back and we
cannot thank you enough.’
She goes on to say I am a miracle
worker, and recommends me to
everyone – needless to say, it is
the Bowen technique, which is the
miracle worker at its best!
Antoinette is a 43 year old lady
who wanted dietary advice first,
and I addressed her digestive issues
she presented with nutritionally.
As her main complaint was the
issue of migraines and symptoms
as per report above, I managed
to convince Antoinette to receive
Bowen treatments. When she came
for her first session on the 8th of
January, she reported that she had a
nosebleed on the previous weekend
and an felt pressure on her jaw, and
a dull ache in the TMJ.
1)
BRM 1, 2 and Lat.
2)
Second treatment 7 days
later: Her right eye was not numb
for the first time in 2 years. More
energy at night. She had also
stopped eating Gluten. BRM 1, 2,
Cx, BRM 3.
3)
Third treatment session
on the 30th of January: A lot less
numbness in face, feels a lot more
energetic. Has menses with light,
dull headaches, but no migraine.
She has also reduced her medication
to one tablet a day. Had period, but
no migraines. BRM 1, 2, Lat, BRM
3, UR/TMJ.
That’ it! Short and sweet – love it!
Thanks Tom Bowen, and thanks to
Ossie and Elaine, without you we
wouldn’t know about this miracle
work and people would still have to
endure needles pain and suffering…
Your elated
Bowtech
practitioner.
Inga von
Benzon
Auckland, New Zealand
“WOW THAT IS AMAZING”
I have been a Bowen Therapist
since 2000, practising first in
Sydney and for the last 6 years in
Bathurst, a country town in Central
West New South Wales.
I am witnessing miracles with
Bowen every day and wish to share
with you a special and amazing
case treated with this wonderful
technique which is described by
one of my clients.
I hope that this miracle will help
inspire those who are willing to
help others through Bowen and
unconditional love. Thank you
Bowen. Thank you my teachers
who touched my heart: Ossie
and Elaine, Margaret Spicer,
Anne Barker, Farida Irani, Anne
Schubert, Quentin Strauli. God
bless you all.
Halina Daniewska
Arkell,
New South Wales.
A friend told me about Halina and
Bowen 18 months ago, and since
receiving regular sessions with
Halina, my life and body have
changed in an amazing way.
Nothing is more precious than our
health. Halina and Bowen have
transformed my life. I know I am
healed and will continue to balance
and help my body.
I had just been diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis and at the age of
35, with 3 children and being told
“it was incurable” was frightening.
My Neurologist suggested
medication; I had optic neuritis and
lesions from the MS in my brain and
spinal cord. I made the decision to
try more natural or alternate options,
so I had 6 months before my next
MRI to try to help myself. I also
had Amenorrhea – non-existent
menstrual cycle.
When I leave my treatment session
with Halina I feel deeply relaxed,
centered and strong. My 6 monthly
MRI’s have now been changed to
every 12 months and they are proof
that my body is responding in an
amazing and incredible way.
Within a few months of Bowen
with Halina my menstrual cycle
is now regular (even down to the
day), I have MRI scans that now
you cannot see the MS lesions and
I had my eyes tested as the MS had
caused damage to the optic nerve,
this is still visible to the Optometrist
but when given a field at vision
test, my vision was perfect!! The
Optometrists exact words were
“wow that is amazing”, not what
she had expected to see at all!!
I can only describe Halina as
having “healing hands”. I feel that
personally she has assisted and
continues to assist me heal my body.
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I hope next year I will be able to see
Halina once a week for Bowen.
I would say that my life and body
have been healed. Halina and
her healing hands are a blessing
and with her help my body only
gets stronger, more balanced and
energised, I now have a strong
desire to share this method in hope
others who are in need can also heal
their body.
Kind regards,
Naomi Rumball
Bathhurst NSW
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BOWENWORK - GENTLE TOUCH, IMPRESSIVE RESULTS
Some Bowenwork moves are
performed on either side of the
spine, directly affecting autonomic
nervous system ganglia and
resetting fight-flight stress patterns.
The client progressively becomes
relaxed within a short period of
time during a session. Clients also
usually report feeling a deep and
profound sense of relaxation, and
often fall asleep during a session.
By Sandra Gustafson, R.N.
Bowenwork is a gentle, softtissue relaxation technique. It is an
unusual form of bodywork, in that
the moves are performed in specific
locations on the body, followed by
pauses of several minutes between
sets of moves, to allow the body to
integrate the effects of the work.
“I love being a Bowenwork
practitioner because Bowenwork
respects and inspires the body’s
intelligence,” explained Robin
Sandberg of Oakland, California.
“The way that we support and
utilize the body’s own brilliance
and capacity to heal makes a huge
leap toward fast and permanent
recovery.”
Light-pressure stimulation to
muscles, tendons and fascia, as
well as gentle rolling actions over
the tissues, initiate nerve reflex
signals, triggering responses not
only at the site of the moves but
throughout the whole body. More
specifically, Bowenwork resets
dysfunctional tissue tension patterns
by stimulating proprioceptors, such
as spindle cells, golgi-tendon bodies
and ruffini mechanoreceptors,
embedded in muscles, tendons,
fascia and joints, resulting in
changes in the stretch-length of
muscle fibers and joint realignment,
via spinal reflexes and the central
nervous system.
Development of the technique
Bowenwork was developed by
the late Tom Bowen of Australia,
from the 1950s until 1982, when
he passed away. He had a unique
method of helping people recover
from musculoskeletal discomforts
and injuries, and a variety of health
conditions were often resolved with
his unusual approach.
His informal bodywork training was
largely inspired during his 20s and
30s when he observed and worked
with sports therapists and trainers in
the greater Melbourne area. This led
him to explore and develop his own
technique, which, after his death,
became known as Bowen Therapy,
Bowtech or Bowenwork, and is now
practiced in many countries around
the world.
Bowen was renowned for his ability
to help people with health problems
that had often not resolved with
conventional medical, chiropractic,
osteopathic or other treatments. He
was an altruistic person, and would
often work with babies, children,
people with disabilities and local
community sports and service
people, free of charge.
Today’s practitioner
A Bowenwork practitioner
acknowledges the body’s innate
intelligence and intrinsic ability to
heal itself. The concept of minimal
touch is central to Bowenwork, and
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clients are often surprised to receive
only a few sets of moves, along with
several integration time pauses, and
experience noticeable benefits.
In creating a state of relaxation, the
Bowenwork practitioner facilitates
a deep internal process within the
client’s body. Heart and breathing
rates have been observed to slow
down, and intestinal peristalsis is
often audible. Bowenwork initiates
a process within the body to return
to its optimal point of homeostasis,
encouraging the resetting of
abnormal tension patterns and
postural imbalances, restoring
optimal organ function, detoxifying
and eliminating waste products,
and improving lymph drainage,
oxygenation and blood circulation
to tissues.
These actions do not necessarily
all occur during a session, and
responses can occur rapidly or over
a number of days after the session,
as the body is able to, depending on
the severity and chronicity of the
problem.
A touch of energy
Compared with techniques like reiki
or Therapeutic Touch, Bowenwork
is not specifically energy work;
however, Bowenwork practitioners
are very aware of the body’s energy
field, and the interaction between
the client and practitioner can yield
subtle sensations and vibrations
throughout the client’s body that
may feel like energy shifts.
Bowenwork practitioners are trained
to develop a high level of tissuetension sensitivity and tune into
nonverbal body language that can
inform them of their client’s state of
energy and responses to the work.
The Bowenwork practitioner has the
client’s optimal wellness at heart,
but is not intentionally inducing
energy effects during a session.
Hands on, hands off
Bowenwork is different to massage
in the way the work is applied.
Massage is generally a hands-on
technique with the massage therapist
almost constantly in touch with the
client’s body for the duration of
the session, whereas Bowenwork
is a combination of minimal, light
moves over the tissues, interspersed
with hands-off periods, to allow
the client to relax and respond. The
Bowenwork practitioner usually
leaves the room or steps away from
the client during these periods.
Massage therapy involves the
therapist intentionally seeking
tension and trigger points within
muscles and then applying various
massage methods and stretches in
order to release them. A Bowenwork
practitioner applies light, rolling
moves over specific areas on the
body, not necessarily at the point of
pain or tension, and then allows the
body to release tension patterns in
varying areas, within its own time.
Bowenwork is usually performed
as a stand-alone procedure, not
incorporated with other bodywork
techniques. This is to keep the subtle
work clear from other influences
and enable both the client and
practitioner to determine the client’s
progress.
Bowenwork is usually performed
over loose clothing, without the use
of lotions or oils. This often appeals
to clients who may be shy about
exposing their bodies, or do not
wish to have oils or lotions applied.
Many clients cannot lie comfortably
on massage tables, and Bowenwork
can be performed with clients seated
in a chair, wheelchair or seatedmassage chair.
Benefits of Bowenwork
Aside from creating effective
relaxation and reducing clients’
stress levels, Bowenwork has the
capacity to address a wide range
of health issues. Bowenwork
practitioners have a saying:
“Everybody is better with
Bowenwork!” It may be used for
acute or chronic musculoskeletal
aches and pains, and decreased joint
range of motion. It is particularly
effective in helping people recover
from frozen shoulder, neck and
lower back pain, sciatica, sports
injuries and surgery.
“I am a retired physician who had
to leave a very busy family practice
due to arthritis and spinal stenosis,
requiring spinal fusion,” said Karen
Brungardt, D.O. “I really missed
helping people get better and feel
healthier.
“Some years after retirement, I
was introduced to Bowenwork,”
she continued. “I was feeling so
much better from the four sessions
I had received—which relieved
me from my chronic pain about 90
percent—that I could be involved in
a lot of activities in my retirement
community.”
About two years later, Brungardt
had a second spinal fusion and
a month later, a knee scope. The
scope left a ball of fluid in her
knee joint. “I decided to return for
more Bowenwork, and again, the
chronic pain was hugely reduced
and the fluid in my knee went away
completely,” she recalled.
