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My professional background

I began with Bowen Therapy in 1999, (last century!!) trained with ISBT, the "International School of Bowen Therapy" in Melbourne. I achieved "Proficiency" in 2000 and was accredited as a Bowen Therapist with the Bowen Therapists Association
of Victoria (BTAV) [now the Bowen Therapists Federation of Australia, BTFA] in 2001. 
I still am a member of the BTFA.

• Lisa Black and Col Murray, the Directors of ISBT, have very skilfully set me on my path of Bowen Therapy. Their insights and guidance have provided me with a very good foundation in Bowen Therapy.
• Max Walker, a Bowen Therapist
from Western Australia, has been
an inspiration to me. He died a few years ago.
• Russell Sturgess, who used to be
a Bowen Therapy teacher, wrote
a most interesting article on “Fascia”, which was enlightening to me.
It allowed me to understand fascia, also called connective tissue, much better, which  encouraged me to think and develop along those lines.

Since my initial training I have participated in further education

at many opportunities:


   •  ISBT Advanced Course – “The Next Step”

   •  ISBT Advanced Course Level 2

   •  Several modules of Ross Emmett’s Course “Emmett Technique”
   •  Brian Smart’s complete course for existing Bowen Therapists:

      “Smart  Bowen”
   •  Dorn Spinal Therapy (from Germany)

   •  TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises)

   •  RianCorp Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT) | LTU-904

  • In particular, I learnt some very useful moves from the Tasmanian Bowen Therapy teacher, Maggie Lindop.
    The courses I completed are: “Happy Feet” & “Happy Feet 2”.
    To me, they are “Game Changers”!

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Many of these workshops and conferences were convened
by the various State Bowen Therapist Associations or by the BTFA.​​

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On many occasions I have assisted in running ISBT-Courses…
   •  The Foundation Course 
   •  Advanced Courses “The Next Step” or
   •  Revision Days,
and I have also assisted in many of Suzanne Baker's Equine and Canine Bowen Therapy Courses) –
– each time remembering and learning a little bit more.​​​​

​ German Manuals

When Lisa Black and Col Murray, the Directors of ISBT, began
to teach Bowen Therapy overseas, i.e. in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, their manual of the Foundation Course had to be translated into German. This I embraced with great interest and enthusiasm:
I had grown up in Germany in a doctor’s family, I have several siblings trained in medical jobs.

 

I trained as a “Medical Technician” in Germany and have worked there as well as at Prince Henry's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia (before
it was moved to and was amalgamated with Monash Medical Centre).

 

My love for “just the right word”, my medical background and my connections in Germany set me in good stead for this and all these factors contributed to furnishing the International School of Bowen Therapy (ISBT) with excellent German translations of their manuals, both of the Foundation Course and, a little later, of one of their Advanced Courses, “The Next Step”.

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My practice is located in Hampton, the Bayside area of the South Eastern part of Melbourne.

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