Welcome! Parents, Expectant Parents, Caregivers, Families & Infants
Classes in my home studio
or in yours
Infant Massage - 2 hour Workshop for $60
($55 for early registration)or contact Taffy directly
408-768-8186 taffy@serenebalance.com
(ages birth through active crawling)
Come
learn gentle nurturing touch with your infant. Enhance and deepen
your bond as you help your baby sleep better and grow stronger.
Helps build parents’ and baby’s self-esteem. Learn to understand
baby cues and development cycles for better communication.
What
we’re offering is a one day 2 hour workshop.
We’ll learn not only infant massage, but the benefits – physically,
mentally, and socially. This helps
not only you and the baby, but the entire family.
We’ll learn baby cues and how to better communicate with our babies.
The
workshop includes customized massage oil and a graduation certificate for you
and the baby. A DVD containing a review of strokes will be available for
sale. No one expects a sleep
deprived mom to remember the whole routine!
This
is a baby led class meaning that babies should be fed when they want to, take a
nap if they want to, cry if they want to. We
encourage caregivers to let the babies do want they want and need to, and to be
as comfortable as possible. We ask
that you bring a comfortable blanket for the baby to lie on, and that you dress
your baby in layers as to better suit massing one body part at a time.
Please note that sometimes the room is a little cold to completely undress the
baby, so some strokes will be done over the body for demonstration.
We will provide cute teddy bears for spouses/partners to practice on, as
well as the mom if baby falls asleep or doesn’t feel like getting massaged at
that moment.
Next Workshop dates:
Saturday January 21st , 4pm
WHY
INFANT MASSAGE FOR YOU & YOUR BABY?
For a smarter, healthier, happier baby
| BONDING | Promotes the parent/child bond—secure attachments and strong healthy relationships based on trust and security to last a lifetime |
| RELIEF | Soothes gastrointestinal pain/discomfort, colic, restless and sleepless
days...and nights. Promotes re |
| SOCIABILITY | Decreasing stress and anxiety in social and public situations |
| GROWTH
& |
Studies report that regular massage stimulates early and healthy growth
stages, brain development, and infant state regulation. |
| REDUCE STRESS | Promotes the release of anti-stress hormones that are beneficial for both
parent(s) and baby. |
| CIRCULATION
& |
Repairs the myelin sheath and increases the flow and efficiency of the body systems. Infant Massage promotes healthy weight gain and healing in infants experiencing preterm life and time |
More Research
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Infants
who received massage therapy versus those who were rocked experienced 1)
greater daily weight gain; 2) more organized sleep/wake behaviors; 3) less
fussiness; 4) improved sociability and soothability, 5) improved
interaction behaviors; and 6) lower cortisol and norepinephrine and
increased serotonin levels. |
|
Depressed
mothers increased their infant's positive affect and attentiveness by
providing touch stimulation. |
|
Increased
weight gain and improved performance on the Brazelton Newborn Scale (motor
and state scales) were experienced by HIV-exposed newborns who were given
massage. |
|
Fathers
gave their infants daily massages 15 minutes prior to bedtime for one
month. The fathers in the massage group showed more optimal interaction
behavior with their infant. |
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Infants who
received massage therapy before bedtime by a parent experienced less
difficulty falling asleep and better sleep patterns. |
|
Elderly
retired volunteers were assessed after giving infants massage for a month
versus receiving massage for a month themselves. Results were: 1) they
reported less anxiety and fewer depressive symptoms and an improved mood
after giving infants massage; 2) their pulse decreased; 3) their cortisol
levels decreased; and 4) they reported improved self esteem and a better
lifestyle (e.g. fewer doctor visits and more social contacts) after the
one month period. These effects were stronger for giving infants the
massages than receiving massages themselves, suggesting that the massager
can benefit from simply giving massages. |
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Children's
affect and activity levels improved as did all measures of skin condition
including less redness, lichenification, excoriation, and pruritis after
massage therapy. Parents' anxiety levels also decreased. |
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Examined the effectiveness of pre-bedtime massages for infants and toddlers with sleep onset problems. Found that, compared to bedtime stories, massages produced fewer sleep delays and a shortened latency to sleep onset. Field, T., & Hernandez-Reif, M., (2001). Sleep problems in infants decrease following massage therapy. Early Child Development and Care, 168, 95-104 |
WHAT
CAN I EXPECT FROM THIS INFANT MASSAGE CLASS?…