Bowen Training UK The Original Bowen Technique Autumn 2014 Training Newsletter Ossie and Elaine Rentsch, the world’s original presenters of Tom Bowen’s technique which they aptly named as Bowtech – the original Bowen Technique are without doubt the world’s most knowledgeable presenters of Bowen at all levels from beginner to ‘Master Class’. They were here in England on 15/16th August in this wonderful venue in the Medical Wing at Sheffield Hallam University. had many and varied venues – and Sheffield Hallam university has to be up there with the best. Bowen Training UK will certainly be using this venue again for a variety of Bowtech courses so watch the Web and Newsletter for information. We all thank Ossie and Elaine for the tremendous efforts they make to continue taking Bowen to the world, and we look forward to seeing them both Ossie and Elaine again, hopefulwere both in great ly in July 2015 form and the course at the Holiday flowed in the reInn, Farnborlaxed environment ough, Hampof this excellent shire. venue. To be doing the Masters class in Ellen Cobb such professional surroundings was both a privileged and exciting experience for all who attended. The university allowed us Bowen Training was pleased to welcome Farida Irani to the UK this year. This was Farida’s first to use their couches, which was a mega bonus, and use of the canteen area for our well earned tea breaks time in the UK running her course on Understanding Bowtech, Bowenwork from the Ayurveda perand lunch. spective. Farida works in a holistic fashion combinOssie and Elaine are on a 2 month tour taking this ing her therapeutic skills together with energy balcourse to the world and left their home in Hamilton ancing techniques, which enhance the healing proVictoria in mid July and came to England after visiting cess. Farida is the author of ‘The Magic of Ayurveda Italy, Germany, Austria, Poland. They left Manchester Aromatherapy’. airport in the early hours of Monday 18th August to continue their tour, travelling on to Canada, USA, and She firmly believes that Bowen Therapy must stand on its own, with no combinations or dilutions. New Zealand before arriving home mid September. I have had the privilege for the past 15 years, of being She conducts seminars and workshops on Ayurveda Aromatherapy wherein she is training both practiUK co-ordinator for Ossie and Elaine and we have tioners and lay people in the philosophy and principles of Ayurveda. Farida has developed her own Rare and Unique Ayurveda Aromatherapy range including blends for skin/body care and therapeutic use under the name of Subtle Energies. The Bowtech Ease Blend has been developed by Farida exclusively for the Bowen Academy. Ros Elliott-Özlek, a tutor from Turkey has very kindly done a write-up on the course inside this newsletter. At Bowen Training we strive to keep all our members up to date with upcoming courses and news. We can only do this if we have the correct contact info for our members and students. We appreciate it is difficult to remember all the people you have to contact when you change an email address or phone number but if you haven't heard from us for a while it may be worthwhile dropping us a line to make sure we have your information correct. All our contact info is on the website if you are not sure how to get hold of us, www.bowentraining.co.uk - simples! Bye for now Courses coming soon Course Pre-requisites 4th & 5th October Bournemouth Module 8 Ellen & Joanne Module 9—Completed a Module 8. Been qualified a year. 1st & 2nd November Edinburgh Module 8 Trevor & Lesley 1st & 2nd November Farnborough Revision & Postural Assessment Ellen 22nd & 23rd November London Module 9/10 John & Joanne 6th & 7th December London Module 8 Jacqui & Trevor 24th & 25th January Sherborne Module 9/10 John & Joanne 7th & 8th February Northampton/ Module 8 Nicola & TBC Module 9/10 Trevor & Jacqui Module 10— Completed Module 9. 6 months between Module 9 and 10. SBP2 Masters— Completed and passed Module 10. 