Kathy's Bowen Therapy

29/10/2025

The vagus nerve connects your brain to your body — regulating everything from inflammation to calmness.

Research shows that activating this pathway can help reduce stress responses and support recovery.

Bowen Therapy’s light touch and mindful pacing may help engage this same calming network — helping your body shift from survival to healing ( as best it can).

29/10/2025

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

29/10/2025

08/09/2025

Trust your body’s intelligence.

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

17/08/2025

03/08/2025

Tension isn’t always caused by what we think.

It’s not always about sore muscles or poor posture — sometimes, chronic tension can reflect a nervous system stuck in “go mode.”

When your body doesn’t feel safe enough to relax, it can hold on to patterns long past their use.

Bowen Therapy works with the nervous system in a gentle way — using minimal input, space, and stillness to invite a shift.

Sometimes, less really can be more.

This post is for general information only. Please seek professional advice for persistent pain or health concerns.

22/07/2025

You can’t digest, repair, or restore when your system is stuck on “go.”

Bowen Therapy reminds the body that it’s safe to slow down.