What is Bowen?
A gentle form of body work in which very subtle moves performed over the muscles and connective tissue send messages deep into the body, retrieving cellular memory of a relaxed, balanced way of well-being.
How does it work?
Bowen movements are light, gentle and very precise, there is no forceful manipulation. Practitioners are able to discern stress build-up in muscles and other soft tissue, enabling them to perform specific Bowen moves to assist recovery and pain relief.
There are frequent but very essential pauses throughout the session that allow the body time to respond and begin the healing process. The practitioner can target a specific problem or address the body as a whole.
A Bowen session initiates a cascade of beneficial changes that continue for several days. Applying other manipulative therapies during this time can interrupt this process and undermine the overall effectiveness of the Bowen work. It is therefore recommended that the client waits a week before commencing any other manual therapy.
Conditions that respond favorably to Bowen work:
- Accident injuries
- Allergies
- Asthma and other respiratory problems
- Bell s palsy
- Constipation and diahrrea
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Digestive upsets
- Dizziness
- Dyslexia
- Ear aches and infections
- Frozen shoulder
- Headaches (migraine, sinus)
- Hernia and heartburn
- Kidney and bladder disorders
- Menstrual and other female problems
- Pelvic
- Prostate
- Sceletal and muscular problems, RSI, Sports injuries
- Sciatica
- TMJ and grinding of teeth
Some of the Bowen Technique Press Releases
Temporomandibular joint pain dysfunction syndrome, or TMD
Daily Mail - 06.10.2008
Adventurer Bear Grylls' battle with back pain and high cholesterol
Daily Mail - 24.04.2007
A breath of fresh air for asthma sufferers
The Times - 22.11.2003
Maybe alternative baby
The Guardian - 11.08.2001
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The Practitioner |
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Kaia Zak is a Bowen therapist certified by the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia (BTAA) and registered with both the BTAA and the Bowen Association of the UK.
Treatment
The first session will take an hour during which your medical history, diet and fluid intake and presenting conditon/s will be discussed. The session will also include the first treatment.
Subsequent visits will take between 30 and 45 minutes, depending on the progress. Two to three sessions spaced a week apart may be sufficient to help ease many problems, but up to six sessions may be required. Some patients return on a semi-regular basis for routine treatments to help keep their body in balance.
Patients are advised to forego having other treamtments done immediately before or for the week following a Bowen session as these treatments could interfere with the work.
Contact Kaia Zak:
E: - zak.kaia@gmail.com
T:. - 0797 192 3096
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