A Yogi Mama’s Guide to Yoga, Ayurveda and Your Child
A Book for Parents and Kids
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AYURVEDA, YOGA AND YOUR CHILD You’ve picked up this book because something spoke to you. Maybe your child has been doing yoga at school or daycare and he seems to really like it. Maybe you’ve been doing yoga for years and are wondering how you can make it a part of your family’s life. Or maybe you’d heard the word Ayurveda and you feel like now might be the time to discover what it’s all about. In this book we will talk about what the Western world knows as “yoga,” and turn the focus to its 5,000 year old sister-science, Ayurveda, translated as the “Knowledge of Life.” You will learn about your child’s Ayurvedic constitution, dosha or prakriti, and how to simply incorporate easy and practical changes into your daily life to take your child’s health and happiness into your hands. When you’ve read this book, you will not be a master of Ayurveda. (I wrote it and I’m certainly not a master.) You will, however, be armed with enough knowledge and tools to start to make very real, positive changes in the life of your child and family. In the following pages of this book, you will meet three very different children, Frilly Millie (Vata Girl); Flamey Jayme (Pitta Girl) and Matteo Potato (Kapha Boy). You will see some of your child’s tendencies in one or two of these siblings. The more we learn about our child’s constitution (and our own, for that matter) the more we know how to be the best possible parent for our individual child. We understand their quirks are not flaws, and that their challenges can also be gifts. When we understand how Ayurveda applies to our child, we know how to best support and guide her as an individual, on all levels. We bring into balance body, mind and spirit. These pages will guide you through which foods to favour and minimize and give you simple ideas to guide your child through an individualized yoga and breath practice. Better health and greater happiness are just a few pages away. Raaaaaawr!!! From the other side of the door someone might have thought there was a tiger in the room But it was Flamey Jayme, Pitta Girl, whose fire was letting loose She was tired, she was hungry, she felt burning hot It was time for a snack but Jayme forgot “Raaaaaawr!!!” she shouted again, and her face turned bright red Oh how she wished she felt cool instead
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About the Book
Parents who want to better understand the energies that inspire and motivate their children will find Jenny Bee’s A Yogi Mama’s Guide to Yoga, Ayurveda & Your Child a creative and helpful tool along the way. Jenny takes you on an empathetic journey relatable to every parent. What makes my child tick? How can I help them fully become their happy healthy selves? Jenny, in her own journey with her children, has found good answers through Ayurveda and yoga, and even better, she shares those with you with humour and love in this very special book.
As a lifelong yoga practitioner, parent and teacher of children, and follower of the Ayurvedic diet, I am confident that you will enjoy your relationship with children even more once you read this book and, to the best of your ability, follow the practices and tips given within its pages.
– Shakta Khalsa, founder and director of Radiant Child® Yoga
This is a unique book written for parents and children and is about kids, yoga and Ayurveda, and how we can all become better, more intentional parents with the help of the intuitive five-thousand-year-old sister science of Yoga. The heart of the book is three beautifully illustrated poems, each written to clearly explain one of Ayurveda’s three doshas, which in combination make up a person’s prakriti (their nature). The text is simple enough that children of all ages will have a sense of what this Ayurveda thing is. And it won’t be lost on Mom or Dad either.
About the Author
In her 20s, Jennifer Hardy-Berthiaume (a.k.a. Jenny Bee) had a thriving career as a journalist and editor. After the birth of her second child and a postpartum depression diagnosis, she turned to a career that better suited her—teaching Yoga. She specializes in yoga for women and children, is a yoga therapist, doula, birth educator and Ayurvedic Lifestyle Consultant. (Yes, lots of projects—that is Vata).
In watching herself and those around her, Jenny discovered how simple it could be to use Ayurveda to make tweaks in diet and lifestyle. She became determined (that’s the Pitta) to help others better understand the people around them and find more balance in their own lives. She believes that it’s in understanding Ayurveda that we find compassion and learn the tools we need to meet our friends, colleagues, spouses and children where they are.
Jenny teaches in Montreal and runs the popular collective blog A Yogi Mama’s Guide. She lives with her Vata-Pitta daughter and Kapha-Pitta son and husband. She’s written many books for children (her Vata) but this is the first one that her Pitta pushed her to publish.
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