<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298558454671725624</id><updated>2011-04-21T14:10:11.792-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Soothing Embrace</title><subtitle type='html'>Bonding Parents &amp;amp; Infants</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://soothingembrace.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/298558454671725624/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://soothingembrace.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Soothing Embrace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01912223966635811955</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_pXirQr0KFLI/SJJn4taw7AI/AAAAAAAAABQ/J_DfoUTfWXc/S220/DSC_0072-1-2.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298558454671725624.post-4944681085019140937</id><published>2008-08-05T10:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-09-03T17:43:45.110-07:00</updated><title type='text'>About Soothing Embrace</title><content type='html'>With over &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;5 years&lt;/span&gt; as a Licensed Massage Therapist with&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; specialized&lt;/span&gt; training in &lt;strong&gt;infant &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;massage&lt;/span&gt;, I want to &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;educate families&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in the &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;power of nurturing touch&lt;/span&gt;. I have a &lt;strong&gt;true love&lt;/strong&gt; of children and making sure they &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;understand&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/span&gt;what &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;nurturing&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; touch is and&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; teaching&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; parents that &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;massaging&lt;/span&gt; your baby is a &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;wonderful thing to do.&lt;/span&gt; It is &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;so simple&lt;/span&gt; in terms of technique, yet &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;so powerful&lt;/span&gt; in what it conveys--&lt;em&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;your&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;love&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;your&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;understanding&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;and your&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;attention&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/em&gt;Infant massage is &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;about being together&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;being in touch&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;with each other&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; physically and emotionally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I have a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;series of 4 classes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; that I teach. They are each&lt;strong&gt; one hour classes&lt;/strong&gt;, and those classes meet &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;once a week&lt;/span&gt; for &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;four weeks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;. In those classes &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;you will receive&lt;/span&gt; a little &lt;em&gt;bottle of oil&lt;/em&gt; to get you&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; started at home.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;em&gt;Each class&lt;/em&gt; you will also receive &lt;strong&gt;one or two handouts&lt;/strong&gt; to put in your &lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;personalized&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt; folders &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;I make&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for you and your baby. Just a few of the topics we will cover is&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; how to deal&lt;/span&gt; with &lt;strong&gt;tummy troubles&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;em&gt; how&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;why&lt;/span&gt; we swaddle our &lt;strong&gt;little ones&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;em&gt; how to read&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;understand&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; what &lt;strong&gt;your baby&lt;/strong&gt; is &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;telling you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I will &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;come to you&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and do a personal&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; one on one lesson at your home. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;I &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;also&lt;/span&gt; do mommy and me &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;parties&lt;/span&gt;, which is a great way for &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;you and all your friends&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with little ones to get &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;together and learn and have some fun&lt;/span&gt;. &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L&lt;/strong&gt;ast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;but not least, I have handmade gift cards to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;give as a baby gift.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; You &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;can&lt;/span&gt; buy one session to &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;help&lt;/span&gt; get the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;new mommy started,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; or you may buy the whole package of classes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;All that technical stuff--&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;One session Gift Certificate is $60.00 (for one hour session)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Mommy &amp;amp; Me Party $50.oo per mommy (for one hour session minimum of 3 mommys)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Ages from 3 weeks to 18 months.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;My area covers: All Of Little Rock, Conway*, Cabot*, Bryant*, &amp;amp; Benton*.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;Classes must be paid up front.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;For any questions or to &lt;span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"&gt;schedule&lt;/span&gt; you may email me at&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:soothingembrace@gmail.com"&gt;soothingembrace@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;* These cities must be a Mommy and Me Party. No one on one classes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/298558454671725624-4944681085019140937?l=soothingembrace.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://soothingembrace.blogspot.com/feeds/4944681085019140937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=298558454671725624&amp;postID=4944681085019140937' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/298558454671725624/posts/default/4944681085019140937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/298558454671725624/posts/default/4944681085019140937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://soothingembrace.blogspot.com/2008/08/about-soothing-embrace.html' title='About Soothing Embrace'/><author><name>Soothing Embrace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01912223966635811955</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_pXirQr0KFLI/SJJn4taw7AI/AAAAAAAAABQ/J_DfoUTfWXc/S220/DSC_0072-1-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-298558454671725624.post-7490391347006659952</id><published>2008-07-31T18:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-05T09:54:24.342-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;B&lt;/strong&gt;enefits&lt;strong&gt; o&lt;/strong&gt;f&lt;strong&gt; I&lt;/strong&gt;nfant&lt;strong&gt; M&lt;/strong&gt;assage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;-- Skin sensitivity is the earliest developed function, and is most crucial &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;for all sensory systems for overall healthy development. --&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#999900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Babies:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#999900;"&gt;(These may promote or encourage)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;color:#999900;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Relaxation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Improves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;sensory&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;A&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;wareness&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Reduces&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;stress/stress hormones&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Relieves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;constipation/gas&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;Increase&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"&gt;Flexibility&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;I&lt;strong&gt;ncrease&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;circulation, digestive, and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;immune&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Enhance&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;bonding&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;/attachment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;Enhancing&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;trusting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;of touch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Improves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;sleeping patterns&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#999900;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Parents/Caregivers:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;(Theses may promote or encourage) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;On&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;e-on-One&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt; &lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;time&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;(bonding)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Confidence&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;in your ability to read your baby&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;Taking the&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; time&lt;/span&gt; to&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;relax&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;Bonding/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;support of other&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;parents&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Increase&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;the parents&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;ability&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;to soothe and meet&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;baby’s needs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;Not just&lt;/span&gt; &lt;strong&gt;bonding&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;for mom but the&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;color:#996633;"&gt;whole family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Builds &lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;trust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt; between you and your baby&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;Better health and&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;Wellbeing for all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff6666;"&gt;♥ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#996633;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Decrease&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#999900;"&gt;frustration with Child&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/298558454671725624-7490391347006659952?l=soothingembrace.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://soothingembrace.blogspot.com/feeds/7490391347006659952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=298558454671725624&amp;postID=7490391347006659952' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/298558454671725624/posts/default/7490391347006659952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/298558454671725624/posts/default/7490391347006659952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://soothingembrace.blogspot.com/2008/07/benefits-of-infant-massage-skin.html' title=''/><author><name>Soothing Embrace</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01912223966635811955</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_pXirQr0KFLI/SJJn4taw7AI/AAAAAAAAABQ/J_DfoUTfWXc/S220/DSC_0072-1-2.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
