Bowen Therapy for Animals

Heather Hartley's 2016 course manual re-typeset from cover to index, in two editions from the one source: the course manual first, with the College administration, health and safety and assessments in, and the book for sale second. Click any 2016 page number to see it beside what became of it.

Updated 30 September 2026
Course manual 140 pages · Book 123 pages · 2016 edition 196 pages
Updated 30 September 2026

Start here: the updated 50 pages

Cover and pages 1 to 49 of the course manual with your notes and edits of 24 to 28 September applied. This is the copy going to the printer. The date is printed on the copyright page inside, so you can tell it from the last one.

Every note you left is listed further down under What was done with your notes, each with its new page number.

The full book

What was done with your notes

Your notes and edits, checked one by one against the book built 30 September 2026. Click a page number to see the page.

2016 pageWhat you askedStatusNew page
What she askedStatusNew page
Horses to Animals in the heading; Equine to Animal in the subheadingDonecover
Text under Heather Hartley: Bowen Therapy Federation of AustralasiaDonecover
Capitals on Course ManualDonecover, 1
Remove draft version and dateDone on the cover and footer; the build date is on the copyright page onlycover, 1
Remove the chapter summaries under every chapter titleDone8, 18, 24…
Footer: Manual with a capital M, no date or draftDoneevery page
Remove "front matter" from all headersDone1 to 7
Body text font consistentChecked: one body face throughout (IBM Plex Sans); headings Literata; the only other faces are the footer and the tick boxesall
Application form as an annexure, referenced in the contentsDone: Annexure A, listed in the contents137
Header and footer: horses to animals; contents updatedDoneall
Competency-standards heading to match other subheadings; sub-subheadings smaller and italicDone8
Remove "front matter" from the header; remove the yellow commentDone1
STANDARDS FOR… and OBJECTIVES… as the new sub-sub-heading styleDone8
NYC like CA; contact block tidy; Appeals as a headingDone9, 11
Student facilities H2; Car parking H3; Contact H3; Assessment H2; Student Assessment, Short courses, Results, Feedback forms, Written testing, Appeals H3; Eligibility H2Done9 to 11
TBA fee lines as body textDone13
Dot points for the complaints procedureDone14
Standard refund policy wordingIn, as she wrote it in her own edit of that page13, 14
Special learning needs H3; RPL H3; Policies and procedures H2; Fees H3; Refunds H3; Counselling H3; Complaints H3Done12 to 14
Course requirements H2; Communication H3; Code of conduct H3Done14, 15
Bowen Therapy H1; History of Bowen Therapy H2Done18
The technique H2 (Section 2 folded into Section 1); Bowen theories H2Done18, 19
Fix 3.5 spacingDone: 3.5 set like 3.4 and 4.122
OHS guidelines H2; Safety requirements H3Done24
Anti-discrimination under Code of ethics, H2Done27
Insurance after the code of conduct, H2Done17
The first visit H2Done25
Delete the client data pageDonedropped
Professional presentation H2Done26
Ethics, equality and compliance H1; Code of ethics H2Done27
Care advice H2; Contra-indications, Possible changes, Palpation tests, Diagnostic technique, Flexion tests, Assessment checks H3Done28, 29
Be a detective H2; "Treat what you see and feel" as body text; Use your eyes and Use your hands H3Done29, 30
General animal analysis form; "does your animal"; several animals; bird instead of the second horse; outlines one size; two rows per item on page 2Done31, 32
Space beside date, client and pet; remove the horse outline for markingDone. The missing lines were a bug in the site's edit cleaner, now fixed33
Merge the analysis form and the case card; animal wordingDone31, 32
, Smaller horse so the foot fits on the same pageDone35
Shade and label the horse; add dog and bird; add a cat; two animals per pageDone35 to 37
Align A to D; A and B drawn like C and D; Supporting and Striding H3Done38
Observe and assess movement H1; Diarthrodial joints H2; Supporting and Striding H3Done38
Less spacing; Hoof care and Deviations on one page; Hoof care H2Done40
Descriptor text one size; Deviations H2Done40
Conformation and flight patterns H2; Normal conformation, Stride elevation H3Done40, 41
Conformation of the legs H2; the three views H3Done41 to 43
Descriptors and images one size; Conformation of the deviation of the pastern H2Done43, 44
Bring the cut-off section back onto the page; Evaluation of farrier procedures H2Done44

What happened to every 2016 page

One cell per page of the 2016 edition, coloured by what was done. Click a cell for the before and after. Use the legend to isolate one kind of change.

Waiting on Heather

Everything with a clear instruction is in the book. These are the decisions only she can make; each is also flagged in yellow inside the PDF where it applies.