Smart Bowen Pty Ltd is a Registered Training Organisation (RTO), offering a range of both government accredited and non-accredited Bowen therapy courses, training people to the highest professional standards in Bowen therapy for treating people, horses or small animals.
SMART BOWEN® therapy offers Bowen therapy treatments for people at their clinic in Lancefield Victoria and for horses and most other animals at their living location in the central Victorian region.
SMART BOWEN® therapy is a skilful and advanced interpretation of the late Tom Bowen's (1916 – 1982) intriguing healing work. SMART BOWEN® therapy when applied to people, horses, and other animals initiates the body's natural healing responses, enabling many rapid positive responses to the treatment. SMART BOWEN® therapy is a soft tissue rolling, stretching and energy based technique that helps to overcome pain and physiological dysfunction by returning the body to a natural balance (homeostasis). The body's response is often profound, usually within one or two treatments creating a sense of wellbeing and restoration of energy.
SMART BOWEN® therapy has many restorative treatment processes for the resolution of muscular skeletal pain and dysfunction, organic and energy related problems, treating people and animals of all ages from newborn to elderly. The technique is successful in treating a wide range of conditions from the acute to chronic.
SMART BOWEN® therapy's director, Brian Smart has developed many new and dynamic Bowen style moves/procedures during his years in professional clinical practice since first leaning the technique in 1992. It is these extra remedial procedures that set SMART BOWEN® therapy apart from other interpretations of Tom Bowen's work.
Unique to SMART BOWEN® therapy is a full body "lymphatic stimulation technique" that has been successfully used to reduce oedema and for the effective elimination of toxins from the body.
SMART BOWEN® therapy presents a range of courses for people wanting to become professional Bowen therapists for treating people, horses and small animals, and the directors provide a professional clinical service in the Macedon Ranges region of Victoria.
Our mission
Through excellence in education, our mission is to communicate to our students and the wider community the philosophies, practical skills and practice knowledge of the highest level in Bowen therapy.
Courses available
All SMART BOWEN® therapy courses are recognized by the state Bowen therapist associations that are members of the Bowen Therapists Federation of Australia Inc., as being suitable Bowen therapy training for membership of the associations.
SMART BOWEN® therapy for people
The SMART BOWEN® therapy for people diploma of Bowen therapy is a government accredited course. This training program is available to anyone who chooses to undertake training to become a professional Bowen therapist.
The course presents all of the competency requirements from the BTFA nationally registered diploma of Bowen therapy course.
There are no pre-requisites for this program other than the desire to learn Bowen therapy to a professional standard.
Students attend eight, 3 day intensive training seminars over a 8-12 month period and continue to study and practice between the four stages completing a series of case studies and work-books.
Students are continually assessed on their theory knowledge and practical Bowen skills throughout the program.
The program is presented in a modular format covering a wide range of subjects:
- History of Bowen therapy
- Foundations of Bowen therapy
- Medical terminology
- Client preparation
- Informed consent and draping techniques
- Bowen record keeping
- Contra-indications and cautions
- Client assessment
- Palpation techniques
- Bowen theories
- Basic body balance in Bowen
- Remedial procedures
- Fascia
- Trigger points
- Stretching techniques
- Energy concepts
- Communication skills
- Advanced remedial procedures
- Lymphatic theory and practical techniques
- Specific myofascial adhesion release techniques
- Establishing a practice
The course presents all of the competency requirements from the BTFA nationally registered diploma of Bowen therapy course.
SMART BOWEN® therapy for horses
This is not a government accredited course.
The SMART BOWEN® therapy for horses program is available to anyone who chooses to undertake training to become a professional equine Bowen therapist.
All students must have previous horse handling, riding and husbandry experience and a desire to learn Bowen therapy to a professional standard.
Students attend four 5-day intensive training seminars over a 12-18 month period and continue to study and practice between the four stages completing a series of case studies and work-books. Students are continually assessed on their theory knowledge and practical Bowen skills throughout the program.
The program is presented in a modular format covering a wide range of subjects:
- History of Bowen therapy
- Foundations of Bowen therapy
- Veterinary terminology
- Horse preparation
- Informed consent
- Bowen record keeping
- Contra-indications and cautions
- Horse assessment
- Palpation techniques
- Basic body balance
- Remedial procedures
- Fascia
- Trigger points
- Bio-mechanics of movement
- Stretching techniques
- Energy concepts
- Advanced remedial procedures
- Lymphatic theory and practical techniques
- Reactions to treatments
- Understanding the teeth and jaw
- Understanding the hoof
- Principles of saddle fitting
- Rider related problems
- Establishing a practice
- Complementary therapies
SMART BOWEN® for small animals
This is not a government accredited course.
The SMART BOWEN® therapy for small animals program is available to anyone who chooses to undertake training to become a professional small animal Bowen therapist.
All students must have previous dog and cat handling and husbandry experience and a desire to learn Bowen therapy to a professional standard. Subjects include:
- History of Bowen therapy
- Foundations of Bowen therapy
- Anatomical terms
- Veterinary terminology
- Animal preparation
- Informed consent
- Bowen record keeping
- Contra-indications and cautions
- Animal assessment
- Palpation techniques
- Basic body balance in Bowen
- Remedial procedures
- Fascia
- Trigger Points
- Stretching techniques
- Energy concepts
- Advanced remedial procedures
- Establishing practice
Contact SMART BOWEN� Therapy
For further details please contact SMART BOWEN� Therapy at:
Address:Smart Bowen Pty Ltd
PO Box 198
Lancefield VIC 3435
Phone:(03) 5429 2010
Fax:(03) 5429 2022
Email: smartbowen@bigpond.com
Website: www.smartbowen.com