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Bowen Technique - The gentlest most effective pain relief ever.
Periodically this planet is gifted with individuals who see and understand things differently. Albert Einstein, Mother Teresa, Tiger Woods, we call them geniuses, saints, and prodigies. They have gifts that inspire and change the face of the world they life in. Thomas Ambrose Bowen is one of those people. He was a cement factory worker from Geelong, Australia who could sense the connectedness of energy movements in the body and could activate them through gentle touch. He humbly called it his “gift from God”. A gift that he gave magnanimously to children, pregnant women and crippled clients free of charge.
After a few gentle moves on one of the many people he would address at the same time, Tom would leave the room for several minutes to give their brain time to process that information before returning to add more. That alone was unheard of. Every other form of medicine dictated drugs or forceful operator directed activities. Push this, pull that, and try to outwit, redirect, or override the painful interruptions of the correct pattern of health. But he knew that everybody has within them an original blueprint for wellbeing. When accessed and activated it will make all the necessary changes system wide to restore correct functioning. This was the code that had never been broken, the activation and acceleration of the healing process.
Activation so subtle, relaxing and pain free that many clients simply fall asleep during treatment. So powerful that visits must be spaced 5-10 days apart. While many issues get dramatic results from a single session or 2, usually 3-5 are all that are needed to free frozen shoulders, overhaul digestive and breathing problems, resolve headaches and migraines, get rid of sciatic pain, tmjd, all manners of back, neck, hip, knee and foot problems. The list goes on and on not only in structural issues but with conditions as diverse as ADD, PMS, and fibromyalgia because when unleashed the power within us is truly amazing. Better yet, when your body makes those changes not an external force, they are integrated and the results stick.
Should we really be surprised to hear that the good Lord created us any less capable than an average computer that can run systems checks, optimize, and restore itself to its best possible functioning? Ask it correctly, and don’t start beating on the keyboard while the program is loading and wonderful things happen.
If indeed we use only 10% of our brains then Bowen is tapping into that other 90% of potential.
Every procedure in Bowen training includes “suggest medical referral when appropriate”. Personally and as a group, Bowen therapists have the utmost respect for all of the healing arts. If we look into the body, of course, we find millions of physical, chemical and energetic variables that can be manipulated and micromanaged. If the body cannot deal with a condition itself then these measures must be taken. The new paradigm for health that has come with Bowen is that we have an incredible power within us to restore even the most chronic conditions to a state of optimal well-being.
Bowen work speeds healing in all surgical situations. Backs straighten like in chiropractic but without the repeated jarring and coaxing. Joints free up and pain disappears without the agony of some physical therapy, but compliments other approaches by activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System to allow strengthening and retraining when conditions plateau and son’t seem to be progressing. There are only a handful of procedures with many obvious procedural choices compared to the Chinese medical models with over 600 needling points and thousands of herbal and energetic permutations. Unlike massage, clients remain clothed and Bowen activates a healing response rather than shutting down systems with an overload of tactile information. (Side note: rewarding yourself with safe human touch is still a gift we all need.) Breathing capacities increase with reduced steroidal drugs, digestive systems balance and repair without medications or supplements. Our body possesses the biggest pharmaceutical warehouse imaginable and Bowen therapy gives it a pen and a blank prescription pad. Yet it does not interfere with any medications being taken.
When activated to heal your body will only do what is good for itself. It is completely safe and used with infants (i.e. for colic) to the elderly (i.e. for joint pain). Athletes report that it is as good as their best day of training but without the fatigue.
How capable is the body? Even the longest-term problem can revert to the original blueprint. One personal experience was with a 65 year old gentleman who was delivered arm first at birth, causing severe tissue and nerve damage, limiting his ability to lift to the side more than 20 degrees. After one session he lifted his arm 40 degrees pain free. Another client reported a 9 on a 1-10 pain scale in both knees everyday for several years since a motorcycle accident. After 4 sessions one week apart it has remained at 1 or less. Acute injuries like a sprained ankle, if treated immediately, are often restored to pain free function in just minutes because compensations haven’t set in yet. Another benefit of the work is it’s global effect on the body, picking up on problems that may not be the primary goal. It also picks up on emergent issues that have not surfaced yet as symptoms. Everyday these little miracles are being played out across the globe with Bowen therapy.
Do you need some magical mindset to buy into and understand the theory before it works? I have had wonderful success doing Bowen on dogs and cats. Animals sense what is good for them at a basic level. When first receiving a procedure horses will accept a few moves and then move away, (they know that something good is happening and don’t want it disturbed) then in a couple of minutes they come back looking for more.
You have the right to live pain free even when physicians say, “There is nothing more we can do for you” or “You’re not getting any younger”. So, in the spirit of the season, be thankful that you have made it to a time when there is now a way to unleash the power of that incredible human body. It is Gods gift to you, don’t ignore it. You can restore vitality, alleviate pain, and do it easier, faster, and less expensively than you ever imagined. Call Greg Kennedy for a free consultation today.
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