Baby & Young Child Massage Classes
Monthly classes held over two consecutiveSaturday sessions - see details below.
>>>>next class : Sat TBC 2024 2:30-4:00pm
- please contact Sharon to enquire about a date of your preference (bring a friend or 2 and guarantee the date going ahead!)- please click here to pay a deposit to secure your place in the class, by the Wednesday before the class please
Learn to Massage
Babies
and Young Children
Helps with:
- Bonding - Dads too
- Setting your child up for a lifetime of safe, respectful, meaningful interactions
- General immune health of baby
- Improved digestive health (if specific abdominal massage is performed)
- And more.
And it feels great for both receiver and giver!
- Touch is the first sense to be developed by babies. Their world is full of sensing, feeling and touching, beginning in the womb.
- Research studies have shown that babies who are touched and stroked sleep better, are less fractious and suffer less from colic.
- Premature babies gain weight more quickly and tend to lose their anti-touch behaviours when they are massaged regularly (Field, et. Al 1986).
- Without loving touch, babies may not thrive and, in fact, may not survive.
Baby and Young Child Massage Classes
- Learn to massage Babies and Young Children
- Over 2 consecutive Saturday afternoon sessions
- 1st and 2nd Saturday of each month, 2:30pm-4:00pm
- At Sharon's clinic premises at 19 Meeanee Road, Taradale, Napier
- $50 total per baby/child for both sessions (if the class can be contained to 1 session, price is discounted by $15)
- Pregnant Mums and Dads welcome - and other caregivers such as Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, etc
- Contact Sharon for more information or to register your interest (providing your name/s, baby's name, preferred dates and contact information)
- OR contact Sharon about organising a private class at your location (for a minimum of 4 babies/children) - at a discounted rate
Contact Sharon Elsworth
"...gained knowledge & experience in how to massage my
baby in
soothing & respectful ways... has helped to strengthen the
bond...
developing a range of ways in which I can engage in meaningful
interactions with her... thoroughly enjoyed the workshop... thanks a
bunch!" Kelly
"...found you a wealth of knowledge... very approachable... wonderful & passionate throughout..." Kym
"...well presented, informative and relaxed environment.." Hannah
>>[Link to pay balance for class online using credit/debit card, once deposit has been paid].