Andrea Edwards Bowen Technique & Spinal Touch Therapy Taunton

06/08/2026

Have a break from life, have a Bowen Technique treatment ☺️

05/07/2026

Your nervous system is constantly doing three things:

✨ Receiving input
✨ Processing information
✨ Generating response

Most of this happens automatically, without conscious awareness.

This is why pauses are included between moves — to allow time for observation of change and system response.

It’s less about what is done in a moment, and more about what your system does with it.

24/06/2026

Another of the beautiful roses in the garden 🌹

21/06/2026

And rela###x😴 💤

10/06/2026

Many people expect bodywork to be about “doing more.”

More pressure. More intensity. More input.

Bowen Therapy is described differently by practitioners.
Not because less is being done, but because the focus shifts.

From force → to information.
From intensity → to response.
From doing → to observing.

In Bowen Therapy, less is more — and what matters is how closely the practitioner observes the body’s response.

04/06/2026

Meet Tom Bowen who discovered Bowen Therapy and brought us this miraculous therapy to help so many issues.

31/05/2026

"We may have a block of suffering, pain, sorrow, or despair in us; it’s like a toxin in our consciousness. We call this an internal formation or internal knot. Embracing our pain and sorrow with the energy of mindfulness is the practice of massaging our consciousness. When the blood doesn’t circulate well, our organs can’t function properly, and we get sick. When our psyche doesn’t circulate well, our mind will become sick. Mindfulness stimulates and accelerates circulation throughout blocks of pain."
-Thich Nhat Hanh (Reconciliation)

31/05/2026

My beautiful tropical scented rose has started flowering. It has the scent of mango 🥭 🌹

21/05/2026

The Mind-Skin Connection Functional Dermatologists Are Watching

The brain and skin are derived from the same embryonic tissue layer, which is why stress, anxiety, and unresolved trauma can sometimes show up on the skin. Functional dermatologist Dr. Keira Barr highlights psychodermatology, the study of how emotional, gut, and dietary factors shape skin conditions, as a more complete framework for understanding chronic skin issues.

Linoleic acid from vegetable and seed oils is highly susceptible to oxidation from ultraviolet radiation and may make skin more vulnerable to inflammation, DNA damage, and sunburn. Even conditions like prurigo nodularis have been linked to oxalate overload and gut microbiome disruption.

18/05/2026

Very true

For years, we’ve heard “sitting is the new smoking.”

But the reality is more nuanced.

Sitting for long periods can contribute to tension in the neck, shoulders, and lower back.

Standing all day can lead to fatigue, pressure through the feet, and strain up the chain.

The common factor?

Too much time in one position.

The body is designed for variation.

Movement.

Adaptation.

Bowen Therapy works with this idea — recognising that discomfort often reflects patterns built over time, not just a single posture.

Because it’s not just what you do.

It’s how long you stay there.

Source: Research by Alejandro J. Almenar Arasanz & Marta Diarte Oliva, Universidad San Jorge (via ScienceAlert)