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Registered Bowen Technique Practitioner

Esther's career began with an interest in the outdoors, the sciences and a desire to support people who had visual impairment. At this time she lived only two miles from the country's only Royal National Institute for the Blind Boarding School. Her intention was to become a Horticultural Therapist, using sensory outdoor classrooms to benefit child and adult learners alike. A lower back injury as young adult meant that the physical demands of a truly outdoor life became less available. Esther’s flair for design and Horticultural qualifications took her into the Architectural industry. Here she worked in Landscape Architecture teams designing School Campuses with a professional interest in accessible design and equality for all users. It was whilst working as an Environmental Consultant, that the 2007 UK recession gave Esther the opportunity she had longed for: the ability to get out from behind her computer and rediscover her lifelong joy for working directly with people again, in an empowering and supportive capacity.

Esther initially spent some time in the NHS and soon found herself as a senior supervisor to ten residential adults with profound physical and learning disabilities.
It was during a pivotal conversation with an Occupational Therapist about the needs of a resident that Esther began researching pain-relieving therapies. On finding The Bowen

Technique she quickly decided to try its reported benefits for herself. After twelve years of chronic lower back pain and a full recovery after only five treatments, she soon decided to retrain with the highly regarded European College of Bowen Studies. The last 3 years has seen Esther’s practice grow steadily on reputation alone. Due to the efficacy of the Bowen Technique, Esther was contacted for treatment through word of mouth before she had qualified and she subsequently practiced under her student licence from 2010.

Esther attributes this success to the relaxing, pain-free nature of the precise physical movements used in the treatment. She says the experience of her own chronic back injury still connects her with the initial pain of her clients presenting conditions and gives her the continued passion to offer help. Esther also draws on her experience in a pressurised career when supporting those who are looking for therapy during stressful life experiences and the physical and emotional symptoms it may bring. In addition, Esther’s work supporting people with severe learning disabilities means she regularly treats people for whom access to a suitable therapist can be otherwise be difficult. Esther maintains two different treatment rooms and The Trinity Centre in Meole Village is particularly suitable for those wishing to receive therapy in a calming and non-clinical environment. Esther says;

"People invite me into a very personal space when they describe their symptoms or pain and I see their whole lives change when it is no longer part of them. Hearing that my clients are feeling better in every respect, is a true privilege. Everyday is completely different: this morning I will be seeing a retired gentleman looking to recover after a bicycle injury, a runner with lower back pain, a lady suffering with painful IBS and a mum and baby needing pain relief following a difficult birth and Colic respectively. " 2011