Tag: infant massage

  • Massage Short Courses

    Individual education is available for all of the Massage Short Courses in consideration of those who have religious or other restrictions. Please inquire (Tel. 767-9165) if you are interested. Generally you will be guided through the course by way of lecture, small group work and pair work. The emphasis will be on both the theoretical…

  • Beneficial Baby Massage

    Massage is a nurturing activity that allows us to continuously send conscious and subconscious messages to the receiver of our love for them, of our desire for them to feel better, etc. For example, when you are feeling down in the dumps and someone hugs you, you immediately feel better. The hug feels like a…

  • Infant Massage and Postnatal Depression

    During the months that I played babysitter for the circumcised baby, his mother was allowed supervised visits to breastfeed him in the evenings when she got home from work. It was a bit awkward at first. Baring her breast to feed her infant seemed the equivalent of her getting naked and I was terribly embarrassed…

  • Infant Massage – Understanding Baby Cues

    Namaste Motherhood was trusted upon me somewhere between ages 9-10. We had a tenant who rented the bottom flat who was also one of my mother’s workmates. She had recently gotten a baby and due to some complications (non-physical) my sisters and I played babysitters. The baby had been circumcised and was still healing and…