SISTERS CONVINCED BOWEN TECHNIQUE IS THE ANSWER

Courses will start in late September at Eastwood Stud, Graffham, near Petworth, in small groups of four to six people, enabling full individual attention to be given. They will be run over 15 days, spread over nine months of the year, enabling students to study at their own pace.

Bowen therapy is designed to stimulate sections of the body to virtually self-heal by ensuring that the body is brought back to balance. The treatment involves using pressure of fingers and thumbs in a rolling action to balance the muscles.

The Bowen technique was pioneered by Thomas Ambrose Bowen, born in 1916 in Geelong, Australia. After working in miscellaneous labouring jobs as a young man, he developed a great interest in massge and body work and spent time observing football trainers and others involved in sports.

By the time he was in his 40's he had established a full practising remedial therapy using the technique he had developed. The technique has been successfully adapted to treat equines as well as humans.

Both Liz and Jane are fully qualified Bowen therapists. They have both worked with horses for a total between them of almost 60 years, running a busy livery yard and riding school at Eastwood Stud.

Liz has been a Bowen therapist for seven years now, treating humans at her base in Elsted near Midhurst, and also travelling out to equine patients.

Impressed by the results Liz was getting, Jane also trained and recently qualified as a Bowen therapist. They have established the college because they feel there is a need to promote the holistic and non-invasive therapy.

"We have seen a lot of different therapies over the years and more and more horses are having to be sedated to be treated. We do not feel that should be the way forward," said Liz.

They can be contacted on 01730825055

For full story see West Sussex Gazette August 8