Baby Massage

For babies, children, parents and carers.

Gestures are part of human comunication. When the babies still can´t talk they use non-verbal elements to comunicate with the outer world. Baby and infant massage helps to strengthen that comunication. This old indian technique, where is transmited from generation to generation, has also benefits in the different systems of the organism. Baby and Infant massage is an old method given to babies to stimulate their senses and give them affection through the skin. This old tradition was relegated in the modern societies being used only in the cultures which were more in contact with the human nature.

Benefits:

Infant and baby massage creates afective and emotional bondings, and also has physical benefits:

Neurological System: Touch is the sense the new born use to receive information from the outer world (that´s why wants to catch and hold everything). Massage improves the capacity to receive stimuly.

Inmunological System: Several studies link stress and emotional insecurity with adecline of the organism´s defenses, and in that way the relaxing action of the massa

ge helps to strengthen and stimulate them..

Gastrointestinal System: In cases ofcolicy and flatulence, massage can help to alliviate the painand uncomfortable feelings.Improves the gastrointestinal system .

Circulatory System: The movements from the limbs to the centre of the body help to the returning of the blood to the heart and produce a tonificant effect. The movements from the body to the end of the limbs produce a relaxing effect and improve the oxigenation of the limbs.

Muscular System: Massage dissolvs tensional knots, whether they are physical or emocional. Makes the body strong and toned. Stimulates and relaxes the muscular system. In the case of premature babies, massage helps to increase their tolerance to the sense of touch in a soft andgradual way. In such cases it is also important to listen to the baby and to follow the rhythm their reactions show.

Many studies show the benefits of an affectionate contact as an integral part of the first years of life., and the unfortunate results that happen when this attention fails. Infant massage is one of the most pleasurable and easy methods tomake this first positive contact..

And also: It regulates the respiratory and excretory system. It provoques the secretion of the growth hormones stimulating the endocrine system. Hidrates and tonifies the skin.

Psico-emotional Benefits: It is a conscious gift between parents and baby.Boost communication and respect.Helps to growth the afective bonding parents-child. It creates an environment and an attitude of afective security, of mutual listening and the growth of the self-esteem of parents and baby.Stimulates sefl-awareness. Helps to improve the relationships in the family.Helps to accept the child as it is. Emotional freedom of parents and babies.

How is it based? Contact with the skin is a basic necesity, specially for a baby because doesn´t have any other posibility of feeling loved, acepted and calm. With a secuence of movements, the massage suggests a meeting, in a space and in a time, of big quality between parents and children since this ones are babies. It facilitates, among many other things, the communication, the body consciousness, and the relationship of trust and security. Infant massage gives important to the respect, to know if the child gives us autorization to start, and listening, to interpretate their answer and to acept it, being this one the one we wanted or not wanted. These are messages the little one receives and it will be part of his attitude in life.

How can it help us? In our rhythm of life, many times we don´t have time to communicate and children are dragged to a rhythm that is too much and they can´t proceed properly all the stimuly and information they receive. Infant massage puts in contact parents and children making easy the interaction, stimulate the neurological, respiratory, gastrointestinal, and endocrine systems. Helps to relax and to liberate tensions. Intensify the communication between the children and the people around their environment and allows to listen, adapt and to be more in contact with his own necesities. Infant massage facilitates the bondings because has the principal elements: eye contact, contact skin to skin, smiles, sounds, hugs, smells, voice and answers.

In general it benefits for :

* Relaxation.

* Makes baby feel loved.

* Promotes better sleep.

* Facilitates body awareness.

* Boosts immune system.

* Sensory stimulation.

* Improves skin condition.

* Improves blood circulation.

* Helps digestion.

* Balances respiration.

* Relief for teething pains.

* Helps waste elimination.

* Helps you learn about your baby (their needs and desires).

* Relaxes parents.

* Helps build parents' and baby's self-esteem.

* Pleasurable experience.

* Stimulates production of oxytocin (oxytocin is a hormone which can be produced by both male and female persons during massage). It is useful as a pain reliever and has a calming effect on the person.

The price will depend in the number of parents in the course. Contact Maitri to find out the price of the next course.