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BOWEN GIFT CARDS FOR CHRISTMAS

11/30/2014

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What to give  a friend or relative an unusual gift? - one that will have long lasting benefits to their wellbeing - Why not consider a Bowen Gift Card - redeemable any time over the next 12 months.  I offer these for £40 for an hours treatment session.  It could be used to address a specific condition,  their overall general wellness, or simply as a pamper session, inducing a deep sense of relaxation.  E-mail or ring me to arrange delivery /collection.

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BOWEN GIFT CARDS

11/30/2014

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Speedwell Trust Lecture 12/11/14

11/17/2014

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PictureDr Paul Clayton
This month’s Speedwell Trust Lecture at the Templeton College Oxford was given by Dr Paul Clayton and entitled “How to Grow Old and Stay Young"

He is previous Chair of the Forum on Food and Health at the Royal Society of Medicine and a former Senior Scientific Advisor to the UK government's Committee on the Safety of Medicines. He has worked with leading doctors and clinical scientists at centres of clinical expertise in the UK and abroad, and trained the pharmacists in Britain's largest chemist chain in preventative nutrition. He is now a consultant to several well-known international companies.

Dr Clayton designs clinical trials for nutritional therapies at leading teaching hospitals and lectures widely on nutrition and health. He has directed TV and radio programmes on health issues, and written extensively on these topics. He  has recently been appointed as Research Director of Medical Nutrition Matters, a post-graduate course in Oxford registered with, and approved by the BMA. Its function is to teach nutrition to GPs and other health care providers.

Dr Clayton belief is possible to stay healthy into ripe old age and to prevent, stabilise and even perhaps to reverse, many of the chronic degenerative diseases.

Underpinning all his  research and advice is this simple fact. Given the right nutrition and lifestyle, our bodies have amazing powers of self-healing and regeneration. Every cell and tissue in your body breaks down and is replaced on a regular basis. Bone is re-absorbed into the body and then renewed, cartilage in joints experiences wear and tear but is renewed, membranes of nerve and other cells are broken down and replaced. (Stephen Ludbrook’s comment _The bodies ability to heal is the basic  concept that allows Bowen Therapy to be so effective)

Chronic inflammation is now acknowledged in the scientific and medical press as a key underlying cause, not just of ageing, but of almost all the so-called age-related diseases – heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, dementia, arthritis, sexual dysfunction, hypertension and some cancers.

No wonder that a paper published by the US National Institutes of Health in 2010 called chronic inflammation “a unified theory of diseases”.

Yet you may never have heard of this type of internal inflammation. It builds up gradually and is difficult to detect.

Chronic inflammation is therefore largely unrecognised as such a serious threat by the general public. Until — too late — it manifests itself as a potentially fatal and always debilitating degenerative disease. Yet many experts now believe it’s a bigger risk marker than cholesterol, and that reducing inflammation can deliver more health benefits than statins.



Further salient points he raised were :

  1. Contrary to public belief, people are not living longer than they did in late Victorian times – due to the lack of nutrients, the low ratio  of  omega 3 : omega 6 consumption, lack of exercise,  and sedentary lifestyle and resulting obesity.  There are a lot more people now of course so the number living long lives has increased – but not at the same rate as the population increase.

  2. The average IQ is reducing

  

American Adults:-

  • represent 5% of world’s population but consume 53% of Pharmaceutical drugs

  • 70% of American adults are on permanent Medication

  • 80% take regular pain killers.

  • Live 5 years less than Japanese although the pharmaceutical budget is double

 

Diet, hydration, exercise are all key issues if you want to live long and prosper. Avoid table salt, 

 

I would suggest that Dr Claytons Free newsletter is a worthy technical view of a wide range of medical issues. – and can be found via  his website –“Newsletter”   tab . He is also to be  found on youtube.  


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Bowen Therapy at Sulgrave Manor, Oxfordshire - 15th Nov 2014

11/6/2014

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PictureSulgrave Manor -Oxfordshire OX17 2SD
I will be offering Bowen Sessions at a Holistic Fayre being held at Sulgrave Manor, Oxfordshire (Near Banbury) on Saturday 15 Nov between 10-4pm.

Sulgrave  Manor was Built by Lawrence Washington, the 5 times grand father of George Washington and is generally open to the public throughout the summer.  For location and other details of the fayre and the Manor see the link below. 
http://www.sulgravemanor.org.uk/pages/30/the_house_through_the_centuries.asp

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Food Preperation and Nutrition  - Lecture on 23 Oct 14

11/6/2014

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PictureProfessor Neil Ward
On  Wednesday 23 Oct I attended a Speedwell Trust talk at the Templeton College. Oxford, where Dr Neil Ward, Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Surrey University gave an interesting talk entitled "Food Preparation – Impact on nutritional quality and health.”

He commenced by saying food preservastion techniques commenced  thousands of years ago when meat was preserved by salt – but over the last 60 years the preservation  process has changed out of all recognition – mainly originating from  the need to feed soldiers on the battlefields and NASA's  quest for providing food for Astronaughts. 

The lecture progressed to talk about talked about the nutritional value of foods, cooked, and preserved by  a variety of methods.

Preservatives and colour additives  were also discussed in this age of Convenient fast foods. 
Left with a feeling of what are the people of the western world  doing to ourselves and  why is it so difficult to get young people to realise just  how harmful their quest for convenience foods really is  

The importance of Hydation was once more emphasised. (see earlier post dated -----below).  He insists that all student  bring water to the lecture theatre at his presentations

Food contamination was an area of particular intereset to the Professors work.  He has been studying the amount of arsenic appearing in water from volcanic locations-particularly south America- Herec washing food in water is shown to further increase the arsenic content

Lead pollution from fieldfs close to motorways has left a lead risdual in the soil which is still being taken up by plants.

Stephen Ludbrook 01993 898693




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  • Bowen
  • Can Bowen Help?
  • What is Bowen Therapy
    • 1) Holistic
    • 2) Pain Relief Technique
    • 3) Gentle & Light Touch
    • 4) Stress Reducing
    • 5) Safe
    • 6) Natural Healing
    • 7) Non Invasive
    • 8) Has Australian Orogins
    • 9) Body Rebalancing
    • 10) A Minimal Technique
  • Why Try Bowen
    • 1) Relaxing
    • 2) Its Enjoyable
    • 3) Simple to Receive
    • Testimonials
    • 4) Non Manipulative
    • 5) Gentle -No Forced Moves
    • 6) Suitable for All Ages
    • 7) Improves Posture
    • 8) Long Lasting Results
    • 9) Complementary with Medication
    • 10) Cost Effective
  • Bowen Blog
  • Frequent Questions
    • 1) What is the hardest thing to appreciate about Bowen
    • 2) How long is a Typical Treatment Session
    • 3) Why are there "Pauses" during a Session
    • 4) How many Treatment sessions will be required
    • 5) What is the Time period between Sessions
    • 6) Why is Drinking Water Important
  • e-mail Contact
  • Personal Details
  • Clinic Details
  • Pictures
  • Data Protection Policy
  • Clinic Testimonials
  • Testimonials
    • 1a) Back Issue {I}
    • 1b) Back Issues {II}
    • 2) Neck
    • 3) Shoulder
    • 4) Sciatica
    • 5) Knee & Ankle
    • 6) Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
    • 7) Anxiety and Insommnia
    • 8) Fibromyalgia
    • 9) Arthritus
    • 10) myotonic dystrophy