Ayurvedic massage for children

Just like adults, children are sensitive to stress and experience varying degrees of tension depending on the situation, which they often express through stomach or headaches, tears, anger, tiredness or difficulty falling asleep.

Based on the real Abhyanga, the treatment given to children (aged between 7 and 15) will be gentler and shorter, lasting around thirty minutes. With effleurages, smoothing… warm oil, enveloping, reassuring and soothing movements.

On the back, for general tiredness and all kinds of annoyance. On the stomach when anger and anxiety take over and block digestion. In the heart, for emotional pain.

The touch allows you to relax completely and reconnect immediately with your ‘inner self’, your heart, while becoming aware of your body and the fluids that circulate within it.

Sesame oil, coconut oil, sweet almond oil or a specific oil will be chosen according to the child’s constitution and needs.

What the massage will bring to your child

• Peace, tranquillity and relaxation
• Self-confidence and concentration
• Better management of emotions
• Balanced doshas for strong immunity
• Fewer growing pains
• Optimised circulation of fluids
• Good sleep
• Better self-awareness
  

However, there are a few contraindications

• heart or circulatory problems (thrombosis)
• bone and skeletal disorders
• cancer (swelling) depending on type/stage
• recent scars, wounds, burns, cuts
• following surgery (wait at least 3 months)
• high fever, nausea, inflammation (skin, sprain, tear, etc.)
• severe pain
  
• diabetes
  
• during menstruation