December 2009 Newsletter

Greetings Friends!

Amajoy Returns to Florence at Studio Firenze

We are pleased to be offering Amajoy services at the lovely Studio Firenze, located

at the Florence Community Center: 140 Pine Street, Florence, MA, in Studio 14.

We will continue providing home visits and classes around the Pioneer Valley.

In the year ahead we invite you to play, learn and rejuvenate with Amajoy. We look forward

to seeing you and your children soon!

“Lenore offers a hands-on, interactive, play-by-play commentary of child development that is fascinating, engaging, positive and easy to understand. The babies love the social interaction and the parents do too! All of us look forward to it as a highlight of our time with our very young children. We leave Lenore's class understanding our daughter better physically and emotionally and with one or two specific things to focus on. Often after a session we see our baby progress through a difficult developmental hurdle and as a result we have a lot less worry as new parents than we did before. There are so many classes and groups for infants -- this is one we feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to participate in”.

-Jen Gallant, Florence MA - 2009

Body-Mind Centering and Cranial Sacral Therapy

For Infants, Children, and Adults

•Bodywork Sessions for individuals, families, and groups

•Developmental movement classes for infants, toddlers, and their parents and care providers

•Presentations and workshops for institutions and professional groups

You and your children can enjoy Lenore’s skillful, nourishing, and effective hands-on medicine.

‘Make Your Own’ Classes a Success

Thank you to all the families who've participated in Make-Your-Own Classes held in living

rooms and play spaces around the Valley. In the months since we left our Main Street office,

families from several towns have hosted small groups in their homes.

We appreciate your hospitality!

This Autumn a group of families, who met at the Cooley Dickinson Hospital 0-4 month-old

’Beyond Birth’ parenting group, organized their own Amajoy class series for their 4 to 10

month old babies.

If you’d like to create a class or series of classes for your friends and other local parents, please

contact Amajoy with dates and times that work for you. To attend one of our currently

scheduled ‘Make Your Own’ classes check the dates below and reserve your space with

payment on our site by Paypal. Thank You!

New Toddler Class series begins Jan 11, 2010 - Continues on alternate Mondays

For more information on all our classes, please visit our classes page.

Gifts & Special Offerings for the Holidays

•December Bodywork

$75 for 45 minutes

•Reflex Charts - 2 for 1 Sale

Buy one Nuerodevelopmental Movement Patterns and the Central Nervous System

Reflex Chart and receive a second one free. Offered through December 24, 2009, by visiting

our Reflex Chart page.

•Well Baby Family Session/Booklet Gift Package - $100

A special gift for the pregnant loved one or new parent in your life. Your gift package includes

a Seven Recommendations for You & Your Baby booklet and a gift certificate for a well baby

session with Lenore.

•December and January Two-Session Discount for 1o to 36 month olds

2 Sessions for $150 (save over $80)

For individuals who have attended an Amajoy Infant class and your child is now between

1 and 3 years of age. Attend your session in December for $110 and receive a second session

in Jan for $40. This offer is good only when first session attended before December 31, 2009

and applies only to second sessions attended by February 26, 2010.

Community Events

Amajoy continues to offer community events. In October we offered a tummy time

clinic at Cradle's Open House in Northampton. In November Lenore enjoyed visiting

the Cummington Family Center for an Infant Movement class. In the New Year we are

looking forward to sharing Infant Developmental Movement Education at a workshop

for midwives and participating parents at Cooley Dickinson Midwifery, and in January

we will be collaborating with local midwife Michelle L’Esperance for a family event.

More Instructional Developmental Movement Tip Sheets Coming in 2010

Heartfelt Thanks to the generous donors who have supported us in the development

of these materials! Stay tuned to our website for a free slide-show viewing of one of

our Tip Sheets.

To all the families that have come through Amajoy's various doors, and to all the professionals from whom we have received referrals, we thank you and wish you blessings and joy this holiday season!