The Bowen Technique was pioneered in the 1970's by Thomas Ambrose Bowen in his home town of Geelong, Australia. He was not a therapist by trade but a labourer at the local cement works.

He developed a great interest in bodywork after observing football trainers and others involved in sports. By the time he was in his 40's he had established a thriving practice treating around 280 patients a week with the help of an assistant. Tom was a generous man with a genuine desire to help people. He ran free fortnightly clinics for the disabled and on Sundays he would go to Geelong Prison and treat the inmates there.

Although Tom had no formal training or qualifications he learned much through Osteopaths and other body workers then gradually developed his own technique. His was a minimalist way that included none of the deep tissue work or painful manipulation employed by other therapists.

His clients would often leave his clinics in the same amount of pain as they'd arrived in but the healing process had been started and over the next few days people would nearly always report improvement in mobility and cessation of painful symptoms. In a unique and subtle way, Tom Bowen's technique gives us a starting point that aids the body's natural ability to heal.