Natural Health July 2017

HEALTH & Wellness
changed the lives of many. The remarkable record of
success worldwide treating an outstanding number of
conditions is phenomenal and now it is available here
in Malaysia!
Ossie Rentsh, residing in Hamilton, Australia was one
of these watchers, and after carefully documenting
Tom’s work, developed a method, along with his
wife Elaine, which would allow others to be able to
learn the amazing modality of the Bowen Technique
through their training school, Bowtech®.
Fast-forward to 2016 and you will find 10’s of
thousands of Bowen Therapists worldwide, all
helping people get back to health the natural way.
Insurance companies, including big names the
like BUPA, recognise Bowen Therapy, and Bowen
Therapy is also registered under The NHS Directory of
Complementary and Alternative Practitioners.
Celebrities have started endorsing Bowen including
the likes of Bear Grylls and Elle McPherson, Kyle
Minogue along with professional athletes, including
members of Team GB talking highly of the positive
effects the therapy allows them to enjoy.
The word of Bowen is starting to spread with
more and more, around the world, learning of the
technique daily. March 2016 saw Malaysia hold
its first training course in the technique, with 14 new
therapists being certified in January 2017.
How it got started
Born in Australia on April 18, 1916, Tom Ambrose
Bowen, the man behind the discovery of what is now
acclaimed as the most exciting healing modality in the
world, began treating people from the front room of
a friend’s house in Geelong, Australia, approximately
60km away from Melbourne.
Although having had no formal training in bodywork,
word of Tom’s “healing hands” started to spread,
and many would wait patiently outside his clinic
waiting for their number to be called. During 1975,
an investigation by the Webb Committee of Inquiry
into Chiropractic, Osteopath and Naturopathy in
Australia, found that Tom was treating 13,000
people per year of all ages and a wide variety of
symptoms.
Tom Bowen never held any teaching classes or
workshops for others to learn his techniques, however
he did invite 6 “Bowen Watchers” to observe long
term what he was practicing, and it is from these 6
watchers that the Bowen technique has been passed
on since the passing of Tom in 1982.
Who is it for?
As The Bowen Technique is completely natural,
anyone can enjoy the benefits. Suitable for all, from
the new born to the elderly, even pregnant woman
can use Bowen to assist in alleviating back ache and
other discomforts during pregnancy. The technique is
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