“We were trying to conceive at a time when work and life were both stressful. I was struggling to find the balance and feeling exhausted. Helen suggested Bowen Technique and I decided to give it a try. Helen did the session at my home and ensured that I felt comfortable and relaxed by explaining what she would do (a series of gentle movements with pauses in between) and ensuring the environment was warm and quiet.

I can’t really explain how such small, gentle movements with long pauses in between can result in an immense feeling of relaxation, but they did. I felt a deep sense of reassurance and calm immediately afterwards and for sometime thereafter. Incredibly, we concieved the following month and I am convinced that Bowen Technique Therapy facilitated that to happen.

Helen has a quiet, calm, reassuring presence and she seems naturally gifted in transferring this through her therapy. She was obviously meant to do this!”

– NHS Consultant, Scotland

“Helen is very gifted in her therapeutic ability. She has a beautiful calm presence and a kind nature. She makes me feel comfortable and relaxed in every session. I arrive feeling wound up and leave feeling light and tranquil.

I had suffered from a semi dislocated shoulder during my time studying for a BA in Bharatanatyam (classical Indian dance) in India. I had tried many different treatments to no avail and eventually had to take a few months out to return to Edinburgh for physiotherapy treatment. Unfortunately I continued to suffer from aching pains and was unable to make a return to dance. After four months I saw Helen to receive Bowen and within a few weeks I was back in India dancing again.

I am now working as a professional dancer in Edinburgh. Helen is my first and only choice of treatment whenever I am injured.

I recently suffered an injury to my psoas muscle and went to Helen. During the treatment I quickly go into a place of very deep relaxation. It takes me to the same place as meditation can take me. I feel a tingling sensation in my body, an inner warmth and can feel the energy flowing. This is the most gentle and non intrusive treatment I have ever experienced, yet the one with the best result. After three sessions for my psoas muscle I was back to rehearsals and performing again!

I highly recommend Helen Martin as a Bowen practitioner!”

– Kirsten Newell, Dancer, Edinburgh

“I write as a close friend of Helen’s and her family for nearly twenty years and also as someone who has experienced firsthand her giftedness as a therapist in the Bowen Technique.

As a friend I can testify to the compassion of her spirit, the strength of her commitments, the openness of her heart, the depth of her belief in collaboration, and the intellectual integrity of her understanding.

As a client, I can vouch for the extraordinary care she shows and, in my experience, the unparalleled gift for wellbeing that she brings to her therapeutic practice of healing. Part of this gift is, I believe, innate. In other words it is simply part of the uniqueness of who Helen Martin is. But it is also a gift that she has intentionally nurtured through training and matured through practice and experience.

Helen has been the primary complementary therapist for our family over many years. In fact I call her ‘our white witch’. I have witnessed the healing effects of her work on myself (in relation to high blood pressure), on my wife (in relation to joint and muscle pain), on my daughter (in relation to a professional dance injury), and as I can even testify to the attention she gave my grandson (in relation to his colic as a baby)”.

– Reverend Dr. John Philip Newell, Christian teacher and Author of Celtic spirituality