Essential Skills
Before taking the Certified Bowen Health Therapist training, all students must either study these four development modules offered by the Bowen College or demonstrate an equivalent level of prior study:
Reboot Your Body
If you are not already a health care professional, your first and best option to become more familiar with Bowen Therapy is our Reboot Your Body 2 Day Workshop.
There are no prerequisites for this course, as it is taught and intended for anyone wishing to sample a taste of BowenFirst. This may be a family member wishing to help another, or someone who is interested in getting into the health care industry.
This class will cover the fundamental autonomic balancing moves for the muscles and the nervous system. This course will be instructive, inspiring, and utterly relaxing.
The Reboot workshop is geared to maximize the Bowen experience. Everyone is Welcome!
Individuals interested in experiencing a technique that is scientifically designed to help you quickly overcome the 7 biggest challenges that are keeping you from a relaxed body and mind, including:
Lack of vitality
A slow and broken metabolism
Inefficient absorption of vital nutrients
Improper detoxification and elimination
Repetitive pain cycles
Hormone imbalances
Lack of proper and restorative sleep
If you have a current qualification in anatomy and physiology and a qualification as a health care professional such as a massage therapist or chiropractor, you can choose to proceed straight away with Module One or, start with this course as a introduction to Bowen.
Anatomy & Physiology
This web-based course covers the function of the human body. In each unit you will cover the function, anatomy and some pathology of that system.
The subjects covered include:
Homeostasis
Composition of the body
Tissue
Tissue
Skin
Pain
Senses
Endocrine system
Digestive system
Respiratory system
Reproductive system
Negative & positive feedback systems
Biochemistry basics
Energy within the body
Skeletal system
Muscles
Cardiovascular system
Nervous system
Urinary system
Lymphatic system
Functional Muscle Anatomy
This web based anatomy course teaches the function, origin and insertion of the muscles of the body. The focus of the course assists the student with the dynamic understanding of each muscle associated with the Bowen Protocols.
It will cover the origin, insertion and action of the muscles of the body and how to the muscles can be seen in relation to the body contour. This knowledge will assist the therapist in assessing a client’s individual needs in order to alleviate health problems, stress and balance body functions.
The subjects covered include:
Anatomical position, directional and regional terminology
Structures of forearm and hand
Structures of head, neck and face
Structures of lower leg and foot
Structures of shoulder and upper arm
Structures of spine and thorax
Structures of pelvis and thigh
Emergency First Aid
The course covers basic life saving first aid to meet the workplace health and safety regulations. Students will be awarded the recognised Emergency First Aid qualification, valid for 3 years.
This course gives learners the skills to help a casualty who is:
unresponsive and breathing
unresponsive and not breathing
needing resuscitation (CPR)
having a seizure
fainting
choking
bleeding (minor and severe)
suffering from shock
Burns
In addition advice is given about: dealing with an emergency ,assessing a casualty,monitoring a casualty where to get help, electrical incidents, accident recording and reporting control of substances hazardous to health (COSHH).
Acceptable transferrable qualifications include a current First Aid at Work or Emergency First Aid at Work certificate.
*Our First aid trainers have achieved more than most! As well as fully qualified training providers, they are HCPC registered which means they meet the government standards for delivering emergency and urgent healthcare to the general public in the pre-hospital arena.