New 5 weeks Story Massage Course for Babies

Next course starts on Friday 30th of August at 10am

We all love stories, when combined with the simple massage strokes, stories present wonderful opportunities for creativity and interaction.  Story massage involves the use of easy-to-follow massage strokes associated with spoken words that help to build up an engaging story.  The strokes are shown on shoulders, back, arms and head.  They can easily be adapted for hands, feet, legs and face as appropriate.  Movements and stories can be adapted to suit the individual needs of babies & children of varying ages, abilities, personalities, and temperaments.

Stories are handed down from generation to generation and can be used as a valuable tool for education and therapeutic encounter. Combined with the benefits of positive touch, storytelling can present opportunities for creative learning, engagement and communication for people of all ages and abilities.

On the classes we will read stories and sing songs using different massage strokes.

What are the benefits of Massage Stories for babies/children

The Story Massage Programme can help with physical, emotional and social development:

• Massage stories allow parents to continue to offer nurturing massage as the child grows. It is a life-long skill that they can use for many years.

• Repetition of songs and stories encourages anticipation, development of language skills, focus and concentration, communication, turn taking and socialising skills.

• Research (taken from The Touch Institute, Miami) has proven that children who learn healthy views of touch and are provided with tactile experience by a parent or carers are more likely to grow up with a healthy self-image, a sense of appropriate boundaries and long lasting intimate relationships.

• Babies/children and parents enjoy the fun, creativity, and interaction of positive touch through the Story Massage Programme.

Class is suitable for little people from around 5 months of age up to active crawling:)

Course Fee for In-studio course: 110eur (most of health care providers refund the costs of the course in full or partially - please check your health insurance policy)

For more information please contact Magda by:

Email: soul.lighthouse.info@gmail.com
Mobile: 087 32 67 237

5 weeks Baby Massage Course

Next course starts on Friday the 26th of July at 10am

Touch is one of the most significant and nurturing early experiences your baby will have. Research has shown that these early experiences can affect many aspects of our lives. Nurturing touch has long-term benefits and can impact how we think, feel, and relate to others, and most importantly, how we value and care for ourselves. Infant massage greatly enhances the early bonding relationship between parents and caregivers and their babies. By using gentle, tactile stimulation along with loving verbal communication, a wonderful bonding experience is shared. Strokes can be either stimulating or relaxing, depending on your baby’s needs and developmental level.

Infant Massage benefits your baby in the following specific ways:

*Relief for Colic & Wind
*Balances Emotions
*Aid Sleep Patterns
*Soothes Baby
*Builds Immunity
*Helps Gain Weight
*Aids The Bonding Process
*Assists recovery from Post-Natal Depression

The aim of this course, apart from giving you a wonderful lifetime skill, is also to create space to meet other parents and babies from your local community, exchange your experiences of being a parent first or another time round, give and receive advice and share the joys and challenges of parenthood:)

During five one hour sessions you will learn different massage techniques and receive course notes together with organic baby massage oil.

Course Fee for In-studio course: 110eur (most of health care providers refund the costs of the course in full or partially - please check your health insurance policy)

For more information please contact Magda by:

Email: soul.lighthouse.info@gmail.com
Mobile: 087 32 67 237

5 weeks in-studio Baby Massage Course

Next course starts on Friday the 14th of October

Every Friday from 10am-11am except 4th of November

Touch is one of the most significant and nurturing early experiences your baby will have. Research has shown that these early experiences can affect many aspects of our lives. Nurturing touch has long-term benefits and can impact how we think, feel, and relate to others, and most importantly, how we value and care for ourselves. Infant massage greatly enhances the early bonding relationship between parents and caregivers and their babies. By using gentle, tactile stimulation along with loving verbal communication, a wonderful bonding experience is shared. Strokes can be either stimulating or relaxing, depending on your baby’s needs and developmental level.

Infant Massage benefits your baby in the following specific ways:

*Relief for Colic & Wind
*Balances Emotions
*Aid Sleep Patterns
*Soothes Baby
*Builds Immunity
*Helps Gain Weight
*Aids The Bonding Process
*Assists recovery from Post-Natal Depression

The aim of this course, apart from giving you a wonderful lifetime skill, is also to create space to meet other parents and babies from your local community, exchange your experiences of being a parent first or another time round, give and receive advice and share the joys and challenges of parenthood:)

During five one hour sessions you will learn different massage techniques and receive course notes together with organic baby massage oil.

Course Fee for In-studio course: 110eur (most of health care providers refund the costs of the course in full or partially - please check your health insurance policy)

For more information please contact Magda by:

Email: soul.lighthouse.info@gmail.com
Mobile: 087 32 67 237

5 weeks Baby Massage Course

Starts on Friday 23rd of July at 10.30am @ Community Well Studio, Donabate

Touch is one of the most significant and nurturing early experiences your baby will have. Research has shown that these early experiences can affect many aspects of our lives. Nurturing touch has long-term benefits and can impact how we think, feel, and relate to others, and most importantly, how we value and care for ourselves. Infant massage greatly enhances the early bonding relationship between parents and caregivers and their babies. By using gentle, tactile stimulation along with loving verbal communication, a wonderful bonding experience is shared. Strokes can be either stimulating or relaxing, depending on your baby’s needs and developmental level.

Infant Massage benefits your baby in the following specific ways:

*Relief for Colic & Wind
*Balances Emotions
*Aid Sleep Patterns
*Soothes Baby
*Builds Immunity
*Helps Gain Weight
*Aids The Bonding Process
*Assists recovery from Post-Natal Depression

The aim of this course, apart from giving you a wonderful lifetime skill, is also to create space to meet other parents and babies from your local community, exchange your experiences of being a parent first or another time round, give and receive advice and share the joys and challenges of parenthood:)

During five one hour sessions you will learn different massage techniques and receive course notes together with organic baby massage oil.

Course Fee for in-studio course: 110eur (most of health care providers refund the costs of the course in full or partially - please check your health insurance policy)

Course Fee for online course: 55eur

In-studio course is limited to 6 moms or dads with babies. Online course is available 6 families. When booking please choose an option - online only (if you prefer to practice online) or in-studio (if you prefer to come to the class and practice in-studio).

*(please note that online option will be available for the whole 5 weeks and in-studio option will be available only after restrictions are lifted. If in-studio option is not available because of the government guidelines we will need to move the course online fully)

For more information or to book please contact Magda by:

Email: soul.lighthouse.info@gmail.com
Mobile: 087 32 67 237