Benefits for  Babies
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Provides a special time for communication that builds love and respect. 

Promotes attachment and bonding by providing skin to skin touch and a nurturing experience between parent and infant.

Helps baby to feel heard, acknowledged and loved, building their self esteem.

Helps baby to sleep longer and more deeply.

Increases baby's body awareness.

Massage stimulates all body systems. 

Helps relieve discomfort from gas, constipation, colic, teething and congestion.

Helps stimulate circulation.

Aids digestion and gastrointestinal system.

Helps baby to relax and let go of emotional stress.

Helps to improve sensory awareness.

The sensory stimulation of touch promotes growth and development by supporting myelination of the brain and nervous system.

Can be adapted to benefit baby with special needs.

Source: International Association of Infant Massage Canada
Services
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As an instructor trained through  the              International Association of Infant         Massage, I teach a little at a time to ensure that you are confident with every aspect of infant massage. 
 
I offer group classes and  private instruction for individual and special needs.  I do  not massage your baby.    I use a doll to demonstrate how you can massage your own baby. 
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Classes offer a supportive group       environment where parents can share experiences and learn from each other while having fun.  A typical course        consists of five sessions lasting from 60 to 90 minutes.  

Each session is held at weekly intervals to allow you and your baby to absorb all the information and adapt to the feeling of massage.

Group sizes are kept small to ensure personalized attention.  The age range for group classes is from birth to twelve months old.  
 
​Investment:
Group:   $125.00 to $150.00 for course.    (contingent upon travel time)
  Private:   $35.00 per 1  hour session (travel costs may also apply).
Contact me for more information  ​​
​or to book a  5-session/class workshop.
Benefits for  Parents and  Caregivers

​Relaxing, pleasurable one to one time with baby.

A great way to connect and get to know baby.

Helps parents feel more confident in handling their baby.

Helps parents to understand and interpret their baby’s cues and cries.

Provides a positive way for partners and other family members to be involved in nurturing baby.

Helps parents to develop their nurturing skills by learning to listen and respond to baby.

Helps to alleviate stress and develop strong family bonds for parents who work during the day and are separated from their children during the day.

Can help to alleviate post-partum depression in mothers.
​Reasons to Massage Your Baby
​- To do something warm, loving and special with your baby
- To help your baby sleep better (so you can!)
- To help relieve constipation and help your baby have regular bowel movements
- To reduce gas, colic, crying and re-flux
- To help you and your baby relax (a lifelong skill!)
- To help your baby have a lifelong appreciation of touch and warm relationships
- To improve your baby’s digestion and absorption of nutrients
- To help your baby’s cognitive development
 - To learn how to communicate better with your baby
- To help you and your baby fall in love with each other
Testimonial
Infant Massage faq's
Links
​International Association of Infant Massage Canada                                               
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Benefits of Infant Massage
https://www.iaim-aimbcanada.org/pages/benefits
https://www.infantmassageusa.org/benefits-class-information

Articles of interest:
Baby Cues and Interactions
Would you like to arrange a workshop in your community?   ​Click here to fill out Contact Form ​​​    and lets talk about it! 
​Sample for Groups Sessions:
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​Follow Tina's infant massage instruction as you practice massaging your own baby. Sessions will be held at _________________________.

Duration: five Wednesdays from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, beginning ____________ May 13, 2020. The age range for group classes is from birth to twelve months old.

Investment: 
Group Rate: $125.00 to $150.00 per person for course.
* Some groups may be available for a discount.   The cost includes oil to massage your baby with.  You will be sent an information sheet on acceptable  oils to use on your baby in the group sessions,   in case you want to bring your own, which must be totally scent and essential-oil free.   Additionally, you may have the option of purchasing  Biotone Advanced Therapy Massage Gel   to massage your baby with (see right for description). 
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Childcare may  be available at $______ per child per session. You will need to contact   _________    to arrange for   childcare in advance.

Yoga mats will be available. Bring a couple of blankets for your baby and perhaps a pillow for you to sit on, along with a water bottle.

Please note that this is a SCENT- and ESSENTIAL OIL - FREE event. Thank you. ​
Upcoming Workshops   2021 - 2022
At this time group workshops in community spaces are not available because of COVID restrictions. Check here regularly for updates. 

IN-HOME  INSTRUCTION IS AVAILABLE
​People who attend the Infant Massage workshops will  be supplied with oil to massage their babies.
Alternatively,  they may have the option to purchase the  Massage Gel below. I'm not a distributor. I just really like this gel that my massage therapist uses.  ​

​Biotone Advanced Therapy Massage Gel  Hypoallergenic Sensitive  Skin Formula: is unscented, hypoallergenic,   paraben-free and cruelty-free.

Light texture, this seed-oil based  gel  offers up to  25% more coverage than typical  oils, so you use much less.  Water- disbursable and Worry-Free washout. 

Provides 25 % more coverage than ordinary oils,  yet it's remarkably light, lasting and non-greasy.    Spreading effortlessly over the skin, this seed oil based  gel has one of the  lightest, most pleasant textures you'll find.  Offers significantly   more coverage than typical oils, so you use much less, yet assures continuous workability that doesn't require the interruption of reapplication. 

An ideal choice for those who want the lightest of oil textures. Water-dispersible.  Leaves no greasy residue.

Key Ingredients: Apricot    oil, Sesame oil, Grapeseed oil, Coconut oil ester, vitamin E.

​Ingredients: Canola Oil (Brassica napus), Octyl Palmitate (coconut oil ester), Tribehenin (Vegetable Derived),  Candelilla Wax (Euphorbia antisyphilitica),  Copernicia Cerifera Wax, White Beeswax, Apricot Oil (Prunus armeniaca), Sesame   Oil (Sesamum indicum), Grapeseed Oil (Vitis vinifera), Laureth-3, Dimethicone, Vitamin E,    Hypoallergenic, Neutralizing Fragrance. Paraben Free and Cruelty Free.