Prenatal yoga can do wonders, writes NJ-based Gandhi in book.
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NEW YORK: It’s not immaculate conception for sure, and ‘a miracle child’ is only a title of a book meant to catch eyeballs. But New Jersey-based Indian American obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Veena S. Gandhi in her self-published book advocates the use of prenatal yoga along with conventional medicines to “brighter, balanced newborns” who are “not only brilliant but mentally well-balanced children.”
In ‘Creating a Miracle Child with Yoga: The Practical and Complete Guide for Expectant Parents’ (published by Abbott Press), Gandhi says that after delivering babies for 35 years as an obstetrician and teaching yoga for 15 years, she noticed yogic practices before, during and after pregnancy helped newborns a lot.
“I also wanted to help parents with happy and harmonious homes and not only brilliant but mentally well-balanced children,” writes Gandhi.
What Gandhi advocates, of course, makes for practical sense too: happy homes nurture happy babies, who grow on to be responsible adults.
“Harmonious and joyful parents, especially peaceful, confident and energetic mothers, are able to transfer these virtues, aptitude and attitude to her unborn fetus,” states Gandhi, in a press release, on the effect of yogic practices.
Intended also to coincide with the International Yoga Day celebrated on June 21, the book delivers practical advice for the novice and experienced yogi, including easy-to-follow instruction on yoga postures, breathing techniques, meditation techniques, modes of delivery and yogic diet. The book also advises expectant parents on the pros and cons of anesthesia during labor and guides them in how to have an enjoyable and productive postpartum period along with techniques to get back into pre-pregnancy weight and physiology.
“The future of America lies in the future generations,” writes Gandhi. “By helping expectant parents and other people with yoga, we can create a new, peaceful, progressive, honest, contented and happy society devoid of crime, terrorism, drug abuse and violence.”
Gandhi lives in Voorhees, N.J., with her husband, Sharad K. Gandhi. She has two grown children and two grandchildren.