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Bowen therapy is a gentle and holistic remedial technique that encourages your body’s natural healing process. Using light, rolling moves over muscles, fascia, and tendons it helps release tension, reduce inflammation, and restore balance in the body. This deeply relaxing method is highly effective for pain relief and improved mobility. Many clients experience lasting results for conditions such as shoulder and neck pain, lower back pain, chronic fatigue, plantar fasciitis, and tight hamstrings. Bowen therapy not only eases muscular and joint discomfort but also supports emotional wellbeing, helping calm the mind and restore overall body balance. Gentle Body Balance offers Bowen therapy to help relieve pain, restore mobility, and bring your body back into balance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/8ccbd3d8-e03b-4c6b-8d83-c792d99e9220/bowen-therapist-melbourne.webp https://www.gentlebodybalance.com.au/about daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577595015783-B17KFS9HOJ5SUES7ZH7M/DSC01274.jpg About Me - Hi, I’m Irina The name Irina comes from the Greek name Irene, meaning “peace”. When you come to my clinic, I help you to relax, unwind, tune into yourself, and let go. There are soft, glowing candles and beautiful music, so you can float away on the cloud of your sensations. This is a safe space for you to leave the daily stresses at the door and to feel at peace. Being in this relaxed state will help your body to best respond to the Bowen touch. My clients often ask me how I got into Bowen Therapy. Being a busy working mum and juggling work and family didn’t leave much time for looking after myself. Over many years of working in an office, I developed chronic back pain from sitting in front of the computer all day. It was so frustrating to keep taking painkillers and to limit my activities to whatever I could do without hurting myself more! Physio treatments helped to reduce the acute pain, but the problems remained, and I was concerned about what lies ahead… But I was lucky someone mentioned Bowen therapy to me, and as I was desperate, I gave it a go! I was puzzled by the lightness of the moves at first, but seeing the therapist for several treatments made a big difference to my back. With regular maintenance sessions, I now hardly ever have back pain, and life can be so much more enjoyable when you don’t feel crippled! I could continue doing my dancing classes, travel, and work in the garden without constant fear of hurting myself. When my dad developed a serious neurological condition, I looked for a technique to relieve his pain that would be gentle enough for him to tolerate. I thought of Bowen and decided to try a weekend workshop to learn to do the basic moves myself. I loved the experience so much that I decided to start my new journey as a Bowen therapist. I wanted to do something that would help people – and as a holistic healing technique, Bowen was the perfect answer in every way! I love that I can bring people relief from stress, pain, and tension, and do it in a way that is gentle and comforting. I see people coming into my clinic who have been struggling with pain for months, sometimes years, and have become accustomed to the feeling of strain and discomfort - being able to make them feel great again means so much to me. I am inspired by many great trainers and Bowen practitioners here in Australia and all over the world. I regularly participate in professional learning to improve my knowledge and understanding of the human body. I am a Full Member of the Bowen Association of Australia (BAA). https://www.gentlebodybalance.com.au/reviews daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://www.gentlebodybalance.com.au/faq daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577596073731-YLKPRALQNN4CIL58P9RZ/20180325_110411+%282%29.jpg FAQ - What happens during the session? The treatment usually takes 30 minutes - 1 hour, depending on the issue. Bowen moves are best performed directly on the skin, but you don’t have to undress - just wear light, loose clothing. If you have trouble lying down, we can work with you seated. How does Bowen therapy work? It works by enabling muscles and tissues to return to their correct tone, and as a result to restore the balance of the body. Restoring the balance means improved posture, stimulated lymph and blood flow, improved organ function and a relaxed nervous system - all of this helping to resolve a wide range of conditions Is it safe? Bowen therapy involves no spine manipulation or painful movements. All moves are very gentle and non-invasive. It can be safely done even on newborn babies or elderly, or pregnant women. There’s no reason you can’t use it for recent injuries, so you can get a treatment relieving the pain straight away. Can I continue the medications/other therapies while I have Bowen? Yes, Bowen therapy is a complementary technique and works alongside the traditional medicine and other treatments. However it is recommended not to have Bowen session within 5 days of having other bodywork done, to let the body focus on the processes initiated by Bowen. Is the treatment covered by health insurance? Unfortunately due to Australian government reforms, from 1st April 2019 sixteen natural therapies (Bowen therapy, naturopathy, Pilates, reflexology and others) can no longer be claimed on private health insurance. However we keep the prices very