Developed in 2012 by Jonathan Damonte, a longtime teacher and therapist.
The online lessons were originally developed to support students following attending a live class. It is now a learning tool for everyone interested in the therapeutic benefits of bowen technique. The video lessons act as a review for those that have taken a live class. It can now be said that many bodyworkers, caregivers and individuals only interested in the therapy itself have been able to achieve a level of competency solely by taking the online course.
Damonte studied with many of the original proponents and teachers of Bowen Technique including, Ossie Rentsch, Damonte’s principal influence. Rentsch a long time student of the founder, Tom Bowen, went on to found the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia. After several requests for video training from teachers, students both local and from countries where no learning options were available, Damonte decided to make his training and materials available online. Results have shown that online training has been effective and that the students who have taken these online lessons are getting results with Bowen therapy.
Ossie Rentsch and his wife Elaine came to Canada in the early days of the expansion of Bowen Therapy to teach and it is Ossie who most influenced the practice and teaching style presented here.
In 2001, Damonte founded the original Bowen Therapy ‘walk in’ clinic, the Be Well Now Centre for Pain and Chronic Disease in Toronto, Canada. Was instrumental in forming Bowen Canada a public registry for Bowen therapists. He worked as an instructor for the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia, then known to teach Bowtech which is now known as Bowenwork. Since 2002 he has taught many of the therapists working in Canada today and now in the USA and Mexico. In 2008 he formed the School of Bowen to formalize his teaching under an umbrella to provide live and online classes.
In 2010 Damonte met with Barry Ambrose Bowen, Thomas A. Bowen’s eldest son of his three children. It was Barry’s encouragement and support that gave Jonathan the confidence to continue and develop the only training that is in Barry Bowen’s mind akin to that of his father’s original work and officially endorsed The School of Bowen to use the family name in the curriculum and in the content of the training manuals of Bowen therapy as they are the truest representation of his fathers gift to the world.
Jonathan’s Bio
Jonathan Damonte is a Bowen Therapist and Homeopath who brings over 26 years experience to his teaching. Known for his detailed teaching style and practical view to the therapy. He ensures that each student is fully attended to and satisfied for each part of the course.
Jonathan first learned Bowen Therapy from Ossie Rentsch (a long time student of the Founder, Tom Bowen) in 1999 and went on to create an online training system for Bowen Therapy called Bowen-Online officially endorsed by the Tom Bowen family.
Jonathan is firstly a classically trained homeopath as per the Council for Homeopathic Certification (CHC) since 1998. Opening his first clinic in Toronto in 2001. Now based in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico which acts as a base for teaching both Bowen Therapy and now Homeopathy under the name of Homeopathy Simplified.