Since Bowenwork directly
affects the nervous system, many
internal health conditions, such as
headaches, breathing and digestive
problems, menstrual irregularities
and circulation problems, can be
helped. It is well-suited for clients
who cannot tolerate deep-tissue
bodywork, such as those with
chronic pain, fibromyalgia, fragile
or elderly people, babies and
children.
Bowenwork is a wonderful
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complement for expectant
mothers in minimizing some of
the discomforts of pregnancy,
promoting optimal fetal positioning
and preparing the mother for birth.
For newborns, Bowenwork can help
with relieving colic, constipation,
breastfeeding and settling babies
into healthy sleeping patterns.
Bowenwork as self-care
For many practitioners,
Bowenwork’s appeal is the degree
of ease by which it is performed
and the minimal strain to the
practitioner’s body, with much less
exertion than deep-tissue bodywork.
Bowenwork practitioners can
enjoy a long-term bodywork career
without placing undue stress on
their bodies, or burning out after
a few years. Since Bowenwork
is performed by applying sets
of moves with delay intervals in
between, Bowenwork practitioners
can comfortably schedule two to
three clients at a time in different
treatment rooms and see many more
clients in a day than one could with
massage therapy.
In 1991, I developed elbow
tendonitis from doing deeptissue massage. After successful
treatments with Bowenwork, the
problem resolved and I have been
a busy Bowenwork practitioner
for 21 years, without any further
occupational injuries.
Training
Bowenwork is taught by instructors
from the Bowenwork Academy
USA, which offers classes
throughout the U.S. The courses
comprise 12 modules, each of them
two days, or 16 hours, long.
Some recommended books on
Bowenwork include The Little
Bowen Book, by Louise Tremblay;
Understanding the Bowen
Technique and Bowen Technique:
Continued
The Inside Story, by John Wilks.
More information about training,
and all of the books noted
above, are available at www.
bowenworkacademyUSA.com.
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Many massage therapists,
occupational therapists, physical
therapists, personal trainers,
chiropractors, doctors, nurses and
other health care practitioners have
found numerous ways to introduce
Bowenwork into their practices.
Sports and personal trainers use
Bowenwork to optimize their
clients’ athletic performance, and in
the event that they become injured,
use the technique to accelerate
healing and recovery to resume their
activities.
Many clients who have required
frequent chiropractic adjustments
find they maintain postural
alignments for longer periods of
time by incorporating Bowenwork
sessions into their self-care. Nurses
have found ways to use Bowenwork
within many clinical settings
where they can offer light, gentle
touch to patients, in bed or seated,
to encourage relaxation and pain
relief. Hospice-care nurses have
reported the benefits of Bowenwork
in supporting terminally ill patients
feel more comfortable, as well as
providing respite for caregivers, too.
“Bowenwork has a low impact
on my body and my clients, with
tremendous results,” said massage
therapist Michael Schreiber,
L.M.T., of Springdale, Arkansas.
“It is exciting detective work, and
rewards with positive physical and
emotional changes and joy returned
to the client.”
Sandra Gustafson is a Californialicensed registered nurse, holistic
health consultant, Bowenwork
practitioner and Bowenwork
instructor. She works in an
integrative medical practice, seeing
clients with many different health
issues and, in particular, chronic
degenerative conditions, such as
chronic pain and fibromyalgia.
Welcome to our New Instructors
Reasons for wanting to teach Bowtech:
Every blue moon something comes along that transforms your life in ways
unimaginable. There is much doubt and disbelief at first but then the truth
reveals itself over and over again and that doubt is overridden with sheer
fact-staring at you right in the face. Bowenwork has been that transforming
body of work that continues to have this oscillating effect on me. I have
spent my entire career practicing and studying the many modalities of mindbody healing, either though the manual application of massage therapy or
though my lifelong passion of dance and movement therapy. Nothing has
drawn me deeper into understanding and treating movement, pain, and
stress issues than Bowenwork and that is why I would like to teach, so that
others can experience that transforming power of this remarkable work
Mary Martorano - U.S.A.
both as practitioners and patients.
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Massimiliano writes “Dear Ossie. Thank you for the trust you have given
me! I am very pleased to be able to teach and pass on all that I have
learned, the words are insufficient to convey my emotions, and this is thanks
to Sheila and Piero. I hope that my English is correct also why I wrote with
google translator. A big hug also to Elaine.”
Massimiliano Cuccione and his sister Franca from Nova Milanese in Italy
were introduced to Bowen by Piero Muraro and Sheila Jackson in 2007.
Massimiliano and Franca have supported Piero and Sheila organising and
assisting in classes and running health fairs.
Massimiliano Cuccione - Italy
We warmly welcome Massimiliano to our family of Instructors.
Franca is a T.A.
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TESTIMONIAL - From Canada
My name is Kyla Bly and I
am a practitioner in
Cochrane Alberta, Canada.
I had a fascinating
experience this past
Christmas. My husband
was up on the roof (about
8-10ft from ground) and
the ladder he was coming
down on gave way and he fell from the very top of the
ladder. We rushed him to our local Urgent Care to get
an x-ray to ensure there was no breaks or fractures.
As soon as we had confirmation there was no breaks, I
performed the knee procedure and the ankle/ht/bunion
procedure on the injured side, right there in Urgent
Care! Before starting the Bowen we noticed that
bruising and swelling was setting in.
After completing the moves it was a matter of minutes
and we literally watched the bruising and swelling
DISAPPEAR! It was phenominal! I know Bowen works
and I’m told Bowen works, but moments like that still
blow my mind. My husband’s recovery was very quick.
Within 24 hours he was walking with a very mild limp,
and then 48 hours later he had no limp at all - I then did
a full and proper Bowen session on him to alleviate any
further aches and pains he had that weren’t apparent in
the moment (the arm/shoulder/side he landed on).
Within 1 week he showed no signs of his fall.
WHAT IS THE COST OF COMPASSION?
I am writing in response to the article in the December 2012 Bowen Hands by Suzanne McTier Browne. I really
look forward to the Bowen Hands each time it comes but frankly this article didn’t make me very happy. I would
like to make several points. To start with I learned the Bowen Technique because I want to be able to help people
that are suffering… All people not just those that have lots of money. I resent the attitude that your good health
is worth whatever it costs because sometimes I think the cost is fuelled by greed more than compassion. When
everything is valued in Dollars and Cents it makes for a sad evaluation. For someone who is struggling financially
when you have to make a choice between food, a roof over your head or school supplies for your children etc.
then having to pay $60-$110 for your health is out of the question especially if several people in your family need
the treatment. I know that the training is expensive and that needs to be taken into consideration but I do believe
that many of the other modalities take longer and are more expensive than Bowen but even with that I think a lot
of times the prices charged are excessive. Making a living is one thing but making a killing is quite another. I
do resent being told if I don’t charge as much as they do that I am hurting the Bowen image. What image are we
hurting? Is it that we are caring and compassionate and that only those with desperation or a lot of money can
afford to get treatments? I believe Bowen was a gift and we need to be willing to pass that gift on whenever we
can. When Bowen works and it doesn’t cost as much as the other modalities that should be a drawing card not a
detriment. For another thing we are continually told less is more but we seem to have a struggle doing less. Could
it be when we charge a lot we feel obligated to do a lot in order to give them their money’s worth? I would think
if there weren’t some astonishing results after a 15 minute session there is no way that they will come back at
$100 a shot. At least if I am charging a more reasonable amount for their situation and they notice a difference
they will come back. Also if they can only afford one or two treatments and they don’t get resolution it is not
likely that Bowen will ever get a good reputation. As for hurting the business of those who want to charge a lot
isn’t that what free enterprise is about? What about soup kitchens- do they hurt the café industry? In Canada we
are also up against the Medical system because many of the other modalities are recognized and subsidized by the
medical system. At this point in time Bowen is not recognized so clients are on their own. They usually go for
what is known and paid for. I really feel that Bowen is its own best friend. The more people we treat the better
off everyone will be. A good combination of compensation for effort made and compassion for our fellow man
would really do more good than harm in my opinion. I could see trying to make a reasonable living with your
business but not to where you are getting rich on other people’s pain. Anyway that is my opinion I respect Bowen,
I respect myself and I respect my fellow man, and I especially respect those Bowen workers who can afford to
give treatments without charging anything. Good on you! Our world could definitely use more compassion and
charitable action!
By Linda Fehr
Fort St. John, British Columbia, Canada.
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instructor survey responses
NANCEE ROGERS
(U.S.A.)
1. What I like about Bowen is: that learning it put me on a path that
opened up my whole life, let alone my career, into a more expansive
world.
2. The most annoying thing about Bowen is: Nothing about the work
is annoying.
3. My favourite procedure is: Upper Respiratory/TMJ.
Sternocleidomastoid is my favorite muscle. Just saying the name of it makes
me feel good! Studying the possibilities of the whole procedure opened many doors for me. When a client is
utterly amazed at the work, usually it is linked to my having done UR/TMJ. Having said all that, what is there not
to love about that procedure?
4. The most valuable advice I ever received was: Change your thoughts and you change your world.
5. I try to avoid: spending time with any emotion other than complete joy.
6. Clients worry too much about: the way it is, rather than dreaming or fantasizing about the way they want it
to be.
7. I regard the mandatory wait periods: as something wonderful to explore. How long should one be for this
person at this time? What does it represent and why?
8. I am most careful about: trying to stay in a joyful state.
9. My greatest challenge is: trying to stay in a joyful state!
10. My advice to practitioners is: don’t think about the way something seems to be, but think about the way you
want it to be - whether it is a move, your income, or your life.
TINA PRICE
(AUSTRALIA)
1. What I like about Bowen is : It’s simplicity AND it’s profound results
2. The most annoying thing about Bowen is : Really nothing annoys me about
the “ Bowen Technique.”
