Home Becoming A Practitioner Who Can Learn It? Costs Upcoming Courses Curriculum Practitioner Level Training Becoming Certified Introductory Courses About... Instructor Suzette O'Leary Bowen Training Ireland What Is Bowen? What Is Bowen? Why Learn Bowen Therapy? History of Bowen FAQ'S Contact Us What is the Bowen technique? The Bowen Technique (also known as Bowtech - the Original Bowen Technique and Bowenwork) is a dynamic system of muscle and connective tissue therapy that was developed by the late Tom Bowen in Geelong, Australia. It utilizes subtle inputs to the body stimulating the body to heal itself, often profoundly. The Bowen Technique offers tremendous benefit to clients with very little effort on the part of the practitioner. It can provide relief for many types of injuries and other health problems, both acute and chronic, and it does so holistically, via the body's innate healing mechanisms. The practitioner's moves deliver signals to the nervous system on muscles, tendons, ligaments, or nerves, and the body responds in its own time. Bowen Technique is appropriate for people of all ages, in all degrees of health with only a few, very specific situations. Rather than focusing on a single complaint, Bowen Technique addresses the entire body, by restoring balance via the autonomic nervous system (ANS). The ANS controls over 80% of bodily functions and is very susceptible to external stressors. Most people today live in a constant state of high stress and sympathetic ANS over-stimulation (fight, flight or freeze mode). Healing can occur only after the ANS shifts from sympathetic to parasympathetic dominance (rest, relax and repair mode). Bowen Technique enables that shift. During a session, the client often drops into deep relaxation or falls asleep. In contrast to other hands-on modalities, where the practitioner imposes correction on the client through manipulation, Bowen Technique facilitates the body in healing itself, with minimal intervention.