The structure of our bodies is not only down to our skeleton, it's also dependent on a complex arrangement of muscles. These muscles don't simply work in Isolation, they operate in combination as opposing pairs. Together (with the tendons and ligaments) they maintain a continuous tension that ultimately holds our bodies up.

So if one area is weakened or injured the balance of the whole tensile structure is altered putting stress on areas not originally damaged. Many problems with back pain, for example, can originate from the pelvis which result in bad posture and constant stress to back muscles..

The basis of the Bowen Technique is to address this tensile imbalance by targeted manipulation of specific muscle tissue. The movements in Bowen are gentle because the technique takes advantage of the body's innate ability not only to heal itself but to know its own structure. The move simply induces lateral stress in the muscle for up to 20 seconds followed by a rest period of two minutes.