The Bowen Technique-Gut Health-Healing with Julia Jennings

The Bowen Technique-Gut Health-Healing with Julia Jennings Bowen is a gentle, light touch therapy. It is different from massage and there is no manipulation, and encourages the body to heal.

Also available: Reiki healing, and gut microbiome reset programmes. Looking after your mental and physical wellbeing. Bowen for mental and physical health balance. Bowen is usually carried out through light clothing and encourages the body to repair itself and has been known to improve many symptoms. It's safe for all ages (babies, too), all conditions and even pregnant women! It's a simple and ge

ntle therapy, but when it works, the results can be incredible! If you are suffering any mental or physical condition, please don't hesitate to contact me for more info or to make a booking.

15/04/2026

Sometimes the deepest healing comes from slowing down. ✨
Support your body, soften your mind, and let your nervous system reset. Just 3–5 minutes can change everything.

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6 Powerful Mental Health Truths (that can quietly change your life)...

1️⃣ If it still bothers you after 24 hours… speak up within 48.
Silence doesn’t heal what keeps replaying in your mind. The longer you suppress it, the heavier it becomes. Speaking up isn’t about conflict—it’s about clarity, closure, and protecting your peace.

2️⃣ Treat yourself with the same compassion you give others.
You forgive others, you understand their struggles, you show patience…
but when it comes to yourself, you become harsh.
Start becoming your own safe place. The way you talk to yourself shapes the way you experience life.

3️⃣ A bad day is a moment, not your entire story.
One mistake, one failure, one off day—
it doesn’t define who you are.
Don’t turn temporary pain into a permanent identity.
You are allowed to reset, as many times as needed.

4️⃣ That harsh voice in your head is not the truth.
It criticizes, doubts, and magnifies your flaws…
but it’s not your reality—it’s conditioning, fear, and past wounds speaking.
Learn to question it, not obey it.

5️⃣ Your mind cannot hold fear and gratitude at the same time.
When anxiety rises, gently shift your focus—
even to the smallest things: your breath, your body, the moment.
Gratitude grounds you. It brings you back from imagined fears to present reality.

6️⃣ Stop apologizing for your emotions.
You don’t need permission to feel.
Your emotions are signals, not weaknesses.
Expressing them doesn’t make you “too much”—
it makes you human.

✨ Healing isn’t about becoming perfect…
it’s about becoming kinder to yourself, one thought at a time.

Thank you Tom Bowen for your incredible knowledge 🙌
13/04/2026

Thank you Tom Bowen for your incredible knowledge 🙌

Tom Bowen would have turned 110 this week.

And yet, his work is still unfolding.

In clinics.

In conversations.

In the way practitioners think, observe, and respond.

That’s what the BAA International Conference is about...
not just learning techniques, but staying connected to the essence of the work while it continues to grow.

⏳ Just 1 day to go until registrations close!

Be in the room where that evolution is happening.

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There comes a moment on the path where we stop asking the world what is wrong… and begin listening to what the body is trying to say.

Most people live almost entirely in the mind — analysing, thinking, rationalising — yet the human being was never designed to function from one centre alone. We are guided by three primary intelligences: the mind, the heart, and the gut. Modern science now speaks of this openly. The brain in the head processes thought, the heart carries its own neural network influencing emotion and coherence, and the gut — often called the “second brain” — communicates continuously with the nervous system. But beyond even these three… the whole body is an instrument of perception.

When we learn to listen, the body becomes a compass.

Pain is often misunderstood as something to fight, suppress, or numb. Yet in many cases, pain is communication. It is the language of misalignment. When we move away from our truth, when we live in contradiction to our deeper knowing, the body begins to whisper. If we ignore the whisper, it speaks louder. Eventually it becomes sensation, tension, anxiety, fatigue, or emotional heaviness. The body is not punishing — it is pointing.

In spiritual traditions across cultures, this has long been understood as energetic distortion. When thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and actions are not in harmony with one another, the flow of energy through the body becomes restricted. Modern language might call this stress or nervous system dysregulation. Ancient systems describe it as blocked life force. Both point to the same reality — coherence is health, fragmentation creates strain.

This is where the concept of the seven portals of self — commonly known as the chakras — becomes meaningful, not as belief, but as a framework for self-awareness. Each centre reflects an aspect of human experience. The root relates to safety and survival, the sacral to emotion and creativity, the solar plexus to personal power, the heart to connection, the throat to expression, the brow to perception, and the crown to meaning and unity. When we experience persistent discomfort, it often mirrors tension within one of these domains.

For example, someone who suppresses their voice may feel tightness in the throat or chest. Someone living in constant fear may experience tension in the lower body. A person disconnected from purpose may feel fatigue or heaviness. These are not rigid rules, but patterns that many people begin to notice when they pay attention. The body reflects the inner world.

