Welcome to the Story Massage Programme
The Story Massage Programme offers a fun and fully inclusive way of combining the creativity of story, song and rhyme with the benefits of positive touch. Everyone can join in, whatever age or ability. It is enjoyed by children and adults of all ages and abilities in a wide variety of settings.

We have a popular online training course and easy to access resources to encourage you to develop the programme in your school, home or wider community. Please take a look at the blog for more information, original story ideas and inspiring accounts from all around the world.

The Story Massage Programme in Action

Here is a short video introduction to the programme with co-founder Mary Atkinson and her trusted teddy, Emmanuel. Mary demonstrates ‘Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star’ as a follow-along massage story and explains how the programme works in practice.