Massage

Course Price

Full course: £50.00 payable in advance

This price includes:

- pure vegetable based massage oil
- class handouts
- refreshments
- certificate on completion of the course.

The only thing you need to bring along with you each week is a towel, spare nappy and wipes, your massage oil (which is provided to you at the beginning of your first session) and, of course, your baby! It is advisable to wear loose fitting clothes as you will be moving about on mats and the room will be warm.

Benefits of baby massage

  • Promotes bonding and attachment
  • Relaxation
  • Makes baby feel loved
  • Promotes better sleep
  • Facilitates body awareness
  • Boosts immune system
  • Sensory stimulation
  • Improves skin condition
  • Improves blood circulation
  • Helps digestion
  • Balances respiration
  • Relieves teething pains
  • Relieves wind and colic
  • Help waste elimination
  • Helps build parents' and baby's self-esteem
  • Helps you learn about your baby (their needs and desires)
  • Relaxes parents
  • Pleasurable experience
  • Stimulates production of oxytocin (Oxytocin is a hormone which can be produced by both male and female persons during massage. It is useful as a pain reliever and has a calming effect on the person.)

Fees
 
All cost includes:
 
- pure vegetable based massage oil
- class handouts
- certificate on completion of the course
- telephone support after the programme has completed
 
Private one-to-one classes
Private classes are also available in your own home. This is particularly enjoyable for babies as they are in their own, familiar and comfortable environment at a time that suits them! Private classes are run for 60 minutes over a four week period at £80.00 payable in advance.
 
Private group classes
Why not get a group of friends together and have a class in your own home? Get two of you together at a fee of £140.00 for the full programme. Get three of your friends together at a fee of £180.00 for the full programme. A Group between 4 and 8 parents per session is a fee of £240.00 for the full programme. All private programmes will consist of between 60 and 90 minutes per session over a four week period on a day and time that suits you. This cost includes: pure vegetable based massage oil, class handouts and a certificate on completion of the course.
 
The only thing you need to bring along with you each week is a towel, spare nappy and wipes, your massage oil (which is provided to you at the beginning of your first session) and, of course, your baby! It is advisable to wear loose fitting clothes as you will be moving about on mats and the room will be warm.
 
Colic relief workshop
This is a one-off workshop suitable for parents who have a baby experiencing discomfort which they are unable to identify. This workshop should ONLY BE TAKEN if you follow it up with the full IAIM massage programme, either in a group session or a private session in your own home. This is because the programme and benefits will only work if you complete the full course and continue to massage and bond with your baby after the course is complete. It is important to understand that no valid reason has been identified as to the cause of colic - it could be an emotional and/or a physical discomfort so by giving your baby the one-to-one attention and nurturing touch s/he needs on a long-term basis means there is a much better chance of success!

This workshop will enable you to give twice-daily colic relief massage to your baby over a two week period. I offer a 90 minute tuition in the comfort of your own home where you will feel more at ease. In this session, we will discuss the issue of crying on an emotional and physical level and any other concerns you may have, I will introduce you to colic relief strokes which you can take away with you to help ease and settle your baby, together with a hand-out on colic-relief strokes, you will receive a 50ml bottle of pure vegetable oil and I will provide moral support should you need it through this period.
The cost for this one-off session is £25 - follow up sessions available on request.
 
PLEASE NOTE IT IS NECESSARY TO BOOK A GROUP BOOKING OF FIVE WEEKS OR PRIVATE BOOKING OF FOUR WEEKS ON COMPLETION OF THIS COLIC WORKSHOP (as outlined above).