​If you would like to:
  • ​​Form a strong bond of love and trust with your baby
  • Help your baby sleep better and for longer
  • Ease your baby’s wind (gas) and colic pain
  • Relieve your baby’s constipation
  • Stimulate your baby’s neurological development
  • Improve your baby’s health and general well-being
  • Learn to understand your baby’s body language and cues
  • Attend a relaxing and friendly baby massage class
  • Meet other parents with babies​
This program is for you!  
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I will never massage your baby - because, as the parent, you are also the best qualified person to do so. I will demonstrate the strokes on a baby doll, give information, encourage discussion and create a safe, warm and welcoming environment.
A typical course consists of five classes, once a week (approximately one hour each).  I encourage parents to continue massaging their babies between sessions. 
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​You will learn about:
Massage oils
Baby's cues and how to respond to them
Crying (why babies cry and what types of cries exist)
Adaptations for the growing child
Relaxation techniques for parents
Bonding and attachment, empathy, respect and communication

Massage Benefits

Relaxation

Can improve sleep
Increased flexibility and muscle tone
Regulates behavioral states
Baby is more calm able to calm itself
Reduction in stress hormones

Stimulation

Circulatory and digestive systems
Hormonal and immune systems
Coordination and balance
Learning and concentration
Muscular development and growth
​Mind and body awareness

Interaction

Promotion of bonding and secure attachment
Verbal/non-verbal communication
Development of trust and confidence
Using all the senses
​Feelings of love, respect, and being valued

Relief

Gas and colic
Constipation and elimination
Growing pains and muscular tension
Teething discomfort
​Cramps
More about the program:

The IAIM stands for International Association of Infant Massage. Their program is being spread with love and dedication throughout the world community by thousands of IAIM certified instructors who have received exclusive education through IAIM qualified trainers. I am honored to be one of them. 
At the center of the IAIM program are the parents and their babies.  The parent is seen as the expert and the best person to give the baby a massage. The baby is the teacher from whom the parents learn so much! The instructor (that would be me) is the support, the one "holding the space" in which the magic happens. 
So what is the IAIM? Please read more about it HERE.