Synopses & Reviews
The ancient practice of yoga will help your baby sleep better, digest easier, be happier, and stay healthier. Start today.If you've been searching for an excellent way to bond with your baby and improve his or her health, Itsy Bitsy Yoga is the solution you've been looking for. Helen Garabedian, a certified instructor in yoga and infant massage, has developed over seventy yoga postures and thirty-five series for moms and dads to enjoy with their growing babies. You don't need any previous yoga experience. Learn the many benefits of yoga, posture by posture, in this accessible guide, with seventy beautiful black-and-white photos, at-a-glance reference charts, and memorable Itsy Bitsy Yoga rhymes.
Yoga can help babies up to two years of age:
- sleep better
- get relief from gas pains and colic
- digest food easier
- stay healthier with a strong immune system
- receive neuromuscularm stimulation
- learn to relax
The book also features seven Magic Poses that can soothe fussy, upset babies within minutes! So start enjoying more time with your happy yoga baby right now.
About the Author
Helen Garabedian, a certified Hatha yoga and pregnancy yoga teacher and an IAIM certified infant massage instructor, was one of the first people to be certified as an infant developmental movement educator in the United States. Helen is the founder of Itsy Bitsy Yoga through which she conducts classes, workshops, and training nationally. She lives in Sudbury, Massachusetts.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
How Yoga Can Help You and Your Baby
Chapter 2
How to Use This Book
Chapter 3
Infant Yoga Fundamentals
Chapter 4
Yoga for Newborns
Chapter 5
Yoga for Head-Holders
Chapter 6
Yoga for the Almost Sitting
Chapter 7
Yoga for Almost Crawlers
Chapter 8
Tots Yoga Fundamentals
Chapter 9
Yoga for Crawlers
Chapter 10
Yoga for the Almost Walking
Chapter 11
Yoga for Walkers
Chapter 12
Yoga Through Childhood
Appendix