08/12/2025
This time of year can stir up big emotions — but your nervous system may hold more hope than you realise.
While Christmas is a time of connection and celebration for some, it can also amplify feelings of loneliness, stress, and depression for many others.
The good news? Emerging research is offering new hope.
A clinical trial of 493 people with major, treatment-resistant depression found that stimulating the vagus nerve — the vital communication pathway between the brain and major organs — led to meaningful improvements in mood, daily function, and overall wellbeing.
👉 And this is where Bowen Therapy has something to offer.
Bowen Therapy includes a vagus nerve procedure, and like all Bowen moves, its aim is to guide the body out of “fight or flight” and into the parasympathetic “rest and digest” state where healing becomes possible.
While the clinical trial used an implanted device, Bowen Therapy works with the body’s own healing intelligence — with no drugs, no force, and no equipment. Just precise, mindful touch designed to help the nervous system settle.
Because the vagus nerve connects — and so does Bowen.
Research published in Brain Stimulation.
