Therapies... - Bowen - Typical Session(s)

Your Bowen practitioner will spend some time with you before beginning the session, discussing your concerns and health problems. After asking you to lie down on either your front or back, he or she will perform one or more procedures that will induce the healing process in your body. In most cases, moves are first preformed on the left (negative) side of the body, followed by the right (positive) side. For more information, see Procedures, above.

People fall asleep fifty percent of the time during a Bowen session and their brain enters a parasympathetic, natural healing mode. If this is the case, your practitioner will simply allow you to sleep.

Upon completion of treatment, your Bowen practitioner will assist you in sitting up. You will likely feel dizzy and will have to sit for one or more minutes until you feel clearer. Following this, he or she will assist you in standing up and ensure you place both feet on the ground at the same time.

To further facilitate the healing process, your Bowen practitioner will ask you to walk around the table or perform some other motion. It is also best to drink plenty of water following treatment to help detoxify the body, where applicable.

As you begin to heal, "tissue memory" may come into effect if dealing with more dramatic or traumatic injuries. Under tissue memory, events leading to an injury or ailment are "replayed" in the reverse order that they occurred. This process happens very quickly in Bowen and may also be accompanied by an emotional release, if part of the tissue memory.