🌱 Massage Therapy for Children & Teens
We offer all treatments and workshops for babies, children, and teens at half price for parents and carers who are students, receive benefits, are disabled, or over the age of 65.
👶 Baby Massage
Designed to promote bonding while supporting your baby’s digestion, sleep, spatial awareness, and development. These workshops help parents feel confident using touch with their babies and with their children as they grow. Available in classes, 1:1, or small group settings.Suitable from 6–8 weeks up to fully mobile babies.
Over 5 weekly sessions, you’ll learn:
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Soothing full-body massage techniques
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Relief for colic, teething, congestion and more
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How to boost bonding, relaxation and restful sleep
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Includes a welcome pack and a keepsake footprint/handprint card in your final session.
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Twins/triplets welcome, and places are counted per baby — not per adult.
Suitable for babies from 6-8 weeks to fully mobile, baby massage is a wonderful for babies and their parents/carers. As this course progresses you will learn a full body massage to both soothe your baby and help provide relief from the discomfort of colic and trapped wind, colds and congestion, teething, dry skin and more.
Just by touching your baby in the soothing strokes learned through baby massage you will promote the release of Oxytocin, otherwise known as the 'love hormone'. This hormone can help to reduce levels of stress hormones in both baby and parent, bringing about a sense of relaxation, trust and enhancing the bond between you and your baby. Baby massage can also boost your baby's sleep-regulating hormone, Serotonin, which can lead to better and deeper sleep cycles for baby - and therefore for you too!
Over the five 1 hour sessions, you will learn how to massage your baby's legs, feet, tummy, chest, arms, hands, face and back. The strokes used will help to boost circulation, support baby's nervous and immune systems and improve their growing sense of body awareness.
🌸 Massage, Yoga and Sensory Workshops
We host welcoming and supportive workshops at:
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Hastings Quaker Meeting House, 5 South Terrace, TN34 1SA
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Humble Hub, 4–5 Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-Sea
Or book tailored 1:1 consultancy sessions either at home or at your chosen location.
🤸♂️ Tummy Time
Tummy time is a great way to help your baby to strengthen the muscles they need for sitting, rolling and crawling. Encouraging them to lie on their tummy also gives them a different view of the world.
Tummy time has plenty of benefits for your baby:
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It’s important for their physical development, helping your baby to strengthen their back, arms and neck muscles.
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Tummy time helps your baby to develop their motor skills and encourages them to roll over.
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Tummy time varies the position your baby lies in, which can also help prevent head flattening (positional plagiocephaly).
🌸 Holistic/Sports Massage for Children & Teenagers
Under 18s must be accompanied by a parent/carer
sessions are customised to suit your child's unique needs - teething, colic, sleep challenges or other concerns. Just let me know in advance so that you can get maximum benefit from your session.
Massage therapy offers significant advantages for children, particularly during periods of rapid growth. These growth spurts often lead to muscle tightness and discomfort. When used to address conditions like acute pain, chronic discomfort or muscle stiffness, massage can be highly effective. Its benefits include reducing muscle tension, alleviating pain, promoting muscular health, and enhancing the immune system. With screen time higher than ever, children's postures and physical wellbeing are increasingly affected. Regular massage helps alleviate discomfort in the back, neck and shoulders, supporting healthy development and pain free growth.
🌸 Massage for SEND and neurodiverse children
Massage is accessible for every child - regardless of ability, age or physical need. I offer flexible approaches, including, seated, bean bag, or adapted couch massage
Massages for under - 18s can be done through clothing, dry or with creams/oils
Benefits include boosted immunity, better sleep, emotional regulation and deeper calm
Specialist neuro-massage is available for children and young people iwth autism, ADHD, anxiety or other additional needs. I bring to this work a deep understanding borne of over 20 years of experience as a SENCO in secondary schools and in adult social care. The sessions re always guided by the child's pace and always proceed with compassion and care. I trained in neuro-massage for SEND with Giuliana Wheater of Rainbow Kids. Giuliana's work has been recognised by Ofsted as 'outstanding and innovative' and, I'm very proud to be able to offer this unique, inclusive therapy to the people of Sussex both privately, through the PHA (People's Health Alliance), for Home Schooling Groups and in Schools. Massage helps to release powerful feel good hormones for everyone!
🤸♂️Baby Yoga
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Stretches, holds and playful movement
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Digestive relief from wind and colic
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A warm space for parents to connect and gently restore
In our modern world, a lot of time for baby is spent sitting in car seats, pushchairs and highchairs, the impact of this can be balanced with the supported movement and stretching of Baby Yoga, which helps to stimulate and strengthen your baby's nervous muscular systems. This helps with your baby's balance and emerging body awareness which are vital as your baby moves on to more complex movements, gross motor skills and co-ordination. In one session of baby yoga, your baby could experience a level of beneficial stimulation equal to a whole day's worth of usual activities!
