“Turn the baby face down and start at the neck and use your thumb and fingertips to massage,” Nagamani Podri demonstrates as she quickly strokes and massages the 5-month-old baby on her lap. . She is a 35 year old maid living in Hyderabad, India. When she’s not doing daily chores for middle- to upper-class families, she transforms into a masseuse for her postpartum baby and her mother. Although she has no formal training, she has a rich tradition that has been passed down through generations. “I have three daughters and a son,” she said. “I did this massage on all the kids and learned it from their mothers.”
Massaging a newborn baby may seem a little strange, but it has its origins in shish abhyanga thousands of years ago. ayurveda Practice. However, recently, baby massage has become popular in the West thanks to the work of Vimala McClure, who founded the International Association for Infant Massage (IAIM) in the United States. 1981an organization that has since spread to 70 countries from Brazil to the UAE.
As of 2020, ended 85% of Indian parents follow this custom; 99.7% of Nepali newborns receive massage within the first 14 days of birth.In the United States, an organization Said It has been delivered to at least 23,000 households since 2005, and one company is credited with creating a $150 “baby theragun” based on Indian customs. However, as the tradition spread, From east to west Who can be an expert?
