{"id":1745,"date":"2023-06-30T21:10:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/story-massage\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T21:10:42","modified_gmt":"2023-06-30T21:10:42","slug":"story-massage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/story-massage\/","title":{"rendered":"Story Massage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Looking after our children\u2019s well-being is so important in developing happy and content children.\u00a0 We would like to share some strategies you can use at home to help your children feel calmer whilst refreshing their body and mind.\u00a0 The strokes and Story Messages have come from or been inspired by\u00a0Once Upon a Touch written by Mary Atkinson and Sandra Hooper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story Massage benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>&nbsp;Story Massage eases tension and gives the opportunity for dedicated \u2018calming time.\u2019<\/li><li>The promotion of \u2018feel good\u2019 hormones which boost general well-being.<\/li><li>Reduction of aggressive and hyperactive behaviour.<\/li><li>Increased self-confidence, self-awareness and self-esteem.<\/li><li>Individual attention giving a child a sense of self-worth.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>For beginners, please watch the 10 strokes and have a go.&nbsp; Once you have mastered these you will be ready to use the stories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Have a go and we hope you all enjoy the benefits of using these relaxing techniques at home.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UeWGtRP7OsA<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R058shy29jQ<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sh0rH7mxTkE<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QrUxi2utimY<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E7QfzSOi2eo<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PTz4ou5-McI<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking after our children\u2019s well-being is so important in developing happy and content children.\u00a0 We would like to share some strategies you can use at home to help your children feel calmer whilst refreshing their body and mind.\u00a0 The strokes and Story Messages have come from or been inspired by\u00a0Once Upon a Touch written Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itchyprojects.co.uk\/2026\/dev\/transfer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}