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12/09/2025

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.

12/05/2025

Just in time for Christmas!!

12/04/2025

In Bowen Therapy, we don’t chase symptoms.

We work in a sequence that helps the nervous system reorganise (to the best of its ability.)

Because the body knows what needs to come first.

12/02/2025

Ever wish you could press Ctrl-Alt-Del on your day?

That’s what a Bowen session feels like for many people: a moment to reset, breathe, and begin again — gently.

(No buttons required. 😉)

11/28/2025

Your symptoms are signals — but they’re not the whole picture.

What feels like a local issue (tight calves, sore shoulders, stiff neck) may actually be part of a larger pattern your body has been managing quietly for years.

Bowen Therapy aims to address the deeper systems:
• fascia
• muscle tension
• joint alignment
• nervous system balance
• compensation patterns

Because lasting change can happen when the whole body gets the memo — not just one part.

11/27/2025

Just like a traffic light, your nervous system cycles through states of stop, slow, and go.

When you skip the “stop,” everything else gets harder.

Bowen Therapy honours the pause — inviting your body to shift out of overload and into a more settled state.

Because recovery isn’t a race.

11/14/2025

11/13/2025

Ease Carpal Tunnel Pain — the Natural Way!

Struggling with pain, tingling, or numbness in your hands or wrists? Carpal Tunnel can make even simple tasks feel tough — but there’s a gentle way to help your body find relief again.

Bowen Therapy works by calming tension in your forearms, wrists, and shoulders while helping improve nerve flow and circulation. The result? Less pain, better movement, and happier hands. 🙌

Many people start noticing real comfort after just a few sessions!

✨ Ready to give your hands a break?
Call or text 780-646-0927 to book your Bowen session.

11/13/2025

“Sometimes, headache pain starts in your back.”

By releasing tension through the spine and shoulders, Bowen Therapy has shown reductions in tension headaches and migraine frequency.

Takeaway: It’s all connected, fascia links head to heel.

Citation: Green & Ellis, 2010. Holistic Pain Research.