HypnoBirthing® Infant Massage Classes for Parents

Keeping your baby calm and peaceful through touch

You and your baby communicate with all senses....smell, sight, taste, hearing, and especialy........Touch

Babies need touch to survive,they need it to thrive. Study after study has proven that. Instinctively, you knew that.... the first thing you wanted to do after that sweet creature was born was to touch it , to stroke it , to love it...

But sometimes instinct needs a little help.

HypnoBirthing® Infant Massage Classes will teach you the basic strokes and routines to use to calm and soothe your baby, and help to establish the blissful relationship you imagined you would have with your baby while you were pregnant.

You had to learn to relax while you were pregnant so that you could give birth in the most natural way that you could imagine, and you can learn to use touch to connect to your baby in the same natural, easy way.

But what if I didn't use Hynobirthing® to give birth?

Hypnobirthing® teaches parents how to relax and have a gentle, peaceful birth the way nature intended.

Hypnobirthing® Infant massage classes take that relaxation a step further, by teaching parents effective ways to massage and touch their babies that promote calm and gentle little people.

Even if you weren't a Hypnobirthing® parent you can still take these classes..... and you will probably even have greater benefits. These classes will teach you to relax when interacting with your baby, and how to relax in general. Yes, you learn specific massage strokes, but you will also come away with a newfound sense of empowerment, and a new level of trust in your own natural ability to communicate with your baby.

What about the specifics?

Hypnobirthing® Infant Massage is suitable for babies from 1 month old. This is a series of 5 classes, either group or individual. Each class is about an hour long sometimes more, sometimes less depending on what the babies' intentions are for the day. Babies can bring 2 adults with them to group classes, as many as they want for private classes.

Learn strokes to help with colic, acid reflux and gas

What are the benefits of massage?

To Baby:

• They know they are loved
• They know good touch, so they wont accept bad touch
• Higher IQ's                                 
• Better individuation                
• Promotes attachment             
• Encourages muscular coordination     
• Helps baby to open and straighten arms and legs                             
• Massage helps with digestion 
• Massage teaches children the concept of hugs not drugs                         
• Fosters body acceptance and awareness                                      
• Gives baby's body a chance to release birth issues                               
• Alleviates anxiety and depression         
• Reduces stress hormones             
• Reduces pain                           
• Enhances immune system function   
• Facilitates weight gain in preemies                       
• Relieves colic, constipation, reflux    
• Improves sleep pattern               
• Increases circulation                  
• Improves elimination of blood wastes

To the family:

• Dad bonds with the baby as effectively through massage as Mum does breastfeeding.
• Older children can help, stand by with lotion (and wait for their own turn)
• Serves as a calming rictual for everyone
• Gives Mum and baby a chance to communicate
• Gives Mum a chance to release birth issues
• As children age, touch gives an opportunity to reconnect
• Massage introduces a unique level of confidence and trust between parent and child.

To Society as a whole:

• Well adjusted, well bonded babies grow up to be well adjusted adults.