How Does Bowen Therapy Work ?

THIS IS a very simple question!

WITHOUT WISHING to stop your researching right here, the simple and most honest answer is...."despite tens of thousands of successful Bowen sessions, throughout the world, no one really knows"....for sure!
WHILE THERE is substantial, tangible and incontrovertible evidence that Bowen Therapy works, there is no definitive answer as to exactly how or why.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS 'theories' and research continues to be undertaken to better understand the processes initiated by Bowen "moves".

THERE IS MUCH evidence to support Bowen's effect on the body's Autonomic Nervous System (A.N.S.) - that system which governs the whole body response to internal and external stimuli (fight and flight, etc.) - most especially the effect of balancing and self healing. There is growing evidence that the deep relaxation, experienced by most people following a Bowen session, positively influences and stimulates the Autonomic Nervous System, to initiate changes in the body.
WHILE THERE APPEARS, at face value, to be a relationship between the location of Bowen "moves" and acupressure points, myofacsial trigger points and meridian energy lines, there is no evidence to support that Tom Bowen ever 'studied' or used these therapy's.
WHAT WE DO KNOW, is that Bowen "moves" initiate and stimulate energy flow. That energy flow somehow translates into a safe, rapid self healing process that has few, if any, short term side effects and which typically provides long term relief from pain and discomfort, for a wide range of conditions. We still don't know exactly how or why!

"BOWEN THERAPYeffective self healing"