Yoga and Naturopathy for Children and Teenagers (Paperback - 2011)

Nature care and yoga aim at both cure and prevention, for adults and the aged, as well as for children and teenagers. Yoga and nature care are interrelated and emphasize the fact that all treatments work best when the body systems are clean and well maintained.

Diet and meditation are the principal aspects of yoga exercises which eliminate or neutralize toxins. Modern medicines are comprised mostly of antibiotics and chemotherapeutic drugs, which are not recommended to children and teenagers. Yoga plays a significant role in providing an alternative and effective system of medicine, which not only helps to preserve and promote health but also to cure disease as well as maintain inner and outer beauty. The more we nurture ourselves the more radiant and attractive we become outwardly as well as expressively, irrespective of our body shape and proportions. Thus, a well- balanced diet, sufficient yoga exercise, fresh air, plenty of sunlight, pure drinking water, adequate rest and the practice of art of living can ensure proper health and grooming of a child or a teenager.

The book explains yoga therapy and treatments in eight illumining chapters, with illustrations for the cure of physical and mental problems of a child or a teenager. Regularity and punctuality while practicing yogic exercises is the thumb rule. Nature cure has also been explained basically as a holistic approach, which helps to take proper account of all aspects of health, grooming and the way of life of a child or a teenager when accompanied by yoga.

The book will be useful for all those concerned with the health of children and teenagers.

Parvesh Handa is a renowned ISO 9001:2008 certified cosmetologist. She is a regular columnist on health, beauty, body, fashion, yoga and naturopathy in many national newspapers and leading magazines. She was editor of a lifestyle magazine published from New Delhi for several years and has worked with one of the leading cosmetics manufacturing company as a senior consultant. She has to her credit the first book on herbal beauty published in India in 1982. Her name has been certified in Limca Book of national records in 2009 for her achievement of authoring books on beauty and body.

Ms. Handa is an internationally known figure in the field of indigenous cosmetics made with herbs and roots. She has authored about 40 books on various women subjects—beauty, culture, fashion and modeling, women’s health, slimming, naturopathy and yoga including two encyclopedias on beauty and health.

A qualified journalist and a yoga teacher, Parvesh Handa has been associated with leading national dailies for years as news/ feature correspondent and has authored six books on yoga—the first book was published in 1983 by a reputed publishing house. She is presently running her own cosmetic manufacturing unit.