Bowen Therapy
What is Bowen Therapy?
Bowen Therapy is a unique form of bodywork that uses gentle rolling movements over the fascia and soft tissue of the body. It balances the nervous system, releases muscle tension and improves structural and physiological function.
It is a wholistic treatment that initiates the body’s innate healing response, moving towards optimal health and wellbeing. Excellent in the treatment of acute and chronic pain and a gentle and effective way to address held trauma in the body. Bowen is often able to resolve issues in only 3-4 sessions!
My Personal Story with Bowen
In all my 20 years of being a healer and searching for something that could really help my clients heal, never have I found a modality that I am as passionate about as I am Bowen Therapy. I can honestly say it changed my life. After years of doing deep massage work and having four children, nursing and carrying them around ,my shoulders were damaged. It got to the point that I could hardly lift a glass and I had to give up my massage license for a few years. I was told by a healer in Peru that I was to learn about Bowen. I had heard of it in really random ways that past year and I believe it was planting a seed in me. I was always curious about new healing modalities so I started researching. I drove all the way to Winnipeg as there was no one in Thunder Bay offering it. I went for my first appointment and initially I was a little disappointed. I was used to deep massage and it felt like the women hardly touched me in comparison. It was very gentle and different from anything I'd experienced and my shoulder didn't feel much different immediately afterward, so I kind of wrote it off. However, that night I was lying in bed and I went to reach for something and realized that my shoulder had full range of motion and was virtually pain free. I couldn't believe it and immediately knew there was something to this. I needed to know more!
I went on to do the training and pretty much healed everything in my body that first year having Bowen done on me as I trained. At that time, I had chronic fatigue, adrenal fatigue, monthly migraines and chronic tension headaches, my menstrual cycle was out of whack and very painful and my whole body hurt....not to mention the chronic and debilitating shoulder pain I had experienced for years.
I have saved my family countless trips to the doctors and the first thing my kids ask when they are sick or hurt is for a bowen. I feel very grateful to have discovered Bowen Therapy and to be able to offer this type of treatment and be able to help so many people. We have all experienced trauma, stress levels are at an all time high and our nervous systems are in need of rest, rejuvenation and healing. That is what this work does. As the body and nervous system become calm and balanced, the body is able to repair itself. The body's ability to heal with a little support is absolutely amazing!
I truly love this work and witness what feels like magic happen on a regular basis with my clients. Despite the feeling of magic, there is sound evidence and science behind bowen therapy. Watch the videos below for more information.
In Gratitude,
Chelsea