Parent-Child Workshops

Parent-Child Workshops

I offer four parent-child bonding workshops:

1. Self-Care Workshop

Body Energy Stimulation Workshop: Do-In, Chinese Self-Massage, Self-Shiatsu, Makko‑Ho (meridian stretching).
This workshop is present to a group of children or a group of children and parents in an appropriate, secure environment.
At the conclusion of the session, the participants are invited to share and illustrate their experiences through drawings, paintings, modeling clay, verbal expression, writing, etc.

Learn more about the workshop.

For:

Children from age 4 to adults. No prerequisites.

 

Information:

Individual and group sessions.
Individuals: at home or in a site selected and arranged by the participant.
Groups: see details
Time: four-hour, half-day workshop. Fee: €75 for the half-day (for both parent and child).
Logistics/Organization: bring a floor mat. Both parent and child should wear loose, comfortable clothes.

 

2. Workshop of Introduction to Parent-Child Relaxation Massage

This workshop teaches parents a form of relaxation massage to give their children.

Before starting the massage, the parent asks the child permission to give him or her the massage. These gentle and easy to repeat gesture are performed with vegetable oil on a child dressed in undergarments (or without oil on a clothed child).
Light and fluid motions are performed on the face, head, back, chest, arms, hands, legs and feet.

The technique is taught on a floor mat or massage table (if available), and in an appropriate, secure environment.
A document is given to each participant at the end of the workshop.

 

Benefits of Parent-Child Children Relaxation Massage:

For parents:

  • Energy:
  • Physical: enhances appreciation of the sense of touch, increased joint mobility and loosens the back.
  • Psychological: helps the parent be more attuned to the child, communicate with the child in new ways and fortify existing emotional bonds.

For children:

  • Energy: increases the child’s vital energy.
  • Physical: develops awareness of the body and provides relaxation.
  • Psychological: : gives a sense of inner security, reduces anxiety and stress, boosts self-confidence and develops self-respect and respect for others, stimulates the desire to learn and share, reinforces existing emotional bonds.

For:

Children age 4 or up and adults. No prerequisites.

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Information:

Individual and group sessions.
Individuals: at home or in a site selected and arranged by the participant.
Groups: see details.
Time: four-hour, half-day workshop. Fee: €75 for the half-day (for both parent and child).
Logistics/Organization: bring a floor mat. Both parent and child should wear loose, comfortable clothes.

 

3. Introduction to Parent-Child Relaxation Massage Workshop

This workshop teaches parents and children a form of relaxation massage.
Before starting the massage, the parent asks the child permission to give him or her the massage and the child does the same with her or his parent. The person giving the massages performs a series of simple and pleasant motions along the back, hands, face and head.
Parents and children wear comfortable garments.
The technique is taught on a floor mat or massage table (if available), and in an appropriate, secure environment.
A document is given to each participant at the end of the workshop.

 

Benefits of Parent-Child Relaxation Massage:

For parents:

  • Energy: balances the parent’s vital energy.
  • Physical: enhances appreciation of the sense of touch; restores the body’s flexibility and tone.
  • Psychological: helps the parent be more attuned to the child, communicate with the child in new ways and fortify existing emotional bonds.

For children:

  • Energy: balances the child’s vital energy
  • Physical: stimulates the sense of touch and skills, develops awareness of the body and provides relaxation.
  • Psychological: gives a sense of inner security, reduces anxiety and stress, boosts self-confidence and develops self-respect and respect for others, stimulates the desire to learn and share, reinforces emotional bonds.

For :

Children age 4 or up and adults. No prerequisites.

In Pictures

 

Information:

Individual and group sessions.
Individuals: at home or in a site selected and arranged by the participant.
Groups: see details.
Time: four-hour, half-day workshop. Fee: €75 for the half-day (for both parent and child).
Logistics/Organization: bring a floor mat. Both parent and child should wear loose, comfortable clothes.

 

4. Parent-Child Touch Awareness Stimulation Exercises Workshop

This workshop presents games and touch sensitivity awareness exercises for a parent-child team.
Performed as a parent-child unit, these simple breathing, light stretching and body contact exercises get you moving and relaxed, while having a great time!
Physical contact involves the head, arms, hands, shoulders, back and feet.
Parent and child gently and calmly adjust, synchronize and harmonize their actions and gestures. They look at each other, attentive to shared sensations (of the body and each other, along with contact given and received).
Together, the parent and child discover a sense of wellbeing, bodily respect and awareness of movements.
While practicing these exercises, the movements being taught are performed in sitting, reclining or standing positions on a floor mat.
The participants are dressed in comfortable garments.
At the conclusion of the session, the participants are invited to share and illustrate their experiences through drawings, paintings, modeling clay, verbal expression, writing, etc.

Activities are performed in a non-competitive manner. They promote a spirit of teamwork and shared pleasure. They are performed in an appropriate, secure environment.

 

Benefits of Parent-Child Touch Awareness Stimulation Exercises :

  • Physical : increases flexibility and coordination; develops motor and physical skills.
  • Psychological : promotes letting go, increases responsiveness, concentration and attention.

For :

Children age 4 or up and adults. No prerequisites.
This workshop is tailored to the age of the participating child.

In Pictures

 

Information :

Individual and group sessions.
Individuals: at home or in a site selected and arranged by the participant.
Groups: see details.
Time: four-hour, half-day workshop. Fee: €75 for the half-day (for both parent and child).
Logistics/Organization: bring a floor mat. Both parent and child should wear loose, comfortable clothes.