Prenatal massage & massage for new parents
A physically and emotionally fit parent makes a calmer and more intuitive parent.
Genevieve is a certified massage therapist, a certified childbirth educator, and certified labor & birth and postnatal doula, and a mother of four.
Massage for pregnant people, couples, and new parents is an integral part of the comprehensive support Birth Journeys offers to new or experienced parents on their journey. Massage is a wonderful way to relieve the physical and emotional stress caused by pregnancy and the demands of parenting.
Genie uses a side-lying system designed specifically to create ergonomically correct support for pregnancy. This system stabilizes while it soothingly cradles in all the right places – breasts, shoulders, neck, belly, and hips. You undress to your level of comfort and are fully covered at all times, except for the area that is being worked on.
Please visit Massage Journey for more information and contact Genie directly at 802-373-3236 or geniehenry@gmail.com to schedule your appointment!
Services and Rates
Postnatal
- One-hour massage $90
- 75-minute massage $110
- 90-minute massage $135
Prenatal
- One-hour massage $100
- 75-minute massage $125
MASSAGE FOR LABOR CLASS
This private class focuses on massage techniques that are helpful to release stress and promote comfort and relaxation before, during, and after labor. This class is 60 minutes long, costs $105, and is usually covered by insurance as a childbirth preparation class.
How is massage helpful for new parents?
Sleep deprivation, stress, and body aches are often part of one’s journey into parenthood, and massage can help in many ways: it improves mental focus, decreases overall stress and anxiety, and provides a greater sense of ease in movement. Massage offers an overall feeling of well-being that has a profound impact on health and healing.
Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage is an effective tool for managing this stress, which translates into:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Enhanced sleep quality.
- Greater energy.
- Improved concentration.
- Increased circulation.
- Reduced fatigue.
- Massage can also help specifically address a number of health issues.
Bodywork can:
- Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
- Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
- Ease of medication dependence.
- Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body’s natural defense system.
- Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
- Help athletes of any level prepare for and recover from, strenuous workouts.
- Improve the condition of the body’s largest organ—the skin.
- Increase joint flexibility.
- Lessen depression and anxiety.
- Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue, and stretch marks.
- Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
- Reduce post-surgery adhesions and swelling.
- Reduce spasms and cramping.
- Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
- Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body’s natural painkiller.
- Relieve migraine pain.