Continuing Education Unit Workshops
What is Mind Body Bowen?
The Mind Body Bowen workshops are now taught by Margaret Spicer, co-creator of Mind Body Bowen (MBB) and developer of the MBB Workshops and Vianne MacBeth, an experienced MBB practitioner. Both are Bowtech Senior Instructors.
The Mind Body Bowen Workshop - this ‘foundation’ workshop encourages engagement with the somatic intelligence of the body to support and assist the healing process.
It explores:
Bowenwork links with the field of Mind Body healing, the ‘when less is best’ principle, priorities for treatment, components and post-traumatic stress aspects. Addressing links to the subtle anatomy of the body (e.g. muscle/meridian correspondences) the holistic nature Bowen therapy linking the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual can be explored.
Utilising Mind Body Bowen, a client’s session is individualised for them.
Please note that while Mind Body Bowen is not part of the nationally recognised training, it is Bowtech-accredited and eligible for Continuing Education points with Bowen Association Australia (BAA), Bowen Therapy Federation Australasia (BTFA), Bowtech (BTAA) & Australian Traditional Medicine Society (ATMS)
What is Mind Body Bowen in Practice?
Mind Body Bowen in Practice explores how Bowen Therapy directly connects to our clients’ ‘inner doctor’ or ‘felt’/interoceptive sense. It explores in-depth how Bowen moves can affect our clients physically, emotionally, and mentally.
This hands-on workshop with Margaret Spicer and Vianne MacBeth teaches new skills to help us assess the impact of our Bowen moves for better treatment.
Mind Body Bowen in Practice, a stand alone workshop, does complement the Mind Body Bowen work and is appropriate for all Bowen Therapists after Module 7 and pre or post the Mind Body Bowen Workshop.
The Mind Body Bowen in Practice Workshop explores:
Additional assessment skills using the ‘felt sense’ or interoceptive component of the body
Muscle/meridian and element analysis to plan targeted treatments for clients
Bowen moves in depth, including tensions related to emotional and mental stressors
All Module 1-7 procedures. (Diploma and SP2 procedures will be discussed with students who have completed these.)
Utilising either Mind Body Bowen or Mind Body Bowen in Practice workshop material, a client’s session is individualised for them.
Please note that while Mind Body Bowen and Bowen in Practice are not part of the nationally recognised training, they are Bowtech-accredited and eligible for Continuing Education points with Bowen Association Australia.
Current Mind Body Bowen Workshops
Australia 2026
Mandurah WA: February 21-22, 2026
Brisbane QLD: May 30-31, 2026
International 2026
The Mind Body Bowen 2026 International programme is currently being finalised - check back here at a later date.
If you would like a workshop to be scheduled in your particular area / country, please contact me here.
Current Mind Body Bowen in Practice
Australia 2026
Adelaide SA: March 14-15, 2026
Melbourne VIC: July 25-26, 2026
Sydney NSW: August 22-23, 2026
Mandurah WA: Oct 31 - Nov 1, 2026
Brisbane QLD: November 7-8, 2026
If you would like to co-ordinate a workshop in your state or area contact me here. Further details and course outlines available.
Learn Mind Body Bowen
Both Mind Body Bowen Connect workshops (see below) are 2 day workshops and are ‘practical hands-on’ with full involvement of participants as they directly experience all aspects from both a client and practitioner perspective. Interspersed with the practical work will be short sessions to introduce theoretical aspects, together with time allocated for further discussion, feedback and review.
Workshop notes are supplied.
Bowtech/BAA CEU’s: 16 hours - Now also CPE’s with BTFA & ATMS
1: The Mind Body Bowen Workshop
Explore and experience:
How sensations as the language of the body indicate priorities for treatment and causative components
Bowen links with the field of mind body healing | Bowenwork and post traumatic stress | The ‘when less is best’ principle | The purity and depth of each Bowen move
Links between the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual as they relate to the holistic nature of Bowen therapy
Links to the subtle anatomy of the body, muscle / meridian links
Throughout the workshop the following will be addressed in relation to a Bowenwork session:
Body ‘Memory’ relating to sensation, tension, contraction and armouring.
‘Only when muscle tensions and armouring release can a state of wellbeing and relaxation follow.’
Innate Self-Healing Intelligence which uses signs and symptoms as a means of communication and provides access to ‘cause’
The ‘felt sense’ related to awareness and its role in release of post traumatic stress
Direct links via the sensations to the subtle anatomy of the body, including energy flows, meridians, muscle / meridian links
The enduring effects of birth trauma including prenatal and post birth issues. Working with babies and children, plus adults with residual associated physical, emotional and behavioural patterns will be explored.
The importance and relevance of the practitioner component in practice, including: intention, provision of a ‘safe’ environment, ethical and safety aspects, plus networking and further resources.
2: The Mind Body Bowen in Practice Workshop
With an emphasis on engaging, supporting and assisting the ‘inner doctor’ by reading and understanding the body’s signals.
Explore and experience
working with Bowen in a wholistic manner - with special emphasis on the nervous system
vitality, fatigue and ‘burn out’ aspects
wellness aspects & becoming ‘grounded’, ‘integrated’, ‘embodied
the various body systems and associated disorders e.g. GIT, reproductive, respiratory etc. systems, their muscle and reflex links for additional procedure selections
stress management including its implication in chronic conditions
This practical hands-on workshop includes, to enhance a practitioner’s skills
an in-depth look holistic exploration of Bowen moves and procedures
an opportunity to look at a client’s chronic or recurring problems in a new light
additional assessment skills utilising the ‘felt sense’ or interoceptive component of the body
element & muscle / meridian analysis to identify and plan targetted treatments for clients
will encourage practitioners to explore each move / procedure in-depth including tensions related to emotional and mental stressors
appropriate after session care / rehabilitation is explored
Margaret Spicer
Having been a Bowen practitioner for more than 25 years and a passionate Bowenwork Instructor since 2000, Margaret describes her own personal journey with Bowen as inspiring.
In the classroom, Margaret aims for a friendly and supportive classroom experience for the student and is deeply committed to encouraging both new students and experienced practitioners to realize their full potential as a Bowen practitioner.
Having always had a great interest in the philosophies and practice of natural healing including mind body integration and the innate intelligence of the body, Margaret brings her own personal and over 25 years clinical practice experience to the fore to encourage others to explore Bowenwork in-depth.
Margaret was instrumental in co-creating Mind Body Bowen with fellow Instructor, Anne Schubert and co-developing the Mind Body Bowen ‘foundation’ workshop. This continually evolving workshop, which explores Bowen links with mind body healing and holistic health has been taken by practitioners for continuing education around Australasia since 2002 and to Europe and North America since 2004.
With the explosion of knowledge in the mind body field, the new Mind Body Bowen in Practice workshop journeys further into Bowen therapy’s potential and has been available since 2023.
With a background originally as a pharmacist, then a naturopath with over 25 years involvement in Natural Therapies and a successful clinical practice in Sydney, she brings an in-depth knowledge and a wealth of experience to each class.
Over that period, she has also lectured in various disciplines at major NSW colleges including Nature Care College, Sydney and spoken at many national and international conferences. She draws her experience from a wide range of modalities including, bodywork, naturopathy, herbal medicine, meditation, homoeopathy and vibrational therapies, including energetic and spiritual healing.
