Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child: The Ayurvedic Approach to Parenting

Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child to is a timeless collection of wisdom that is nurturing to both the child and the caregiver. It’s a heartfelt eye-opener based on the 5,000-year-old preventive health-care system from ancient India—Ayurveda—the science of life. In this first book on the mind/body approach to pregnancy and parenting, Joyce Golden Seyburn guides her readers through simple practices to be performed from conception through childhood that include centering mom while calming the baby, baby massage, and determining the baby’s mind/body type (Dosha in Sanskrit) after birth. This book has no age boundaries and can easily be applied to any age child.
The author reminds her readers of the simple, ancient Ayurvedic truth: that if a parent is happy, then the child will be happy. Ms. Seyburn writes: "In these mega electronic, digital, laser, and cyber times, we need to go back to fundamental values and practices that ensure preventive health and stability in the changing times ahead." She goes on to say, "After all, a mother’s happiness during pregnancy is a baby’s most vital nourishment."
Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child prepares parents for the journey of nurturing their child by giving them simple tools to use along the way.