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Dear Olivia,
In this issue you can read about:
- The wildfires on Australia
- Effects of nutrition on sports performance and injury recovery
- Associate Instructor training, scheduled for June 2020
- Sandra Gustafson's new online Business Skills class
- Ruth Werner's online Pathology class, rescheduled for May 2020
- Upcoming modules and continuing education classes
- Bowen-related products available for purchase
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The bush fires ravaging Australia
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No doubt, most of you are aware that horrendous fires are burning in Australia. Out of concern for the safety and well-being of our Bowenwork colleagues Downunder, American Bowen Academy reached out to Ossie and Elaine at Bowtech Headquarters on January 2, to see how they have been faring. We received this reply:
"The fires are devastating and so many people, animals and land have been affected. The fires are not under control at this stage. Thankfully [there are] no fires close by us here, but everyone is on constant lookout as the land is so dry and weather conditions are terrible."
For those of you wondering where and how you can do the most good, Steve Wells of EFT Downunder (Energy Techniques for Emotional Freedom) has vetted several Australian fire appeals and rural fire services that are focusing on rescue and relief, that is, on filling basic needs for shelter and food and making sure that families are secured. Steve writes:
"One thing disasters always do is demonstrate how many caring, kind, generous people there are in the world, and the strengths in community.
If you want to contribute, please consider donating to one of the following fine organisations. If you can do more, you'll see on some of these websites how you can do so:
Australian Red Cross Bushfire Appeal
Salvation Army Bushfire Appeal
NSW Rural Fire Service Donations
Victorian Country Fire Service"
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Effects of nutrition on sports performance and injury recovery
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by Andrea Jones, Bowenwork practitioner and instructor in Eagle Mountain, Utah
As I continue my Bowenwork journey, I keep looking for ways to help my clients recover faster and overcome health challenges with greater permanence. Although during my Bowenwork training I was able to help relieve my father's diabetic pain symptoms, there was no permanent healing, and he died in 2010 of complications after surgeons took his second leg. I thought about Tom Bowen, who had also died of complications after diabetes led to a second leg amputation. When I learned about how Bowen's wife's asthma was controlled by a combination of his "asthma" moves plus changes to her diet, I wondered if those dietary changes might help with other diseases, too.
In March of 2016, when my mother had two knee replacements followed by terrible reactions to medication, I recalled my father's decline and, fearing a similar fate to that of my parents, I decided to live more strictly the health code of my own faith tradition and that of the Loma Linda Blue Zone 7th Day Adventists. Within eight months of choosing a whole-food, plant-based (WFPB) diet and also giving up vegetable oils, processed flour and sugar, I had lost 70 pounds and gained confidence that I could stop worrying about food addiction or developing Type 2 diabetes. I realized that I was following the nutritional recommendations for bed wetting children (an 80/20 diet minus dairy, as described at the end of page 6.7 of the Bowtech manual).
I know that the professions of "nutritionist" and "dietitian" are regulated in many states and countries, including my own; therefore I do not tell clients what foods to eat or refrain from eating. However, in the last few years, I have carefully observed the impact of changes in my clients' diets as well as my own.
Changes I have observed
Among my Bowenwork clients, friends in WFPB groups and family members, those who healed the fastest ate only the mildest foods (to satiety) until the crisis passed:
* water as the beverage of choice, with lemon/lime juice added throughout the day
* (20 oz) fresh celery juice 30 minutes after the first lemon water and before breakfast
* all kinds of fruits and veggies, even potatoes and avocados
* fresh and/or dried aromatic herbs in salads, guacamole, soups and tisanes
* wild foods, e.g., mushrooms, burdock and wild blueberries
After the crisis passed, they continued rebuilding their health with beans, nuts and seeds, whole grains, and lentil pastas. Although these foods are a little harder to digest, they sustain energy during the transition from practicing constant nourishment (as in the first phase described above) to spacing meals more toward a traditional "three-meals-a-day" pattern.
The Game Changers
This documentary, which was released in September 2019, is the best documentary on the role of nutrition in sports recovery that I have ever seen. I think that everyone would learn a lot from watching The Game Changers, which you can find on Netflix, Vimeo, Vudu, YouTube, Google Play and iTunes.
The film's main character documents his journey to recovery from a severe sports injury. Although I am not an athlete, following the experiences of some of the greatest athletes in the world across a number of different sports made it impossible for me to ignore the impact that switching to a plant-based diet had on their strength and performance.
