Crystal Massage for Mom and Baby
Crystal suggestions - follow this link to the Crystals A to Z Post
~ Have your baby on a foam pad on the floor, a sofa or your lap.
~ Try to work with your baby*s position at the time, the less
re-positioning the better.
~ Hold crystal in one hand and secure baby with the other.
~ Avoid running crystal into bones like the spine, shoulder blades etc.
~ Make long strokes in an elliptical or oval shape and short strokes in a
circular shape to fit the body part you are working on.
~ Remember to always use very light pressure.
Back
~ with hand on one side of spine at top, move crystal down side of spine
to rear end and base of tail bone and up sides and around shoulders to
back of neck. Make long, smooth strokes.
~ Move crystal in circles all over one side of spine, then the other.
Legs
~ hold foot with one hand, straightening leg, use other hand with crystal
to draw from body down leg.
~ move crystal in circles all over top side of leg, then the underside.
Feet
~ move crystal in circular motion on sole of foot.
~ work crystal in space between toes and ball of foot.
Tummy
~ move crystal in large circles around tummy.
~ move crystal in small circles while making a larger circle around tummy.
Alternate small circles with large circles.
Shoulders, Neck, Head & Face
~ move crystal around shoulder from front to back and up neck
to base of skull.
~ draw crystal up from center chest to throat and chin.
~ move crystal down neck to top of spine and base of skull.
~ work crystal in circular motion all over head, between ears,
around base of ears, on forehead and down forehead to nose.
