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The parent's complete guide to Ayurveda : principles, practices, and recipes for happy, healthy kids / Jayarajan Kodikannath, BSc, BAMS, Alyson Young Gregory, AHC.

Summary:

"This is the first complete guidebook for parents to be written on Ayurvedic principles for children based on the pediatric branch of Ayurveda, Kaumarabhritya. This accessible and comprehensive lifestyle book will allow the whole family to share in Ayurvedic wellness practices. The author gives parents a wellness roadmap with easy-to-follow tools and markers that they can tailor to their children's individual nature, or mind-body type, known as prakruti. The author gives parents the tools to determine the correct prakruti, and then offers customized diet and lifestyle routines. He offers advice on how to manage ailments and disorders and emphasizes healthy habits and prevention. The book includes resources, sample meal plans, and a glossary of Sanskrit terms"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781611808520
  • ISBN: 1611808529
  • Physical Description: 250 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Boulder, Colorado : Shambhala, [2022]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234) and index.
Subject: Medicine, Ayurvedic > Popular works.
Self-care, Health > Popular works.
Genre: Popular works.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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North Kansas City Public Library 615.538 KODIKANNATH 2022 (Text) 0001012493106 Nonfiction Available -

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The Parent's Complete Guide to Ayurveda : Principles, Practices, and Recipes for Happy, Healthy Kids
The Parent's Complete Guide to Ayurveda : Principles, Practices, and Recipes for Happy, Healthy Kids
by Kodikannath, Jayarajan; Young Gregory, Alyson
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The Parent's Complete Guide to Ayurveda : Principles, Practices, and Recipes for Happy, Healthy Kids


A comprehensive and user-friendly guidebook including over 50 Ayurvedic health and wellness practices for children, ages 3-16, with healing plans for common ailments-co-written by an Ayurveda specialist with over two decades of experience in pediatric health. The traditional holistic health system of Ayurveda offers a wealth of effective lifestyle advice and remedies for the whole family. The Parent's Complete Guide to Ayurveda is an accessible primer to pediatric Ayurveda, with simple, commonsense dietary, herbal, and self-care practices to both address various ailments and promote vibrant health and well-being in children ages 3-16. Dr. Jayarajan Kodikannath, an Ayurvedic specialist, and Alyson Young Gregory, an Ayurvedic health counselor and educator, provide a wellness roadmap that parents can tailor to their children's individual mind-body type, known as prakriti . This book first gives parents the tools to determine their child's prakriti and then offers customized everyday diet and lifestyle guidelines based on traditional Ayurvedic principles for a healthy body and mind, including yoga, meditation, breathing practices, and daily wellness routines. The advice offered in this book includes- . How to prevent and manage common ailments and disorders with diet and home remedies . How to encourage healthy habits around sleep, diet, exercise, and screen time . Easy-to-make tonics, teas, and soaks to alleviate a number of conditions, including tummy aches, stress, colds, insomnia, sluggishness, and dehydration . Ayurvedic perspectives on digestive, metabolic, respiratory, and emotional disorders prevalent in children today . And much more.

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