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Bowen SA Bowen SA is the Bowen Association of South Africa. We want to inform about Bowen Therapy in South Africa and our courses.

22/09/2025

Meet your vagus nerve — our body’s great communicator.

It connects our brain to our heart, lungs, gut, and more — helping regulate mood, digestion, heart rate, breathing, and even our voice.

This incredible “wandering nerve” is part of our parasympathetic nervous system — the part that supports rest, repair, and balance.

Bowen Therapy invites moments of stillness that can help our nervous system shift out of stress mode and into a state of calm, as best it's able — creating space for our body to do what it does best.

📸 Polyvagal Institute

15/09/2025

Trust your body’s intelligence.

It’s always communicating with you — Bowen Therapy listens and works with your body, not against it.

10/09/2025

At the heart of Bowen Therapy lies a simple but profound belief: the body has within it the wisdom to heal, balance, and flow.

Tom Bowen gave us the tools to listen and respond to that wisdom.

07/09/2025

Your body and brain are in constant conversation.

Bowen Therapy adds a gentle whisper to the dialogue.

05/09/2025

Fascia — the body’s connective web — wraps around and supports every muscle, bone, nerve, and organ, holding the whole body together.

When it’s healthy, it helps us move with ease, stability, and flow.

When it’s tight or restricted, the whole body can feel it.

Gentle therapies like Bowen work with fascia, supporting the body’s ability to release tension and restore fluid movement, to the best of its ability.

Because when fascia feels free, so do you.

28/08/2025

Stress isn’t always the enemy. A little stress can help us grow, adapt, and rise to life’s challenges.

But when stress becomes constant — when the “on” switch gets stuck — it can start to echo through the body.

🧠 Foggy thinking, poor sleep
💓 A racing heart or tense jaw
🍽️ Digestive changes or skin flare-ups
😖 And that feeling of always being on edge

Acute or chronic, stress speaks through the body.

Bowen Therapy offers a quiet space for shifting stress responses, as best our bodies can.

It invites the nervous system into a slower rhythm.

Its gentle, hands-on approach doesn’t override the body — it listens.

Because sometimes, it’s not about doing more —
but about softening into less.

📸 The Pharmaceutical Journal

27/08/2025

The Vagus nerve — known as the wandering nerve — travels from the brain through the body, connecting with the heart, lungs, gut, and more.

Because it touches so many systems, what happens in the Vagus nerve can impact the whole body.

When the Vagus nerve isn’t working well, it can contribute to issues like poor digestion, sleep disorders, hormonal imbalances, difficulty regulating heart rate, challenges with stress and mood, and more.

Therapies like Bowen Therapy may support and stimulate the Vagus nerve for a healthier, more balanced you.

When you care for your Vagus nerve, you support your whole self.

21/08/2025

Bowen Therapy is more than just gentle moves.

As John Wilks notes:

“It is clear that there are well-researched mechanisms by which the Bowen Technique can assist in terms of fascial fitness, reducing stress levels, increasing vascular supply and improving mobility and posture.”

Every session is a reminder of how interconnected the body really is.

Read more:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286206683_The_Bowen_Technique_-_Mechanisms_for_action

16/08/2025

Could Bowen Therapy help with knee and ankle pain?

In a 2009 UK Bowen Therapists Study, 88% of participants reported partial or full recovery from ankle or knee pain after three sessions.

Bowen Therapy involves gentle movements over muscles and soft tissues, helping the body relax and rebalance naturally. While everyone's experience differs, many people choose Bowen as a gentle, complementary approach to supporting joint comfort and mobility.

Have you or your clients tried Bowen for knee or ankle issues? What were your results?

14/08/2025

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.

14/08/2025

When your body knows it’s Bowen Therapy day! ✨

04/08/2025

Fascia: once overlooked, now essential.

For years, fascia was considered little more than packing material — simply there to hold everything in place.

Now, research shows it’s dynamic tissue involved in movement, immune responses, and sensory perception.

That’s why Bowen Therapy works with fascia — not against it.

Gentle, targeted moves encourage the fascia and nervous system to respond, helping the body find balance from the inside out, to the best of its ability.

📸 Dr Jean Claude Guimberteau

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