6 months between Module 10 and SBP2. Full member of Bowen Association UK or overseas equivalent. Bristol 28th & 29th March Edinburgh Application forms available from www.bowentraining.co.uk Please note that attending tutors may be subject to change Page 2 Training Newsletter Module 8 Autumn 2014 16hrs CPD Cost £215 Bournemouth 4th & 5th October Ellen & Joanne Edinburgh 1st & 2nd November Trevor & Lesley Hammersmith, London 6th & 7th December Jacqui & Trevor Northampton/Bristol 7th & 8th February 2015 Nicola & TBC Farnborough 11th & 12th April 2015 Ellen & Joanne Edinburgh 13th & 14th June 2015 Trevor & John Sheffield TBC 1st & 2nd August 2015 Nicola & Lesley TBC Bournemouth/Christchurch 3rd & 4th October 2015 Edinburgh TBC 14th & 15th November TBC Hammersmith, London 5th & 6th December 2015 Try not to become a man of success but a man of value. Albert Einstein Joanne & Ellen Jacqui & John TBC Jacqui & Trevor TBC Please note that attending tutors may be subject to change. Please check with instructors before booking Please send application forms & cheque to the FIRST named instructor. Application forms are available on www.bowentraining.co.uk or from the FIRST named instructors. Module 9 and 10 SBP1 16hrs CPD Advanced Courses London 22nd & 23rd November Cost £265 John & TBC Sherborne 24th & 25th January John & Joanne One way to get the most out of life is to look upon it as an adventure. Edinburgh 28th & 29th March Trevor & Jacqui London 16th & 17th May Nicola & John Christchurch 25th & 26th July Joanne & Nicola William Feather Sheffield 19th & 20th September Ellen & TBC Edinburgh 26th & 27th September Trevor & TBC Farnborough 28th & 29th November Ellen & TBC Please note that attending tutors may be subject to change. Application forms are available on www.bowentraining.co.uk or from Ellen Cobb. All applications must be returned to Ellen Cobb. 21a Southampton Street, Farnborough, Hants GU14 6AU. [email protected] Cheques made payable to Bowen Training UK Webinars John Wilks & Guests 2hrs CPD per webinar Cost £22 per webinar New series of webinars for 2014/15 — easy to join, no need to take time off work, fantastic speakers, fascinating topics and cheap! Kelly Clancy - Assessing the upper body. Isobel Knight - Working with hypermobile clients Joanne Avison - Stretching, Fascia and Fascial Fitness. And more to be arranged shortly on the central nervous system, fertility, working with fibromyalgia, assessing red flags & working with chronic pain. Details of these webinars and how to book at www.trainings.co.uk or email [email protected] Training Newsletter Autumn 2014 Page 3 Module 7 info All Module 7 courses are two days. HAMMERSMITH PETERBOROUGH Where possible 2 Senior Instructors will assess the candidates for proficiency in all the basic procedures learnt during Modules 1-6. Grove Neighbourhood Centre Venue to be confirmed 11th & 12th October 27th & 28th November Assessor: Ellen & Trevor Assessor: Ellen Cobb Students are required to send all the relevant completed paperwork to the coordinator at least three weeks before the chosen date for their Module 7. SHEFFIELD Gillis Centre 8th November Case studies and practice log sheets must be brought to the course on the first morning. For details contact your instructor or Lesley Baxter (Module 7 co-ordinator) EDINBURGH Sheffield Hallam University 24th & 25th October 2015 Assessor: Ellen Cobb Assessor: TBC EDINBURGH Gillis Centre 9th & 10th November Assessor: Jacqui Hoitingh MODULE 7 CONGRATULATIONS A successful group - Trevor (Assessor), Lisamarie Smith, Elaine Anderson, Phil Watson, Nicola Perritt, Gary Binks and Anthony Sircar. Sherborne: Adily Elstein, Clare Kidd, Stephen Shackleton, Rebecca Dunn, Atoosa Hariri, Anne Marie Mcintosh, Jenny Richardson, Ye Pin Tsim, Peta Wooley. Farnborough: Emily Palframan, Wendy Spenceley, Claire Swindells Nikki Williams Congratulations to you all. L-R back row - Nicola (Assessor), Anjali Chatterjee, Joana Pedroso, Joyce Fox, Lisa Cox, Paola Meli, Liesel Lohan. Front row - Victoria MacLean-Booysen, Mari Pihl, Sophie Berrie. Revision & Postural Assessment WORKSHOP COSTS & CPD AWARDS 1 day workshops £100 2 day workshops £195 8hrs CPD per day Unless otherwise stated. General revision on main pro- Powerpoint presentation, cedures to assist practitioners in discussions and handouts. assessing posture—looking for Specific Procedures and their For details contact Ellen effect on the body as a whole. Cobb Information on how and when 01252 545837 to use the various procedures [email protected] for a wide variety of injuries and conditions. with Ellen Cobb FARNBOROUGH 1st & 2nd November 14th & 15th March 2015 15th & 16th August 2015 Page 4 Training Newsletter Autumn 2014 Understanding Bowen from the Ayurveda Perspective Farida Irani’s two-day course took place in Hammersmith at the Grove Neighbourhood Centre during September, giving the attending practitioners far more than just a taste of Ayurvedic principles and how Bowen relates to them. I am sure that the dozen or so participants would agree that we had a veritable banquet, as any time spent with Farida is ‘a real treat’ – in Nicola Hok’s words. The webinar in July had already whetted my appetite for more, as Farida had talked then for two hours at breakneck speed, introducing us to this Science of Life which goes back 40,000 to 50,000 years as an oral tradition and in written texts, with Ayu meaning ‘Life’ and Veda meaning ‘Science’ or ‘Knowledge’. We were a small select group of Bowen therapists from all over Britain, and it was great to have highly experienced instructors with us like Ellen Cobb, Helen Mary Perkins and Nicola. We learned about the Doshas, (pronounced Doe-shas and not Dosh-as) or three body types; the chakras (pronounced Chak-ras and not Shak-ras); the five elements; the three qualities of the mind, and how Ayurveda balances these through the marmas and the nadis. Farida also explained how Bowen affects these marmas, or vital points on the body, because the moves are often directly on or next to them. The first day started with a short guided meditation to ground us and unify the group’s intention, and then we learned a Yoga breathing technique to balance the lunar and solar energies of our left and right nostrils. The two days also covered all the BRMs and a lot of other Bowen procedures including the Lower Respiratory, the Head and the Pelvic, as we were taught how they affected the health of the body from an Ayurvedic point of view. So much information was given that I now feel I can answer almost any patient’s question about how each Bowen move is going to help them feel and get better. Day Two gave us an in-depth explanation of the Bowtech Ease oil, and Helen Mary Perkins was also in attendance as the UK representative supplying these oils. We learned about the properties of all the ingredients in the oil, and how they can help the body to heal various conditions, even if not applied directly to the problematic area, since the oils go through the olfactory system so quickly, as well as being absorbed through the skin, so it is important to use only a very little. I was pleased to hear how to mist the oils, using a water spray bottle, and we were told that misting the Bowtech Ease in our clinics has an energetic cleansing effect on the atmosphere. Farida also had a few copies of her small booklet to sell, explaining all about the Bowtech Ease. Another gem of information concerned the Holy Basil plant, or Tulsi, which apparently is the only plant that does not breathe out carbon dioxide but always gives off oxygen, so it can be used in a bedroom. In Turkey these plants are widespread in summer, as people put them on tables both inside and outside the house, to ward off flies and insects. I will now be keeping one in the bedroom, as I adore the smell anyway. Another jewel of information concerned black sesame seed and its use as a base oil, along with many other uses. I spent my last afternoon in the UK trying to buy a bottle of this, but can confirm that it is not to be found in Holland and Barrett, Revital, Wholefoods, or Neal’s Yard! Knowing I could find it in Turkey under its Turkish name of çörek otu yağ I was astonished to find a new