3. My favorite procedure is : I Love all Bowen procedures but my most used
one is the Pelvic procedure.It has such a profound effect on the posture and
alignment of the body .
4. The most valuable advice I ever received was : Trust in the Technique -Trust yourself.
5. I try to avoid : Being too complicated about explaining the Bowen Technique to my clients and my students.
Mr Bowen was, I understand, quite an uncomplicated man and so therefore did his work as simply as was
needed....
6. Clients worry too much about : How many treatments are needed.I reasure them that in most cases 2--3
treatments will do the trick--But to always remember that the healing process occurs when the body is ready.
7. I regard the mandatory wait periods : Most essential! This is the time when the body and its nervous system
is able to relax and process, allowing the healing to take place.
8. I am most careful about : Doing the Bowen Technique as I have been instructed, as this is as close to Mr
Bowen’s work as I know it. In this way when I teach I hope to be teaching the genius of Tom Bowen’s work.
9. My greatest challenge is : Embracing Technology. I am very fortunate to have a husband and friends who
Love Technology ...So I can do what I love doing -----Bowen!
10. My advice to Practitioners is : Learn well and believe in what you do ....Love and enjoy what you do ....And
above all Love yourself.......
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MIRACLES OF BOWEN AND BOWTECH
AN EXTRACT FROM THE COURMAYEUR CONFERENCE
PRESENTATION
bY INSTRUCTOR - FARIDA IRANI
surgery to reduce pressure.
Right carotoid arteries were
damaged causing anoxia (lack of
oxygen) and mydriasis (abnormal
dilation of the pupil of the eye,
produced by drugs, coma, etc.)
His left side was paralysed. Muscle
strength of his left leg was two and
left hand zero.
When we see our students walk out
learning just Modules 1 and 2 and
then having an amazing result, or a
young mother in her quest to help
her little child sets out just doing the
simple baby Bowen and it works
wonders for the child.
It brings us back to the very basics
that less the better does apply in
Bowen in spite of us all having
learnt so much more from our
Founders. It takes us back to the
very roots of Bowen. It truly is very
humbling as sometimes it surpasses
all logic.
The first such miracle if I may call it
so is from Taiwan.
Payu and Kong Fu Taiwan
Payu started learning Bowen in
2010 in Taiwan.
Her husband Kong Fu was sitting in
class with us throughout the training
as he needed constant care. He had
his stick and his wheel chair.
History of Kong Fu
May 2004 - 15.5 2004 Kong Fu had
a work accident. 900 kgs flagstone
building material scraped right
side of his head. Two thirds of his
cranium injured - he had to have
He was in hospital for three months,
out of which 15 days was spent in
intensive care. He had acupuncture
daily and eventually rehab for a
year.
Sep 04 - Left hospital - contracted
leptospirosis infection (Bacterial)
after a month and was treated with
antibiotics and penicillin for four
months.
Feb 05 - Had second cranium
surgery and was again in hospital
for a month.
May 05 - He developed rash like
comedo in area of surgery on right
side of cranium discharging pus for
a year and doctors were unable to
diagnose why this was happening.
May 06 - Discharge stopped but
in 15 days started again. This went
on, off and on till July 06 and even
then he had the occasional abscess
recurring from time to time.
Daily living - He was in a wheel
chair and could walk max 5 metres
in the house. Weather change such
as rain, wet and cold conditions
caused brain pressure imbalance,
leading to lethargy and excess sleep.
Even his head changed shape.
May 2010 - Payu started learning
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Bowen. Bowen was done on Kong
Fu by myself when in class. I
recollect performing basic BRMs,
pelvic, knees and TMJ. Body
movement and gait improved right
then.
Bowtech ease was given and we
adviced Payu to use it on him daily
which she did.
Payu practiced on him once a week
for one month all moves of Mod 1
and 2 in order to just practice her
Bowen. She was surprised one day
to discover a filament of dirty cotton
wool on right side of cranium which
had abscess from time to time.
Three days after this incident, a chip
of bone came out, the size of her
little finger nail! She said there was
no wound though.
Ever since then:
The weather change does not affect
him as before.
. No brain pressure.
. More alert, not as lethargic.
. Increased strength and ability to
work.
. No abscess.
. Immunity improved.
May 2011 - She told us this story
when she came to do Mods 3 and
4. They looked very happy and so
much in love despite their problems.
May 2012 - When Payu came to
learn Mods 5 and 6 she told us the
following:
“Now 2012 he can climb 3 to 4
floors in a multi-story building.
Besides I found when I did Bowen
on him his sexuality has much
improved. That made us have a
great affection towards each other,
and he has became more open and
clear now”.
This time I observed he was not
sitting with us regularly, was
going around by himself, no
wheelchair needed and sometimes
without a stick. Gait has improved
tremendously.
She has now finished Mods 5 and
6 so hopefully there will be more
improvement.
...................................
Zen 20th Dec 2010. Born 11 weeks
premature. He was one of twins
who survived.
Medical Information:
Ex Premature 29/40 with low birth
weight (1.16kg)
Hyaline Membrane Disease with
Chronic Respiratory Failure
requiring long term ventilation via
tracheostomy.
Mild chronic Pulmonary.
Hypertension secondary to Chronic
Lung Disease.
Pendular Nystagmus (rapid eye
movement)
Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH):
Grade 1 right, Grade 2 left
Developmental Delay
Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease
(GORD): had fundoplication
and percutaneous endoscopic
gastrostomy (PEG) insertion.
After one month of birth Zen was
lovingly massaged by his parents
with subtle energies oil blend made
from the base oils of Bowtech
Ease blend which are Sesame
and Ashwagandha (Withania
somniferra) together with other
veg oils such as Amla (Emblica
officinalis) Brahmi (Bacopa
moniera).
Tracheostomy surgery done on
2nd May 2011. He would get
very stressed with daily change of
tracheostomy ties round his little
neck and the oil would calm him
down.
In his mother Melanie’s own words:
‘Not only was this fantastic for his
skin but it showed him that not all
touch is negative and was a great
way to bond with and soothe him. It
is something we still do to this day’.
In June 2011 - I taught the mother
Baby Bowen moves when I visited
Zen a couple of times in hospital.
She did these simple Bowen moves
on him regularly with application of
the oil.
His Grandma Louise, who did our
Ayurveda Aromatherapy course
with us, and runs a busy beautiful
Spa near Ulladulla, organised a
huge community fund raiser last
September to bring him home as
funds from the Government are not
available for the trachea machine
and equipment when a child is
under two years of age. Louise
intends to learn Bowen shortly. We
as a family went down south for the
fund raiser together with our Bowen
student practitioner Susan Ryan and
our Instructors Anne Barker and
Derrick Edmond.
Zen has been home since Oct 2011.
I received a recent email from the
mother stating:
He has improved remarkably since
his birth. Breathes on his own 4
hours a day without the ventilator.
Growth has caught up if not
surpassed for a child of his age,
Developing extremely well on all
levels,
Very calm tolerant little boy,
Not averse to people touching
him which is amazing given all
the negative stimulation received
during his long hospital stay.
Doctors are amazed.
Have given her a stronger blend
now though diluted.
This truly is a miracle of a mother
doing things diligently for her child
and persevering and the miracle of
just enabling the mother to perform
the baby Bowen moves has helped
in his progress together with the
oil blends, besides everything else
that they are doing. He now can
walk and does stay off the trachea
equipment for quite some time
much to the amazement and joy of
the doctors and the family.
Further extracts from Farida’s
presentation will be printed in
future editions of Bowen Hands.
.........................................................................................................................................................................
My personal experience with Bowen
has been just fantastic. I would like to narrate one great
experience.
I have a knee problem sustained during my Army
Training about 30 years ago. My right knee was
dislocated leading to Traumatic Synovitis and OA
changes over a period of time and mild OA changes in
my left knee too due additional burden on the same!
My first few sessions of Bowen were with Zenobia
in 2010. Thereafter I felt good improvement and I
continued with maintenance as and when required. I
also took up physiotherapy to keep the muscles around
the knee toned up. Last year I enrolled for Bowen
Training and have completed Module 6. I continue to
work on myself. Now something that I could never
do all these years has been made possible by persistent
Bowen maintenance and self practice. I AM ABLE
TO SQUAT WITHOUT PAIN.....I DEMONSTRATED
THIS TO YOU AND I AM ABSOLUTELY
THRILLED. BOWEN HAS HELPED ME GET OVER
THE FEAR OF PAIN AND I’M CONFIDENTLY
ABLE TO SQUAT. HOWEVER I CONTINUE
TO MAINTAIN MY KNEES THROUGH THE
KNEE PROCEDURE!
I WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK YOU
AND ZENOBIA FOR INTRODUCING ME TO
THIS WONDERFUL TECHNIQUE!
Capt Ravi Raman, Pune INDIA
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I LOVE BOWEN FOR IT’S SIMPLICITY
from being a child. I was not angry,
just sad.
Trudi Bareham Buderim QLD
I wanted to share with you my story
of how Bowen has helped me as
both a therapist and a patient. I
have worked as therapist since
2001, and practiced Reflexology,
Massage, Indian Head Massage and
Reiki before studying Bowen. Now
I practice Bowen, Reflexology and
Reiki, all completely independently
of the other. Each treatment has it’s
own merits and each client has their
own preferences. These treatments
had enormous impact on my own
healing in different ways and is why
I love to continue working with
them.
I was in a car accident aged 16
(now 46) and suffered debilitating
headaches all my life after the
accident. I searched for many ways
to eliminate the daily suffering and
is the reason I became a therapist. I
also had a severe back issue which
almost resulted in disc removal;
with 2 young children, I chose to
manage it with exercise and physio
and gradually things improved.
I have spent my life with little
confidence, self esteem or self
belief created by experiences I had
from a young age and allowed my
subconscious to form about myself.
