HOW BOWEN THERAPY IS PERFORMED
Video on Basic Procedures:http://youtu.be/Ph8SZWNmz2w
Bowen therapy is performed with the clothes on, [loose fitting, or shorts and tee-shirt]. It is best done with the client in a prone followed by supine position, but it can be done sitting or standing. A series of “moves” are made over the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in certain locations with the fingers or thumbs. The moves are made in a specific order, in designated places, and in the best direction to obtain maximum results. The moves are very much like plucking a guitar string. Once plucked, the muscles and tendons vibrate from one end to the other, and from outside to inside. Subsequently, the muscle – tendon releases its holding pattern.
Holding patterns occur in order to protect us from further injury. If you had a whip-lash injury once upon a time, chances are, when you look in the rear-view mirror and see a car coming upon your rear end while stopped at a stop light, you will instinctively tighten you neck to brace yourself from another injury. Those of us who have never experienced a whip-lash, in the same scenario, hopes that the guy stops in time. We remain en’guarde to protect against further traumas, which in turn is detrimental to our health. Additionally, many of the moves are made over many “extraordinary” and “main meridian points”, and along the meridian pathways. A group of moves make up a procedure. Most procedures contain a part “A” and a part “B”. There are “rest periods” between moves, or parts A & B. These rests allow for the release of the primarily tightened muscles, the compensated muscles, the fascia, and the energy released from the entrapped compartments to do their thing. Since many of the “moves” are along the meridian pathways, obstructions which were removed by the “moves” allow for the free flow of Qi, [life force]. These rest periods are much like the installation of a software program in your computer. As you enter data, your computer takes this data in and processes it. Now, it is ready for more data, so you enter more data, and so on. You do not try to install another program during the time that the 1st program is installing; otherwise the computer will be scrambled. Once installed, your computer is ready to provide information. All of the cells in our body are like silicon computer chips. They take in data and put out information. The rest periods during Bowen Therapy give the cells a chance to process the gentle stimuli, and respond accordingly.
The basic relaxation procedures are located in the lower back, the upper back and shoulders, and the neck. Theses moves over the nodal points probably release endorphins, [many of my patients tell me they can feel a “Runner’s high right after the treatment]. Endorphins have been discovered by a researcher, Candace Pert, PhD., to be the connecting link between the immune, endocrine, and central nervous systems. Tom Bowen concluded that 80% of the people 80% of the time would improve with these 3 simple procedures [lower back, upper back-shoulders-neck]. These procedures are imperative to perform prior to any other procedures.
I gave my acupuncture tenant a Bowen session shortly after I had taken the class. After, he got up and said, "Wow. That's the closest thing to acupuncture that I've ever experienced, only without the needles!"
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Bowen therapy is performed with the clothes on, [loose fitting, or shorts and tee-shirt]. It is best done with the client in a prone followed by supine position, but it can be done sitting or standing. A series of “moves” are made over the muscles, tendons, and ligaments in certain locations with the fingers or thumbs. The moves are made in a specific order, in designated places, and in the best direction to obtain maximum results. The moves are very much like plucking a guitar string. Once plucked, the muscles and tendons vibrate from one end to the other, and from outside to inside. Subsequently, the muscle – tendon releases its holding pattern.
Holding patterns occur in order to protect us from further injury. If you had a whip-lash injury once upon a time, chances are, when you look in the rear-view mirror and see a car coming upon your rear end while stopped at a stop light, you will instinctively tighten you neck to brace yourself from another injury. Those of us who have never experienced a whip-lash, in the same scenario, hopes that the guy stops in time. We remain en’guarde to protect against further traumas, which in turn is detrimental to our health. Additionally, many of the moves are made over many “extraordinary” and “main meridian points”, and along the meridian pathways. A group of moves make up a procedure. Most procedures contain a part “A” and a part “B”. There are “rest periods” between moves, or parts A & B. These rests allow for the release of the primarily tightened muscles, the compensated muscles, the fascia, and the energy released from the entrapped compartments to do their thing. Since many of the “moves” are along the meridian pathways, obstructions which were removed by the “moves” allow for the free flow of Qi, [life force]. These rest periods are much like the installation of a software program in your computer. As you enter data, your computer takes this data in and processes it. Now, it is ready for more data, so you enter more data, and so on. You do not try to install another program during the time that the 1st program is installing; otherwise the computer will be scrambled. Once installed, your computer is ready to provide information. All of the cells in our body are like silicon computer chips. They take in data and put out information. The rest periods during Bowen Therapy give the cells a chance to process the gentle stimuli, and respond accordingly.
The basic relaxation procedures are located in the lower back, the upper back and shoulders, and the neck. Theses moves over the nodal points probably release endorphins, [many of my patients tell me they can feel a “Runner’s high right after the treatment]. Endorphins have been discovered by a researcher, Candace Pert, PhD., to be the connecting link between the immune, endocrine, and central nervous systems. Tom Bowen concluded that 80% of the people 80% of the time would improve with these 3 simple procedures [lower back, upper back-shoulders-neck]. These procedures are imperative to perform prior to any other procedures.
I gave my acupuncture tenant a Bowen session shortly after I had taken the class. After, he got up and said, "Wow. That's the closest thing to acupuncture that I've ever experienced, only without the needles!"
THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. CONTENT MAY BE ADDED DAILY. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:http://www.drmitchellmosher.com