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Scottish School of Child and Baby Massage

Emporium Buildings
6 Whitburn Road
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 1HH

Tel: 01506 637566
Fax: 01506 637550
           
     info@babymassage.org.uk

Baby Massage

This gentle art has been used for generations throughout the world and is now re-establishing itself in the west as the many benefits of massage are being rediscovered by modern science.

Benefits

The many benefits of Baby Massage include:

• Bonding between parents and baby – especially valuable with postnatal depression and where parents return to work, also with premature and special needs babies.
• Reducing restlessness and helping with sleep
• Helping to relieve colic and constipation
• Stimulating and strengthening primary systems (respiratory, circulatory and nervous)

The Course

Our Baby Massage Instructors Course is open to all health care professionals and to those already qualified in massage. The initial part of the course is held over two consecutive days and includes:

• Baby massage strokes for full-term, pre-term and special needs babies
• Contra-indications
• Environment
• Positioning

As it is important to understand the full effect of massage on parents and babies, part of the course focuses on doing massage and the training includes actual parent/child classes.

We also examine relevant research and look at the relationship between parent and baby, how that operates in a class and the benefits of massage for pre-term and special needs babies.

After successfully teaching one course in Baby Massage and completing an evaluation, participants will return for a third day to discuss how their class progressed, to review strokes and have an assessment.

After successful completion of all course work, participants will receive a Certificate in Baby Massage.

The Teacher

Tammy McLellan has been teaching baby massage for over ten years to both parents and health care professionals.  A graduate of the College of Holistic Medicine, Glasgow, she holds the following qualifications:     
           

• Diploma in Therapeutic Massage
• Diploma in Holistic Counselling
• Tammy is also a member of The Society of Holistic Practitioners     

 Although based in Edinburgh, Tammy travels all over the country providing courses for health authorities in their local area.

 Contact Us

If you are interested in attending a Baby Massage Instructors Course and would like to receive more information, please contact us.

Scottish School of Child and Baby Massage

Emporium Buildings
6 Whitburn Road
Bathgate
West Lothian
EH48 1HH

Tel: 01506 637566
Fax: 01506 637550

info@babymassage.org.uk