Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Courses
Welcome to Bowen’s College’s Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
As a qualified Bowen Therapist we have a wide range of courses that you can attend to expand your knowledge and enhance your practice.
These two day classes are open to anyone who has completed their CBHT certificate (or equivalent from other colleges) and who want to continue with their Bowen-related education.
The courses are lead by wonderful instructors from around the globe, all experienced and ethical professionals in their field.
We announce course dates throughout each year.
There is an option to register your interest by completing the form below, if there are no current dates displayed. Tell us where you are so we can bring the training closer to you.
If you have or know of a group of Bowen therapists that would like a bespoke workshop delivered to them, please also contact us so we can make that happen.
Please feel free to contact us for further information.
Anatomy & Physiology – VTCT Level 3 Certificate
Bowen College UK’s Anatomy and Physiology online course is delivered in partnership with Essential Training Solutions (ETS).
This qualification is awarded by VTCT which is Government approved Awarding Organisation. Successful candidates will hold a qualification that is nationally recognised and is ideal for any Bowen Practitioners that do not currently have an A&P qualification or would like to refresh their skills.
This course comprehensively covers Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology for all the body systems.
Our easy-to-use online course coupled with our unrivaled support enables you to achieve your professionally recognised certificate in the way that best suits you. There are no hidden costs and you are not required to purchase any other study material. EVERYTHING you need to pass is included.
What’s included in our VTCT Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology online course?
VTCT course registration including VTCT lifelong membership
All examination fees
24/7 online access for the duration of your course
The Essential Anatomy & Physiology Study Manual
Free access to the ETS Resource Centre
Free access to the ETS Health and Safety Resource
Unrivaled and unlimited student support
Ability to apply for a TOTUM (NUS) student discount card
The Complete Pathology for Complementary Therapies book
Totum Lockup
One Day Bowen Intensive
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Tutor – Jihan Adem
Body Regions – Pelvic and Lower Body Protocols
In this workshop we will cover protocols and procedures focusing attention on the lower half of the body.
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In particular we will be looking at specific Bowen moves around the pelvis, coccyx and sacral area as well as hamstrings, quadriceps and lower body joints and their function. Foundation moves and protocols will be revised with the aim being that you will leave the workshop being better able to assess your client with confidence and perform Bowen work that you have a greater knowledge of.
Tutor – Jihan Adem
Body Regions – TMJ, Shoulder and Upper Body Protocols
In this workshop we will cover protocols and procedures focusing attention on the upper half of the body.
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In particular we will be looking at specific Bowen moves around the TMJ, Shoulder and thoracic area to include diaphragmatic work. This is an essential module for practitioners who have not attended anything similar before progressing to the module: TMJ, Sleep and Breathing.
Tutor – Jihan Adem
Cranio Bowen
Craniosacral Therapy is a subtle and profound healing form, working with the rhythmic tidal motions of cranio sacral fluid within the body.
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This workshop with Margeir Sigurðsson will teach you to identify these rhythms and how to use Bowen moves, inspired by Cranio Sacral principles, to facilitate changes in areas of restriction. The course will include detailed instruction on palpation for cranial rhythms and how and when influencing the body from a cranial perspective is useful within a Bowen treatment.
As a result of this training, practitioners will be given instruction on how to work with clients presenting with conditions such as blocked sinuses, headaches, whiplash or following a stroke
In addition you will be learn how to:
- Increase effectiveness of pineal gland
- Increase flow of fluid around the spine and brain when it is restricted and how to know…
- Impact and increase immune system function
- Aid the realignment of teeth
This is a fantastic precursor to the TMJ, Sleep and Breathing course.
“I feel grateful and privileged to meet Margeir. A brilliant teacher with an amazing presence.” Manjit Kaur
Tutor – Margeir Sigurðsson
This course is approved for 14 hours of CPD by BTPA and The Bowen Association UK.
Exercise and Rehabilitation
This workshop is designed for you to prescribe corrective exercise programmes to support your clients in moving from a place of pain to enhanced movement and function.
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Bowen College is excited to bring you this workshop for Bowen therapists who would like to understand the important role of exercise and movement in both accelerating the healing process and preventing injuries from reoccurring.
We look at how to structure a progressive exercise routine that can enhance clients’ gains in mobility, flexibility, strength and how to integrate this alongside Bowen treatments.
This course has been born out of the desire for Bowen Therapists to be able and insured to prescribe functional movement patterns that, alongside Bowen treatments, will speed up clients’ recovery times and give you, the therapist, a strategy to help your clients become more proactive in between treatments.
We look at movement and repair from a fascial perspective and also how adapting our Bowen work for these specific densities of tissue can bring about more precise change.
“This course is the missing link to help clients to help themselves in between treatments and to encourage them to take further their responsibility to heal themselves by introducing exercises and stretching which build on the Bowen treatments. To me this course is 100% relevant to Bowen practitioners and is a must for those who wish to encourage clients to take back their personal power for recovery and not just rely on ‘the Bowen treatment’ to solve all their problems. There is also a comprehensive and excellently illustrated manual which supplements the practical course content with complete coverage of all exercises, stretches, targets and indicators including individual photographs for clarity of usage – all set out in easy to follow tabular format.” Ray Edwards
This course is approved for 14 hours of CPD by BTPA and The Bowen Association UK.
Tutors – Tanya Couldwell & Jihan Adem
Emergency First Aid at Work
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 at Work qualification, valid for 3 years.
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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).
Horse and Rider
This is a unique CPD opportunity to learn how to treat both the rider and the horse both classically and dynamically.
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Lotty Merry and Jihan Adem combine their years of practice, study and teaching skills to take you step by step through two full and fun days of learning. They use practical assessment techniques, palpation, and visual demonstrations of both static and real time movement including gait analysis whilst working with fascial lines of continuity to cover a variety of commonly presenting issues when rider and horse both perform together.
