The Scientific Wonders of the Bowspring

What is the scientific basis of the Bowspring method?

How and why does the Bowspring work to optimize functional movement, increase athletic performance, relieve chronic pain from injury, and provide outstanding therapeutic benefits?

How does the current science on fascia help explain why the Bowspring wavy alignment is so powerful for our mind-body health?

This 5-class Bowspring online course with John Friend answers these questions plus offering students of all-levels various Bowspring exercises, dynamic postural sequences, and breathing practices for our highest health and wellness.

The Bowspring method is a mind-body alignment technology that when applied, positive health results are predictable, particularly for functional movement and athletic performance.

The main hypothesis is that when the Bowspring alignment is applied to any functional movement, beneficial results are experienced immediately and into the future. The evidence is shown in increased athletic performance, ease of range of movement, and positive therapeutic effects when the Bowspring is practiced. We now have 10 years of evidence from thousands of students in over 17 countries who have directly experienced the power of the Bowspring.

Most interesting is that the alignment of the Bowspring contradicts and challenges the current standard model of biomechanics, which is the basis for the old models of physical therapy, modern postural yoga, and a lot of athletic training. Bowspring is part of an emergent paradigm in biomechanics that emphasizes waves, curves, and spirals of alignment, instead of straight, linear, and up and down alignment. Instead of focusing on only the linear alignment of muscles and bones, the new model of biomechanics considers fascial alignment as a primary factor in optimal functional movement and therapeutic effect. Also, instead of seeing the physical body as a solid, compressive structure, the emergent paradigm of biomechanics regards the body mainly in terms of fluid dynamics as our fascia is composed of 80% water.