Bowen is a holistic soft tissue remedial therapy that uses gentle rolling motions over tendons, ligaments and muscles at specific points of the body and aims to promote stress reduction, improve sleep and rebalance the body system. The gentle movements on the fascia provide in input point for the body to rebalance, it stimulates the body’s own healing processes to provide balance and harmony. The gentle nature of the technique means that it is gentle enough for everybody from newborns to the elderly. 

 

Bowen Therapy was developed in the 1950’s by the late Tom Bowen in Geelong Australia, he was a celebrated therapist seeing over 13,000 clients annually at his clinic. In 1974 Tom met Oswald Rentsch and invited him to learn the therapy technique with him. From 1974 -1986 Oswald Rentsch trained under Tom Bowen documenting all the various techniques and preparing a training modules to teach others how to offer this wonderful therapy. Oswald and Elaine Rentsch founded the Bowen Association of Australia in 1986 and started teaching. I learned the technique from Helen Mary Perkins a Bowen Therapy UK instructor.