Hello, I’m Sonia Barton and my Passion and Love is working as a Bowen Specialist in Northern Rivers area, with clinics in Nimbin, and Murwillumbah. I am one of the 4% of the population who love their job! I also work in Sydney 5 times a year in Neutral Bay.
I can help you with pain relief, body realignment, stress management, migraines and headaches and much more.
I work in Nimbin at the Apothecary, 54 Cullen Street, Saturdays 9.00am to 4.00pm.
After training in the Bowen Technique with the European College of Bowen Studies in 2001, in the UK, I then qualified in 2002 in NST (Neurostructural Integration Technique). I ran my own therapy clinic in Oxford, UK for three years before I emigrated to Australia in 2003. I am lucky to live and work in such a beautiful area of NSW and moved up from Sydney’s northern beaches 5 years ago. I am a member of the Bowen Therapists Federation of Australia (BTFA) and was Chairman of the Association for three years and on the BTFA committee for six years.
My first encounter with the Bowen Technique was having three sessions after a car accident which created a bad whiplash injury and back pain and misaligned pelvis. I have to admit that I couldn’t understand how doing so little body work could have such a deep impact on my body. It impressed me so much that I decided to train as a practitioner.
You will probably find that most practitioners are people who have recovered from injury after receiving Bowen therapy. Although I have extensive background with various physical therapies and hands-on modalities, the Bowen Technique and NST have radically influenced my therapeutic approach and together they are the major therapeutic tools that I use in my clinic. I am also qualified in the Emmett Technique, which blends in perfectly with Bowen or can be used as a therapy in itself. It is a gentle physical release of muscle groups whilst using a verbal approach to create attitude change. The sequence of muscle activation points can unlock muscle memory. The results can be dramatic even for first time clients.
