In February this year I attended the Advanced 1 Bowen Technique workshop with Julian Baker; our Director of The European College of Bowen Studies. I had been wanting too for some time. I was looking for pointers to expand my thinking and improve my skills as a therapist. I was not disappointed.
It was grand to spend two days with like minded therapists, learning from each other and practising on each other. I came away feeling far more positive about my observational skills and particularly the Bowen Technique treatment I deliver. I felt the lid had been taken off my thinking, which is hugely liberating! So I was anxious to put my new thinking into practice. Well; It didn’t take very long before the phone rang and I booked a client who received the full benefit of my new knowledge!
Amanda was a very active, horse riding Mum, who had open heart surgery as a teenager. This has left her with a great tightness over the chest area and increasing restriction in the neck and upper back regions of the spine. These areas have also become increasingly, constantly painful, interrupting sleep patterns. These restrictions were causing her body to compensate, the result of which was now taking its toll in her body and her energy levels.
I put into practice my new knowledge of listening and observation, compensation and conflict within the body. I kept my ‘Bowening’ fingers on ‘red alert’ and used some new work learned on the workshop. I so enjoyed the treatment I delivered! I just hoped my client did too!
It seams she did: Whilst drinking the obligatory glass of water following her treatment, Amanda reported feeling much more ‘freedom’ and ‘lightness’ over the sternum area, combined with more mobility and greatly reduced pain and discomfort in her neck and upper back. This relief continued until a couple of days before her second treatment. It was fantastic the ‘Bowen’ work had held for so many days considering the length of time from surgery to the first treatment.
I treated again after a week to build on the ‘Bowen’ work, which would increase the body, brain communication and therefore increase the length of time the body is able to ‘hold’ the treatment and maintain the body’s changes. The results from the second treatment were equally pleasing and I am impatiently waiting to see Amanda and hear how her body is using the ‘Bowen’ information.
