
Birth recovery, baby massage and gentle moves for the early months
Welcome to Birthlight
Welcome to our training programme in New Mother and Baby Nurture. Massage and movement will incorporate all the benefits of touch, along with gentle easeful movements and understanding of relaxation techniques for both the parent and the baby. Through baby massage we can teach parents to understand and respond appropriately to their individual babyโs needs, whilst assisting the baby to develop a sense of self. The movement which we teach is based on the practice of Hatha yoga, adapted to support the demands of the physical, emotional and psychological changes which occur following childbirth for both parents and babies. In accordance with the Birthlight principles of practice this Birthlight course will cover massage strokes, techniques of holding, moving and relaxing, which may be taught to the parents of infants. In this way our course promotes a truly holistic approach to parenting from the early stages of parenthood.
Birthlight aims to create a friendly, interactive environment to teach and support individual students within a group setting.
We hope you will enjoy the course and move forward at the end of the three days, to create your own classes bringing the benefits of massage and movement to many families.
Birthlight is a UK based charitable trust that is dedicated to promoting a sensitive approach to pregnancy, birth and infants. We do this through innovative applications of massage, yoga and practical teachings from many cultures around the world.
Birthlight promotes the holistic approach to birth, integrating body, mind and emotions through the transformations of pregnancy, birth and parenting.
Promoting parentsโ and babiesโ happy interactions is an important way of contributing to the optimal development of children, enhancing and bonding relationships that are formed at this time.

The Birthlight Philosophy
We aim to care for both the parent and baby, to teach with awareness and with respect for the individual and to build confidence and trust.
The Birthlight approach is based on the principles of massage and yoga, nurturing a deeper understanding of ourselves and our relationship with others. Our aim is to help both parent and baby relax in their shared enjoyment of the strokes and movements. A stable base of trust is formed and the baby can move happily into exploration and the journey to independence, forming a deep-rooted foundation for future physical and emotional security as an adult.
Gentle birthing and parenting of our babies sets the tone for non-violent upbringing of children and the promotion of greater peace in the world.
Cultural origins and inspiration
The inspiration for the approach to baby yoga and massage came from the Peruvian Amazon native people where Franรงoise Freedman, the founder of Birthlight, conducted her fieldwork for Cambridge University. She observed the wonderful ways in which the Amazonian families handled and cared for their babies and applied the ideas to her own children. Some traditional techniques used with infants in India have also been incorporated and adapted into the sequences. Years of practice and research underlie the integrated set of exercises presented in this course.