I began studying Bowen in 2007
and completed CERT IV in 2008. I
remember at the time feeling very
sad, because after having regular
Bowen treatments, I became aware
of not having any happy memories
I always felt I knew a great deal
about health and healing - in fact
I really did know, but just never
had the belief in myself to follow
through. I always believed we had
the innate healing ability within
us to heal ourselves when we have
access to what we need. I also
believed that diet and nutrition
are crucial to healing. And I very
deeply believed that our emotions
hold the answers to accessing the
innate healing within.
I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid
Arthritis in early 2009. RA is
a chronic disease with no cure,
nothing positive to read about it
or the outcome. Chronic pain,
inflammation, joint degeneration,
ending up in a wheelchair, unable
to take care of myself or work
- not a cheery read at all. The only
option is to take drugs to slow down
progression of the disease, and
this may or may not work either.
Having met so many people with
RA who followed the medical
protocol and still felt awful, along
with additional conditions created
from the drugs, I chose not to follow
the medical route. I jumped head
long into a battle of wits with this
RA and learnt after 2 years of been
locked into this fight, that I was
getting nowhere.
I became fully obsessed with RA
and how it was affecting my life.
When you are diagnosed with a
serious disease, it can affect us in
many ways. It began defining who
I was and everything in my life and
I hated it. I was a good person,
would do anything for other people
and was always trying to help in any
way I could. Yet here I was trying
desperately to help myself and
failing miserably.
Bowen became a very regular part
of my treatment protocol. It mostly
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helped with the pain, but if a flare
was imminent it was not advisable
to have any treatment I discovered,
as the pain became a lot worse.
With regular treatments, I began to
notice an awareness of other things,
events that had occurred long ago
in the past which for some reason,
were indicating relevance to what I
was going through. Nothing really
made sense, but I knew that Bowen
worked to allow the layers to peel
back and reveal the true self.
I tried many different approaches
to healing the RA. I believe
everything I tried added another
piece to a very big puzzle. I found
a spiritual organisation nearby
which really helped me understand
about illness and disease and how
we create it in our bodies. Through
this, I learnt that fighting anything
just makes it fight harder, so I made
RA my friend and daily asked for
help in understanding what it had
come to teach me about myself. I
was very much evolving spiritually,
but physically and emotionally I
was deteriorating at speed, or that’s
how it felt. June 2011 was probably
the most intense part of this journey
to date, with several flares in one
week, copious amounts of tears
and the month that Mind Body
Bowen came in to my life. At the
introduction, I briefly said I had
RA for 2 and 1/2 years, was having
the worst time right now, would
probably spend the weekend crying
- I was ready for anything!
I love Bowen for it’s simplicity.
I love it because we do not
determine what the client needs,
the body knows this based on the
information we facilitate through the
moves. However, like many Bowen
therapists, I struggled with the “less
is more”, based on people expecting
value for money. This came from
my lack of belief in me rather than
Bowen. I have met Bowen therapists
who believe Mind Body Bowen is
just ‘mumbo jumbo airy fairy’ stuff
and doesn’t work. I have learnt so
much about Bowen from brilliant
teachers but this workshop taught
me exactly what I needed to know
about Bowen. LESS IS MORE.
At the workshop we were
introduced to a different approach in
working with Bowen, and one that
made complete sense to me, as my
core beliefs are that pain, illness and
disease come from stress and the
emotions. One idea I struggled with
was the concept around birth and
trauma setting up patterns for life
for many people. I am very open
to everything, but like to hold on to
some scepticism, until I have seen
proof. Fortunately for me, I had
absolutely no idea of what happened
around my birth, or I would have
felt the whole experience had been
preconceived by my knowledge
of it. I will share my Mind Body
Bowen experience with you.
Prior to the workshop, I had been
struggling with breathing for a few
months. I felt as if I couldn’t get
enough air into my lungs, however
deeply I was breathing. I felt
agitated lying on my front during
Bowen treatments because of this,
and had also been having 5 elements
acupuncture which works on the
emotions. This also made me feel
agitated and like I was struggling for
breath. I would yawn continuously,
trying to fill my lungs with air.
Day 1, at MBB, I had moves 1 &
2 from BRM1. I was completely
overwhelmed by the feeling of not
being able to breathe in air. I was
not afraid, (because I was already
on the journey of a lifetime!) but
the experience was unnerving. The
sensation continued for almost 30
minutes, but gradually subsided. I
had memories surrounding incidents
as a child flash up - one holiday,
I had fallen in a swimming pool
and couldn’t get myself back up
for air. Another holiday, a man
died at the next table from a heart
attack and I heard the death rattle
Continued
- air being expired from his lungs.
Traumatic to experience at any
age but I was about 11 at the time.
Both memories have breathing
connections.
Using MBB includes working with
the meridians. Events and traumas
stored in our subconscious are also
stored within the cells. By tuning
in to the body sensations, we are
listening in to discover what it needs
in order to release these events
from the body. I was so excited
when I got off the table, I felt as if
I had been given a new life. I still
didn’t really know why or how,
but something had really changed
in that 30 minutes. And all I had
was moves 1 and 2. Out of the 15
people on the workshop, only 2
people had more than moves 1 and
2 performed, because we were still
feeling sensations for 30 minutes.
What an amazing concept and
treatment.
Day 2. I bounced in feeling more
alive than I had in months. On the
table, moves 1 & 2 were performed
and again, I had the sensation of
not being able to breathe, only
this time it was more intense. I
also felt like I could not swallow,
which was incredibly unnerving
and although scary, I felt I needed
the experience. We proceeded on
with other moves as the sensations
subsided and I had BRMS 1,2 and
respiratory procedures, which my
body indicated I needed. I had
no subconscious memories come
up other than a sensation of being
inside an internal body vessel, and
feeling like I had spent my whole
life on my own, not being able to
trust anyone to help me. (Long
story attached to this and one I
completely understand now!)
When I got off the table, I felt as if
I had been set free. I still didn’t
really understand the sensations or
believe the whole birth concept.
That was, until I spoke to mum. I
told her about the workshop and
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asked about my birth. I was stunned
at what I found out. I was forceps
delivery, born blue and the doctors
could not get me to breathe. Mum
does not know if I had the cord
around my neck, as she was put
to sleep and not told anything
else. Suddenly everything I had
experienced made sense, and I
cannot tell you how excited I was
by what I had discovered. As if this
wasn’t enough, I also realised that
my 26 year nasal spray addiction
may also be connected with this
traumatic start in life. I became
addicted to them because I was
terrified of not being able to breathe.
And having suffered headaches
for most of my life (which got
increasingly worse after the car
accident), is an effect of forceps
birth.
This all sounds quite bizarre and
unbelievable I am sure, and as
a semi sceptic, I would have to
agree. Without living this whole
experience for myself, I would
probably doubt the validity of it.
But I have lived it. And by doing
so, it allowed to me continue on my
journey to health. The year from
June 2011 to April 2012 was the
most challenging part of my life, in
every single way, but without it, I
would not be who I am today.
I mentioned earlier I believed
I knew a lot about health. I
know an awful lot more since
being diagnosed with RA. And I
understand a lot more. About why
we get sick, and how we get well.
For any Bowen therapists out there
who think Mind Body Bowen
is airy fairy, think again. It is
an astounding discovery of how
profound a treatment Bowen is,
and Anne Schubert and Margaret
Spicer have done us proud bringing
this work to us. I recently did
a talk for the local Reflexology
Association of Australia group
about RA and the whole process
around illness and disease because I
want to encourage everyone to think
differently about chronic illness and
disease. I wrote the following for
them to consider “We are all guilty at times of
determining we know what is best
for clients and what the problem
is. Clients only tell us the things
they want us to know. I can fully
validate that the subconscious hides
much from the conscious mind. It
is therefore impossible for us to
know the best course of action when
treating a client, despite what we
think.
The body and it’s subconscious
knows how it got sick and therefore
knows how to get well. It knows
in what order things happened in
the body/mind and in what order
these things need to be healed.
Whatever you determine maybe
the client’s issue or what you
think needs addressing from the
consultation, the things they say
or their presenting symptoms,
please immediately remove yourself
from this. In my experience
from my personal journey with
healing from RA and from treating
many people, the symptoms and
conditions they present with are
FAR removed from what they need
to heal from. The body is highly
intelligent - I ALWAYS treat the
whole person, and never treat
specific symptoms or systems
because I do not believe it is within
my judgement to determine what
this person needs to heal. Trauma
can block their subconscious from
allowing the story to be told and
many, many people are in complete
denial of their illness/pain and
why they have it. Remember we
are only facilitators for healing
- the client is actually the “healer”
and the subconscious will heal the
emotional and physical body when it
is ready, willing and able.
I believe illness and disease occur
because something needs to change.
For many people, change is very
difficult and as I discovered, even
when we are willing and able to
change, it is not easy to let go of
things which are so deeply buried
within us. Fear can be a crippling
emotion when combined with illness
and the mind is so powerful in the
way it controls us.”
Being diagnosed with RA was
one of the best things to happen
in my life and I am so grateful
for the experience. It has given
me my life back. Through being
open to learning and healing in
different ways, removing my ego
(eventually) from the party, I am
now a new and improved version
of me. I am happy, confident in
everything I say and do and can
fully validate and endorse what I
believe because I have experienced
it. I have a passion in life that I
never had before, because fear and
my subconscious held me captive.
Bowen and Mind Body Bowen in
particular, helped set me free from
that.
In April 2012 I began a support
group for people with RA looking
to manage their condition alongside
the medical route with more natural
methods. We are achieving brilliant
results and overall, people have
less pain, inflammation, reduced
medication and are feeling much
happier. Empowering people
to change their health through
knowledge and education, is my
absolute passion. By encouraging
them to be open to everything
and anything however much it
challenges their belief system,
allows them to remove limitations
about what they can achieve in their
lives and they are getting results.
