Massage and Bodywork for Babies: 6wks to precrawling

with: Ellynne Skove, LCAT, BC-DTR, NCC, RPP
when: Saturday, June 12, 2010, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
where: Mala Yoga 162 Court Street @ Amity Cobble Hill Brooklyn
cost: $25 per family

to register: email info@malayoganyc.com or stop by the front desk. Preregistration is essential, as this event is limited to 12 families.

Active touch can greatly enhance development….particularly in language & social development. Touch is one of the primary sources of pleasure. Being lovingly held and touched is a great spur to development. The muscles relax, the breath deepens, tension is dispersed, and the baby’s heart rate synchronizes with the caregiver developing heart coherency, a vital element in health and wellbeing.

This very gentle bodywork approach can help little ones with calming and integrating the nervous system resulting in improved sleep, digestion, and resolution of birth stress. We work with attunement, breath, heart coherency, and a slowed pace to match the baby’s nervous system encouraging deeper bonding and attachment between parents and baby. No massage experience necessay!

Bring two baby blankets. Massage oil and creams will be provided but if you prefer to bring your own you may….no mineral oil please

Ellynne Skove, LCAT, BC-DTR, RPP, NCC

Ellynne is a licensed Movement therapist, yoga teacher, certified counselor, and body worker. She founded and developed the GoGo Babies programs for babies 6 weeks to walking incorporating developmental movement, yoga, bodywork, breath, and music. Ellynne has used massage and bodywork with babies to help parents better attune to the unique needs of their babies, and to increase bonding and attachment. She is the mother of two and has been a resident of Carroll Gardens for 25 years. Ellynne has presented her work and taught at Families First, Birthday Presence, Realbirth, Fit Mama NYC, BAX, Spoke the Hub, Mary McDowell Center for Learning, Brooklyn Hts. Montessori/ The Little Room, Packer Collegiate Institute, Area Yoga, Mala Yoga, Vira Yoga, The American Polarity Therapy Association, and the American Dance Therapy Association. Ellynne also maintains a private practice at True North Wellness, in Brooklyn, offering somatic based counseling and bodywork for babies, children, adults, and families. Ellynne is completing graduate studies in birth psychology.