The Bowen Technique, ECBS

The E.C.B.S. training course format provides students with in-depth tuition, hands-on supervision and ample time and opportunity for detailed study of the Bowen Technique.

Our courses are all highly practical and very ‘hands-on’.  Class sizes are deliberately kept small to ensure you receive a high level of teacher supervision whilst you practice the moves with your fellow students.

Our policy is to support and backup at all times. Between courses, teachers and office staff are available for help and advice.

The course is spread over a minimum period of nine months, although you can take longer if you wish. There are five modules, all of which must be completed.

We encourage you to complete the course at a pace that suits you to ensure you gain maximum skills and confidence. Each module can be taken with any teacher in any venue that suits you. While the entire course of study could be completed in a MINIMUM of nine months, this is dependent upon availability of dates and venues.

Pre-requisites
Although there is no entry-level requirement for attending the course, a good grounding in anatomy would be useful. The course is taught referring to muscles and their Latin names. If you would like to do some optional pre-course reading, we can recommend any of the book titles from the 'Trail Guide to the Body' series by Andrew Biel.  Click here for our suggestions:

If you prefer to work from a PC or Mac there is superb 3D anatomy software. For a free trial go to www.primalpictures.com
Password: Bowen   Username: anatomy.
This software is easy to use and brings the body to life.
For specific Bowen reading we suggest The Bowen Technique book by Julian Baker.

Part One

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The Part One level in the Bowen Technique will give you a solid grounding in the theory and practice of the technique. It gives you clear and detailed instruction, visual demonstration, anecdotal information and, most importantly, plenty of supervised hands-on experience.  Your course manuals are superb; they are detailed, colour-illustrated and user-friendly and designed to be used for independent practise.

Upon completion of Part One, you will have the skills to perform a complete body treatment that will enable you to continue your learning through independent practice.  To establish a level of understanding and proficiency, you will record ten case history treatments (40 sessions – 10 people x 4 treatments each) prior to Part Three.

By the end of the Part One course, you will have covered:

Lower Back and Leg Procedures

Back and Neck Procedures

Shoulder Procedure

Elbow, Wrist & Knee Procedure

Ankle Procedure

Hamstring Procedure

Part Two

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The Part Two aims to ensure that your knowledge of the basic moves is solid. By this stage, you will have gained some experience through the practice of the technique and Part Two will build on and refine this. At this point in the course, you will be in the process of compiling the case histories, so assistance and discussion will also focus on this.

Part Three

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There is a minimum interval of four months between Part One and Part Three. The submission of your 10 client case histories, four weeks before commencing this level, is a course requirement for attending Part Three.  These receive a written evaluation, providing guidance and suggestions for improvement, where required.

The three-day Part Three course teaches additional procedures. Up until now, the procedures learned have dealt primarily with the structural aspects of the body.  Part Three expands on this as well as introducing procedures that focus more on the organic and energetic systems.

By the end of the Part Three course, you will have covered:

Respiratory and Diaphragm Procedure
Temporo Mandibular Joint Procedure
Pelvic Procedure
Coccyx Procedure

Kidney Procedure

Breast/Chest procedure

At the end of Part Three, you will undertake another ten treatments (40 sessions – 10 people x 4 treatments each). These will be submitted prior to attending Part Five.

Part Four

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Part Four revises the Bowen moves covered in Part Three and aims to consolidate all the moves you have learnt so far.  You will have the opportunity to discuss your case histories and ensure that any questions you have are fully answered.

Part Five

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This level includes the Assessment & Examination.

The submission of 10 more client case histories (30 treatments) is a pre-course requirement.  These receive a written evaluation and form part of the final assessment.

Part Five reviews and practises all work covered.  Students often comment that this is the module where everything seems to fall into place.

• Part Five is offered in a number of regional venues and therefore will not necessarily be the same venue as the previous levels of training.

• The course dates & venues for Part Five are given to you during Part Three.  If you require these dates sooner you may contact Head Office.

• A level of competency is required before attending Part Five.  To achieve this, you will be informally assessed by your teacher during Part Three and/or Part Four.

"I was really nervous about doing Part 5 and meeting Julian! How wrong was I?! Julian explained in great detail all of the procedures and really pulled together all the training we had had so far. I couldn't understand how part 5 put the whole thing together, now I see it really does make everything clearer. In fact it was fun and informative."  Tracy S. 

The ECBS Certificate of Proficiency in the Bowen Technique is awarded upon successful completion of Part Five.