Your treatment begins with you lying on your tummy on the table and two gentle moves are performed either side of your lower spine.

If you have difficulty lying on your tummy the moves can be done with you sitting up which is helpful if you have reduced mobility and find it difficult to get up on the table.

I will get you to really focus on any sensations that you may notice after the first two Bowen moves. Sensations such as tingling, heat, warmth, fluttering, pins and needles or a general awareness of an area of the body are all good descriptors of what you can notice after a set of Bowen moves are performed.

These sensations can travel anywhere in the body and not necessarily where you have been experiencing your pain or symptoms.

After the first two moves have been performed, the therapeutic wait time begins. This is an essential part of your treatment as during the waits, or pauses, your body is integrating the Bowen, fascia is beginning to relax and messages are being sent throughout your nervous system. Your whole body is responding and your brain is taking notice.

If you have never had a Bowen treatment before, your nervous system will immediately notice that this is a different type of work - relaxing the body and the mind. After a few minutes, or sometimes longer, I will check-in with you to see if you have had any sensations and where they have travelled to (e.g. down the leg, up to the top of the head, etc). As the sensations settle I will then do the next set of Bowen moves followed by another essential pause.

Your treatment continues to flow in this manner, with moves and pauses, for between 45 minutes to 1 hour.

After your treatment you may be given a gentle exercise to do at home. It is beneficial if you can return for a follow-up treatment 7 to 10 days after your initial treatment to reinforce the Bowenwork as your body continues to change and rebalance.