Focus on data
One of the most refreshing aspects of the film was its focus on data and research. As claims are made throughout the video, citations of research studies that back up the claims are shown in the lower left-hand corner of the screen. While other health documentaries make claims with little to no scientific backing, The Game Changers provides riveting scientific evidence for a plant-based diet along with its many impressive anecdotal examples. I started thinking about how my Bowenwork clients might benefit from changing what they ate, whether recovering from acute injuries, non-resolving injuries or even chronic diseases.
Plants lead to better erections
One of my favorite scenes may not be suitable for kids, as the researcher compares the overnight erections of three college athletes after a meat dinner to their overnight erections after a plant-based dinner. The comparisons amazed all three athletes -- and also several of my clients with erectile dysfunction who then benefited from modifying their diets. Although the scene doesn't show anything, if you think you might feel uncomfortable during the discussion, fast-forward between minutes 0:52:00 and 0:56:36.
Strong language warning
If you wish to fast-forward through the film's expletives, they appear at:
* 0:20:45 - directly after a boxer wins a fight and the referee holds his arm in the air
* 1:09:07 - when the Australian anti-poacher talks about how "gorillas don't eat meat"
* 1:17:31 - when Arnold Schwarzenegger uses the word twice in a single sentence
Free resources
Dr. Michael Greger, chief science officer for the film's production company, reviews all new nutrition studies every year so that I don't have to. From here, you can find short youtube videos about more than 2,000 health topics. For example, this video reassured me that a plant-based diet would virtually guarantee that I won't develop Type 2 diabetes.
Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen Checklist, a free application that helps you fit healthy foods (and exercise) into your daily routine, can also be downloaded from the app store on your smartphone.
To see some examples of the research studies that are listed in the lower left corner of The Game Changers, click in the "Page References" box at the bottom of each page: maximizing performance, muscle and strength, individual nutrients.
BONUS CHALLENGE: Please join me this month at Veganuary.com for the British (American now, too) revolution I participated in two years ago for the first time. They offer a free sign-up, a free cookbook and a free recipe every day. I'd love to know how you feel after a month of yummy new food experiences! Write to me at Andrea@BowenUS.com.
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Associate Instructor training in Arkansas, June 5 - 8
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The four-day Associate Instructor training leads to certification for teaching a four-hour class, Bowenwork: An Introduction to Wellness in Your Hands, to the general public. It is designed to help practitioners (as Associate Instructors) market their clinical practices while fostering well-informed client bases and increasing awareness of Bowenwork in their communities.
The only Associate Instructor training of 2020 is scheduled for June 5-8 in Northwest Arkansas.
More detailed information will appear in our February issue. In the meantime, you can contact instructor Nancy Pierson or Karin Twohig or click on the "Associate Instructor Training" link in the CE section of our regular "Upcoming modules and continuing education classes" feature, below. You can also use the Find a Class feature on our website, as described in that same feature.
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Business Skills for a Successful Bowenwork Practice
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This new self-paced 30-hour online class is designed for students working toward certification as Professional Bowenwork Practitioners who cannot otherwise meet the Academy's certification requirement of at least 24 hours of business education.
The class provides guidelines for understanding the legal responsibilities and professional standards of practice for providers of healthcare services. And it provides resources and tools for developing marketing and other business skills needed to build and manage a profitable Bowenwork practice. Aimed primarily at practitioners who intend to establish their own Bowenwork business, it also covers the logistics involved in common business practices and provides resources for determining the business requirements in the practitioner's locale, so as to facilitate the start of a profitable career as a Professional Bowenwork Practitioner.
For more details, click here.
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Rescheduled: Ruth Werner's online Pathology 2020 class
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Enrollment is now open for Ruth Werner's 2020 Pathology Online class, which will run from May 3 through December 20, 2020.
American Bowen Academy highly recommends this class to enrich Bowenwork practitioners' understanding of its emphasis on critical thinking and practical application. understanding of their clients' health conditions so as to make informed, clinically-based decisions for applying Bowenwork procedures.
Completion earns 60 hours toward the Academy's 500-hour certification and 16 hours toward our biennial 32-hour continuing education requirement. NCBTMB also recognizes this class for 60 hours of continuing education credit, and it would fulfill the requirements of some states that all bodywork practitioners have training in pathology.
Prerequisites:
- completion of 120 hours of instruction in Anatomy and Physiology
- use of A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology, 7th edition
The feedback we have received about Pathology Online is that it is well worth the investment of money ($500 plus cost of textbook), time and effort.
The class syllabus and outline contain additional information about the aims, specific learning outcomes and details of each week's assignments. To read it, click here.
