Northern Sky

10/20/2025

When posture and the nervous system don’t see eye to eye

When the body is out of alignment — maybe one shoulder sits higher, or there’s a slight shift through the spine — it’s not just a structural issue. This unevenness can affect how the brain and body communicate.

Uneven posture can send mixed messages through the nervous system, influencing balance, coordination, and even emotional regulation. For some people, especially those with retained primitive reflexes, this imbalance can keep old movement patterns “switched on.”

Reflexes such as the ATNR, STNR, TLR, and Spinal Galant are designed to help us develop in infancy — but if they’re not fully integrated, they can contribute to muscle tension, altered spinal curves, or inefficient movement patterns later in life.

Bowen Therapy offers a gentle way to bring attention to postural and nervous system patterns, inviting the body to explore greater ease and balance as best it can.

Source: https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/61/3/427

09/30/2025

Starting Oct 1st, 2025 Northern Sky will be temporarily closed. Booking's will resume March 2026.

08/02/2025

Imagine your nervous system like a computer running background programs.

Stress, posture, and past experiences can create patterns that stay "on" even when you’re trying to relax.

That tight neck or achy back?

Sometimes it’s not just about the muscles — it might also be about how your nervous system has adapted over time.

Bowen Therapy works with the body in a way that invites change, offering a chance to reset and unwind (to the best of its ability).

Everyone is different. Always seek professional advice to find what’s right for you.

07/07/2025

Our skin holds around 5 million touch receptors, with 3,000 located on each fingertip!

In Bowen Therapy, every gentle touch is designed to work in harmony with your body’s natural responsiveness, helping it reset and heal (to the best of its ability).

That’s the power of precision and sensitivity at work.

05/15/2025

In a world that moves fast and pushes hard, Bowen Therapy offers a powerful reminder that sometimes… the body just needs space.

🌀 Gentle inputs
🌀 Time to process
🌀 And trust in the body’s natural wisdom

In Bowen, the pauses are part of the process — not just time-outs, but opportunities for change to settle in.

Because the body already knows how to heal — our job is to listen.

04/10/2025

The first two moves of Bowen Therapy kickstart your system just like jump starting your car.

These gentle but precise moves (like all Bowen moves!) "challenge" the tension, length and stretch of your fascia.

They inform your nervous system – inviting change, relaxation and the normalisation of function without forceful manipulation.

03/03/2025

The gentle touches of Bowen Therapy may help to down-regulate an overstimulated nervous system, supporting the body to rest, digest, repair, and heal, to the best of its ability.

02/27/2025

Your nervous system is incredibly fast —nerve impulses can travel at speeds of up to 119 meters per second! That’s faster than a Formula 1 car at top speed. 🚀

This lightning-fast communication is what allows you to react instantly when you touch something hot, catch your balance when you trip, or even process sensory information in a fraction of a second.

Because the nervous system operates so quickly, it doesn’t need force to respond — it needs precision and timing. That’s why Bowen Therapy is applied with slow, deliberate moves and pauses, allowing the nervous system the space to register and integrate the input.

It’s a reminder that change doesn’t always require intensity — sometimes, the most profound shifts can happen in stillness.

02/25/2025

Did you know?

Every 2 years, Massage Therapist, along with many other professions, are required to take a set amount of hours of continuing education courses. For massage therapists in Wisconsin, this number is 24 hours. For Phyiscal therapy assistants ( my other license) is 20 hours. Today I completed my final hours for renewal for a total of 44 hours. Below is the list of courses I took for this renewal period. Happy learning!

• Fascial Anatomy: Stretching and Performance Training
• Orthopedic Rehab Red Flags
• Upper Extremity Myofascial Chains: Identifying the source of dysfunction and Tx
• Rehabilitation of the Golfer
• Weight loss for athletes: A therapist’s guide
• Wisconsin- Physical Therapy Ethics and Jurisprudence
• The hip- Anatomy, Examination and Treatment
• Pilates – An Adjunct for Rehabilitation
• Push, Pull, Squat, Hinge – Analyzing & Improving 4 Common Movement Patters
• Stress Fractures
• Orthopedic Cupping for Low-Back Pain
• BodyReading the Myofascial Meridians 1: Introduction
• Palpating the Psoas Major
• Cultural Competency for Massage Therapists (ethics)
• MLD 1: Introduction to Manual Lymphatic Drainage
• Orthopedic Cupping: Part 2 – upper extremity conditions
• Neuromuscular considerations in cervicogenic headaches
• Sacrum Essentials
• Embodied Lymph: A movement practice for lymph flow
• Body mind: Topic 4, emotions: are they contagious? Boundaries, empathy, and body-mind (ethics)
• Orthopedic Cupping: Part 1 –cupping 101
• Orthopedic Cupping: Part 3 – Lower extremity conditions
• Ayurvedic Holistic Philosophy and Chakra System
• PNMT Therapy 1: Form and Function
• Assessment and Methods for the Shoulder Girdle
• 2023, Issue 2: Massage & Bodywork Magazine Mar-Apr 2023
• 2024, Issue 5: Massage & Bodywork Magazine Sept-Oct 24
• 2024, Issue 1: Massage & Bodywork Magazine Jan-Feb 2024

02/18/2025

Bowen Therapy isn’t about forcing change — it’s about creating the right conditions for the body to heal itself.

With gentle, precise moves, we invite the nervous system to reset, release tension, and restore balance to the best of your body's ability.

Healing can happen! Bowen simply helps guide the way.

Trust your body’s wisdom. ✨

02/10/2025

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02/07/2025

Working with the body, not on it.

It's not magic, nor a magic pill... it's a physiological response to sensory input.