Infant Massage is an wonderful, age-old practice that encourages bonding between parents and their newborn. Massage enhances the circulation of the blood, and therefore improves the condition of a baby’s skin and muscles. It can help regulate to their sleep pattern as well as soothe a colicky baby, helping to restore the normal function of the digestive tract.

This course will allow you to teach as well as to practice infant massage. You will learn how to teach parents different massage strokes and techniques to use throughout their child’s development, up to adolescence. This will include techniques that are useful during their early days, which can help with colicky babies and teething pain.

You will gain a thorough understanding of the benefits of baby massage, how to confidently teach new parents, and how to deepen their connection with their babies through loving touch. You will learn how to teach individual sessions as well as to run small group classes.

Learning to massage their baby is one of the best gifts the parents you teach will ever give themselves and their child. If you are drawn to working with families in their childbearing years, learning infant massage and its professional instruction will be a valuable and rewarding addition to your skills.

Wendy Jackson MIFPA

Wendy Jackson is a native New Zealander whose journey into natural healing began when she was exposed to complementary therapies as part of her nursing training 15 years ago. Her's was one of very few trainings that incorporated natural therapies.

Wendy specialized in paediatric nursing, working for many years in hospitals and in private practice. In her additional role as a paediatric nurse educator, Wendy taught parents of ill children necessary skills for their ongoing care, and was a mentor to new graduates on paediatric rotation.

Wendy undertook Diploma training in massage, and became a member of the prestigious New Zealand Association of Therapeutic Massage Practitioners (NZATMP). Dedicated to continuing her training at the highest level, Wendy completed her Diploma in Aromatherapy with the ITHMA. In addition, Wendy has undertaken training in antenatal and postnatal massage, infant massage instruction, Aromatic Indian Head Massage, Crystology and LaStone Therapy.

Wendy is founder of the highly successful Sunflower Studios Organic Aromatherapy Clinic in London.

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