Please direct any questions to Ruth at rthwrnr@gmail.com.
To enroll, click here.
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Our whole-hearted congratulations, for earning their Professional Bowenwork Practitioner certificates in December, go to:
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| Mary Dee Hanson, NH | Level I Certificate | | Julie Mohler, UT | Level I Certificate |
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Upcoming modules and continuing education classes
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What follows is a guide to all classes posted on our website as of January 12th. Since classes can be added, rescheduled or deleted at any time, be sure to check current listings with our Find a Class search tool.
Each module listed is followed by the number of such classes currently scheduled; the prerequisites, shown as (M#), where # = the required module number; and the two-letter abbreviation of each state in which at least one class is currently scheduled, listed from soonest to farthest away.
For January classes, which will begin before the "22 days prior" date at which the tuition surcharge kicks in, it is possible that some instructors might be willing to waive the surcharge.
Underlined blue links take you to detailed class descriptions for all modules and Focused Studies classes. When you click on one of those links, a .pdf file describing the class(es) will open in another window; the window displaying this newsletter will remain exactly as it is.
To register into a class will require another step, you will first have to search for it on our website; that process is described below, beginning with "To search . . . "
Modules 1-7
In case you are not already in an ongoing group . . . or want to encourage someone else to start learning Bowenwork . . . or need to meet your "CE hours due" requirement. (Repeating a class
you've already taken confers a 20% discount.)
12 Module 1: CA, MI, PA, WA, MT, OR(2), AR, NH, HI(2), NM
12 Module 2 (M1): CA, MI, MT, OR(2), AR, WA, NH, PA, HI(2), NM
13 Module 3 (M2): VA, NH(3), MI, AR, WA, CA, WI, PA, HI(2), OR
9 Module 4 (M3): NH(3), VA, MI, CA, WA, HI, PA
7 Module 5 (M4): OR, HI(2), MI, PA, WA, CA
6 Module 6 (M5):OR, HI(2), MI, CA, WA
5 Module 7 (M6)*: UT, MI, AR, OR, HI
*Note: to sit for Module 7, you also need proof of having completed all of the prerequisites and the approval of your Mod 6 instructor.
Click here for details about Modules 1 through 7.
Click here for details about Modules 8 through 12.
Online classes that count toward certification
These online classes can be taken at any time. Certified practitioners can use these classes as well, toward their continuing education requirement:
Anatomy and Physiology for Bowenworkers
Business Skills for a Successful Bowenwork Practice
Ethics for the Bowenwork Practitioner
Workplace Hygiene, Health, and Safety
Continuing education classes
These classes are counted toward your continuing education requirement, ensuring that you will be included in the results of practitioner searches -- not only by prospective clients but also by colleagues around the world wishing to refer people to Bowenwork in your area. These classes cover a wide range of perspectives and conditions so that you can refine your Bowenwork skills and understanding.
6 Module 8 (M7): UT, CA, OR, CA, MI, HI
6 SP1-Mod 9(M8) or Mod 10(M9), 30 log hrs, PBP certificate, current CPR): CA, OR, MI, UT, AZ, HI
3 SP2-Mod 11 (M10) or Mod 12 (M11), 30 log hrs, current CPR): OR, MI, AZ
1 Associate Instructor Training (M9, Approved application): AR
1 Bowenwork for People Living with Cancer (M1): CA
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Dynamic Fascial Assessment (M9): AZ
1 Pathology Online -6o hours (M1, A&P): Online
1 Practitioner Days A&B (M7): AR
1 Visual and Manual Assessment for Bowenworkers (M6): CA
To search for any particular class, select it from the drop-down menu in our Find a Class search tool. (If you wish to limit your search to a particular state, select the state from the pull-down menu. Do not filter further. If more then one such class is available, both or all of them will show up in the search results.
If your open-ended search comes up empty, feel free to contact the instructor. It is possible that s/he is almost ready to schedule the class and is waiting for additional information about student preferences before deciding on the dates. In that case, hearing from you might be just what's needed to add the class to the calendar.
To register into a specific class, click on its name in the search results and complete the application form that opens. The instructor will get back to you quickly.
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Academy products for sale
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American Bowen Academy offers books, and professionally produced brochures.
CLICK HERE to purchase products. (Note that you will need to log in to get to that page.)
Bowtech Ease and Bexter Soda Crystals (equivalent to 'Lectric Soda) are available from Ruth Montgomery. Send inquiries to rmAcademybw@gmail.com or text (928) 499-4004.
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