We are able to use the full yard facilities at Rose Farm so can utilise classroom based learning as well as observing both horse and rider independently and working as a unit in the arena. One day is spent assessing and treating riders where new Bowen material is covered specifically tailored to working with people who ride. We then move onto treating horses, specialising treatment to each horse depending on the work that they carry out each day. The workshop concludes by observing horse and rider combined to work as one.
This course is open to practitioners who are qualified both in Human and Equine Bowen.
Tutors – Lotty Merry and Jihan Adem
Pregnancy and Birth
This workshop will guide you through what you can do as a therapist to assist your client through this important time.
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Taking into account the huge amount of change that occurs within the human form during this period of growth, utilising Bowen to make this journey as comfortable and joyful as possible is a fantastic benefit of our profession. So many other hands on modalities carry contra-indications to treatment during pregnancy, with care, Bowen protocols and moves can be used safely and effectively.
This two day workshop will look at the importance of regular treatment where possible to create the most comfortable body for the mother paying attention to the basic principle of how ‘structure governs function’ to create the best environment for the birthing process.
The compressive forces that occur naturally and are experienced during birth as the baby passes through the passage through the pelvis and the journey through the birth canal can cause imbalance in a baby’s system; even in natural and apparently problem-free births. Common new-born’s symptoms like colic, breastfeeding problems and respiratory issues may be due to compression arising from birth trauma. These can develop into problems later in life and can often be traced back to what happened at birth.
The focus of this workshop will be on preparing the body for birth paying attention in particular to the cranium, diaphragm and pelvic function. Alleviating common symptoms during pregnancy will also be a point for discussion.
We will look at influencing language, the importance of a good frame of mind and how limiting beliefs stored at a below conscious level can impact the birthing process as much as misalignment of the physical body can and how to work with this too.
Tutor – Jihan Adem
TMJ, Sleep and Breathing (The Dental Module)
Our mouth is arguably one of the most important regions of the body. We eat and drink, breathe and communicate through it.
Without it, survival would be minimal at best.
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Dentist Andrew Zaranko and Bowen Educator Jihan Adem have teamed up after over a decade of working in clinic and in the classroom together to bring their shared knowledge to this two day workshop.
The course focuses on the essential functions of the TMJ and its impact on a range of health conditions. We also take you a step back in time to look at the potential reasons why our clients present with the imbalances that you will see and what we can do to change the pathology at that level. We start to tackle the epidemic of ill health that is culturally becoming normal yet people are generally unaware of – that of breathing related sleep disorders
Firstly, the workshop will give a different perspective to the anatomical masterpiece that is breathing. We will review the mouth from the physical external presentation of the face to the internal presentation of teeth and their positioning. We will look at the complexity of the tongue and its many functions, both mental and physical and the interaction of all oral tissues with the subtlety of the TMJ.
We hope to inspire a new and exciting view on both the seen and unseen impact throughout the human body.
Next we will venture onto a whirlwind tour through some of the most specialised anatomical tissues and present an exciting view of fascia and bio-tensegrity in relation to this area. We will give you introduction to breathing and sleep related issues, using an approach that is both refreshingly different but will also be instantly useable with your first client after the course.
The third aspect of this course explores Dental terminology so that you can become more able to open conversation with Dental Health Care Professionals using a common language.
Because of the nature of this course, there are certain prerequisites for attending to ensure that all participants are ready and able to hit the ground running.
These are:
- Cranio Bowen (Bowen College CPD) It is essential from a treatment perspective before attending this course that you are able to palpate for cranial rhythms and understand how to use Bowen moves, inspired by Cranio Sacral principles, to facilitate changes in areas of restriction.
- Exercise & Rehabilitation (Bowen College CPD) On this course we look at the role of movement and coaching which is essential for the Breathing module, also the researched properties of Fascia that will be necessary to give you a good base of information to proceed from.
- An Anatomy & Physiology qualification (ITEC / VTCT Level 3 or equivalent) This will be a jam-packed course so you will need to have a good understanding of anatomy in order to proceed. The TMJ Modules 1 and 2 taught by Ron Phelan are also a great base of information to support this learning.
To be the first to hear about 2020 dates, please register your interest using the button below.
Tutors – Andrew Zaranko and Jihan Adem
Supporting Clients with a Cancer Diagnosis
This is quite often the time when Bowen comes into its own – offering clients a way to become proactive in supporting their body alongside conventional treatments.
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This workshop is for qualified Bowen therapists who would like to look at how to work effectively and safely with people who are living with a cancer diagnosis. This time of life brings many challenges but also many opportunities for giving clients a greater sense of well being.
We will move through ways of working with clients that do not have restricted ranges of movement. The workshop will cover guidelines on how much work to perform in different circumstances as well as using specific moves from different procedures to create a bespoke treatment for the individual.
Red flags will be covered in relation to this topic as well as how and when to treat clients safely and effectively. We will also discuss when a hands off approach is more appropriate.
We will look at how to work appropriately for each client and also look at a more holistic approach to improving wellbeing.
Tutor – Jihan Adem
Affliated Courses
Our Affiliated Courses give you an opportunity to expand your knowledge of holistic bodywork, covering a diverse range of subjects that will enhance your knowledge and Bowen Practice.
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We work with an array of health care professionals from many backgrounds. If you have a specific area of interest that you would like to see work covering or of a particular topic that you would like to have covered for the needs of the practitioners in your area to increase their skill set, let us know.
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Bespoke Practitioner Workshops
Register your interest today to organise one of these bespoke courses for your local group of Bowen Practitioners.
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