What does every Mother really want for Mothers Day?    Answer: The best for their children, the knowledge that they are using what God gave them to the best of their abilities. Mothers sacrifice, Love and teach us with the hope that we develop our inner tools and reach our highest potential. Oh yes, the trauma of falling off the swing was real enough, but an hour later we were usually right back on it.  We healed like there was magic in that youthful enthusiasm that made bumps and bruises our badges of courage. We knew that we would be as good as new again because Mom said so.  Bowenwork™ from Australia gets you back in touch with that efficient healing child and once again offers the hope that you will be as good as new. Healing is the ability of the holistic body to evaluate then activate a response at all levels to reestablish optimal function. Until now it has been an intangible factor that we had little control over.  Historically we have manually or surgically or chemically or energetically redirected the body and hoped that it would happen.  Now at Bowen Wellness you can access your core intelligence and generate an internal power that drives changes in nerves, hormones, emotions, structure, mobility, fluid movement and composition, tone and tension. It effects any and all of the things that the body then knows is not right according to its original blueprint. The Bowen connection is directly to the main frame with a reset and restore command. The computer analogy is a good one because the moves made by the therapist are done very precisely, time is given for the information to load, and it’s geared to the capacity of your particular model (your state of receptiveness, given how hard your body is already working) so as to not overload it. The new programs run for five to ten days making changes that act like virus protection to keep us from repeating the same old “I’m injured code” and replace it with the “ Let’s heal data”. Renewed patterns of function are now available for use when we need them so future healing is more efficient, like an upgrade (same machine, better software). A Bowen therapist does sets of 2 to 8 painless movements with fingers or thumbs over specific muscles, tendons or nerves with quiet working periods in between. It’s deeply relaxing, takes about an hour, and you remain clothed. Lasting results are seen in 1-5 sessions depending on the problem, with visits spaced a week apart. Bowen’s sweeping effect resolves many problems that are not even the target of a client’s primary focus. I.e. Clients concern is to increase energy but their digestive system and gait improves as well. Virtually everybody that I talk to about Bowen wants to compare it to other complimentary modalities so here is how it stacks up. It’s NOT Chiropractic – with it’s reliance on thrusting the spine into a position that for reasons of muscular imbalance, posture, or injury, it has moved away from.  Bowenwork™’s gentle movements generate a system wide response with no spinal manipulations and it is common for structural alignment to take place.  Periodic sessions keep your body working at its optimal level but can be widely spaced. It’s NOT Massage – Massage manually overrides the bodies present condition putting the body in an “as if” environment. It physically increases blood and lymph flow, separates muscle tissues and fascia while generating a parasympathetic response. When its over, it’s basically over, results last until old patterns return. In contrast to Bowen – massage over stimulates the systems with an hour of constant sensory stimulation, giving the body little chance to assimilate the information and take over to do the same job on its own.  That’s not a bad thing, many is the time when my massage clients just wanted to “leave the planet” for a little vacation from pain and anxiety. Bowen does that also with clients dropping into a deep state of relaxation and many of them falling asleep.  But give a man a fish and he will be satisfied for a day, teach him to fish and he will be fulfilled for a lifetime.  This is what Bowen does it helps your body remember how to repair itself. It’s NOT Physical Therapy - Frozen joints, inflammation, and nerve pain respond wonderfully to Bowenwork™ without the demanding measures used to override the bodies injured conditions. There is also a complimentary environment with physical therapy that should be explored when the body has been put into major trauma that requires extended therapy. Correctly scheduling in Bowen will push the body through many of the plateaus that are common to long term rehabilitation. It’s NOT directed energy work. Acupuncture, Shiatsu, Polarity, Reiki and other similar approaches suppose to know and/or direct energetic flow. Whether it’s physical or etheric, Bowen is not in the business of telling your body what to do. A Bowen therapist knows that activating your inner power to make those decisions is the best way to get integrated and lasting results. As the body resets itself there is a positive effect on all its energy centers and channels with specific procedures known to balance particular meridians and chakras.             Bowenwork™ is the closest thing to Ponce de Leon’s fountain of youth that civilization has been blessed to discover. Are you really surprised to find out that we had it all along but didn’t know how to make it work?  Not an elixir that grows hair or a drug that sucks fat away but a rebooting and acceleration of the healing process that uses each individual’s perfect design to make comprehensive changes in every system of the body.  I think Mom would like that. So, this Mother’s Day call your Mom or look up to heaven and tell her that you are bringing out the best in yourself. She won’t be disappointed.    Return to Articles