Shantala

Shantala is a type of massage. Consist in soft massage applied to baby

How was born Shantala massage?
Frederick Loboyer was a paediatrician who walked by India and saw a woman in the street. Her name was Shantala and she was with her baby. She give massage her son Gopal
This paediatrician will be found very interesting, so he asked permission to get some pictures count as and so became the first book about this topic. which he named in her honor... "SHANTALA"
 In the native cultures of Latin America all primitive groups, using, this first contact, as part of the primary communication with their children.
therefore we can say that this technique was used in different parts of the word and now has in traditional medicine.
why happened?
because Shantala give many benefits.
physical benefist: relives muscle tension, reduces cramping, improves the circulatory system, revitalize the lymphatic system. And emotional: they are attentive and curious babies, they show more confidence in themselves and their environment, have a closer relationships with their parents.
this massage can be done in different part of the body; feet, knee, leg, hips, back, shoulder, arm, forearm, hand, finger, face and stomach. the stomach massage is very important because reduces camping, and camping is very annoying for the baby.
is important for the midwaivs know this Technic, because this way we can teach mothers how to caress their babies. so women are able to improve the health of their babies, and improve relationship between mother-baby

Shantala

Aims:

Identify the influence of massage Shantala on babie

Methods:

Trough reading and analysis publications in the scientific hournal,

for example one studies University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, study about Cortical

in the babies. Other studies acout colic in the child, and the mother baby connection, etc.

Result:

Was demostrated that the Shantala massage decreases the cortical hormone

(the cortisol is the stress hormone). The massage in the stomach zone can prevent

the colic in the child, colic thah happen because the digestive sustem is not very mature.

Massage help digestion and help baby sleep good.

Conclusions:

The Shantala massage can give calm at the baby, encourage your body's resistence, make them have a peaceful sleep and positive psychological development. apart when toyr mother has done this massage, generates a closer bond between mother and son creating a pleasant moment for both.

my favorite topic

Breastfeeding  (la lactancia materna)

The breastfeeding is when the mother gives milk to baby. Is a natural process. The OMS and UNICEF says “is a unique way of providing ideal food for growth and proper development of children”.

The mother’s milk contains every nutrient the babies need.

Gives defenses

Stimulate the Intellectual development, stimulate tooth calcification, the mother’s milk is more inexpensive that supplement milk.

Also help the mother weight loos (Maintain a healthy weight).

Strengthen union mother-baby: the baby feel loved, and the baby learn to confide in other people

a bizarre thing

hello reader people
hello teacher
hello students

well, today I will write about my.

I was born a summers's day in the hospital "Paula Jara Quemada". my parents Elizabeth Cubillos and Sandro Navia.

My parents were happy, but they were perplexed because i was a monster. jaja no is a joke. they were perplexed because they thought i was a boy, and now i was a girl.

so my name couldn't be Felipe. Now my name would Valerie, Valerie Romina.

I living with my parents, my little sister (she have eigh age and sometimes is very unbereable but i love her), and my pets Donka and Pantera.

I studied in the Boston College, in this school, I had a good friends, my friends was Natalia, Nathalie, Valeria, Gabriela, Fabian, Manuel. We did homework togheter, we went to parties together, cry and smile together :) they worried for my and I worried for them, and in that time I was very happy.

In my view, friends are very important for a persons's life. and the family also is very important for a person's life, my family is essential for my, because they always support me, and give me advice.

In this year, in 2011 I have 20 years old, and I study Obstetric in the "Universidad de Chile" I like my career

i think this career is very nice and important to mother, to babys and is important for my. and I say make me happy.

also i like practice sport, listen to music, dance (I dancing folklore in the Universidad Silvio Enriquez), look the sky, paint, play guitar, play harmonic, and ate wathermelon jujuu is very sweet. 

the end