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The enjoyment of stories, songs and rhymes is as natural and intuitive as sharing the benefits of nurturing, consensual touch. The Story Massage Programme is a fun way of bringing story-telling and positive touch together with simple massage strokes given through clothes that are used to ‘illustrate’ the words of the story. This powerful combination can encourage relaxation and well-being, emotional regulation and the building of positive relationships.
The Story Massage Programme is a set of ten easy-to-follow massage strokes, each with a simple, friendly name like The Wave or The Sprinkle, with a symbol for each. These strokes are used to represent a range of actions, objects and emotions to really bring the words of a story, song or rhyme to life. Tracing a large circle on the back, for example, can depict a sun, while using The Sprinkle might illustrate rain. The Story Massage Programme is a fun and fully inclusive activity which can be enjoyed in many settings, and with children and adults of all ages and abilities - from birth to 100 years!
Sing and follow along with this uplifting video featuring a song written by Year 2 pupils with music by Will Taylor. The video, produced by Lizi Atkinson, includes clips to show the benefits of the Story Massage Programme for children and adults of all ages and abilities.
If you'd like me to visit to demonstrate Story Massage, or if you want details of one of my regular groups, please Contact me.
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