There are two yoga groups one for younger babies and one for older babies to accommodate their growing development stages
As each of the five week courses progress, you and your baby will experience swings, dips and holds, enjoy active play and tummy time and relax with you. Certain moves and holds can also help relieve digestive pains or the discomfort of colic and wind.
Baby Yoga classes are the perfect extension on from Baby Massage classes, however you do not have to have attended a Baby Massage class to join in with Baby Yoga - all are very welcome! Baby Yoga classes are suitable for babies from 3 months old (when neck strength has developed), until baby is very mobile (usually around 8 months, but every baby is different and some may wish to come for longer!)
Baby yoga benefits both parents/carers and baby as whilst baby develops their sensory integration and range
of movement, new mums in particular will have the chance to promote their post-birth restoration with gentle yoga poses. These poses will help you to stretch out any postural issues you may be experiencing from perhaps feeding baby or carrying baby, whilst also bringing you relaxation in a calm and non-competitive environment.
It is important to note that repetition and anticipation is important for babies and, as with traditional yoga poses, baby yoga is focused on the practice of poses as baby develops.
A welcome pack is provided on your first week. During the final week we also make special memories with a footprint/handprint memento card.
Parents and babies love these classes, and many sign up for the course again and again. For those wishing to come for a subsequent set of sessions, there will be a discount on your booking.
📖 Story Massage
The Story Massage Programme combines the benefits of positive touch with the fun and creativity of words – whether as story, rhyme or song. Ten simple massage strokes form the basis of the programme. These strokes have a name, such as The Circle or The Sprinkle, and an easy to recognise symbol making it fully accessible for all ages and abilities. Story Massage sessions can be shared as a child to child or parent to child activity or with adults. It is popular in a variety of settings including schools, special schools, care homes, after-school clubs, family centres, hospices and of course, the family home.
🌟 Massage for the Growing Child
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Adapted massage routines for older children
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Relaxation techniques and emotional regulation tools
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Options for family group workshops, peer massage in schools, or 1:1 sessions
Massage techniques and a specially adapted routine for older children including; how to incorporate games and storytelling into massage and positive touch sessions , relaxation techniques suitable for children, a “First-Aid Box” of self-help tools for emotional regulation. Available as group sessions with parents and children and/or 1:1 sessions and/or peer-to-peer massage in early years and school settings
🤸♂️ Baby Signing
Baby signing has been around for the past 30-40 years, and has become increasingly popular in the UK over the last 10 years. Evidence shows that infants who sign understand language, have larger vocabularies, and learn to talk sooner compared with those who have not signed. Baby signing is a form of communication with your baby before he/she has the ability to talk, using extended gestures such as British Sign Language (BSL) or Makaton. Babies naturally use a combination of gestures and sounds to help their parents understand them. Baby signing uses standardised signs based on BSL and teaches babies and toddlers the basic signs relevant to their daily routines to enable them to express their needs or thoughts. Babies and toddlers understand a lot more than we give them credit for, but they are often held back by their physical inability to talk. However, their ability to use their hands to gesture or form signs can enable them to communicate their needs or thoughts much sooner.
A 6 week programme will ensure all the appropriate signs relevant to babies every day routines are introduced and taught through the use of songs and nursery rhymes. Each week will cover a different topic such as; basic needs, bed time, animals, family, weather etc. The wonderful use of props, musical instruments, bubbles etc. enhances sessions and ensures greater interaction for babies and toddlers.
Expected positive outcomes:
Empowers babies to communicate earlier
Boosts self-esteem for baby as they are able to express their needs
Reduces frustrations for both baby and parent
Complements language skills and speech development
Enhances bonding and interaction
Helps parents understand what child wants/needs
Social development and turn taking is improved
Teaches parents the skill of signing
Skill for life – BSL is a language in its own right!
"...Baby Signing. It can reduce frustration, tantrums and misery, and – best of all-
it can help you gain an insight into your baby's world long before speech begins."
Dr Joseph Garcia 2005
Communication and language: Encourages early speech and language development. Develops language through the use of songs and nursery rhymes.
Physical development: Opportunities for children to enjoy movement. They develop coordination and control through use of musical instruments and other toys.
Personal /social development: Develops social skills and positive relationships for parents and babies and peers.
Literacy: Linking sounds and words with signs. The handouts of baby signs are linked to weekly topics.
Mathematics: Developing and improving counting skills through the use of numbers in songs and rhymes.
Understanding of the World: Making sense of the physical world through props, pictures and signs of everyday objects. Expressive Arts and design: Exploring a wide range of media and materials throughout the program. Encourages sharing of ideas and feelings through the use of signs.