affordable, and discounts are offered on maintenance packages. How many treatments are required? Acute conditions may require only 1 -2 treatments. Chronic pain and other chronic issues generally need 3 or more treatments to resolve, but you should feel improvements after the first couple of treatments. The treatments are spaced 5-10 days apart to give the body the chance to respond to the changes initiated during each session. If you have any other questions please feel free to call Irina for no obligation phone 10 min chat on 0402 961 464. https://www.gentlebodybalance.com.au/services daily 0.75 2025-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577660640643-7KJICJTE0VWCN5TG6AUA/20140301_Trade-151_0124-copy.jpg Services - Bowen for Babies $40 for 30 mins 50% off for a repeat visit within one week Free for children of existing clients https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577660388198-3HOSZ3QDRC59EZ3DODPC/Irina+Bowen+Therapy-2.jpg Services - Bowen Consultation & Treatment $80 for a standard session up to 1hr $50 for a 30 min short session (repeat treatment only) https://www.gentlebodybalance.com.au/bowentherapy daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577534817198-PTAV16US4476Z4FQM5KA/Irina+Bowen+Therapy-2.jpg What is Bowen Therapy - How does Bowen Therapy work? Physical pain is often the signal that our internal body balance is out of order. Sometimes the reasons for the pain are clear and easy to resolve, but more often than not they are complex and not distinct. The success of the treatment often depends on the ability to address the underlying dysfunction, and the pain we experience may be referred or caused by a different area. Bowen therapy works on fascia - the connective tissue that covers as a web all our muscles, joints, and organs. We treat the body holistically by stimulating the receptors within the fascial tissue and initiating the process of the central nervous system assessing the tension within the different areas of the body. That shift helps to restore internal balance and the functions of our joints and tissues, reducing the factors causing pain. The principle of Bowen Therapy is that the body does the work of healing, not the therapist. As all processes in our bodies are regulated by the brain and central nervous system, it makes sense to give the brain the stimulus to re-assess the whole body’s condition and to make the subtle changes in tissues tension. The process initiated during the treatment continues for several days while the body makes its adjustments. The re-alignment helps to relieve the pressure on nerve endings and to increase the lymphatics and blood flow in the tissues, which helps the healing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577536412857-WD4TDODULNMHBIO48XA7/Irina+Bowen+Therapy-10.jpg What is Bowen Therapy - What conditions can be helped? Bowen is very gentle and non-invasive and so great for pains, strains and injuries where you want to try a more gentle approach. This therapy is safe to use when other therapies are not recommended, including severe muscle spasms, fresh bruising, and inflammation. It is also safe to be used as part of a treatment strategy for debilitating degenerative neurological ailments such as Parkinson’s and Multiple Sclerosis. Some examples of where the Bowen technique can help: • Chronic and acute pain (neck, back, shoulder, knee, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, migraines and headaches, sciatica, foot, ankle, pelvic and posture problems, TMJ ) • Respiratory (asthma, hayfever, bronchitis, allergies) • Digestive (constipation, digestive upsets) • Women's health (PMS, menopause, fertility) • Children (baby colics, bedwetting) • Stress and anxiety • Fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, glandular fever • Neurological conditions (Parkinson’s) To discuss your specific concerns, please feel free to give me a call for a no-obligation 15 min chat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577536344828-2VB78USX65B52E6A2ISS/Irina+Bowen+Therapy-13.jpg What is Bowen Therapy - How is it different from other therapies? Bowen is a holistic technique and addresses the entire body, not just a problem area. The changes in the tissue tensions are not imposed by an external force but initiated by the body itself via the Central Nervous System. The moves are very gentle and can be safely done on everyone from newborn babies to elderly or pregnant women. You don’t have to undress - the treatment can be done through light clothing. The treatment itself is very enjoyable and relaxing. It has a calming effect on the autonomic nervous system and it helps restore the body’s physiological equilibrium. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e06e500c415f44bb83b07c7/1577678610863-XTXGARFZUM7A6O9ABA9O/csm_tom2coltiff_2a78dcd42e.jpg What is Bowen Therapy - Tom Bowen and his legacy Tom Bowen (1916 -1982) was born in Melbourne but spent most of his life in Geelong. He was an extremely successful manual therapist and developed a technique that allowed him to very effectively treat a great number of people with a multitude of musculo-skeletal issues. I was told that Tom kept on the wall in his office his favorite saying (attributed to Stephen Grellet and William Penn): “I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow human being let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” Bowen Therapy is now taught and practiced all over the world.