About Me
Joanne, originally from Cape Town, studied a Bachelor of Art degree specialising in English and Anthropology. Needing to be more practical in finding work she later trained as a Registered nurse, Community and Psychiatric nurse at Carinus college in Cape Town.
Distressed at the suffering she saw in hospitals she looked to find other ways to heal people. As fate would have it, she went to work for the country's leading complementary doctor who was an Osteopath, Herbalist, Homoeopath. There she gained experience and insight into holistic therapies and healing.
Starting a new life in the UK in 1990, she worked as an NHS ophthalmic nurse while building up her massage and hypnotherapy practice.
Three years later she discovered the Bowen Technique and attended one of the first courses with pioneers Ossie and Elaine Rentsch. Soon afterwards, because of its efficacy, she found that Bowen overtook the other therapies.
In 1997 Ossie asked her to train as an instructor and she was delighted to help others discover the joy of learning this fascinating technique. Now almost 15 years later, she is a Senior instructor with the Bowen Academy of Australia and teaches worldwide.
Joanne says: 'I love teaching Bowen and sharing what I have learned so that others can benefit from this unique therapy. I tutor in a relaxed and friendly way so that students enjoy learning with fun and humour'.
She teaches in Britain, Europe, South Africa, France and Israel.
Joanne has a special interest in the mind/body connection and the emotional component of illness. To that end she also has a two year diploma in Vibrational Medicine specialising in Flower and Gem essences . She studied with Clare Harvey whose grandmother worked for the great Dr. Edward Bach who created the famous flower remedies.
She has also qualified in Health Kinesiology, a form of muscle testing and correcting body imbalances.
Over her 20 years involved with holistic health, she has developed her own therapy - 'The BowenPlus method'. It is a unique combination of what she has learnt combined with her intuition and insight into the body/mind.
Having always been intuitive she can sense human energy fields and tunes into that to glean information to aid clients' treatments.
Her hobbies are country walking, reading, writing and personal development.