Birthlight ะะตััะบะธะน ะผะฐััะฐะถ
ะะพัะปะตัะพะดะพะฒะพะต ะฒะพัััะฐะฝะพะฒะปะตะฝะธะต, ะดะตััะบะธะน ะผะฐััะฐะถ ะธ ะผัะณะบะธะต ะดะฒะธะถะตะฝะธั ะดะปั ะฟะตัะฒัั ะผะตัััะตะฒ ะถะธะทะฝะธ
ะะพะฑัะพ ะฟะพะถะฐะปะพะฒะฐัั ะฒ Birthlight
ะั ัะฐะดั ะฟัะธะฒะตัััะฒะพะฒะฐัั ะะฐั ะฝะฐ ะบัััะต ะดะตััะบะพะณะพ ะผะฐััะฐะถะฐ. ะะฐััะฐะถ ะธ ะดะฒะธะถะตะฝะธะต ัะฒะปััััั ะฟัะตะบัะฐัะฝัะผะธ ััะตะดััะฒะฐะผะธ, ะฟะพะทะฒะพะปัััะธะผะธ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทะพะฒะฐัั ะฒะตัั ะฟะพัะตะฝัะธะฐะป ะฟัะธะบะพัะฝะพะฒะตะฝะธั ะฝะฐััะดั ั ะฐะบะบััะฐัะฝัะผะธ ะฟะพะปะตะทะฝัะผะธ ะดะฒะธะถะตะฝะธัะผะธ ะธ ะฟะพะฝะธะผะฐะฝะธะตะผ ัะตั ะฝะธะบ ัะตะปะฐะบัะฐัะธะธ ะดะปั ัะพะดะธัะตะปั ะธ ัะตะฑะตะฝะบะฐ. ะัะธ ะฟะพะผะพัะธ ะดะตััะบะพะณะพ ะผะฐััะฐะถะฐ ะผั ะผะพะถะตะผ ะฝะฐััะธัั ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน ะฟะพะฝะธะผะฐัั ะธ ะฟัะฐะฒะธะปัะฝะพ ัะตะฐะณะธัะพะฒะฐัั ะฝะฐ ะฟะพััะตะฑะฝะพััะธ ัะฒะพะตะณะพ ัะตะฑะตะฝะบะฐ, ะฟัะธ ััะพะผ ะฟะพะผะพะณะฐั ัะตะฑะตะฝะบั ััะพัะผะธัะพะฒะฐัั ััะฒััะฒะพ ัะฐะผะพััะธ. ะะฒะธะถะตะฝะธั, ะบะพัะพััะต ะผั ะฟัะตะฟะพะดะฐะตะผ, ะพัะฝะพะฒะฐะฝั ะฝะฐ ะฟัะฐะบัะธะบะต ะฅะฐัั ะฐ ะนะพะณะธ; ะพะฝะธ ะฐะดะฐะฟัะธัะพะฒะฐะฝั ะดะปั ัะพะณะพ, ััะพะฑั ัะดะพะฒะปะตัะฒะพัััั ะธะทะผะตะฝะธะฒัะธะผัั ะฟะพัะปะต ัะพะดะพะฒ ะฟะพััะตะฑะฝะพัััะผ ัะตะฑะตะฝะบะฐ ะธ ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน ัะธะทะธะพะปะพะณะธัะตัะบะพะณะพ, ัะผะพัะธะพะฝะฐะปัะฝะพะณะพ ะธ ะฟัะธั ะพะปะพะณะธัะตัะบะพะณะพ ั ะฐัะฐะบัะตัะฐ. ะะฐ ััะพะผ ะบัััะต ะฒั ะฟะพะทะฝะฐะบะพะผะธัะตัั ั ะผะฐััะฐะถะฝัะผะธ ะดะฒะธะถะตะฝะธัะผะธ, ั ะฟะพะดะดะตัะถะบะฐะผะธ, ัะตั ะฝะธะบะฐะผะธ ะดะฒะธะถะตะฝะธั ะธ ัะตะปะฐะบัะฐัะธะธ, ะบะพัะพััะผ ะผะพะถะฝะพ ะพะฑััะฐัั ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะน ะผะฐะปััะตะน. ะ ััะพะผ ะพัะฝะพัะตะฝะธะธ ะฝะฐั ะบััั ัะฒะปัะตััั ะฒะพะฟะปะพัะตะฝะธะตะผ ะฟะพ ะธััะธะฝะต ัะตะปะพััะฝะพะณะพ ะฟะพะดั ะพะดะฐ ะบ ัะพะดะธัะตะปัััะฒั, ะฝะฐัะธะฝะฐั ั ัะฐะผัั ะฟะตัะฒัั ะดะฝะตะน ะฟะพัะปะต ัะพะถะดะตะฝะธั ะผะฐะปััะฐ.
Birthlight ัััะตะผะธััั ัะพะทะดะฐะฒะฐัั ะดััะถะตััะฒะตะฝะฝัั ะฐัะผะพััะตัั ะพะฑัะตะฝะธั, ะฒ ะบะพัะพัะพะน ะบะฐะถะดัะน ัััะดะตะฝั ะผะพะณ ะฑั ะฟะพะปััะฐัั ะธะฝะดะธะฒะธะดัะฐะปัะฝัั ะฟะพะดะดะตัะถะบั.
ะั ะฝะฐะดะตะตะผัั, ััะพ ะะฐะผ ะฟะพะฝัะฐะฒะธััั ััะพั ะบััั, ะธ ััะพ ะฟะพ ะตะณะพ ะทะฐะฒะตััะตะฝะธะธ ะั ะฑัะดะตัะต ะดะฒะธะณะฐัััั ะฒะฟะตัะตะด ะบ ะฒะตะดะตะฝะธั ัะพะฑััะฒะตะฝะฝัั
ะทะฐะฝััะธะน, ะฝะตัั ะฟะพะปัะทั ะผะฐััะฐะถะฐ ะธ ะดะฒะธะถะตะฝะธั ะฒะพ ะผะฝะพะณะธะต ัะตะผัะธ.
Birthlight โ ะฑะฐะทะธััััะฐััั ะฒ ะะตะปะธะบะพะฑัะธัะฐะฝะธะธ ะฑะปะฐะณะพัะฒะพัะธัะตะปัะฝะฐั ะพัะณะฐะฝะธะทะฐัะธั, ะดะตััะตะปัะฝะพััั ะบะพัะพัะพะน ะฝะฐะฟัะฐะฒะปะตะฝะฐ ะฝะฐ ัะพัะผะธัะพะฒะฐะฝะธะต ะฑะพะปะตะต ะฝะตะถะฝะพะณะพ ะฟะพะดั ะพะดะฐ ะบ ะฑะตัะตะผะตะฝะฝะพััะธ, ัะพะดะฐะผ ะธ ะดะตััะผ. ะั ะฟัะตัะฒะพััะตะผ ััั ัะตะปั ะฒ ะถะธะทะฝั ะฟัะธ ะฟะพะผะพัะธ ัะพะฒัะตะผะตะฝะฝะพะณะพ ะธัะฟะพะปัะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะผะฐััะฐะถะฐ, ะนะพะณะธ ะธ ััะฐะดะธัะธะพะฝะฝัั ัะตั ะฝะธะบ, ะทะฐะธะผััะฒะพะฒะฐะฝะฝัั ะธะท ะบัะปัััั ัะฐะทะฝัั ัััะฐะฝ ะผะธัะฐ.
