Baby sessions

What if babies and adults of all ages were able to get the touch, support and movement they need to thrive?

I offer a child and relationship-centered approach to observing and facilitating infants, and educating parents and caregivers about touch, movement and handling in the first year of life.

I bring an approach which is gentle, non-intrusive, and playful rather than demanding. This approach is direct and highly specific to each individual child. My goal is to support a babies agency, comfort, curiosity and movement working together with the family in an interactive process. My intention is to meet each baby and family where they are.

“Olive is a really warm and playful human, who is really easy to relate to and to trust with your baby. She taught me a lot of intuitive and smart ways my baby would move naturally, and instead of forcing the movement, using a playful approach to encourage for example rolling. As I used the techniques or play I noticed both of us understood it better. I also learnt a lot more than I did with the physiotherapist. Really enjoyed it! Really useful and fun.”
Saga’s mum, Linnea Stålhammars

“How a baby is handled affects all aspects of their development: their patterns of perception, their problem-solving abilities, their emotional well-being, their cognitive functioning, and their sense of agency in the world. Even small changes in a caregiver’s habits and choices in handling their baby can add up to a significant difference in how a baby’s development is supported.”  babies project

Do you want to know what your baby might do next and how you might support them?

Do you want to learn ways to pick up, set down and hold your baby or new ways to play with them?

Do you have concerns about your baby’s developmental progress?

About Olive

With over 27 years of experience supporting individuals and groups. Olive brings deep expertise in somatic practice, movement education, and bodywork. She is a Registered ISMETA Somatic Movement Therapist, Somatic Movement Educator, and Somatic Dance Educator, and currently serves as Program Director for Somatic Education Australasia’s Body-Mind Centering® program in Melbourne, Australia. She teaches internationally at universities, festivals, and professional trainings.

Education

• Infant Developmental Movement Educator® (70 hours), 2025
• Doctoral Candidate in Dance at UniArts Helsinki since 2021
• Teacher of Body-Mind Centering®, SOMA, Paris, 2012
• MFA in Performance and New Media, Long Island University (NY), 2011
• Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering®, Moveus, Germany 2007
• Shiatsu practitioner, (500 hours) (Zen Shiatsu, Barefoot Shiatsu, Thai massage, Tui Na, & Cranial Sacral), 1998
• DanceAbility® teacher (125 hours), 1997
• BA in Dance, European Dance Development Center (Netherlands), 1995

Sessions are 45 minutes and offered on a pay-what-you-can sliding scale.
You can book sessions at The Sage, Sagene, PRAXIS Oslo, Hausmania or in the comfort of your home.

To schedule a session you can book it here and message me to schedule at +47 46642267