Healthy Mother Healthy Child: Creating Balance in Everyday Life - Hardcover

Irvine, Elizabeth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0977617807 ISBN 13: 9780977617807

Publisher: Whole Health Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis

Parents and children will discover new ways to incorporate balance and joy into everyday life with this useful guidebook that teaches basic yoga principles the whole family can benefit from. Readers are invited to engage in yogic exercises, breathing techniques, meditation, creative expression, and wholesome nutrition, and they are introduced to complementary alternative therapies, such as homeopathy, with an emphasis on natural holistic care. These practices are applied to common health problems, both physical and emotional, such as attention deficit disorder, eczema, asthma, and anxiety, all while respecting both conventional Western and alternative medicines. Written in accessible language and coupled with instructive photographs, these basic Auyurveda guidelines are simple enough for an eight-year-old to understand, making these practices easy to communicate from parent to child.

Formatted to ensure quality time between mothers and children, these practices empower parents to build a stronger family unit and lay the foundation of healthier, happier lives for their kids, whether by creating meaningful family rituals, ensuring a soothing and secure home environment, or addressing issues affecting a child's self-esteem.

About the Author

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Whole Health Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0977617807
• ISBN 13: 9780977617807
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 153