bottle of this on the shelf at home, where I had earmarked it a while back for a friend who had left Turkey before I could give it to her. Surprisingly, it had the English written underneath the Turkish, and called itself Black Cumin Seed Oil. Perhaps this name will help readers to find it more easily in the UK! It is important to find a cold pressed, pure oil, I hasten to add. The uses for this oil are many, so I would recommend you find Farida’s book and explore her website – see below. Farida provided detailed notes for us as a handout booklet, and introduced us to the scents of her lime oil and facial oil, among others, as well as the Bowtech Ease. She had also brought us all a tiny kangaroo brooch to pin on, as souvenirs from Australia. It was a very nice gesture and further demonstrated this lady’s great generosity of spirit. I could write pages more about this course, but I urge you to add it to your CPD wish list as soon as possible. It was pure magic and has given me a mine of information and material. Thank You Farida. Your teaching has inspired me. The Magic of Ayurveda Aromatherapy, by Farida Irani ISBN0-6464-41126-8 www.subtleenergies.com.au Ros Elliott-Özlek Page 5 Training Newsletter Autumn 2014 Benefits of Bowtech Ease by Helen Mary Perkins, exclusive distributor UK and Europe The benefits of Bowtech Ease, developed by Farida Irani, are well documented especially in the relief of painful inflammation of bunions and other joints. This natural Ayurvedic aromatherapy blend is safe, effective and easy to use at home to enhance treatment. For non-Bowen therapists it can also be used as part of clinical practice. Having discovered it while living and working in Australia I was determined to make it more widely available when I returned home to the UK. Since then we have worked hard to promote its benefits not only within the Bowen community but to other professional therapists and the wider public. I was therefore very much looking forward to being with Farida again at her workshop in September, and gaining deeper insight into Bowen from the Ayurveda perspective, and to understand more about how the therapeutic oils in Bowtech Ease can help balance the body. Bowtech Ease is available in 25ml and 50ml size with dropper, plus a handy 10ml rollerball for retail sale. This is our most popular item and is backed by a host of testimonials from therapists and happy end users. A combination of sizes is also available in a re-usable Starter Box. Orders placed by October 31st 2014 will have free P&P. A full range of Bowen supplies are available on my website, please go to www.bowensuppliesbyhelen.com for orders and enquiries. See you soon! Bowtech Ease Starter Box Successful SBP2 Master Class practitioners. CONGRATULATIONS Testimonials from SBP2 Students Best venue ever. Professional electrically operated couches made all the difference. - Marco Ferro The new venue was good, and I hope we can continue to use it! Every course has a ‘feel’ about it, and this one was unusual for its gentleness and calmness. Whether this was due to a new location and the fact that people did not have to worry about bringing couches, I don’t know. It just worked. I also like the fact that we were working in the university’s medical building. There were courses being taught and several rooms with beds in them, so it felt as if Bowen was on the same professional level. Really enjoyed being there. Ossie and Elaine were just as warm and inspiring as always. It’s such a pleasure to work with them. - Cindy Galvin I found it very rewarding to meet up with such an international group. Ossie and Elaine continue to bring the love, enthusiasm and trust with the Bowen technique to such a high level. For me personally, I felt more confident and enthusiastic to continue my work with such a great technique. - Richard Kelly It was before dawn that I left Glasgow for Sheffield by car. Throughout the journey I was much scared. This condition of mine was because of the respect and high profile in my eyes for both Ossie and Elaine. I was in a state of