I love helping my fellow bodyworkers be balanced and strong so that they don’t lose any days of work. Kathy Ray is a fabulous massage therapist and I get to help her release the tension she gets in her neck, arms, and hands.
Did you know that your mind can trick you in a positive way? I didn’t before I had a hypnosis session with Valerie Grimes. Before my frst relaxing experience in Valerie’s office, my mind told me that I was insecure, not very smart, and certainly not business-minded. Once I learned how hypnosis really worked and had a personal experience with it, it paid off in a big way. Now I go out into the world and pull off speaking engagements with a snap. Teaching my craft, Bowen Therapy, at massage schools in Dallas is more fun than anything I can think of doing. And networking with other business professionals, which scared me to no end before, is now one of the more fun activities in my life. Hypnosis helped me develop self confidence more than anything else I have ever done.
Once this became the norm for me, I still occasionally had flare-ups, for example, when I was going to speak to a large group. Then, it was time to employ the tactics that Valerie taught me how to do for myself, in other words, self-hypnosis. This is very valuable when a professional teaches you things you can do for yourself so that when you don’t have access to them, you have a back-up plan. That would usually do the trick. That, along with getting a Bowen Therapy session, which is the most relaxing bodywork modality I have ever experienced. Bowenwork flips a switch that turns on the parasympathetic part of the nervous system (meaning, it brings you back into a relaxed state).
The point of my message here is that Bowen Therapy and hypnosis in Dallas blend well and are make a great duo for relaxation therapy.
Help me help David Smith raise 2,500 new, unwrapped toys for underprivileged children this Christmas. The holiday season is full of joy, but with all the activities and rushing around, it can also get stressful. Treat yourself to a relaxing massage or a therapeutic Bowen session for $10 off while you provide a Christmas toy for a child who would not otherwise receive one this year. The toys donated by Dec. 14 at Living Well’s drop box will benefit children in Collin, Denton, and Dallas counties through:
CALL 972-930-0260 to book your massage or Bowen session for $10 off the regular cost of $90. Your massage will include luxurious extras like a warm neck wrap, aromatherapy inhalation and application, warm towels on your feet. A Bowen therapy session has the powerful benefits of quick relief and long-lasting resolution to pain issues.
There are quite a few reasons why Bowen therapy works so well. One is because of the effect it has on the autonomic nervous system. Brain mapping has shown during a Bowen session that the client’s brain produces Alpha waves and causes them to feel like they are in a deep meditative state. At this point, the body goes into automatic repair mode because the sympathetic nervous system (heightened alert response) stops overriding the parasympathetic (rest and relaxation response). The bottom line is that it places the client in the most advantageous state to allow the body to heal itself.
Because of this, Bowen therapy not only applies to physical conditions but also to challenges like PTSD, ADD/ADHD, autism, sensory integration disorders, etc.
There are other ways that Bowen therapy works to help healing take place, which will be covered in the next posting.
Ever wake up with a stiff low back or just a bit of low back pain? Outside of chronic, severe low back pain, there is a little-known trick that can be of tremendous help. Do you have access to a treadmill? Maybe you have one at home, or your friend has one, or you have a membership at a gym or rec center. If you can somehow get on a treadmill, you’re in luck.
Place the speed at 2.0-2.5 and same with the incline. This speed is slow enough that you shouldn’t be wobbly and off-balance. This much of an incline ensures that you are leaning backward just a bit, which changes the way you move – your gait. In other words, because backward walking eliminates the typical heel-strike to the ground (the toe contacts the ground first), it can change the way your pelvis is aligned, alleviating pressure that may be causing the low back pain. It also puts less strain on your knee joints, making it ideal for those with knee injuries or problems.
Interestingly enough, backward walking has neurological benefits as well. Some call it “neurobic” activity because it requires brain activity that can help you stay sharp mentally. When you walk backwards, your heart rate tends to rise higher than it does when walking forward at the same pace, so you can get greater cardiovascular and calorie-burning benefits in a shorter period of time.
Every time I get low back discomfort or pain, I walk backward that day or the next and it goes away the same day. Works every time! If you wait too long or the pain is severe, do not hesitate to get it looked at by your physician, or try Bowen Therapy right away to see if that doesn’t eliminate it altogether.
Take a lesson from your cat. Have you noticed that when cats wake up they stretch? When you awake in the morning, you’ve probably been sleeping in some funny position all night or for too long. To get your spine in correct alignment before getting out of bed, start this habit.
Raise your hands above your head, point your toes, and stretch for a count of 10. Then, roll over on your side, bend your knees and push up (rather than coming straight up). Place both feet on the floor, put your hands on your knees, giving yourself some leverage, and push on your knees to help yourself stand up with less stress to your spine.
