Seyburn - Seven secrets to raising a happy and healthy child: the ayurvedic approach to parenting

Words of Praise for

Seven Secrets
to Raising a Happy
and Healthy Child

Joyce presents an intriguing and novel exploration of
parenting, filled with a mothers love and common sense,
as well as an examination of Ayurvedic principles. Parenting
is always automatically a mind/body laboratory, and by
being explicit and thoughtful about mind/body principles,
we can greatly enhance the process. Accordingly, this
book enormously expands on what might seem obvious,
offering both concrete suggestions for what to do, as well
as presenting challenging concepts for why to do them.
The wisdom of the ages and the wisdom of a child
a perfect marriage for a book.

Daniel Einhorn, M.D., F.A.C.E.

The Seven Secrets

The first secret is caring for the baby in the womb from the moment of conception.

The second secret is learning to identify the babys mind/body typeor doshaby observing his or her eating and sleeping patterns, sensitivity to light and noise, and interaction with others.

The third secret is learning to center yourself while calming and soothing your baby.

The fourth secret is a daily body massage for the baby, which improves sleep patterns, muscle tone, digestion, and resistance to disease.

The fifth secret is to employ simple yoga and breathing techniques with your baby, which improves alertness and coordination; and regulates hunger, thirst, sleep, and digestion.

The sixth secret is making the proper nutrition choices that best serve individual body types.

The seventh secret is using rest, massage, tonics, and diet to ease childbirth, avoid postpartum depression, and nurture your baby and yourself.

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Copyright 2003 by Joyce Golden Seyburn

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Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Design: Jenn Ramsey Illustrations: Laurie Meier

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced by any mechanical, photographic, or electronic process, or in the form of a phonographic recording; nor may it be stored in a retrieval system, transmitted, or otherwise be copied for public or private useother than for fair use as brief quotations embodied in articles and reviews without prior written permission of the publisher.

The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

This book was originally published by The Berkley Publishing Group in March 1998: ISBN: 0425-16166-8

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Seyburn, Joyce Golden.

Seven secrets to raising a happy and healthy child : the ayurvedic approach to parenting / Joyce Golden Seyburn.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 1-40190-109-3 (Tradepaper)

1. PregnancyPopular works. 2. InfantsCarePopular works.

3. Medicine, Ayurvedic. I. Title.

RJ61 .S4465 2003

649.122dc21

2002153972

ISBN 1-4019-0109-3

06 05 04 03 4 3 2 1
1st printing, March 2003

Printed in Canada

W hen Joyce asked me to contribute the Foreword for this book, I agreed because of my interest in mind/body medicine. I became interested in this approach to medicine approximately seven years ago when I opened my womens health center. From several of my patients who are interested in a holistic approach to their health issues, I have learned how wonderful the combination of Western and Eastern medicine can be in treating a number of health problems. Several recent articles have discussed the scientific connection between mind and body, especially when dealing with stress. Certain disease states are treated more appropriately by Western medicine, and some more appropriately by Eastern approaches.