Feathers Bowen

18/08/2025

When your nervous system feels like spaghetti…

Sometimes a gentle pause (like Bowen) is just what you need to start untangling.

17/08/2025

In Bowen Therapy, we wait between moves.

Not because nothing is happening — but because everything might be.

The pause isn’t empty. It’s potent.

08/08/2025

Bowen Therapy works with the body, not against it.

This approach isn’t about fixing or forcing — it’s about offering the body space, time, and support to respond in its own way.

18/07/2025

Every body tells a story.
Every body deserves care.
Bowen Therapy is for every body — all ages, sizes, shapes, and life stages.

17/07/2025

In Bowen Therapy, we take a whole-body view.

That means your session might focus away from where it hurts — not because it’s being ignored, but because everything is connected.

What shows up as pain might be a ripple from somewhere else entirely😊

09/07/2025

Being a Bowen Therapist means trusting the process —
and the pauses.

Sometimes slowing down is the most profound care we can offer.

05/07/2025

03/07/2025

Being a Bowen Therapist means trusting in the body’s inner intelligence — and walking alongside clients with care, curiosity, and respect.

It’s about listening deeply, noticing gently, and holding space for each person’s unique process. 💚

24/06/2025

🎉 5 Fun Facts About the Bowen Technique 🎉
(AKA the gentle therapy with powerful results!)

1️⃣ It’s all about fascia! 👍
Bowen moves target the connective tissue (fascia) that wraps around your muscles and organs - helping to release tension, restore balance, and reboot your body.

2️⃣ No cracking, no crunching 🤗
It’s gentle, non-invasive, and you stay fully clothed - it’s what makes Bowen Therapy so unique (and relaxing!).

3️⃣ Less is more ✨
Practitioners often pause between moves to let the body respond. Those quiet moments? That’s when the magic happens.

4️⃣ It was developed by an Aussie legend.🇦🇺
Tom Bowen, the creator of the technique, was a self-taught therapist from Australia - helping thousands of people with his hands-on healing in the 1950s–80s.

5️⃣ It helps more than just sore backs. 🤕
From sports injuries to stress, headaches to hormonal balance - Bowen can support a wide range of conditions by helping the body heal itself.

Drop us a 💙 in the comments, if you've felt the difference.

28/05/2025

Ever heard your Bowen Therapist tell you not to wear your wallet in your back pocket?

This photo beautifully illustrates why!

Sitting unevenly can create subtle imbalances that lead to muscle tension, joint strain, nerve irritation, and more, over time.

📸: Walters Chiropractic

23/05/2025

Now you know why that jaw work is so important!

Did you know that your jaw and pelvis are connected?

Research shows that when people with certain pain conditions (like complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS) had their jaw muscles relaxed, their hip flexibility improved. But when they clenched their jaw tightly, their hip flexibility decreased.

This study highlights something Bowen Therapists have long understood: tension or imbalance in one area of the body can affect distant parts.

In this case, the jaw and pelvis are linked through muscular and fascial connections, meaning tension in one area can restrict movement in the other.

Bowen Therapy’s gentle techniques aim to release tension and restore balance across the body.

By gently working with both local and interconnected areas, Bowen Therapy aims to encourage flexibility, ease discomfort, and support the body’s natural alignment.

Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19539119/

08/05/2025

Pain is complicated.

While pain can signal injury or dysfunction, it can also be a response to stress, memory, past trauma, or an overwhelmed nervous system.

Understanding this opens the door to new ways of supporting the body — not by forcing change, but by listening and responding with care.

Approaches like Bowen Therapy may create space for the nervous system to settle, so the body can do what it instinctively knows how to do: repair.