Product Details

• Actors: Cindi Nand
• Directors: Gerri Shapiro MS Ed.
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, Dubbed, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 2002
• Run Time: 75 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0971760209
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,975 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

Editorial Reviews

About.com - Holistic Healing, October 2, 2002
Very simple to follow. I appreciated the easy-to-understand instructions and demonstrations of muscle movements. Great for beginners.

Product Description
Learn how to achieve fast, long-lasting relief from back pain, sciatica, headaches, joint pain and stress with the revolutionary Bowen Technique. Take charge of your own healing with this self-help video, beautifully filmed in Maui, Hawaii, with lush tropical backgrounds and music. Gerri Shapiro, a leading international health educator and Bowen practitioner, teaches you this gentle, painless, easy-to learn technique for getting rid of pain. Packed with practical advice, hands-on demonstrations and clear explanations, this video is perfect for the beginner. A wonderful healing tool you can use right away.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only Gives You About 20% Of The Full Treatment System!!!, December 16, 2004

By	B. Hart "Blhart" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using the Bowen Therapy system for 1-½ years now and I can say that it is defiantly a great technique. I am a licensed soft tissue therapist so I have the opportunity to use it quite frequently. It is well worth learning. However, I was hopping to use the video as a training tool and refresher for the Bowen system but it only presents the first 3 basic moves (low back, upper back & neck). This represents about 20% of the full system. If you were going to treat someone with low back pain you would want to know the other moves that can effect the low back. You may give the treatment to a friend or loved one and not get the response that you were looking for because their back pain may involve the pelvis, hamstrings, knee, feet, etc. and you do not get these treatment moves in this video. Just be aware that there is a lot more to Bowen Therapy then is in this video.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fibromyalgia Relief!!!, June 19, 2003

By	Deborah T. (Georgia, USA) - See all my reviews

Right after I received the tape, my husband and I tried it. He followed along step by step. Gerri made it very simple, as he has NO MASSAGE EXPERIENCE. I was a little scared, so I began to pray and stuck it out. I did as the rest of tape prescribed and went to bed, but without my heating pad and warm rice bag.

The next day I woke up feeling rather strange and prickly all over, like when your foot falls asleep. I drank my water but forced myself to keep moving unless it got painful. Day two, I was mobile like I haven't been in 3 years! Well except for early morning stiffness, which leaves sooner than it used to, I am feeling great! I have had 3 sessions now. Each time during the session there is pain, but thanks to God, to Tom Bowen, to Gerri Shapiro and to my sweet fumbling husband, I am getting better.

I was a skeptic, but it is working. (And I have an inch and a half medical record dating back to January 1999 to attest to all the years of suffering I've had.)

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Results!, December 19, 2004

By	Jan S. - See all my reviews

I purchased this video to help several family members gain some pain relief. I followed all 10 sets of Bowen moves carefully. The instructions were very clear and simple and I was able to follow along easily, even though I didn't have any previous bodywork training. After each session I encouraged family members to follow up on the suggested actions of walking, drinking water and waiting at least a week before having any other bodywork. The results were wonderful! My sister-in law (a skeptic) was shocked that her hip pain was greatly reduced and my mom gained a lot of relief from her fibromyalgia pain. I am so excited about the results, that I am now seriously thinking of training to become a Bowen Practitioner, so I can learn all of the advanced moves. I think that for people who do not live near a practitioner, this video is an excellent resource for helping their family and friends get rid of pain.