This is how I encourage my clients to arise in the morning and any time they are getting up from a chair or out of their car, etc. It encourages your body to be symmetrical. It is also how I have them get off the table after a Bowen Therapy session. In addition, putting both feet on the floor simultaneously after therapy makes a neurological impression, or blueprint, of the session, potentially causing it to last longer.
I was at work one morning this week when a co-worker mentioned she had a splitting headache. She felt it was becoming a migraine. I told her to give me 30 minutes with her on my massage table. I did the Bowen migraine procedure on her. Afterwards, she reported that the headache felt very dull. I saw her about an hour later, and she said the headache was no longer there. She appreciated being able to work all day without that horrible pain.
Bowen Therapy is so amazingly simple for the profound results it brings. People are always surprised when their pain leaves because it seems like I hardly did anything.
The most dramatic use of my Amega Amwand recently was in the case of a woman who has frequent migraine headaches. When I greeted her in the reception area, she was holding her head in her hands because the light increased her discomfort. Before we began our bodywork session, she reported her headache pain being a 10 on a scale of 0 to 10 (10=most painful). Before starting the Bowen Therapy treatment, I used the Amwand, moving it in a clockwise circular motion around her head. She could feel the energy of the wand, stating that her headache was subsiding a little.
I used the energy wand at different intervals during the Bowen Therapy session. At the end of her treatment session, she stated that her pain had subsided to a 3 on a 0-10 scale. The next morning an excited client called to say that her pain had TOTALLY disappeared. And her most remarkable comment was that these headaches usually last for 7 or 8 days. It has been about 6 months, and this client has not needed to come in again for another treatment for headaches.
I’m sureI have never had migraines, but I experience headaches as an on-going lifestyle almost all of the time—a long time ago I simply accepted it with a self-resolution to be Tough. These are greatly exacerbated by arthritic pain in my neck(C3).Chiropractic helps, but only in a temporary way. I wonder if Bowen could alleviate this too with some permanence?
I don’t know about you but for me, I don’t want the federal government to say I have to buy health insurance. People should be able to make this decision on their own. As insurance premiums rise, more people are choosing to be proactive in their approach to health care, meaning they are all about prevention rather than “fixing it once it’s broke.” It’s less expensive to take care of good health.
A proactive approach includes getting plenty of daily exercise, rest, hydration, and good nutrients through a healthy diet. If everyone did this, we’d need insurance less. And perhaps with less use of insurance, except for routine visits, our premiums would go down.
I like the idea of a Health Savings Account because it can be used for anything related to healthcare: chiropractic, acupuncture, massage (including Bowen Therapy), etc. (for prevention and maintenance, as well as for rehab). Of course, these accounts are usually only offered along with a health policy. But at least you can choose a high deductible and low premium, if you are relatively healthy and not likely to make a claim.
Traditional insurance companies are slowly but surely being forced by the public to include alternative healthcare. But we are not quite where we want to be with this. There are only a few insurance companies right now that I am aware of that will reimburse my clients when they come to see me for a Bowen Therapy session.
If we all join efforts and continue to place a demand on our insurance companies to cover more alternative therapies, they will do it eventually. Until then, I’ll spend my money on natural therapies designed to work with my body’s systems — not against them — to keep me in optimal health. In other words, if I have a thyroid problem, I don’t want to have it surgically removed or take a drug to shut it down and do the job it should be doing. Both of these choices have a detrimental effect on other organs and systems of the body. Instead, why not take an herbal remedy to nourish, strengthen, and build up the thyroid’s energy in order to salvage it so it works in harmony with the rest of the body?
Let’s use our hard-earned dollars toward maintenance and prevention so we won’t need health insurance except for catastrophic situations and emergencies (which are rare if we are taking good care of ourselves).
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I think westerners are veryclose minded about any form of ancient/chinese medicine. They (I mean we, I am British) forget that we didn’t know what electricity was 200 years ago. There are more forms of energy to be explored and I think we need to think about science from as many angles as possible.
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An elated owner of my most recent pet client, a 3 1/2 year-old chihuahua, just called to tell me her exciting news. She asked me to post this for her because she does not have a computer. So, here it is:
“Blue’s left leg had suddenly become useless. I don’t know what happened, but overnight it seemed he refused to use it. I took him to Brenda. She worked on his back, hip, leg and knee using Bowen Therapy. Within 24 hours, after nearly a week of not using his leg, he was putting weight on it. And now two days later he is totally recovered and has just bounced up on the bed for the first time since this happened.”
With animals, success is the norm. They don’t think through it and analyze it; they just receive it and respond so well. That is why it is such a joy to work on animals. And the love they give back after their treatment is the most rewarding thing. I’ve never done a treatment on a dog that didn’t lick me like crazy afterwards.