8/04/2009

Massage therapy for infants and caresses


Indian massage: Shantala.
It is a mixture of ancient discipline and caricias therapy to promote a more intimate contact between mother and child. According to the tradition of India, is so important to give breast feed the baby and massage your skin. For them, as certainly for the rest of humanity, mimes are food. But these are technical and caresses the backing of an ancient wisdom.

• The mother should have her baby in her lap all the time and look to the eyes.

• The room should be at a comfortable temperature in winter should be heated, because the child should never experience a sensation of cold. In summer it is better outdoors, the first sun of the morning or last in the afternoon.

• There may be a massage with warm essential oil previously.

• The massage is slow and soft with the hands, chest first, then arms, legs, and finally the back and feet.

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