Healing, then, is not about forcing the body to change — it is about bringing awareness back into alignment. When we acknowledge truth, express emotion, set boundaries, rest when needed, and live in accordance with our deeper values, the nervous system relaxes. Energy flows more freely. Sensations soften. The body returns toward balance.

This is why many spiritual paths emphasise self-inquiry rather than instruction. No one can tell you your truth, but you can learn to feel when something is off. The mind may justify, but the body knows. The heart tightens, the gut contracts, the breath becomes shallow. These are signals. When we honour them, we move closer to authenticity.

Listening to the whole body is a skill that grows over time. It begins simply — noticing breath, noticing tension, noticing emotion without judgment. Gradually, clarity emerges. The body stops being something we carry, and becomes something that guides us.

In this way, pain is reframed. It is not only discomfort; it is direction. It invites us to realign, to soften distortions, and to return to coherence between mind, heart, and gut. When these centres work together, we experience what many describe as living in truth — a sense of ease, clarity, and grounded presence.

The journey through the seven portals is not about perfection. It is about awareness. Each step is a return to wholeness, each insight a small correction, each moment of listening a movement toward harmony.

And perhaps the greatest realisation is this:
The body has been speaking all along.
The awakening begins when we finally listen. ✨

KiKi 💋

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13/04/2026

I do feel so lucky to have been able to fufil my dream, and do what I am passinoate about, especially as Bowen and Reiki have helped me personally and still contiune to be an integral part of my life.

Not a day goes by that I don't appreciate being able to support people on their journey back to wellness, and help them maintain it.

The following is a recent client testimonial

"I had developed sciatica in my right leg, had seen my doctor & had an x-ray followed by a series of physiotherapy treaments. I had also visited my chiropractor, this has been my usual practice for over 60 years. None of these provided any relief in fact the discomfort seemed only to be increasing.
I contacted Julia, explained my problem & arranged my first treatment. I had been treated by a Bowen practitioner previously so knew what to expect. Following the session I found in the following days the discomfort was hugely better, not totally gone but greatly improved. I had a follow up session about a week later, once again the effect was very good with the discomfort mainly gone.
I am now seeing how things go but so far so good. On occasions some of the sensations return to my right leg but do not stay for long, I expect to return for an MOT at some stage in the future."

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“Learning to take nothing personal will change your life.”

Because most of what people do…
was never about you.

It’s about their wounds,
their fears,
their conditioning,
their inner battles you cannot see.

But the mind does something dangerous —
it makes everything personal.

A tone becomes disrespect.
A delay becomes rejection.
A mood becomes your fault.

And just like that…
you start carrying emotions that were never yours to hold.

In Buddhism, this is the illusion of the “self” —
the idea that everything revolves around me.
But when you look deeply, you realize…
people are simply acting from their own state of mind.

So when someone is rude —
it’s their disturbance.

When someone withdraws —
it’s their confusion.

When someone misunderstands you —
it’s their perception.

Not your identity.

Taking things personally is like drinking poison
and expecting peace.

Freedom begins the moment you say:
“Let their mood be theirs.”

You stop reacting to everything.
You stop overanalyzing.
You stop shrinking yourself to fit others’ emotions.

And slowly…
you come back to your center.

That’s where your power is.

Not in controlling people…
but in not being controlled by them.

Because peace is not found
in how others treat you —
but in how deeply you understand
it was never about you.

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02/04/2026

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Your mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy. It all depends on how you train it.

🧠💪 These 9 simple steps are the foundation of a peaceful and focused life.

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Bowen for mental and physical health balance. Bowen is usually carried out through light clothing and encourages the body to repair itself and has been known to improve many symptoms. It's safe for all ages (babies, too), all conditions and even pregnant women! It's a simple and gentle therapy, but when it works, the results can be incredible! If you are suffering any mental or physical condition, please don't hesitate to contact me for more info or to make a booking.

Also available, is Reiki healing, with healing attunements and psychic surgery, as well as chakra balancing - this too can benefit an array of mental and physical issues. Stress and trauma tends to respond well to some of the Reiki work I do.

Adding to the hands on therapies, I also offer gut health programmes, which addresses issues with the gut microbiome. Dysbiosis - an out of balance gut microbiome, and leaky gut are often linked to autoimmune disease and metabolic dysfunction.

I have helped clients with Stress, fatigue, chronic pain, autoimmune disease, fibromyalgia, digestive issues - and more! Sometimes by only using one of the services I offer, or clients choose a treatment pathway, which might include all of the above support available - it always depends on the client’s individual needs and preferences.