In December 2012, despite all
I had read and been advised by
rheumatologists to the contrary,
my rheumatologist told me I am
in remission in as many ways as is
possible. I believed I could heal, I
believed I would find the answers
and I did. We all know how
brilliant Bowen is as a therapy, but
by embracing things in a different
way, such as through Mind Body
Bowen, we are opening ourselves
up to it’s brilliance at a much deeper
level. I hope through sharing what
I have you will understand this and
look at Bowen through new eyes.
If you have clients with RA and
they are interested in our support
we can be contacted by email
- naturalwaysforra@hotmail.
com or by joining facebook group
at www.facebook.com/groups/
naturalwaysforra
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Here are 3 photos
demonstrating the effect of
Bowen in 3 short sessions over
3 weeks.
LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE
Moves included Pelvic,
Ankle/Hammertoe/Bunion and
strapping. This was a year ago
and this young lady’s toes are
still straight.
Kim Dedels-Guerin
Instructor - Canada
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TESTIMONIAL
“I receive ongoing Bowen Therapy treatment from Sam, through the work she has been
doing with White Hills Cricket Club. I had successfully returned from a shoulder injury
with the help of Sam, my chiropractor and Chinese Herbalist. However Sam understood
that I had many other issues which ultimately lead to her suggestion of the Navel
Procedure.
Alike to many other Bowen treatments I expected the tingling and fresh movement.
This time I not only received this feedback from my body but also a flushing of energy
throughout my body. I felt great. The next few days were the most interesting however.
I had returned to a place of mind that I hadn’t experienced for years. My ability to
organise and order things returned and my meticulous attention to detail was back.
Samantha Hamilton
Most strangely I found myself enjoying my mum’s company, not that this could be
written off as a nothing to some. But for years I have found it hard to even be in the company of my wheelchair
bound mother.
Sam has now begun treatment for the grief that I hold for the circumstances of my mum’s illness.
I have found the procedure an incredible boost to my everyday life. Energy which was non existent has now
returned bubbling, I have started thinking more than a day ahead. And the bad days are fewer. Most of all I can sit
down with my mum and actually talk about more than the news. I have smiled more and started setting goals.
I cant think of a way to thank Sam, other than to share what I have felt and to suggest others to receive the
incredible care and procedures that Sam offers with her passion through Bowen Therapy.
I am a student of Chiropractic and understand the importance of the innate powers and wisdom of the human body.
By allowing my body to function optimally I have reaped the rewards. I hope that more people take their mind sets
away from the biomedical approach and open up to other options available.
Thanks again for your care Sam!” - Justin Slattery
Justin’s mum has been a friend and client for many years. She suffers from MS. Justin was 9 when she was
diagnosed. I feel he holds a lot of resentment due to the fact that she couldn’t do the normal things a mum and son
do. At this time, she had been accepted into University to finally start her passion, when Justin broke his leg. Kath
deferred the course to look after him, when he was ok and she was right to go back to Uni the following year, she
was diagnosed. He holds a lot of guilt over this too. The family have struggled financially and this is why I’ve
been looking at the body from the shoulders down. He has very round shoulders / kyphosis of the upper back, then
with all of the other things that relate I will be working towards, thoracic, sternal and then the waist down - pelvic,
abdominal and eventually psoas (to address the power, morals, security, family.) Justin is about 20.
Oh, I must say, I did recommend that he has only Bowen, for the shoulder, but being a student, he continued to have
his other treatments. The Herbalist was only herbs, not acupuncture.
Samantha Hamilton
Bendigo
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Whoops
NO - Desley Faulks has not moved
As incorrectly stated in our previous issue Desley is NOT in Western Australia
Although a change would probably be nice we can now reassure everyone
Desley - one of our valued Instructors is very happy to be practicing in
sunny Queensland
Our apologies for this misprint.
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Firstly I must THANK Ossie
and Elaine for teaching me this
wonderful modality nearly 21 years
ago, in May 1992. In the days of
‘ALL’ learnt in 4 days, Thank GOD
for today’s teaching methods.
Since then I have gone on to meet
some very lovely people within
the Bowen network and in my own
clientele some of whom will remain
friends for a long time. There have
been some amazing moments but
I’m sure everyone can attest to that.
Job satisfaction has mostly been
great, though there were times when
I thought “Oh! Should I have done
that or could I have done something
differently”. But things usually
worked out and if not we just move
on, don’t we? Learn from our
mistakes.
I found a Bowen session was not
only about what we can do
physically, but in how we can help
emotionally just by listening to a
problem, helping them to find their
own answers, treating them with
the relevant Bowen procedures
and they’re back on track again.
Willingness to give this time is
so important, after all our client’s
wellbeing is why we do what we do,
isn’t it? Teaching them to be able to
recognise their own body’s needs
also. The reward is in the result and
the look on their faces.
I first started out quite humbly in
a bedroom of my home, and then
some years later was able to move
into my rooms [converted from our
garage] built by my very supportive
husband Roy. I continued to work
here in a very peaceful environment
for the past 12 years, quite
successfully.
To you new folk starting the Bowen
journey don’t be in too much of a
hurry to get ‘big’. Let things unfold
as you find your way. Well for
me that worked, anyway. “Rome
wasn’t built in a day” you know. All
I ever wanted to do was help people
in my own quiet way.
A must is refresher courses to keep
the Technique as pure as you can.
(It’s so easy to move off track). Take
your time with the moves and make
sure of the WAITS (so important).
Be in the moment and the results
will be felt and seen more. I know
this has been said before, but
I feel the need to reiterate this.
Compassion and empathy are also
of importance.
My retirement will coincide with
my husband’s. So now it’s time for
us to live a dream and do the ‘grey
nomad’ thing, in due course. So
looking forward to that!!
To all the very nice people I have
met through Bowen, the Instructors
(thank you for your instruction) and
fellow practitioners, I wish you all
well in health and be safe in all that
you do. Happy Bowening.
Once again THANK YOU so
much Ossie and Elaine for all your
instruction and wisdom over the last
20+ years.
Lyn Harvey,
Maryborough, Qld
PLEASE NOTE
It is a requirement worldwide for members to retain
membership to complete 32
hours of CPD’s or CEU’s in a
2 year period.
A minimum of 16 hours must
be practitioner revision days
A, B or C or Modules 1-6 or
special reviews days with an
Accredited Bowtech Instructor.
Mind Body Bowen Workshop in Dublin, Ireland.
The first time we have been to Ireland and the course included participants
who travelled from Portugal and Northern Ireland.
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Only with the completion of
the 32 hours over 2 years will
financial members names
be listed in the Directory of
Bowen Hands.
Testimonial
Thanks for the Bowen treatment, which helped me amazingly to get
rid of my cold and body ache. Below is the summary of the problem,
I was facing which were treated well with the Bowen treatment you
did on me.
1. Severe Body Ache, 2. Sneezing cold, 3. Fever up to 100.9F.
4. Swelling on the Liver (Identified by the Dr. Sharad Metha,
Borivali (W), 5. SGPT count was 64 instead of less then 44.
After you did the first round of Bowen on me dated 15.02.13 around
3.30 PM first, I felt very uneasy. Around an hour after the treatment,
I started vomiting. Initially I got 2-3 vomits which were kind of
Instructor Margaret Spicer’s Module 1 and 2
minor and mostly was throwing out the acids and cough. Then
class in Sydney, March 2013
around 6.30 PM, there were was major vomit, where I almost threw
People
travelled from Tasmania, Canberra,
out lots of acids/cough and some in-digestive food material.
Central Coast, Bathurst, Heathcote and from all
Around 9.30 PM, I got a fever and a loose motions, later I slept.
When got up next morning around 8.00 AM, my body ache and
fever were gone and the cold was reduced drastically.
After the 2nd round of Bowen on 19.02.213, my cold had almost
reduced to nil.
Thanks a lot for the Bowen Treatment, I would surely like to
recommend others for the same.
over Sydney to attend.
A smiling and happy group.
EMRT® & CCMRT®
COURSES PLANNED
FOR CANADA
CANADA OCTOBER EMRT® LEVEL 1 CALGARY
Contact: Co-ordinator Derek Murphy: ph. (647) 968 7224
email:
[email protected]
EMRT® – Kim Dedels-Guerin
email:
[email protected]
Regards,
Chirag Khabaria
The procedures done on Chirag were:
In the 1st visit on 15th Feb 2013 I did, BRM 1,
BRM 2, Kidney, Respiratory, Gall Bladder and
BRM 3 and Head Procedure.
2nd visit on 19th Feb 2013, I did BRM 1, BRM 2,
Respiratory, Upper Respiratory and TMJ
OCTOBER CCMRT™ LEVEL 1 CALGARY
Contact: Co-ordinator Derek Murphy: ph. (647) 968 7224
email:
[email protected]
CCMRT® – Hali Fitzpatrick
email:
[email protected]
For further International Courses please contact
Ali Goward
Equus College Director
Email:
[email protected]
Dipal Parikh
Mumbai
BRILLIANT BOWEN
Some of the reasons I love the Bowen
Technique so much are:
1-As a first aid therapy, used immediately
after an injury, the results amaze me.
2-As a general bodywork therapy it is
gentle yet highly effective for the myriad
of conditions I see daily.
3-But best of all, I love it’s ability to reach
deep into the cellular memory to unlock
the tensions created by past trauma.
Deep Anatomy and The Lymph System & Bowenwork classes in Texas: Back
row Susan Cummins, Jim Shade, Sue Siebens, Beverly Wise, Nelda Eserin,
Tyra Quesenberry, Leslie Burt, Jim Kearney, Terri Aronovitz. Front row:
Instructor Nancy Pierson, Jessica Riley and Wanda Wade.
