Baby Om [Paperback]

Laura Staton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 6, 2003

You've just had a baby, and now you have two new goals: getting back in shape and enjoying close bonding with your new arrival. How can you find the time to do both? 'Baby Om' is a dynamic, easy-to-follow, fun yoga programme specially designed for new mothers and their babies. Laura Staton and Sarah Perron - both dancers, yoga instructors and mothers themselves - take mothers through a yoga practice that they can do with their infants. The techniques help new mothers enjoy the spiritual and physical benefits of yoga, allowing them to nurture themselves as well as their babies. Their beautifully illustrated book includes * all the practical information you need to get started * guidelines on how to get your baby engaged, relaxed and comfortable with this new form of play * step-by-step 'Baby Om' classes, each concentrating on a unique stage in your child's development * a special class addressing the unique needs of post caesarean mothers * poses for nursing and for soothing colic * a chapter on the benefits of yoga for postpartum depression Safe, effective, and easy to learn, 'Baby Om' brings mother and baby together, ensuring the health and happiness of both. Laura Staton is a professional dance and fitness trainer who has been doing yoga since she was a teenager. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. Sarah Perron has been practising yoga since she was eight years old. She is a professional dancer and has been a private fitness teacher and yoga instructor. She lives in New York with her husband and daughter.

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About the Author

Laura Staton is a professional dance and fitness trainer who has been doing yoga since she was a teenager. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children. Sarah Perron has been practising yoga since she was eight years old. She is a professional dancer and has been a private fitness teacher and yoga instructor. She lives in New York with her husband and daughter.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Newleaf (March 6, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0717135659
• ISBN-13: 978-0717135653
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,595,507 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book for mom, August 8, 2005

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This review is from: Baby Om: Yoga for Mothers and Babies (Paperback)

I loved this book for postpartum yoga - it has a special section for cesarean moms, which was the reason I bought it. It has series of gradually increasing challenge, which I also like. However, I found it WAY too hard to incorporate my baby at first. Having a c section, it was hard enough to get in and out of the poses. Also, my newbron needs lots of attention and its hard to relax and focus on myself. Maybe this will change with time. Also, in terms of the baby interactions segments of each series, Baby Om was a little demanding of its babies - these sections included a full body massage and several exercise movements all in one sequence, and encouraged the mom to "keep trying" when baby resisted - my baby did not like this. I prefer Itsy Bitsy Yoga for baby yoga, as it gives very useful tips (such as going slow, stopping if baby is unhappy, etc) and offers different poses based on small developmental steps. A great book for moms, especially c section moms, but not the best for baby in my opinion.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most complete, careful, sensual, mom yoga book., August 21, 2002

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This review is from: Baby Om: Yoga for Mothers and Babies (Paperback)

I have not done that much yoga in my lifetime and liked the idea of learning yoga with my 3 month old baby girl. I was afraid the books would not be able to tell me how to do the poses correctly, but there are no mother/baby yoga classes around where I live so I thought I would try the simple poses and see how it went. I looked at all the books online and at the book store and picked this one because the quality seemed to be better that a similar book, so I took a chance. I was very happy to find the instructions for the poses were very easy to follow and my mother who does yoga everyday said that my poses were very good and it looked like I had been taking alot of classes -- not only could she not believe that I learned it all from a book but with a small baby there on my hip! The messages are very good for overtired cranky babies.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a beautiful exercise book!, August 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Baby Om: Yoga for Mothers and Babies (Paperback)

Over the years I have bought alot of work out books and found them to be quite depressing. All the pictures would remind me of a bad gym class in the seventh grade. Baby Om far surpassed the other books I have bought in terms of quality. The writing and photos match the state of mind I want to acheive. So I picked this book because it was the best looking . . . and found it was jam packed with poses, exercises, baby messages, and lots of other good info. Great baby shower present.