Balance with Bowenwork & Resonance Repatterning

06/11/2026

The sphenoid and pelvis mirror each other more than most people realize.

Both have a central ‘body’ with wing-like expansions, both function as structural keystones, and both anchor major myofascial and ligamentous systems.

Because their shapes — and roles — parallel each other, rotation or tension in one region can echo through the dural, fascial, and CNS pathways to influence the other.

In PT, we don’t just treat what hurts. We treat the patterns — and these two structures often share the same story.

06/10/2026

THE PSOAS IS RARELY JUST A HIP FLEXOR

A therapist recently asked me:

“Why does this client’s psoas keep tightening again?”

It’s a good question.

But perhaps not the most useful one.

Because before asking why the psoas is tight, we might first ask:

What is the psoas responding to?

The breath?

The diaphragm?

The pelvic floor?

The jaw?

The nervous system?

The body rarely works in isolated parts.

A muscle that appears to be the problem may simply be participating in a much larger conversation.

This is where many therapists become frustrated.

The treatment works.

The symptom improves.

Yet somehow the pattern returns.

Not because the technique was wrong.

But because the body may have been adapting to something that was never recognised.

The real skill is not always knowing what to treat.

It is learning how to observe.

How to recognise patterns.

How to identify where the body is asking for change.

And how to work with the body rather than against it.

This shift in thinking transformed the way I work.

Instead of asking:

“What’s tight?”

I became more interested in:

“What is this body trying to achieve?”

Often the answer is very different.

And often the results become more lasting.

This fascination with patterns, fascia, TMJ, breathing, the vagus nerve and whole-body relationships led me to create a new guide for therapists:

Working With The Nervous System

A Therapist’s Guide to Fascia, TMJ, the Vagus Nerve and the Nervous system.

FREE copy here on my site: https://jacquihoitingh.com/training-page -guide-to-fascia

06/10/2026

When we realize our life is a shared experience, that we are part of the interconnected web of life, we begin to open to the mystery and the reality of who we are. It’s true, this world is actually breathing you. We can feel this when we drop our habitual sense of self and come back into the present moment, to our ground of being, which is loving awareness. 🌳

🌲✨💚

06/09/2026

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.

06/09/2026

Pain has a way of demanding attention.

But as practitioners, we know that what draws attention first isn't always what provides the most useful information.

The body adapts, compensates, and reorganises continuously.

Sometimes the bigger picture reveals more than the obvious starting point.

06/09/2026

Just because change isn’t immediately visible doesn’t mean nothing is occurring.

The nervous system is constantly receiving and adjusting.

Fascia is constantly responding to load and tension.

Some of the most important shifts may happen before anything can be seen or felt clearly.

Bowen Therapy works within that space between input and obvious change.

06/09/2026

06/09/2026