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Anne Schubert
Instructor - NSW
The Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia - Registered Instructors
AUSTRALIA
ACT
IAN DIXON
Phone: 0416 256 366
email:
[email protected]
NEW SOUTH WALES
ANNE BARKER
Phone:02-4455 1492 email:
[email protected]
DERRICK EDMUNDS
Phone:02-4455 1492 email:
[email protected]
RITA HART-SMITH
Phone: 02-9432 6283 Mobile: 0419 607 997
email:
[email protected]
KAREN HEDRICK
Phone: 02-6024 5814 email:
[email protected]
FARIDA IRANI
Phone: 02-9894 8979 email:
[email protected]
JANE MURPHY
Phone: 02- 9482 8113
0414-468843 email:
[email protected]
MICHAEL QUINLIVAN
Phone: 02-6024 5814 email:
[email protected]
TINA PRICE
Phone:02-6653 5060 email:
[email protected]
VIMLA RAO
Phone: 0415 483459 email:
[email protected]
KATRINA RIDLEY
Phone: 02-4981 9583 email:
[email protected]
ANNE SCHUBERT
Phone: 02-6554 6050 email:
[email protected]
MARGARET SPICER
Phone: 02-80655815 email:
[email protected]
GLENN STAMMERS
Phone: 02-4759 2919 email:
[email protected]
QUEENSLAND
GAEL COX
Mobile: 0405 320 368 email:
[email protected]
DESLEY FAULKS
Phone: 07-3266 2666 Mobile: 0409 543 659
email:
[email protected]
ALISON GOWARD
Phone: 07- 4193 9826 email:
[email protected]
SUE HAMILTON
Phone: 07-3201 1959 email:
[email protected]
KRISTIN NORTH
Phone: 0407 674699 email: kristin.northstar@gmail
DAVID STENNING
Phone:0411 038 690 email:
[email protected]
RALPH TILLEYSHORT
Phone: 07-5445 5353 Mobile: 0418 733 101
email:
[email protected]
ANNE & DAVID WINTER
Mobile: 0419 306 429 email:
[email protected]
Mobile: 0419 306 519 email:
[email protected]
ROBYN WOOD
Phone: 07-5592 2692 Mobile: 0417 078 671
email:
[email protected]
LINDA WOODWARD
Phone:07-5437 7165 email:
[email protected]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
KRISTIN NORTH
Phone: 0407 674699 email: kristin.northstar@gmail
TASMANIA
JENNIFER LOWRY
Phone: 03-6229 6926 Mobile: 0419 296 926
email:
[email protected]
VICTORIA
BULGARIA & SERBIA
ANDREW ZOPPOS
Phone: 359 885161746 email:
[email protected]
ALEXANDER ADAMIDIS Koliatsou
Phone: 210 2235984 email:
[email protected]
CANADA
ISABELLE GRARD QC
Phone: 450 263 6113 email:
[email protected]
KIM GUERIN AB
Phone: 780 523 0002 email:
[email protected]
DEREK MURPHY ON
Phone: 905 813 6161, 905 813 8852
email:
[email protected]
DENISE ONSLOW ON
Phone: 519 574 0515 e-mail:
[email protected]
TAMMY PODRIDSKE AB
Phone: 780 402 3507 e-mail:
[email protected]
JANET RILEY ON
Phone: 613 848 2083 email:
[email protected]
LOUISE TREMBLAY QC
Phone: 514 510 1319 email:
[email protected]
CYPRUS & ROMANIA
ANDREW ZOPPOS
Phone: 357 994 54818 e-mail:
[email protected]
Phone: 40 722 310002 email:
[email protected]
DENMARK
LONNE AMDI Vejby
Phone: 45 49 21 27 50 email:
[email protected]
MAREN ELSEBETH NIELSEN Roedekro
email:
[email protected]
LENE RODSHAGEN Roskilde
Phone: 45 24 25 22 18 email:
[email protected]
FIJI
VIMLA RAO
Phone: 0415 483459 email:
[email protected]
GERMANY
ANDRIS IELITIS Berlin
Phone: 0049 30 21005756
email:
[email protected]
GYURI LIEBE Berlin
Phone: 0049 30 466 07718 email:
[email protected]
NORA DEISCHL Munchen
Phone: 0049 89684123 email:
[email protected]
HEIKO DORR Junchen/Dusseldorf
Phone:0049 211 4921382 email:
[email protected]
SILVIA FANDERS Giessen/Hessia
Phone:0049 600 4914194 email:
[email protected]
PETER GEHRKE Weinstadt Ph.0049 7151 2786027
email:
[email protected]
UTE GRAMS Flensburg
Phone:0049 461 8403508 email:
[email protected]
RAGNA SCHUMACHER Altenstadt/Hessia
Phone: 0049 60352070057 email:
[email protected]
GREECE
ALEXANDER ADAMIDIS Koliatsou
Phone: 210 2235984 email:
[email protected]
ALEXANDRA ANTONIOU Athens
email:
[email protected]
ANASTASIOS TERZOPOULOS Athens
email:
[email protected]
THEOKLITOS TSALLOS Athens
email:
[email protected]
ANTONIOS XIROUDAKIS Rethimmno
email:
[email protected]
ANNE HOPLEY
Phone: 03-5996 6442 email:
[email protected]
CHRIS MILIANKOS
Phone: 0411 037475 email:
[email protected]
CHRIS REED
Phone:03-5243 0050 email:
[email protected]
HONG KONG, PHILIPPINES &
SINGAPORE
JULIANA ALLEN
Phone: 08-9844 8415 email:
[email protected]
VIANNE MACBETH
Phone: 08- 9581 6393 email:
[email protected]
LYN SELLWOOD
Phone: 0409 118 173 email:
[email protected]
FARIDA IRANI Sydney, Australia
Phone: 02-9894 8979 email:
[email protected]
BETTINA BAUMGARTINGER Schorfling
Phone: 06641 334431 email:
[email protected]
VERONIKA HUMER Thalheim/Wels
Phone: 07242 72707 email:
[email protected]
GERTRAUD MAASS Linz Phone: 676 7004532
MANFRED ZAINZINGER Altenberg bei Linz
Phone: 067 66175813 email:
[email protected]
ITALY
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
RITA HART-SMITH
Phone: + 61 0419 607 997
email:
[email protected] skype: hnhrita
INDIA
IRELAND
SUZETTE LAKE Kill Co. Kildare
Phone: 086 2156722 email :
[email protected]
SHALINI SINHA Gorey, Co. Wexford
email:
[email protected]
SHEILA JACKSON Aosta
Phone: (39) 339 880414 email:
[email protected]
PIERO MURARO Aosta
Phone: (39) 335 6590694
[email protected]
MASSIMILIANO CUCCIONE Nova Milanese
email:
[email protected]
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NAMIBIA
CLAIRE VAN AARDT Swakopmund
Phone: 0264 644 04548, 264 81 128 2814
email:
[email protected]
NEW ZEALAND
DANIELLE ARGENT Queenstown
Ph 03 441 2011, 021 806656
[email protected]
CHRISTINE HANCOCK-FURNEE Whangaparaoa
Phone: 09 424 1001 email:
[email protected]
GAY JARVIS Palmerston North
Phone: 06 355 2919 email:
[email protected]
RICHARD RUST Wellington
Phone: 04 473 7318 email:
[email protected]
PAULINE SENIOR Masterton
Phone: 06 377 7279 email:
[email protected]
POLAND
THEOKLITOS TSALLOS, Athens
email:
[email protected]
PORTUGAL
JOHN WILKS Sherborne, Dorset
Phone: 01963 240033 email:
[email protected]
SOUTH AFRICA
ZIRKIE FOURIE Eastern Cape
Phone: 011 9551493
SEAN JOHNSON Honeydew
Phone: 27 83 494 4471
[email protected]
JEAN NORTJE Capetown
Phone: 27 21 712 7853 email:
[email protected]
SWITZERLAND
EVELINE SPRUNGER Greifensee
Phone:0041 786222982 mail:
[email protected]
TAIWAN
FARIDA IRANI Sydney, Australia
Phone: 02-9894 8979 email:
[email protected]
LIN WAN SHIH Kaohsiuing City Phone: 8867 2230497
YEN SHU YEN Kaohsiuing City Phone: 8867 2230497
TURKEY
ROS ELLIOT-OZLEK Izmir
Phone: 232 755 3028 email:
[email protected]
UNITED KINGDOM
LESLEY BAXTER Dalkeith, Scotland
Phone 0131 4540018 email:
[email protected]
DR. BRUCE BORLAND Lincolnshire
Phone: 01472 840047 email:
[email protected]
ELLEN COBB Farnborough, Hampshire
Phone: 01252 545837 email:
[email protected]
JOANNE FIGOV Bournemouth, Dorset
Ph/Fax: 01202 432160 email:
[email protected]
TREVOR GRIFFITHS Perthshire, Scotland
Phone: 0176 4670567 email:
[email protected]
NICOLA HOK London, Farnham, Surrey
Phone: 020 8749 6952 email:
[email protected]
JACQUI MARSHALL Borders, Scotland
Phone: 0172 1721882 email:
[email protected]
JOHN WILKS Somerton, Somerset
Phone: 07866 764960 email:
[email protected]
JAN WILLIAMSON Cheshire
Phone: 0161 9737792 email:
[email protected]
UNITED STATES
KELLY CLANCY , Seattle, Washington
Phone: 206 706 0063 email:
[email protected]
PRATITI BELDNER San Francisco, California
Phone:503 397 0429 email:
[email protected]
SANDRA GUSTAFSON Bodega Bay, California
Phone: 707 528 4372 email:
[email protected]
ABBY LaROCK Peterborough, New Hampshire
Phone: 603 924 7814 email:
[email protected]
LAURA MAGPALI Eugene, Oregon
Phone:541 525 4033
e-mail:
[email protected]
MARY MARTORANO Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
e-mail:
[email protected]
VICKI MECHNER Springfield, Virginia
Phone: 703 455 0111 email:
[email protected]
GRETCHEN MILES Snohomish, Washington
Phone:360 568 7075 email:
[email protected]
ALEXIA MONROE Prescott, Arizona
Phone: 928 443 9355 email:
[email protected]
NANCY PIERSON Gentry, Arkansas
Phone: 512 750 4012 email:
[email protected]
NANCEE ROGERS Cincinnati, Ohio
Phone: 513 527 4540 email:
[email protected]
KARIN TWOHIG Carmel, California
Phone: 831 238 2228 email:
[email protected]
SEAN WOLF San Jose, California
Phone: 408 205 7469 email:
[email protected]
Bowtech Course Dates
check www.bowentraining.com.au for additional
seminar dates which may not be listed
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A.C.T.
