What is Bowen?

Bowen is a unique natural healing technique developed in Australia by Tom Bowen. The technique is a combination of precisely placed muscle rolls and carefully timed pauses. Surprisingly, the practitioner actually leaves the room between the sets of muscle rolls, which gives your nervous system the opportunity to process each set of moves. Unlike many other healing modalities, very few Bowen treatments are generally required to achieve amazing, long-term results.

History of Bowen

The Bowen Technique was developed in Australia in the 1950′s by Tom Bowen, a gifted healer. Although he himself was untrained, he claimed his fingers could sense vibrations in the muscles, nerves and soft tissues. The tension in the muscles helped him find the right places to manipulate.

Tom was a quiet and gentle man who spoke of his skill with great humility. He called it a “gift from God” and opened a clinic in the town of Geelong, in Victoria, Australia in the 1950′s. where he treated thousands of people each year.

In 1973, in an interview with an Australian parliamentary committee looking into complementary medicine, Bowen stated that he treated approximately 280 patients per week – a total of 13,000 patients per year! He claimed an 88% success rate.

Once a month Mr. Bowen ran a free clinic devoted to children with disabilities and on Saturday nights he opened his clinic to injured football players.

The sign on the wall of his clinic read:

“I expect to pass through this world but once, any good thing therefore that I do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow-creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”