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Meet your instructor
Dr. Melanie Beingessner
Dr. Melanie Beingessner is a pregnancy and pediatric focused chiropractor with over 25 years of clinical experience treating pregnant and new moms, infants and children.
She is the owner of Blessingways Family Wellness, a multidisciplinary, chiropractic health clinic that focusses on family health and wellness.
Dr. Melanie is a breastfeeding counselor and a certified infant massage instructor with the International Association of Infant Massage.
She is the mother of three fabulous people. She lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada with her husband, Bruce, their kids and their two cats.
For fun, Dr. Melanie practices tai chi, she swims and she loves to quilt.
Pregnancy & Pediatric Chiropractor
Certified Infant Massage Instructor
Breastfeeding Counselor
Owner of Blessingways Family Wellness
Why infant massage and
primitive reflex integration is so important
Throughout my career, I have noticed that many parents are struggling to know how to touch and play with their babies. Many new parents don’t understand why tummy time is so important and that Baby should move about the house and leave messes where they go.
During my day, I teach new parents the same things over and over:
The importance of tummy time
How babies need to experience their world
How proper movement influences brain development
What movements will help to increase joint range of motion
What specific movements help the body to roll, sit and crawl more easily
Primitive reflexes – what they are and how to help them integrate
The benefits of wearing Baby
and so much more
I’ve come to realize that it’s not just the parents who come to see me who need this information.
All parents need this information!
The result is Best Beginnings – a guide to help you help your Baby to thrive in this complicated world.
Thank you again for choosing this program. I hope you find many pearls of information to help make your journey as a parent easier and more fun. I also hope that you enjoy massaging your baby as much as I did!