NATIONALLY RECOGNISED TRAINING SMART BOWEN® Leaders in Equine Bowen Therapy Training We offer two training programs:        Equine Essentials         Diploma in Equine Smart Bowen Therapy I can think of no greater gift than to help another ‘being’ back to health - the Professional Equine Bowen Therapist will have chosen a very rewarding career path enabling horses a return to improved health and wellbeing physically, mentally and emotionally.  Bowen Therapy is a ‘stand alone’ modality that has a deeply, profound and lasting effect on all soft tissues, down to the skeletal system. The Equine Bowen Therapist will feel empowered to assist with many issues of varying presentation and will have learnt a valuable modality that can be employed many times over in a day without the usual wear and tear to the therapists’ body that is so often associated with other physical therapies such as massage. Equine Essentials The Equine Essentials is Module One  and offers horse owners and their equine companions an amazing opportunity to learn a dynamic modality with fundamental Bowen moves that may relieve the aches and pains that are so commonly found in horses but often over looked to the untrained eye. Whatever inner urge led you to this page, follow your heart and experience a life changing opportunity to become involved with one of the most rapidly expanding industries within the Complimentary Animal Health arena.  We accept students as young as 15 (with parental approval) with many of our students coming in at retirement age - anyone can learn Bowen Therapy! More About Equine Essentials - Module 1 The Module 1 program is available to anyone who has an interest to learn more about Bowen Therapy, but may be unsure of their intention to pursue a professional path.   They have a desire to be able to treat their own horse/s successfully addressing a  range of common muscular/skeletal problems.   The 2 day intensive program is also the starting point to the Diploma and is a compilation of the fundamental Bowen moves and procedures accompanied by  some history & other  theory.  When the  conscious step to proceed forward into the Diploma has been decided on, the student would then go on to complete the remaining core module/units of study.     The Equine Essentials program is a ‘must do’ if you are serious about wanting to manage the health and wellbeing of your own horse/s.   As the saying goes ‘an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure’. Pre-requisites - apart from the desire to learn Bowen, applicants must have some prior horse ground handling skills and be capable and competent around horses in a safe and respectful manner.  Please be advised that the knowledge gained in this seminar is not a replacement for professional care or veterinary advice and is not to be used for financial gain. We differ from most other training organizations by providing a smaller class size to maximise the attention to detail, coaching and support that the Instructors can give to individual students, in doing so we have managed to create, dynamically exciting and educative training programs with an excellent investment return. Diploma of Equine Smart Bowen Therapy This Nationally Recognized training program is available to persons choosing to undertake training to become a Professional Equine Bowen Therapist. Pre-requisites - apart from the desire to learn Bowen to a professional standard, applicants must have some prior horse ground handling skills and be capable and competent around horses in a safe and respectful manner.  Students attend a total of 6 Training Intensives asoutlined below accompanied by homestudy and some additional units found under Anatomy and Physiology, Senior First Aid and Common Competentices (see below). Training Intensives Delivering Bowen Technique and Related Subjects Equine Essentials - Module 1  -  2 Day Training Intensive   Horse Owener /Diploma (all states) Module 2  -  2 Day Training Intensive   Diploma  (all states) Module 3  -  3 Day Training Intensive   Diploma  (all states) Module 4  -  3 Day Training Intensive   Diploma  (all states) Module 5  -  5 Day Training Intensive   Diploma  (Victoria only) Module 6  -  2 Day Training Intensive   Diploma  (all states) **PLEASE NOTE: Module 3 is currently held in December 2010 onwards, but may be available mid year from 2011 onwards.

The entire Diploma program is designed to be delivered in an 18  month time frame.  For some it may be possible to complete within 12 months.

Training Intensives are held  approximately 12 weeks apart, but is subject to variation.

In addition to attending the training intensives, students are required to complete a series of Case Studies and Log Book (for treatments), Open and Closed Workbook Assessments,  Assignment & Practical Assements between each of the  training intensives, enabling the student to be continually assessed on their practical and theoretical knowledge. 

The student is also required to complete (or have qualifications already) in an appropriate human or equine anatomy and physiology course (see Forms and information below).  Completion of Senior First Aid and some Common Competency units (these are available through Smart Bowen via correspondence if required, see information below).

Qualified persons may obtain membership with the Bowen Therapist Federation of Australia Inc., The Smart Bowen Therapy International Association Inc., and carry professional Public & Products Liability & Indemnity Insurance.

General Outline of Material Covered  

Common Competencies 


To obtain the Diploma of Equine Smart Bowen Therapy, along with the core units of Bowen Theory and Practical taught at the training intensives, the student will be required to meet:

Unit Code          Unit Outline

1) VPAU218         Apply the Principles of Basic Anatomy and Physiology to Horses (as   mentioned below)
2) HLTFA301B     Apply First Aid (as mentioned below)
3) HLTIN301A     Comply with the Infection Control Policies and Procedures in Health Work
4) HLTCOM406B  Administering a Practice
5) HLTCOM6A      Making Referrals to Other Health Care Professionals When Appropriate
 
Units 3 to 5 are delivered via a training intensive Smart Bowen offer called 'Common Competencies', available throughout the year in differing states / alternatively they are available by correspondence. 

Students may have already met these competencies through previously gained qualifications, work experience or even personal experience, if so they may submit and Equine RPL (recongnized prior learning) Kit to apply for credits to one or more of these units.  Students can gain credits through any prior personal or working experience that might be outside the equine industry, as long as the evidence provided supports the competency being submitted for RPL.

To obtain more information on the individual units of study that make up the Common Competencies, please contact the office of Smart Bowen, either Lea or Brian on info@smartbowen.com


Anatomy and Physiology

Anatomy and Physiology is a core unit within the Diploma program and can be obtained either via Smart Bowen who run their own A & P via correspondence, or via Tamworth TAFE.