CANBERRA
Module 1
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
February 1 & 2 2014
October 11 & 12 2013
October 13 & 14
November 16 & 17
Instructor: Ian Dixon Ph. 0416 256 366
email:
[email protected]
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NEW SOUTH WALES
FORSTER
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Practitioner Days A & B
July 6 & 7
August 31 - Sept 1
October 26 & 27
December 7 & 8
Sept 21 & 22
Instructor: Anne Schubert Ph. 02 6554 6050
email:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------GOSFORD
Module 1
November 21 & 22
Module 2
December 15 & 16
Module 3
June 20 & 21
Module 4
July 18 & 19
Module 5
August 21 & 22
Module 6
June 23 & 24
September 29 & 30
Module 7
August 2 & 3
November 17 & 18
Instructor: Rita Hart-Smith
Ph. 0419 607997 email:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------SYDNEY
Module 1 & 2
August 15, 16, 17 & 18
Module 3 & 4
October 17, 18, 19, 20
Modules 5 & 6
July 11, 12, 13 & 14
December 5, 6, 7 & 8
Module 7
September 21 & 22
February 15 & 16 2014
Module 9
June 28, 29 & 30
Module 10
November 1, 2 & 3
Prac A & B Day
August 3 & 4
Prac C Day
June 23
FORSTER
Module 8
August 23, 24 & 25
Practitioner Day A & B August 3 & 4
Practitioner Day C
June 23
Instructor: Margaret Spicer Ph. 02 9221 1115
email:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------SYDNEY
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
June 15 & 16
July 14 & 15
August 10 & 11
Instructor: Glenn Stammers Ph. 02 4759 2919
email:
[email protected]
-----------------------------------------------------------SYDNEY (PENRITH)
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
June 8 & 9
July 13 & 14
September 7 & 8
Instructor: Vimla Rao Ph. 0415 483459
email:
[email protected]
PRACTITIONER DAYS. N.S.W., VIC & S.A.
GOLD COAST
ULLADULLA - Prac. C-SBP1
DAPTO
Prac. Day C
GRIFFITH
Prac Day B
BEGA
Prac. A & B
ADELAIDE
Prac. C-SBP1
BALLARAT Prac. A
Module 1 & 2
17,18
Module 4
Module 5 & 6
Module 7
Module 8
1
Module 9
Module 10
Module 11
Practitioner Day A
September 14
July 3
August 21
September 7 & 8
September 30
August 8
Instructor: Anne Barker Ph.02 4455 1492
email:
[email protected]
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QUEENSLAND
November 15, 16
July 20 & 21
Sept. 6, 7, 8 & 9
November 23 & 24
November 29, 30 Dec
July 13, 14 & 15
October 26, 27, 28
January 2014 TBC
August 24
BRISBANE (KENMORE)
DIABETES & BOWEN
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
SHOAL BAY - July 24
BROADBEACH WATERS - August 12
PERTH - August 31
June 15 & 16
July 20 & 21
August 17 & 18
September 14 & 15
Instructor: Sue Hamilton Ph. 07-3201 1959
email:
[email protected]
www.bowen-therapy.net.au
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BUDERIM
PERTH - September 1st
SPORT BOWEN
BROADBEACH WATERS - August 10 & 11
Module 1 & 2
Module 3 & 4
Module 5 & 6
Module 8
Module 9
Module 10
Prac Day A & B
Prac Day C
July 19, 20 21 & 22
Sept 20 21 22 & 23
June 21 22 23 & 24
November 15 16 17 19
August 23, 24 & 25
November 1, 2 & 3
July 5, 6 & 7
August 10 & 11
October 12 & 13
Instructor: Ralph Tilleyshort
Ph. 07 5445 5353 email:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------BRISBANE
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Module 11
Prac. Day A.
Prac. Day B
June 22 & 23
July 20 & 21
August 17 & 18
September 14 & 15
October 12 & 13
August 2, 3 & 4
June 15
June 16
Instructor: Desley Faulks Ph. 07 3266 2666
email:
[email protected]
--------------------------------------------------------BRISBANE
Module 6
Module 7
July 13 & 14
August 3 & 4
Instructor: David Stenning Ph. 0411 038 690
email:
[email protected]
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CAIRNS
Module 1
Module 2
Prac Day A & B
June 22 & 23
August 2 & 3
June 8 & 9
WORKING WITH BACK PAIN
BROADBEACH WATERS - December 7
Instructor: Robyn Wood Ph. 0417 078671
email:
[email protected]
--------------------------------------------------------------NOOSA
Module 1& 2
Module 3 & 4
Module 5 & 6
Module 7
Prac Day A
Prac Day B
Feb 28 - Mar 3 2014
July 5, 6, 7 & 8
April 18 - 21 2014
September 6, 7, 8 & 9
May 2 - 5 2014
November 13 & 14
July 19 & 20 2014
June 7, Nov 8
July 26 2014
June 8, Nov 9
July 27 2014
Instructor: Kristin North Ph. 0407 674699
email: kristin.northstar@gmail
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Module 3 & 4
Module 5 & 6
Module 7
Module 10
Module 11
June 7, 8, 9 & 10
July 12, 13, 14 & 15
August 24 & 25
August 16, 17 & 18
November 15, 16 & 17
Practitioner Day B
November 2
Practitioner Day C SBP1 November 3
CALOUNDRA
Special Revision
October 26
SHOULDER INJURIES & REHAB
MACKAY
Module 2
June 15 & 16
Instructor: Gael Cox Mobile: 0405 320 368
email:
[email protected]
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CALOUNDRA
Module 5
WORKING WITH NECK PAIN
June 15 & 16
Instructor: Linda Woodward Ph. 07 54377165
email:
[email protected]
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CALOUNDRA
October 27
ENERGY, VIBRATION & BOWEN
CALOUNDRA
November 9 & 10
GERMANY - FLENSBURG September 14 & 15
GERMANY - RANSTADT September 21 & 22
AUSTRIA - LINZ
September 26 & 27
AUSTRIA - MATTSEE September 30 & Oct 1
Instructors : David & Anne Winter
Mobile: 0419 306 429 email:
[email protected]
Mobile: 0419 306 519 email:
[email protected]
Bowtech Course Dates
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ADELAIDE
Module 1 & 2
Module 3 & 4
Module 5 & 6
Module 7
Prac A Day
Prac B Day
June 21, 22, 23 & 24
February 7 - 10 2014
August 23, 24, 25, 26
April 4 - 7 2014
October 18,19,20, 21
June 6 - 9 2014
November 29 & 30
August 1 & 2 2014
August 3 2014
December 1
Instructor: Kristin North Ph. 0407 674699
email: kristin.northstar@gmail
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TASMANIA
HOBART
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
June 8 & 9
July 6 & 7
August 10 & 11
September 7 & 8
October 5 & 6
November 16 & 17
Instructor: Jennifer Lowry Ph. 03 6229 6926
email:
[email protected]
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VICTORIA
BELMONT
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Module 8
Module 9
Module 10
Revision
July 9 - 18
July 30 - August 8
September 3 - 12
October 8 - 17
November 12 - 21
August 17, 18 & 19
November 16, 17 & 18
March 1, 2 & 3 2014
June 15 & 16
KOROIT
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
July 8 & 9
August 12 & 13
September 16 & 17
October 21 & 22
November 25 & 26
December 16 & 17
February 3 & 4
NEWPORT
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
June 22 & 23
August 24 & 25
September 21 & 22
BOWEN FOR SPORTS INJURIES
SYDNEY
GEELONG
June 1 & 2
November 23 & 24
Inst: Michael Quinlivan & Karen Hedrick
Ph. 02 6024 5814 email:
[email protected]
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WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ALBANY
Module 4
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Practitioner C- SBP1
June 11 & 12
July 27 & 28
August 27 & 28
October 19 & 20
June 30
Instructor: Juliana Allen Ph. 08-9844 8415
email:
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------PERTH
Module 5
Module 6
Module 7
Practitioner Day A & B
June 15 & 16
July 13 & 14
July 17 & 18
June 20
Instructor: Lyn Sellwood Ph. 0409 118 173
email:
[email protected]
----------------------------------------------------------PERTH
Module 10
Module 11
October 8 & 9
February 2014
Inst: Michael Quinlivan & Karen Hedrick
Ph. 02 6024 5814 email:
[email protected]
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MIND, BODY & BOWEN
FORSTER - N.S.W.
