Saturday, February 7, 2009

Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child or Tattoos Desire and Violence

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

Author: Joyce Golden Seyburn

Seven Secrets to Raising a Happy and Healthy Child is a timeless collection of wisdom that's 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. Joyce Golden Seyburn guides you through simple practices to be performed from conception through childhood that include centering yourself while calming your baby, baby massage, and determining your baby's mind/body type (dosba in Sanskrit) after birth. This book has no age boundaries and can be easily applied to any child. Joyce reminds you of the simple, ancient Ayurvedic truth: that if a parent is happy, then the child will be happy. She writes: "A mother's happiness during pregnancy is a baby's most vital nourishment." She goes on to say: "We need to go back to fundamental values and practices that ensure preventive health and stability in the challenging times ahead." This uniquely informative book on the mind/body approach to pregnancy and parenting prepares you, as parents, for the journey of nurturing your child by giving you simple tools to use along the way.



Table of Contents:
Forewordix
Acknowledgmentsxi
Introductionxiii
Chapter 1Courting Creation: Keeping Mommy Balanced1
Chapter 2Discovering Your Baby's Mind/Body Type: Diagnosing and Working with Doshas21
Chapter 3Centering Time: Silent Moments and Transcending Through the Senses47
Chapter 4Touch Time: Massage for Your Baby and You71
Chapter 5Conscious Breathing and Yoga: Infant Pre-Yoga Exercises and Yoga for Pregnancy97
Chapter 6Nutrition: Harmonizing Your Doshas125
Chapter 7Nurturing Yourself and Your Newborn: Labor, Birth, and the Postpartum Period163
Epilogue189
Notes191
About the Author193

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Tattoos, Desire and Violence: Marks of Resistance in Literature, Film and Television

Author: Karin Beeler

Whether they graphically depict an individual's or a community's beliefs, express the defiance of authority, or brand marginalized groups, tattoos are a means of interpersonal communication that dates back thousands of years. Evidence of the tattoo's place in today's popular culture is all around-in advertisements, on the stereotypical outlaw character in films and television, in supermarket machines that dispense children's wash-away tattoos, and even in the production of a tattooed Barbie doll.

This book explores the tattoo's role, primarily as an emblem of resistance and marginality, in recent literature, film, and television. The association of tattoos with victims of the Holocaust, slaves, and colonized peoples; with gangs, inmates, and other marginalized groups; and the connection of the tattoo narrative to desire and violence are discussed at length.

Karin Beeler is an associate professor in the English department at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, Canada. She lives in Prince George.



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