Total Balance Complementary Therapies Teesdale

14/11/2025

14/11/2025

The Guardian has article on Best Self-Care Gifts for Christmas, including stuff like £115 silk pillowcase and £75 bath salts.
But there’s lots of self-care we can do costing little or no money. Take a walk. Look at the moon. Pet a cat or dog. Make yourself a nice cup of tea. Meditate. Write. Dance. Read a book. Give yourself a compliment. Drink water. Listen to music.

14/11/2025

This time of year, it’s easy to get caught up chasing deals.

But the things that really matter — your health, your calm, your growth — aren’t found in a cart or a checkout.

Whether you’re receiving Bowen Therapy or learning to share it, taking time to care for yourself is always a wise investment.

06/11/2025

Just checking! 🙈🙂

Posture check — where’s your jaw right now?

A small change in jaw position can shift your whole body alignment, from head to toe.

It’s one of those fascinating examples of how the body works as a single, connected system — something we’re always exploring in Bowen Therapy.

Image credit: Brightside

31/10/2025

This Halloween, we’re celebrating the real webs that keep us moving — fascia!

A perfect time to appreciate how beautifully connected the human body is. 🎃

29/10/2025

What you feel is just the tip of the iceberg.

Discomfort and tension can be surface-level signs of deeper imbalances within the body.

Rather than focusing solely on symptoms, Bowen Therapy considers how underlying imbalances across the muscular, fascial, joint, and nervous systems may be contributing to what you're feeling.

Using precise, gentle movements, Bowen aims to support the body’s own ability to unwind tension and restore balance.

It’s not about chasing symptoms — it’s about listening to what the body is really saying and working with it, not against it.

27/10/2025

So true!

Some things shift quickly. Others take time.

Bowen Therapy respects the pace of your body and its many layers of experience.

It’s not about fixing — it’s about working with.

20/10/2025

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

19/10/2025

Bowen Therapy is:

✅ Gentle

✅ Non-invasive

✅ A whole-body approach

✅ Suitable for EVERY body, of any age or life stage.

It aims to stimulate the body's own healing mechanisms.

15/10/2025

Oh yes!

When life drains your battery, gentle makes sense. 🔋