Keep Learning
Continuing Education
As a Professional Bowenwork Practitioner, you’ll want to attend continuing education classes to deepen and expand your understanding of the basic work and gain new skills. Continuing education classes also offer rich opportunities to seek advice from instructors and classmates on any topic you want to know more about, such as practice-building and client cases.
Frequently Asked Questions
To maintain your skills as a Professional Bowenwork Practitioner, 32 hours of American Bowen Academy-approved continuing education is due every two years on the anniversary of your certification date. After 10 years of certification, it becomes a 4-year cycle
A minimum of 16 contact hours dedicated to revising and refining the basic skills taught in Modules 1 – 12. During 2021, due to the impact of Covid-19 on our ability to offer in-person classes, the Academy will accept online classes in lieu of the 16 contact hours.
The remaining 16 hours are “practitioner’s choice”, selected from any classes approved by American Bowen Academy and which the practitioner is qualified to attend.
Each hour of a continuing education course is equivalent to one CE credit.
Contact hours are defined as hours spent in a classroom with an American Bowen Academy-approved instructor.
Extra hours (beyond 32) in any two-year period can be carried over to the subsequent two-year period if they have been taken within the last three months of the period.
We strive to make classes affordable and available to all of our practitioners. Find our continuing education costs here.
Focused Studies
Focused Study classes provide a deeper exploration of specific topics related to the application of Bowenwork to particular client populations, gaining a deeper understanding of the human body, and practice building. In the table below, click any class name to see a full description of it.
The table includes the prerequisite for each continuing education class and the number of hours of credit awarded by the American Bowen Academy and, where applicable, by one or more of the “partner” accrediting boards that are listed in the right-most four columns.
| CLASS | TYPE | INSTRUCTOR(S) | PREREQ. | COST | ABA | ABA | ALSO CREDITED BY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Click on class name for description) | LEVEL I | 500 HRS | AOTA | CABRN | OBNM | NCBTMB | ||||
| Anatomy and Physiology for Bowenworkers | Home study | Nancy Pierson | Mod 1 | 450 + Textbook | 120 | 120 | - | - | - | - |
| Anatomy by the Modules | Home study | Nancy Pierson | Mod 1 | 90 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Anatomy and Physiology Plus | Home study | Essential Training Solutions | Mod 7 | 200 | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Associate Instructor Training | Hands-on | Nancy Pierson Karin Twohig | Mod 9 | 900 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Bowenwork for the Childbearing Year, Part One | Online | Anita Tupper | Module 7 | 400 | 24 | 32 | - | - | - | Pending |
| Bowenwork for the Childbearing Year, Part Two | Online | Anita Tupper | Module 7 | 400 | 24 | 32 | Pending | |||
| Bowtech Conferences | Hands-on | Varies | Mod 1 | Varies | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Bowen - Inside Out | Teleseminar | Christos Miliankos | Mod 7 | 175 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Bowenwork and the Vagus Nerve | Hands-on | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 6 | 130 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Bowenwork and the Vagus Nerve Teleseminar | Teleseminar | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 4 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Bowenwork for Persistent Pain | Hands-on | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 6 | 130 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
| Bowenwork for Persistent Pain Teleseminar | Teleseminar | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 4 | 115 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Bowenwork for People Living with Cancer | Hands-on | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 1 | 240 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Bowenwork for People Living with Cancer Teleseminar | Teleseminar | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 4 | 175 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Bowenwork for Women's Wellness | Hands-on | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 9 | 480 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Bowenwork Practice During COVID-19 | Home study | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 1 | 40 | 4 | - | - | - | ||
| Business Skills for a Successful Bowenwork Practice | Home study | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 1 | 385 | 16 | 30 | - | - | - | Pending |
| Clinical Practice for Bowenwork | Hands-on | All Instructors | Mod 1 | 215/430 | 8-16 | 8-16 | - | - | - | - |
| Deep Anatomy: Exploring Structure and Choice | Hands-on | Nancy Pierson | Mod 6 | 450 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Deep Anatomy of Modules 11 and 12 | Hands-on | Nancy Pierson | Mod 11 | 450 | 16 | 16 | - | 16 | - | 16 |
| Deep Anatomy of SP2-Part 1:Iliacus Release, Gluteal Release, Adductor Magnus Release | Home Study | Nancy Pierson | Mod 11 | 80 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Distance Bowenwork | Home study | Nancy Pierson Karin Twohig | Mod 1 | 140 | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | - |
| Dynamic Fascial Assessment | Hands-on | Nancy Pierson Karin Twohig | Mod 9 | 465 | 16 | 16 | - | 16 | - | 16 |
| Equine Bowen Level I - Introduction to Equine Bowenwork | Hands-on | Michelle Patterson | Introduction to Bowenwork | 825 (+95 for prerequisite if needed) | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Equine Bowen Level II - Intermediate Equine Bowenwork | Hands-on | Michelle Patterson | Equine Bowen Level I | 825 | 24 | 24 | ||||
| Ethics for the Bowenwork Practitioner | Home study | Nancy Pierson | Mod 1 | 95 + textbook | 8 | 8 | - | - | - | 8 |
| Fascia: What is it and why it matters | Home study | Nancy Pierson Karin Twohig | Mod 8 | 500 | 24 | 80 | - | 16 | - | 24 |
| Independent Home Study and Teleseminar for Bowenwork Instructor Training | Home study Teleseminar | Nancy Pierson Karin Twohig | Associate Instructor | 1000 down payment for instructor boot camp | 24 | 24 | 24 | 8 Home study 16 Teleseminar |
||
| Independent Study for Students/Practitioners | Home study | Nancy Pierson Karin Twohig | Mod 6 | 600 | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | - |
| Mind Body Bowen | Hands-on | Anne Schubert Margaret Spicer | Mod 4 | 430 | 16 | 16 | - | 16 | - | 16 |
| Pathology | Home study | Ruth Werner | Mod 1 | 500 | 16 | 60 | - | - | - | 60 |
| Review Class In Person | Hands-on | Varies | Mod 6 | 180 | 8 | |||||
| Review Class | Teleseminar | Varies | Varies | 85 per class hour | Varies | |||||
| Small Animal Bowen | Hands-on | Michelle Patterson | Coming Soon | TBA | TBA | - | - | - | - | |
| The Core: Diastasis Recti, Hernia, and Prolapse | Home study | Nancy Pierson Karin Twohig | Mod 9 | 350 | 24 | 24 | 20 |
|||
| The Lymphatic System and Bowenwork | Hands-on | Nancy Pierson | Mod 6 | 450 | 16 | 16 | - | 16 | - | 16 |
| The Lymphatic System and Bowenwork Home Study | Home study | Nancy Pierson | Mod 7 | 250 | 16 | 16 | - | 16 | - | 16 |
| Understanding Bowenwork from an Ayurveda Perspective | Hands On | Farida Irani | Mod 5 | 500 | 16 | 16 | ||||
| Workplace Hygiene, Health, and Safety | Home study | Sandra Gustafson | Mod 1 | 150 | 6 | 6 | - | 6 | - | - |
Additional Resources
Whether you want to learn additional Bowenwork procedures or focus on a specialized topic, we have many classes you’ll love!