Somalign® Bowen Therapy & Bodywork
Learn Bowen Therapy & Bodywork for the nervous system.
A gentle, hands-on method for calming stressed bodies and helping people let go of what they're holding. Taught online by Bronson Bertschinger, after 30 years with Bowen.
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Why Somalign® Bowen
Bowen was never meant to be a formula.
Tom Bowen worked by feel, reading each body as it came.
Most Bowen today is taught as a rigid formula. Do the moves in order, wait the set time, and don't break the method. The intuition gets left out.
I was taught the other way. My teacher, Robert Haines, grew up around Tom Bowen and knows his family. He trained with the people who watched Tom work, and he taught me to feel my way through a treatment, not just follow steps.
That's what I want to pass on.
What makes this Bowen different
One
Nervous system first.
Every move is chosen to bring the body out of fight or flight. When the system settles, the body does its own work.
Two
Emotional release, held properly.
Clients cry. They shake. They go very still. You'll know what's happening and how to stay steady while it does.
Three
Intuition, not just a system.
You'll learn the procedures properly. Then you'll learn when to wait, when to keep going, and how to read what the body is asking for.
Where this comes from
Thirty years in the making.
Robert taught me everything he knew, and we started this together.
For the last ten years I've carried it on, refining it through my own work with clients and students.
My foundation was never structure. It was emotional release and deep relaxation. I only came to believe in Bowen because of what I saw it do when someone finally lets go. That's what this Bowen is built around. It's for the person on the table who's carrying more than a sore back.
The course
What you'll learn
More than 50 Bowen procedures, filmed move by move
The confidence to trust your intuition and treat each person as you feel fit, instead of following a rigid sequence
Working with and without the wait time
Reading tissue, and reading the nervous system
Using breath to help the body release
Holding emotional release safely
The consultation, and what to say before you touch anyone
Taking people on a healing journey with regular sessions, not just one-off treatments for a sore back
Finding your authentic niche, built from your own lived experience
The Practitioner OS: the confidence to build a practice from home, starting from what you've lived through
Keeping your own nervous system safe while you treat, talk to clients and put yourself out there, so you don't burn out
What sets you apart
Don't just become another Bowen therapist.
Most courses teach you the moves and a sequence to follow. That's where they stop. Three things will set you apart from almost everyone else doing this work.
One
Learn to work intuitively.
Most Bowen practitioners are taught one way to work and told never to break it. You'll learn the procedures properly, then learn to trust what your hands are telling you.
Work with and without the wait time. Most people are taught they always have to wait. Some bodies need the space. Some need you to keep going.
Read the body and feel what it needs. Not a script. Not a sequence. The person in front of you.
Move from your whole body. Every move comes from your body, not just your fingers, so it's more connected and the person on the table feels it.
Two
Find your people.
Most people finish a course with a certificate and no idea who they're for. Then they wait for clients who never turn up.
You'll work out who you actually want to work with, and how you want to work, using your own lived experience. Mums running on empty. Tradies whose backs won't settle. People coming out of grief.
And you'll do it authentically. No trying to be something you're not, or sounding like every other practitioner. Just you, working the way that feels right.
When you know who you're for, the confidence follows. So do the clients.
Three
Build the confidence first.
Most people take course after course, waiting to feel ready. The confidence never lands, because it was never going to come from another certificate.
Inside the course is the Practitioner OS, a full section with its own book and six videos. It's how you operate on the inside, built from what you've lived through.
Clear the doubt. Training teaches you to doubt what you already know. You'll get honest about where that came from and put it down.
Feel safe being seen. Your nervous system needs to feel safe wherever you are in this work. Treating, talking to clients, putting yourself out there. That's how you avoid burnout.
A foundation that holds. When the inside is settled, your offer, your content and your conversations get simple, and they stay that way.
The skill is the easy part. This is the part that gets you working.
This is for you if
You're a massage therapist, yoga teacher or bodyworker who wants to go deeper.
You've learned Bowen before and want the nervous system and emotional side.
You want to look after your own family with it.
Ways to learn
Start where you are.
Yearly
Somalign® Bowen Online
The full video library. Every procedure, every module, for twelve months. Renew if you want to keep it.
US$197 a year
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Lifetime Access
Everything in the library, yours for good. Pay once and come back to it whenever you need it.
US$497 once
Qualify with me
Get Qualified
Work with me directly. Lifetime library access, mentoring, 25 documented treatments reviewed, a final assessment and your Somalign Bowen Therapy qualification. Graduates can apply for IICT membership and insurance.
By application
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Qualify in Bowen Therapy and work in over 35 countries.
Earn your Somalign® Bowen Therapy Diploma and you can apply for membership and insurance through the IICT, so you can practise in over 35 countries around the world.
You work with me directly. All of your mentoring comes from me, the founder of Somalign, not someone else on my team.
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Australia and New Zealand
Australia
New Zealand
North America
Canada
United States
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Guernsey
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Italy
Jersey
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Countries covered by IICT membership and insurance. Source: IICT country list.
Your teacher
Bronson Bertschinger
I've been receiving regular Bowen Therapy since my teens, and I'm now 52. I've been teaching since 2011, and I've been fortunate to train Bowen practitioners from all over the world.
What I care about is simple. Helping people feel as good as they possibly can in their body, and showing them how good life is with Bowen Therapy in it.
Student stories
From the people I’ve taught.
Some trained with me years ago, some recently. Here’s what they say, in their own words.
Client stories
From the people I treat.
Messages, reviews and videos from people I’ve worked on.
Questions
Before you start
Can you really learn Bowen online?
Yes. You can learn the moves, the sequences and the thinking online, and it's close to how Bowen was first passed on. Tom Bowen never ran a course or wrote a book. He let people watch him work, and they became known as the Bowen watchers. Online you learn the same way, by watching, except you can pause, rewind and see the same move as many times as you need. The books come with detailed illustrations and guidance for every procedure. And if you want mentoring along the way, I'm right here.
Do I need experience?
No. In some ways, less is better. Other training can leave habits that are hard to undo. Massage therapists used to deep tissue work, for example, often find it hard to soften their touch to the lightness Bowen asks for. Anyone can learn Bowen Therapy, including people with no background in anatomy and physiology. Many of my students use it to look after their families without ever learning detailed anatomy.
How long does it take?
It depends on how much time you put in. Some students work through the course in around three months. Others take a few years and come back to it as they go. Both are fine, and lifetime access means there's no rush. If you want to qualify, the Somalign® Bowen Therapy Diploma with me runs over four months.
Can I use it on my family?
Yes. A lot of students start there.
How is this different from other Bowen?
The focus. Most Bowen is taught for structure and pain. This is taught for the nervous system and emotional release. We also teach you to work intuitively. Tom Bowen had no formal education. He worked by feel, reading each body and the energy moving through it. We help you develop that same sensitivity, so you feel more in the body than most practitioners are ever trained to.
Is the qualification recognised?
Yes. Graduates of the Somalign® Bowen Therapy Diploma can apply for membership and insurance with the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT), which covers practitioners in over 35 countries across Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe. See the IICT listing for the Somalign® Bowen Therapy Diploma and the full country list.
Yearly or lifetime?
Same library either way. Yearly suits you if you want to try it first. Lifetime means you pay once and never pay again.
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