My favorite term for Infant Massage is that it is “The Art of Touch.”  It is a beautiful form of bonding between a parent and their child and quite simply put it is a form of expressing love.

When we as adults want a massage we go and see a massage therapist, but when our babies need a massage, it is us the caregivers who perform it.  Therefore, with Infant Massage, the caregivers will need to attend a class to learn how to massage their babies correctly.

Infant Massage provides benefits not only for your child, but for yourself as well.  This is because for a baby regular massage encourages a healthier and more regular sleeping pattern, which in turn helps you get a better night’s sleep too.

Regular massage promotes relaxation and helps babies self regulate calm, which reduces crying, these techniques are also a way to improve sensory and body awareness and is a way to enhance neurological development.

You will improve your baby’s circulatory system as well as improving skin condition and digestion.

For a parent massaging your baby includes all of the essential indicators of bonding – sight (eye to eye contact), touch, voice, smell and movement.

Through Infant Massage parents will feel more confident in caring for their children and working parents find that it eases their stress after a long day away from their children.

The Massage techniques for children are much different than the techniques used on an adult, for instance when you have a massage as an adult it is more a manipulation of the muscles, when you massage your baby it is more a form of communication.

During a class or private lesson the instructor will not touch your baby, but instead will show you how to correctly administer the strokes yourself, and if you have trouble with a particular stroke, then the instructor may (with your permission) lay their hands over your hands and direct you through the massage movement.

Infant Massage doesn’t only focus on the baby, it is based on the communication between the parent and the child.  Infant Massage isn’t just preformed ON your baby; it is performed WITH your baby. 

These classes are also not just for the mother and child as many fathers, grandparents, and caregivers alike enjoy learning these techniques.  You will often find fathers or fathers-to-be who are the ones dragging their spouses to a class to learn Infant Massage together.

For the western world Infant Massage is relatively new, but for other cultures it has been around for thousands of years – we are only beginning to catch up.

So lets get up to speed and learn these important techniques and how to develop them for our growing children.  Lets create this special bonding moment that will last a lifetime.

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For someone who sits behind a desk for long periods of time massage can help relieve tension and stress and make it more comfortable to get back behind that same desk the following day.

For anxiety or for sufferers of insomnia, massage is quite simply the easiest way to help relieve those symptoms and let you get a good and peaceful night’s rest.

Just imagine, how after a long stressful day, your body aches and your head is throbbing.  Your feet may hurt, but then you step into a waiting room with soothing, relaxing, music and the gentle flow of water from a water feature in the room.  Cool water and herbal teas a wait you, and as you sip your tea you feel that your body begins to unwind.  Just then you meet your Massage therapist who helps to determine the best course of action for your needs.

Then while you relax on the massage table, candles light the room softly as the soothing music continues to fill the room. Your lying under crisp and comfortable sheets and you hear the oil being warmed between hands that in a moment will remove all tension from your body.  Then the massage therapist will kneed and warm your muscles sending you into utter relaxation and bliss.

It never matters if this is your first massage or your 50^th because people never seem to want these treatments to come to an end. When they do you feel as if you’re floating off the table and no matter what kind of day you have had you wander home feeling as though you are resting on a cloud.  This can send you into the most peaceful, deep sleep later on in the night.

Many people are realizing the benefits of incorporating massage into their every day routines.

Massage is a healing art that has been around for thousands of years.  The need to be touched when in pain or under stress is a natural human reaction.  When we bump our knee on that annoying corner table our reaction is to rub it.

The benefits of Massage are incredible and when incorporated into daily life, it becomes even more powerful and can help to bring just a little more stability into your hectic everyday routine.

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