Benefits: 

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• Encourages flexibility in the hips, spine, shoulders, knees and ankles

• Promotes good posture sitting and standing

• Encourages happy, gentle tummy time

• Develops a strong structural foundation while baby's self-confidence grows

• Helps to encourage baby to walk with a good posture, with the baby’s heels down and baby's feet spread on the floor to enable baby to stand and walk with more confidence and security

• Opens front of chest and shoulders, which helps baby to breathe more deeply

• Relaxes baby’s tummy to ease colic, constipation, and other tummy troubles

• Relaxes baby to help ease anxiety or stress

• Encourages and promotes your baby’s circulation to feet and hands

• Promotes confident holding and reassurance

• Helps mum with post-natal depression

• Helps parent and baby bond

 

 

Classes are suitable from 4 weeks old until your baby is crawling.  The techniques are simple so that you can continue massaging your baby at home, and continue into toddlerhood.

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Group course

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The group courses are held in the lovely midwife clinic, Verloskundige Pratijk Helende Meesters in Amstelveen (opposite Amstelland hospital) (or you can arrange a private one in the comfort of your own home - see below).  The group classes are kept small so that you meet other parents in an intimate and friendly environment.  We follow the babies' lead.  Anytime your baby needs to be fed, bum changed, or just needs a cuddle, I encourage you to do so, and help you to feel at ease and comfortable.

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We start each session with some holding and reassurance techniques, with your baby fully clothed, until your baby feels happy and content.  Once your baby is ready, we then begin the massage with their clothes off (using soft towels to cover the areas of the body not being touched), using some lovely organic oil (provided).  Relaxing music is played while we gently soothe our babies with some light nursery rhymes, and lots of relaxation breathing to help parents relax.  The last session is an exciting sensory class which the babies love! 

 

Each session is 1.5 hours long, with some relaxing time at the end for tea/coffee, snacks (and some yummy homemade cake!) and lots of time to chat.

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Other family members, dads, mums, grandparents, and siblings are welcome too!

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Next group course dates 2024:

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Where: Verloskundige Helende Meesters, Amstelveen

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When:  (mornings 10:30 - 12:00)

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March/April: 6, 13, 20, 27 March & 3 April

April/May:   24 April & 1, 15, 22, 29 May 

June/July:   Summer break

August/September:   28 August & 4, 11, 18, 25 September

October/November: 9, 16, 23 October & 6, 13 November

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Cost: €150

 for the 5 classes (includes organic oil, parents booklet, tea, coffee and cake/biscuits)

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Venue:

Verloskundige Helende Meesters

Laan van de Helende Meesters 431

1186DK

Amstelveen

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Private group course with your friends

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Do you have a group of friends who would like to all join a baby massage course? 

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Would you like to hold this in your own home?  Contact me if you would like to arrange something like this.

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Private 1-to-1 course in your own home

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Would you like to arrange a private one-to-one course for you and your partner with your baby, in your own home?  I offer a private course of 3 sessions, each one lasting 1 hour, in the comfort of your own home.  We slowly introduce the techniques over the 3 days, finishing with a full body massage, with sensory fun & songs, on the last day.  I will come to your home with soft towels, organic cold-pressed oils and music.  You'll receive your own bottle of oil and an instruction booklet.  

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Cost: €390

 for the 3 sessions (includes organic oil, parents handouts, and my travel to your home.  If you live more than 8km from my home, then there is extra travel cost of €30)

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Private 1-to-1 session in your own home

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Would you like to arrange a private one-to-one session for you and your partner with your baby, in your own home?  I offer a private session, lasting 1.5 hours (babies usually find that more than 30-40 mins of massage is too much), in the comfort of your own home.  We will cover as many techniques as possible, but we don't usually have time to cover a full body massage.  I will come to your home with soft towels, organic cold-pressed oils and music.  You'll receive your own bottle of oil and an instruction booklet.  

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Cost: €150

 for the 1 session (includes organic oil, parents handouts, and my travel to your home.  If you live more than 8km from my home, then there is extra travel cost of €30)

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Contact me for more information:

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