HAMILTON - NZ
June 15 & 16
July 20 & 21
Instructors: Anne Schubert and Margaret Spicer
Margaret Ph. 61 2 9221 1115
email:
[email protected]
Anne Ph. 61 2 6554 6050
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BOWEN THE BACK AND BEYOND
BRISBANE
September 21 & 22
Instructor: Chris Reed Ph.:03 5243 0050
August 3 & 4
September 7 & 8
October 5 & 6
November 2 & 3
December 7 & 8
April 27 & 28
February 8 & 9 2014
Mar 8 & 9
Instructor: Chris Reed
Phone:03-5243 0050
email:
[email protected]
--------------------------------------------------------MT. WAVERLEY
Module 10
WODONGA
October 25, 26 & 27
Instructor: Chris Miliankos Ph. 0411 037475
email:
[email protected]
email:
[email protected]
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UNDERSTANDING BOWEN
from an Ayurveda Perspective and
Ayurveda Aromatheraphy
Farida Irani, Sydney, Australia is conducting
workshops in CANADA
TORONTO - October 19 & 20
Co-ordinator - Derek Murphy e-mail
[email protected]
EDMONTON - October 26 & 27
Co-ordintor - Hali Fitzpatrick
e-mail
[email protected]
VICTORIA - November 2 & 3
Co-ordinator - Janet Riley
e-mail
[email protected]
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The Border College
of
Natural Therapies
Registered Training Organisation
(TOID 21424)
Diploma of Bowen Therapy
2013 COURSE DATES
Module 8
Bendigo 2,3,4 July 2013
Wodonga
5,6,7 July 2013
Adelaide 13,14,15 Aug 2013
Geelong 18,19,20 Aug 2013
Buderim 23,24,25 Aug 2013
Forster 23,24,25 Aug 2013
Module 9
Perth
Sydney
Gold Coast
Bendigo
Wodonga
Buderim
Geelong
Adelaide
4,5,6 June 2013
28,29,30 June 2013
6,7,8 July 2013
22,23,24 Oct 2013
25,26,27 Oct 2013
1,2,3 Nov 2013
17,18,19 Nov 2013
3,4,5 Dec 2013
Module 10
Buderim 1,2,3 Aug 2013
Toowoomba 16,17,18 Aug 2013
Perth
8.9,10 Oct 2013
Melbourne 25,26,27 Oct 2013
Sydney 1,2,3 Nov 2013
Gold Coast 10,11,12 Nov 2013
Geelong 2,3,4 Mar 2014
Module 11 - for students continuing
Diploma begun in 2012
Brisbane 2,3,4 Aug 2013
Cairns
9,10,11 Aug 2013
Toowoomba 15,16,17 Nov 2013
Perth
TBA Feb 2014
Gold Coast
5,6,7 April 2014
Contact B.C.N.T.
Ph. Karen or Michael
ph 02-6024 5814
http://bowen.bcnt.net.au
For current dates for Certificate IV
Modules, Diploma of Specialised
Bowen Therapy and CEU
workshops please visit the
BCNT website
www.bowen.bcnt.net.au
or
Bowen Training Australia
www.bowentraining.com.au
New members and address changes of the Bowen Academy
Dip B.T. indicates
practitioners who have completed
a “Diploma in Bowen Therapy”
in accordance with our
Nationally Recognised Trainer
B.C.N.T.
---------------------------------* denotes those B.T.A.A.
Members who have completed
Advanced Course
----------------------------------
** denotes those B.T.A.A.
members who have completed 2
SBP2 courses
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AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES
METROPOLITAN
MANLY
Alison Dalziell
0409 654 842
PETERSHAM
Patrizia Massa
(02) 9560 1335
COUNTRY
CONDONG
Louise Klein Dip B.T.
0411 747013 **
CROOKWELL
Kellie Shepherd
0458 362171
PORT MACQUARIE
Kim Bright
(02) 6582 6176
Karen Toms Dip B.T.
0421 751781 **
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0437 735708
WAVELL HEIGHTS
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0419 731074
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EDGE HILL
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NARANGBA
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0403 073359
NIRANI
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0447 746915
NOOSAVILLE
Stephanie Moran
0419 255679
WULGURU
Helen Cotter
0434 145493
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
COUNTRY
RIVERTON
Sue McKenzie
0437 425773
VICTORIA
COUNTRY
AVENEL
Leanne Meeny
0466 652 264
MUCKLEFORD
Frances Beynon
0427 762 556
NANEELLA
Darlene Weeks
0419 376 750
TALLANGATTA
Janine Burt
0488 690459
WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
METROPOLITAN
BALDIVIS
Kathy Bolton
0413 907605
DIANELLA
Sonia Connell
0415 241506
CANADA
ALBERTA
BLAIRMORE
Jackie Ham
403-562 8965
CALGARY
Jo-Anna Ehgoetz
403-452 7735
JAMES RIVER BRIDGE
Kathy Law
403-728 3152
NEW BRUNSWICK
EAST BRANCH
Julia Puschej
506-536 8568
NOVA SCOTIA
CHESTER BASIN
Amy Grapel
902-273 2166
DEBERT
Trini MacDonald
902-662 1899
ONTARIO
CAMBRIDGE
Laurie Gilbank
519-621 0011
KINGSTON
Andree Boisvert
613-331 3625
OTTAWA
Madeline McBride
613-798 7628
ROCKLAND
Avelia Manoukian
613-419 0899
PRINCE EDWARD
ISLAND
CHARLOTTE
Heather Scales *
902-393 5481
QUEBEC
TASMANIA
MONTREAL
Lucette Martel
514-250 5922
BRIGHTON
Marlene Faulkner Dip B.T.
0438 500698
DUNTROON
Julia Harder
306-607 0034
SASKATCHEWAN
PRINCE ALBERT
Melanie Duperreault
306-960 3698
SASKATOON
Monica Gillespie RN
306-934 1753
Marilyn Poitras
306-242 4280
CANARY
ISLAND
SPAGNA
LAS PALMAS
Mario
6396 24211
ENGLAND
BERKSHIRE
WOKINGHAM
Teresa Tynan
07921 637344
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
MARLOW
Dave Riches
0774 8118071
DERBYSHIRE
BUXTON
Joe Dugdale
01298 74241
078837 893222
DEVON
BARNSTABLE
Patrick Matthews
01271 812998
07867 562722
TEIGNMOUTH
Anne-Marie Annal
07810 861467
EAST SUSSEX
BATTLE
Rena Loizou
07801 887398
HAMPSHIRE
HAVANT
Michael Parham
02392 473966
SOUTHHAMPTON
Joanne Gilham
0787 1850285
LANCASHIRE
BURNLEY
Andrew Graham
07884 232128
LONDON
STRATFORD
Derek Green
0781 3366245
WEST YORKSHIRE
HALIFAX
Ruth Lomax
01422 839789
07947 672815
WILTSHIRE
AMESBURY
Gillian Mullan **
01980 622585
ITALY
EMILIA ROMAGNA
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CARPI
Enrica Campi
338 6195074
FRIULIVENEZIA GIULI
PONZANO VENETO
Agnese Nicoletti
3351437592
LAZIO
ROMA
Lucia Roma
339 5462735
LOMBARDIA
BELLINZAGO
LOMBARDO
Morenao Maestroni
339 8828516
BIANZANO
Luca Mangili
349 2519859
LECCO
Marco Negri
333 2477742
MILANO
Kristine Beeckham *
349 4964804 **
RIVA DI SOLTO
Irina Medzmariachvili
339 7064038
ROBBIO
Annamaria Gentile
348 2886625
SANTA GIULETTA
Salvatore Pecoraro
349 1919305
SARONNO
Alessandro Pasqualini
320 9148031
VALMADRERA
Manuela Acquistapace
339 4317587
PIEMONTE
ALBA
Rosella Defilippi
347 9800962
ASTI
Oscar Mazzoglio
320 1689463
BANCHETTE D’IVREA
Caterina Ravetto Enri
333 2470566
BIELLA
Natalina Bassetto *
015 61786 **
CAMBIANO
Germana Robella
328 7425689
TORINO
Fabrizio Busso
339 6279873
TOSCANA
MINUCCIANO
Elena Pierotti
329 2966302
VAGLIA
Alessandro Targioni
333 7395045
TRENTINO ALTO
ADIGE
TASSULLO
Luciana Borghesi
333 2038246
RALLO-TASSULLO
Antonella Busetti
0463 451055
TERMON
Veronica Cattani Dott
349 0084608
TRENTO
Chiaro Magnelli
328 2163487
VALLE D’AOSTA
PRE SAINT DIDIER
Nicolo Balzani
333 6771270
VALSAVARANCHE
Arianne Gianni
340 4174929
VENETO
PADOVA
Daniela Moressa
347 8134733
NEW
ZEALAND
WAIKATO
RAGLAN
Lind Keen
07-825 7844
NORTH
WALES
ABERGELE
Gareth Wilkins
07942 310852
SCOTLAND
SELKIRKSHIRE
SELKIRK
Katy Jones
07750 22544
SWITZERLAND
BIEL/BIENNE
Manuela Bellardant
032 341 6389
BICHWIL
Chantal Loser
079 830 4958
EDLIBACH
Monica Kaiser
079 365 6463
ENTLEBUCH
Petra Schmidiger
079-7748208
FALLENDEN
Andrea Richter
076 470 5398
GIFFERS
Doris Vonlanthen
026 418 010
JONA
Markus Grobil
055 2126757
LUGANO
Alfonso Foglia *
091 994 8992
LUZERN
Regina Purtschert
079 604 25891
RICHTERSWIL
Sylvia Fischlin
044 784 3443
WINTERTHUR
Urs Eisenring
052 243 0507
U.S.A.
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608-498 4558
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The SBP1 Johannesburg group photo
From Left to Right: Sammi Wilson,
Jeanette Viljoen, Barbara Sandham Spies,
Jean Nortje (Instructor), Karen Flyn,
Sean Johnson (Instructor) and Diane
Strickett.
Meeting of Bowen Therapy (Bowtech)
Association of India - March 2013
Back row:
Kavita Soni (Delhi ), Purnoor Taraporewala
(Mumbai ), Zenobia Pajnigar (Pune), Delna
Sanghvi ( Mumbai)
2nd row from left:
Shalini Menon (Mumbai), Keti Dhankani
(Mumbai), Feroza Buchia (Mumbai), Kaizeen
Palia (Mumbai)
3rd row front:
Geeta Bhansali (Mumbai), Rashmi Pamnani
(Pune), Kavita Doshi (Pune), Tejal Bhagat
( Pune), Dipal Parkh(Mumbai) and Instructor
Farida Irani (Mumbai and Australia)
Dipal’s lovely boys holding the Bowen India
association banner
Instructor Trevor Griffiths (front left) with his very happy Module 1 and 2 class in Lisbon Portugal
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The Original Bowen Technique
THE BOWEN THERAPY ACADEMY OF AUSTRALIA
Box 733, Hamilton,Victoria, Australia Ph. (03) 5572 3000 Fax (03) 5572 3144
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