confusion that how I would be learning from such a high profile couple and the pupil and heir of Mr Tom Bowen (the inventor of magic hands) but my fear was turned into pleasing surprise once I found jolly Ossie and friendly and caring Elaine. Because of Asian background and with a little command on language, I didn't feel sense of strangerness throughout the course and two days passed so quickly that I kept on feeling thirst of having more to learn. It was really happy moments spent with the bowen therapists who came from all over the UK to attend the course. This course also provided me a chance to meet and spend my time with my lovely teacher Mr Trevor. Lastly a big applause to the UK Bowen Training for arranging such successful course. - Farrukh Mehmood 2014 / 2015 REVISION SOUTH - SOUTH WEST - SOUTH EAST MODULE 6 27th & 28th September - * 20th & 21st June LONDON * 9th & 10th May 6th & 7th June 2014 / 2015 * 21st & 22nd March 18th & 19th April TBA TBA TBA 10th & 11th October 2015 TBA November/ December 2015 TBA MODULE 5 31st January & 1st February February 28th & 1st March TBA TBA 22nd & 23rd August 2015 March 2016 TBA MODULE 4 6th & 7th December 10th & 11th January TBA MODULE 3 TUTOR 25th & 26th October 29th & 30th November TBA MODULE 2 LOCATION MICHAEL PATRICK 11th & 12th October 25th & 26th October January 2015 TBA MODULE 1 LONDON MICHAEL PATRICK 18th & 19th October 15th & 16th November Feb/March TBA 4th & 5th July 2015 January 2016 TBA * LONDON ELLEN COBB 1st & 2nd November Feb/March TBA 23rd & 24th May 2015 21st & 22nd November 2015 * FARNBOROUGH JOANNE FIGOV NICOLA HOK 28th & 29th March 2015 17th & 18th October 2015 * BOURNEMOUTH LONDON ELLEN COBB 21st & 22nd March 2015 12th & 13th September 2015 & JOHN WILKS FARNBOROUGH 5th & 6th September 2015 SHEFFIELD HELEN PERKINS LESLEY BAXTER * * * 30th & 31st October * * * 10th & 11th January 2015 4th & 5th December 25th & 26th October * * 28th February & 1st March 2015 22nd & 23rd January 2015 29th & 30th November * * 25th & 26th April 2015 5th & 6th March 2015 17th & 18th January 2015 * * 13th & 14th June 2015 29th & 30th April 2015 28th February & 1st March 2015 25th & 26th September * TBA 11th & 12th June 2015 11th & 12th April 2015 6th & 7th November April 2016 TBA TBC NICOLA HOK PETERBOROUGH LESLEY BAXTER 9th & 10th October 22nd & 23rd November LONDON SHEFFIELD HELEN PERKINS 8th & 9th November MIDLANDS - NORTH EAST -NORTH WEST PETERBOROUGH JAN WILLIAMSON * 7th & 8th February 2015 18th & 19th July 2015 22nd & 23rd March 2015 29th & 30th August 2015 2nd & 3rd May 2015 10th & 11th October 2015 6th & 7th June 2015 11th & 12th October GOOSTREY, CHESHIRE * 13th & 14th December 30th & 31st May 2015 SCOTLAND * Fri 7th & Sat 8th November 25th & 26th April 2015 25th & 26th October TREVOR GRIFFITHS 25th & 26th October 14th & 15th March 2015 * EDINBURGH JACQUI HOITINGH 7th & 8th March 2015 * EDINBURGH TREVOR GRIFFITHS * EDINBURGH * denotes course dates that have passed. Course dates may be subject to change, please check with the instructor before making any travel arrangement. The Bowen Training office deals with all training enquiries for those starting out and wishing to learn Bowen through Modular courses to postgraduate courses and workshops. Bowen Training UK OFFICE HOURS Bowen Training UK 107 Pinewood Park Farnborough Hants GU14 9LE Mon - Fri - 9am to 5.30pm Please leave a message on our answermachine if I am unavailable and I will get back to you. Thanks Any Bowen Association membership or CPD enquiries are dealt with by Phone: 0800 433 2885 Mobile: 07885 990201 Email: [email protected] www.bowentraining.co.uk The Bowen Association UK www.bowen-technique.co.uk Instructor Contact information Lesley Baxter Old Iron Mill, 48 Ironmills Road, Dalkeith, EH22 1JP [email protected] 86 Hardys Road, Cleethorpes, Grimsby, DN35 0DW [email protected] Bowen Therapy Clinic, 21a Southampton Street, Farnborough, Hants, GU14 6AU [email protected] 8 Dukes Close, Southbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset. 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