THE MANY BENEFITS OF INFANT MASSAGE

PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS FOR INFANTS
  • Promotes longer and deeper sleep
  • Relieves discomfort from gas, colic and teething
  • Increases brain and muscular development
  • Improvement of sensory awareness
  • Improves skin & muscle tone
  • Increases sociability
  • Increases flexibility
  • Faster weight gain
  • Increase of oxytocin - feel good hormone
  • Decrease of cortisol - stress hormone
  • Release of endorphins - body's natural pain-killers
  • Enhances and regulates all the body systems: Digestive, Respiratory,
      Circulatory, Immune, Nervous, Lymphatic, Cardiac, and Hormonal

PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS FOR PARENTS
  • Reduces stress
  • Reduces blood pressure
  • Improves sense of well-being
  • Release of oxytocin - nurturing hormone
  • Decease of cortisol stress hormone
  • Improves overall health

PSYCHO-SOCIAL BENEFITS FOR INFANTS
  • Promotes bonding & attachment
  • Increases self-esteem and respect
  • Promotes mind-body-spirit connection
  • Increases sense of love, trust & acceptance
  • Enhances communication
  • Improves relaxation
  • Feel safe and secure

PSYCHO-SOCIAL BENEFITS FOR PARENTS
  • Fun and relaxing
  • Promotes bonding
  • Increases confidence
  • Respond more intuitively
  • Promotes parenting skills
  • A new family tradition
  • Special one on one time together
  • Increases parent-infant communication
  • Improves ability to read infant's unique needs & cues
  • Allows older siblings to assist in massage as a way to welcome a new baby       into the family to decrease incidence of jealousy

BENEFITS FOR SOCIETY
  • Increase respect and trust for one another
  • Decrease in all kinds of abuse and violence
  • A healthier, more compassionate society
  • World peace!