LE PETIT MASSAGE PARTNERS WITH MOMSTYLE NEWS

Santa Monica, CA – Tina Allen, owner of Le Petit Massage and Director of the Children’s Program for The Heart Touch Project, has teamed up with Angeline Piotrowski of Momstyle News to provide families with education and practical techniques on the benefits that infant massage can have for them and their babies. This parent enrichment workshop will take place at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2007 at The Heart Touch Project in Santa Monica, California.

This workshop focuses on massage therapy for infants and includes hands-on instruction in infant massage techniques shown to encourage bonding and nurturing between parents and their children. Massage develops an intimate connection and bond between caregiver and child. It helps the caregiver to understand and respond to their child's nonverbal language with love, caring and compassion. Infant massage is also an effective lesson for families on how to interact with each other in a compassionate and gentle manner.

Nurturing touch has been shown to have many positive benefits:

Relaxes and soothes- Nurturing touch is a natural way to relieve stress for parents and their children.

Deepens Bonding- Essential one-on-one time that will enhance family bonding, understanding and ability to nurture.

Improves Communication- Increases caregiver’s confidence and sensitivity to their baby’s cues.

Contributes to development- Stimulates growth and healthy development of baby’s body, mind and spirit.

Empowers- Enhances caregiver’s ability to understand their children’s special needs.

Helps baby sleep better- By helping babies to release stress hormones which build during new experiences.

The infant massage parent enrichment workshop will be presented by Tina Allen, LMT, CIIT, CIMI, owner of Le Petit Massage and Director of the Children’s Program for The Heart Touch Project. To register: contact@momstylenews.com, call (323) 660-6684 or visit www.momstylenews.com

About Tina Allen:
Tina Allen is recognized internationally as a Trainer with the International Association of Infant Massage, a Certified Infant Massage Instructor and Licensed Massage Therapist with specialized training in massage for children with special healthcare needs and developmental baby massage. In addition, she is the coordinator for the CHLA-Heart Touch Massage Program at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, where she trains volunteer massage therapists to work with hospitalized rehabilitation patients, children with Cancer, Spina Bifida and medically complex infants in the Center for Newborn and Infant Critical Care. She is currently developing comprehensive pediatric massage programs at two leading Southern California hospitals.

About Le Petit Massage:
Since its inception, the goal of Le Petit Massage has been to empower families and professionals to provide nurturing touch: building stronger, more loving bonds with children. Le Petit Massage provides training, education and support for families and professionals, giving them the tools necessary to ensure the safe, professional practice of nurturing touch and developmental movement with infants and children.

About Momstyle News:
Based in Los Angeles, Momstyle News is a local parenting website that is sensitive to the fact that parents have a limited amount of time to research family-friendly activities and resources. Momstyle News does the research for parents and presents the information in an easy to use format. The goal is for Momstyle News to put you in touch with all the wonderful money-saving options available to families in this great city.

For more information:
Le Petit Massage
818.209.1918 ph 818.238.9938 fx
media@lepetitmassage.com
http://www.lepetitmassage.com
http://www.hearttouch.org

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