When The Princess of Wales recently spoke about the importance of the first 1,001 days and the power of connection, her message struck a deep chord. At Blossom & Berry, this is the truth we’ve lived and taught for more than two decades — that love is not a soft skill; it is the biological and spiritual foundation for a healthy, peaceful world.
Science now shows that during the first 1,001 days, over one million neural connections are formed every second. These early patterns of wiring are built through presence and relationship — not information, not technology, but love.
At Blossom & Berry, we call these One Million Moments of Love. Every gentle touch, soothing gaze, or shared breath tells your baby: You are safe. You are seen. You are loved.
Parenting Beyond the Mind
Parenting isn’t something we can master through books or apps. It’s a lived, felt experience. Our babies don’t read words — they read our bodies. They learn love through our eyes, our breath, our scent, our rhythm, and our touch.
That’s why somatic practices — baby massage, baby yoga, and time in nature — are so powerful. They bring us back into the body, the place where love begins. In these moments we create what we call The Love Bubble: a state where all five senses — touch, sight, sound, smell, and movement — come into harmony, allowing parent and baby to co-regulate and rest in deep safety.
The Science of Somatic Connection
Each time you stroke your baby’s skin, oxytocin — the love hormone — is released in both your bodies. When you move together during baby yoga, your heartbeats and breathing synchronise, creating a shared rhythm of trust. When you take your baby into nature, the soft sounds, textures, and light create the perfect environment for sensory integration — not overstimulation, but calm, attuned development.
These everyday acts of connection are not “extras.” They are the foundation for emotional intelligence, secure attachment, and social wellbeing — the skills that research shows are the greatest predictors of lifelong happiness.
The New Parenting Revolution
We are living in an age of distraction, yet the remedy is simple: to be present.
Somatic practices are the antidote to modern overwhelm. When a parent pauses to massage their baby, to breathe, to gaze, they are rewiring both their own nervous system and their baby’s toward peace, safety, and love.
This is early intervention at its most elegant — simple, accessible, and profoundly effective.
The Future Is Love
If we want to raise a generation capable of empathy, compassion, and peace, we must start in the body. Love is learned through lived experience, through One Million Moments of Love.
Let’s make the first 1,001 days a global movement for nurturing care — where every baby feels held, every parent feels supported, and every moment of touch and connection is recognised as the most powerful form of education we have.
Because love doesn’t just change the moment.
It changes the world.
Learn More
🌸 Teach Love: Nurturing Touch Certification – professional CPD in early years connection
🌿 Start Your Own Business – Click here to see how you can teach love
💞 Nurture Collective Membership – ongoing support and community for practitioners