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Qigong Massage for Your Child with Autism

Qigong Massage for Your Child with Autism

A Home Program from Chinese Medicine

Louisa Silva
Foreword by Dr. Anita Cignolini

Published by Singing Dragon

Paperback: £17.89 + VAT = £19.05 / $24.95

2011, 254mm x 177.8mm / 10in x 7in, 144pp
ISBN: 978-1-84819-070-2, BIC 2: VXHT1 VFJD

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Qigong massage has been used in China for thousands of years as a means to achieve health and wellbeing, and to treat a wide variety of ailments. This book teaches parents a simple qigong massage programme that has been developed specifically for the needs of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).

With step-by-step instructions and an accompanying DVD demonstrating the technique in action, this book offers parents clear guidance on how to adopt qigong massage into their child's daily routine successfully. The program is based around a core 15 minute massage that, when performed regularly, has been shown to greatly improve mood and behavior, sleeping patterns, and language and social skills. Also included is information on diet, advice on reading a child's body language during massage, and helpful progress checklists.

Qigong massage is the ideal therapy for parents looking for an alternative way to strengthen the mind, body and sensory abilities of their young child with autism aged 6 and under.

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Qigong Massage for Your Child with Autism – An Interview with researcher and author Louisa Silva

13 July 2011

"[After our] five month program of daily parent-delivered massage…Not only does autism become less severe, but the child has general improvements in health in important areas like sleep, digestion, ability to calm themselves down, and toilet training; there is less aggressive and self-injurious behavior, and parenting stress is considerably lower."

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20 May 2011

This week the International Association of Infant Massage (IAIM) has been holding events across the UK to promote baby massage as part of its National Baby Massage Week initiative (16-21 May 2011). According to the IAIM, the many benefits of massage include parent-child bonding, better sleep, body awareness and sensory stimulation. These findings are also reflected...