A SMALL group of friends are offering a free baby massage session for families living in and around Alton.

Friends Kelly Searle, Sally Powell, Carly Williams and Kirstan Mullen have always believed that our own mental and physical wellbeing is of paramount importance and should be something that we promote from as early an age as possible.

They got talking and decided to put on a session at The Pottery Pantry to show parents the benefit of baby massage and how the techniques can have such a positive impact on families.

The Pottery Pantry in Soldridge will host the free baby massage session on Friday (July 14) and is inviting families with children from birth to five to come along and discover techniques to help with a variety of everyday issues.

The Pottery Pantry is situated at Soldridge Business Park – a quiet, peaceful, rural location, and the pantry itself is a calm, relaxing space, perfect for this kind of therapy. The crafts on offer already make this a popular and well-known place with families and owner Kelly Searle has worked hard to create a wonderful and safe space for families to come and relax.

Kelly believes that families benefit hugely from spending time together and sharing time doing things that are fun and stimulating. She often hosts family craft sessions where groups can come together with local crafters, such as Carly Williams, to learn new skills and relax together.

Carly’s specialism is small handmade pieces and she holds workshops to teach the art of this to families. She said: “The workshops are for all abilities and focus more on getting the families to spend time together and enjoy each other’s company, rather than the skills and who is the best painter.”

Kirstan is a complementary therapist and recently added baby massage to her therapies.

The friends decided to put on a free baby massage session to help promote relaxation and relieve some of those everyday issues, such as colic and sleep issues, and to help families better understand the importance of well being and stress management.

The whole event is being organised by Sally Powell of Brightbox Ventures. To book, call Kirstan on 07718 782713.