Shishu and Bal Marma – additional details

“Namaste, Vaidya Mishra, Thank you for your latest blog posting about marma therapy and massage for babies. I found it very interesting and useful, as I perform daily abhyanga on my baby daughter. I do not know much about the marma points, however, and the illustrations did not seem to match up with the descriptions of which marma points to use. Could you please provide clearer illustrations or perhaps a video on your YouTube channel to help your readers/viewers/customers better understand how to do the marma therapy on babies?
In gratitude for your knowledge,
Lisa”

Dear Lisa: thank you for your email. Here is a clearer numbered sequence of the names of the marma points and the corresponding images. And thank you for your suggestion, we will be posting a YouTube video for SVA Shishu and Bal Marma soon – stay tuned for more!
Shishu Marma Steps:

Step 1: All 4 Talahridiya points. Talahridiya means “extensions of the heart:” the energetic heart literally vibrates at these points in the palms and the soles. Massaging these points brings pranic support to the whole physiology at the outset and facilitates the massage of the remaining points for the overall flow of prana.
Step 2: now you move on to the knees or Jhanu. We have 2 points in the  frontand 2 points in the back. Both pairs are found in dips on either side of the knee bone, and in the back, on either side of the soft tissue.
Step 3: now you move on to the elbows. Just like the knees, we have 2 pairs of points on the inside and the outside of the elbows, on either side of the elbow bone where there is a dip, and on the inside on either side of the soft tissue.
Step 4: this is the most tender yet most powerful marma point, the Adipathi, that connects directly to the cosmos. Follow the directions and do not touch this marma, just cup your hand and hold on top for a minute or so. Final step: you are now ready to swipe down the spine. Hold your “shishu” on your forearm and gently glide down his/her spine several times, 7 times is a good number. You have now completed your SVA Shishu Marma Massage and you may proceed to do a general massage, now that pranic flow has been enhanced and optimized, your baby will enjoy the massage more and get even more benefit out of it.

For your toddler Marma Steps, repeat steps 1, 2 and 3 of Shishu Marma
massage. Then:
Step 4: Ans or middle of the shoulders, where we also, as adults, get all the tightness and stress accumulated!
Step 5: Ans Phalak or the midpoint of the shoulder blades as shown in the image, another point of stress accumulation as we grow older….

Step 6: is the fontanel, or the soft spot on the top of the head. Follow the same recommendations and cup your toddler’s fontanel.
Step 7: Finish off your marma massage with the spinal swipe – always top to bottom, go down as many as 7 times or more as desire, s/he will love it, it will calm them down by helping release the used pranic energy