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Transforming communities with the International Association of Infant Massage programme – one baby at a time.
The IAIM is dedicated to using infant massage to transform communities and Alison Young, Interim Neonatal Deputy Manager & CIMI tells us about her ambitious goals, the IAIM Programme and how they came to fruition. For the first time in Wrexham, Wales a group of...
12 hands, 12 feet and 1 house! Infant massage and quadruplets
Big families are quite common, having 4 children is quite common, but 4 children the same age.... not so much. Well for the Sapia family it happened, undergoing IVF, both eggs taking and splitting, you have 4 gorgeous babies. 2 identical girls and 2 identical boys....
Infant Massage when Mum’s in Prison
We were so pleased to receive this from one of our recently qualified CIMI’s telling us her experience of teaching baby massage in a woman’s prison….. what a heartlifting account! “I work in a Women’s prison with pregnant ladies, new mums and those with older...
Kate has been spreading her passion for Infant Massage in Kenya
This is an ongoing project working alongside health professionals in Nairobi and Kate is loving it! She has had so much positive feedback from her students and can’t wait to go back.
TEACHING THE COLIC ROUTINE IN AN IAIM CLASS – OBSERVATIONS FROM A CIMI
When teaching infant massage I believe that for a parent the colic routine can be one of the most empowering elements of the course. To have a baby that cries for long periods on daily basis with no obvious reason can be completely exhausting for anybody. A parent can...
BENEFITS OF BABY MASSAGE, A PRACTITIONER’S PERSPECTIVE
I have been a Health Visitor for over 30 years, and a CIMI since early 2000`s, trained by Sylvie Hetu. The area that I was working in then, baby massage was offered to all and classes run routinely by Health Visitors and the Nursery Nurses. This was then taken over by...
Infant Massage by Vicky Pell and Debbie Lane
In March 2014, I attended the 4 day training to become an Infant Massage Instructor. I was very inspired by our trainer and her passion to deliver Infant Massage and I was very excited to be able to do the same. A colleague of mine, Debbie, had been qualified for 4...
IAIM IN ESSEX
A fine group of women dodged men in lycra cycling around Essex to get to the latest IAIM training! The Tour de France came to East Anglia with panache and roads closed early morning , detour were in place, as well wishers paved the streets in anticipation. None of...
THOUGHTS FROM A NEWLY QUALIFIED IAIM INSTRUCTOR
Initially I had 10 mums booked onto my first course since becoming a fully-fledged Infant Massage instructor. Gradually people pulled out until I finally had 5 mums booked onto the course. I was nervous but as the weeks have gone by I have grown in confidence and I am...
The IAIM on the Norfolk/Suffolk Borders
What a fabulous week on the Norfolk/Suffolk Borders! Thank you students for a great week together. Thank you too for your passion for nurturing touch and the International Association for Infant Massage! I felt that this was a really tight knit group that will really...
INFANT MASSAGE TRAINING IN HERTFORDSHIRE
Cocooned in a beautiful wooden hut tucked away in St. Albans, students finished their four day intense training with the IAIM earlier this month. With long awaited sunshine bathing our eco-environment, these wonderful women embraced all aspects of Vimala’s vision of...
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INFANT MASSAGE IN NORWICH
IAIM IN NORFOLK, DECEMBER 2013 Childways has completed another training in East Anglia. Thanks lovely students for an inspiring week together. I was touched by your enthusiasm and love of babies and families. The local community and beyond is lucky to have such...
FREE BABY MASSAGE CLASSES AVAILABLE IN IPSWICH
We are delighted to announce that we have eight FREE places on an upcoming infant massage class with the International Association Of Infant Massage. The dates are January 22,28,&29th 2014. All eight parents receive free goodie bag. Please contact Childways on...
(IAIM) INFANT MASSAGE IN WALES
I’ve just completed an International Association Of Infant Massage training in Port Talbot, Wales. It has become a special place in my heart and over the past three years I have had the pleasure of seeing nearly sixty instructors attend the four day IAIM training....
YUMMY IPSWICH IAIM TRAINING
A new favourite place for me to train is in Ipswich. Training at the Suffolk FoodHall was a real treat, literally. Not only were the new IAIM students wonderful to be with but delicious, wonderful snacks appeared throughout the day. The restaurant cooks decided to...
IAIM training Hitchin August 20th -23rd 2013
Tucked away in a secluded nursery in Hitchin, twelve new students embarked on their careers as IAIM Instructors. These sunny four days were such a joy. Thank you everyone for your passion and enthusiasm. 'The most fantastic, soul searching training - the best I have...
Infant Massage Training Edinburgh, June 17th – 20th 2013
Perhaps it's my Scottish roots or just the fact that everyone is so welcoming but I look forward to my annual trip to Edinburgh. This year was no exception and a new vibrant team of IAIM Instructors are already working their way through their assignments and parent...
The Power of a Mother’s Touch to Reduce Prenatal Stress
Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool, Manchester, and Kings College, London have found that mothers who stroke their baby's body in the first few weeks after birth may change the effects that stress during pregnancy. The study, which is published in full in the...
Baby Massage Case Study: Baby Group at HMP Swansea
It’s difficult enough being a new parent without the stress of Dad being in prison. Mum coping alone at home – with the help of family and friends if she’s lucky – and Dad not being able to do anything to help – no bonding with his new baby, and no chance to do those...
Infant Massage Benefits Babies & Parents Too
Vimala McClure pioneered infant massage training in the UK after working in India in the 1970s, where she witnessed mothers of all social classes, massaging their babies as part of their daily routine. While in India, Vimala learned the art of baby massage and came to...