Health starts from the beginning of life, and create a healthy baby is not about food only, but a complete understanding of the needs of it. The baby massage, known as Shantala, help to create a link development fraternal boosting their immune system.
No one doubts that a good massage is therapeutic and it helps relieve stress and accumulated fatigue. In addition, we also know that health is not about food only, but to have peace of mind, and know cope with everyday situations. Stress is responsible for a large percentage of diseases.
Babies may not have the stress of a life of study, work, social engagements and all, but are beings who are beginning to form their social bonds. That is why massage helps create a strong emotional bond between parents and children, and this in turn brings benefits to feel the love and security with smooth hands you can generate.
Shantala name should be a woman of Indian origin, who used to caress and gently massage your baby. Dr. F. French Leboyer to watch this woman was amazed by the benefits that this practice was in babies, so I decided to bring these practices to the West and baptize this technique with the name of Shantala.
You can make this practice a ritual, such as after bathing, and smear oil on the child, you know that the time has come that gives long-awaited peace and security.
Gentle massage of the babies bring several benefits, among which are:
* Helps the baby relax and strengthen the respiratory function, circulatory and gastrointestinal systems.
* Helps strengthen the immune system. It is well known that stress and tension makes the person’s immune system to decay, so keep a sense of security helps keep it healthy.
* Helps to boost the self esteem of the baby, as they feel loved and protected.
* It helps to have better contact with parents, creating a strong fraternal bond being able to identify the smile, eyes and smell.
The movements must be soft, like touching, using the tip of the fingers and especially the index finger, middle finger and thumb, sliding it on legs, shoulders, hands and arms. Use oil of choice for generating no irritation. Further detailed technical publications of this type of massage.