Healthy Mother Healthy Child : Creating Balance in Everyday Life

by Irvine, Elizabeth

• ISBN13: 9780977617807
• ISBN10: 0977617807
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-01
• Publisher: Independent Pub Group

Summary

This book is about creating balance and joy in everyday life. Drawing on her personal wisdom as registered nurse, yoga teacher, and mother of three, author Beth Irvine teaches families practical ways to build healthier lifestyles. Using simple language and gorgeous photographs, Irvine invites her readers to engage in yoga, breathing techniques, meditation, creative expression, wholesome nutrition, and introduces them to complementary therapies such as homeopathy. She then applies these practices to common health problems, both physical and emotional, all the while respecting both conventional western and complementary medicines. This guidebook empowers parents to lay the foundation of a healthier, happier life for their children whether by: Creating simple but meaningful family rituals Making a soothing and secure home environment Addressing issues affecting a child's self-esteem Irvine's message of hope and inspiration to parents everywhere is this: just a few small steps in the right direction really will build stronger families from the inside-out.

Author Biography

Elizabeth Irvine is a nurse, author, yoga instructor, and CranioSacral practitioner. She has written more than 30 articles for health magazines, taught yoga for nine years, and produced a DVD entitled Yoga for Mother and Child. She lives in Houston, Texas.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Body
Yoga The practice of yoga	p. 1
Yoga Postures Start with the basics	p. 13
Breathing Our best friend	p. 33
Nutrition Nourishing the body	p. 55
Alternatives
Therapies Complementary therapies explained	p. 71
Challenges Where yoga and relaxation can help	p. 87
Creativity
Expression Tools for expressing the self	p. 103
Home
Family Ritual in family life	p. 119
Home The gift of family	p. 131
Afterward	p. 146
Appendices	p. 149
Glossary
Internet Resources
Books
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