Birthlight ะฟัะธะดะตัะถะธะฒะฐะตััั ัะตะปะพััะฝะพะณะพ ะฟะพะดั ะพะดะฐ ะบ ัะพะดะฐะผ, ะบะพัะพััะน ะทะฐะบะปััะฐะตััั ะฒ ะพะฑัะตะดะธะฝะตะฝะธะธ ัะตะปะฐ, ัะฐะทัะผะฐ ะธ ัะผะพัะธะน ะฒ ะฟัะพัะตััะต ะฟัะตะพะฑัะฐะทะพะฒะฐะฝะธะน, ะบะพัะพััะต ะฟัะพะธัั ะพะดัั ะฒะพ ะฒัะตะผั ะฑะตัะตะผะตะฝะฝะพััะธ, ัะพะดะพะฒ ะธ ัะพะดะธัะตะปัััะฒะฐ.
ะกะฟะพัะพะฑััะฒัั ัััะฐะฝะพะฒะปะตะฝะธั ััะฐััะปะธะฒะพะณะพ ะฒะทะฐะธะผะพะดะตะนััะฒะธั ะผะตะถะดั ัะพะดะธัะตะปะตะผ ะธ ัะตะฑะตะฝะบะพะผ, ะผั ัะพะทะดะฐะตะผ ะฒะฐะถะฝัะต ััะปะพะฒะธั ะดะปั ะพะฟัะธะผะฐะปัะฝะพะณะพ ัะฐะทะฒะธัะธั ะดะตัะตะน, ัะณะปัะฑะปัั ะธ ัะบัะตะฟะปัั ะฒะทะฐะธะผะพะพัะฝะพัะตะฝะธั, ะบะพัะพััะต ัะพัะผะธัััััั ะฒ ััะพั ะฟะตัะธะพะด ะถะธะทะฝะธ.

ะคะธะปะพัะพัะธั Birthlight
ะั ัััะตะผะธะผัั ะทะฐะฑะพัะธัััั ะธ ะพ ัะพะดะธัะตะปัั , ะธ ะพ ัะตะฑะตะฝะบะต, ะฟัะพะฒะพะดั ะพะฑััะตะฝะธะต ั ะพัะพะทะฝะฐะฝะฝะพัััั ะธ ัะฒะฐะถะตะฝะธะตะผ ะบ ะบะฐะถะดะพะผั ะธะฝะดะธะฒะธะดั, ัะบัะตะฟะปัั ัะฒะตัะตะฝะฝะพััั ะธ ัะพัะผะธััั ะดะพะฒะตัะธะต.
ะะพะดั ะพะด Birthlight ะพัะฝะพะฒะฐะฝ ะฝะฐ ะฟัะธะฝัะธะฟะฐั ะผะฐััะฐะถะฐ ะธ ะนะพะณะธ, ะบะพัะพััะต ะฟะพะผะพะณะฐัั ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบั ะฑะพะปะตะต ะณะปัะฑะพะบะพ ะฟะพะฝััั ัะตะฑั ะธ ัะฒะพะธ ะพัะฝะพัะตะฝะธั ั ะพะบััะถะฐััะธะผะธ. ะั ัััะตะผะธะผัั ะฟะพะผะพัั ะธ ัะพะดะธัะตะปั, ะธ ัะตะฑะตะฝะบั ัะฐััะปะฐะฑะธัััั ะธ ะฝะฐััะธัััั ะฟะพะปััะฐัั ะฒะทะฐะธะผะฝะพะต ะฝะฐัะปะฐะถะดะตะฝะธะต ะพั ะผะฐััะฐะถะฐ ะธ ะดะฒะธะถะตะฝะธะน. ะะผะตั ะฟัะพัะฝัั ะพัะฝะพะฒั ะดะพะฒะตัะธั, ัะตะฑะตะฝะพะบ ะผะพะถะตั ััะฐััะปะธะฒะพ ะดะฒะธะณะฐัััั ะบ ะธััะปะตะดะพะฒะฐะฝะธั ะผะธัะฐ ะธ ะบ ะฝะตะทะฐะฒะธัะธะผะพััะธ; ััะพั ะฟัะพัะตัั ะทะฐะบะปะฐะดัะฒะฐะตั ะพัะฝะพะฒั ัะธะทะธัะตัะบะพะน ะธ ัะผะพัะธะพะฝะฐะปัะฝะพะน ะฑะตะทะพะฟะฐัะฝะพััะธ ัะตะปะพะฒะตะบะฐ ะฒะพ ะฒะทัะพัะปะพะน ะถะธะทะฝะธ.