For our current and lifelong support and learning.

FERTILITY, PREGNANCY, BIRTH & POSTPARTUM LINKS

• The Body Mind and Spirit Directory gives listings for birth doulas, midwives, and postpartum doulas all over the country . We can talk with you and your doula to support with Ayurvedic tips.
• Perinatal Ayurvedic forum with participating vaidyas (Ayurvedic doctors) midwives, nurses, doulas, mothers, etc. Q&A, search, discussion, files. Professional, parenting and others welcomed to this moderated group.
• "Shar Lee, CYT LMT. Teaching yoga for over 40 years, she is a specialist in perinatal yoga, backs, and with other amazing skills, including the only/master teacher for Tibetan Cranial. Teaches part of the RMIYA Women's Health Care and Ayurveda program.
  Terra Raphael is an Ayurvedic Midwife and Clinical Ayurvedic Practitioner, in Boulder, Colorado area.
• Women's and partner Yoga, prenatal and postpartum yoga, Snatnum Kaur's wonderful website.
• Healing from postpartum psychosis and more with Jenny Hatch, CBE, author of A Mother's Journey.
• Earth Wisdom Books and Fertility Awareness Training offers clear and well written guidance for fertility awareness while breastfeeding. Avoiding Pregnancy or Achieving Pregnancy without Chemicals or Devices by Marie Zenack and Celebrating the Cycle, Guiding Your Daughter into Womanhood by Marie and daughter Christina Wadsworth.
• Hey! Who's having this baby, anyway? by Breck Hawk RN, midwife.
• Ayurveda for pregnancy article. Although we have not read their books, they offer well organized resources from MD equivalent trained Ayurvedic physicians. Free intro e-class on Ayurveda, Free monthly newsletter.
• Learn SSRI Side Effects, Safe Withdrawal, Legal Action on this searchable site/free newsletter with Dr. Ann Blake Tracey, international speaker and author, Prozac: Panacea or Pandora?

  Mothering, Perinatal topics journal articles - many research studies are listed here.

• Midwifery Today - free newsletter and so many great resources.
  Aromatherapy for Childbreaing by Peggy O'Mara from 1994.

Return to top

INFANTS & CHILDREN

• "Kids Make Mucous for a Living, and other chapters - John Douillard, DC, Clinical Ayurvedic Practioner is father of 6 children and author of the excellent book, Perfect Health for Kids, 10 Ayurvedic Health Secrets Every Parent Should Know (among other books.
• Ayurveda home remedies for children Winter Issue 2005 published 3 or 4 great articles in the Light on Ayurveda Journal, also on heavy metals this issue.
• Ayurvedic Baby Massage Q & A - From Dabur, Ayurvedic manufacturer in India.
• Natural support for problems with Breastfeeding, from Susun Weed, master herbalist and author.

Return to top

IMMUNIZATIONS - VACCINES
Immunizations, dental amalgam and fish consumption are all putting children and pregnant mothers especially at risk. Even though the infant immunization collection no longer may have Thimerisol (mercury containing), the flu shots and specific swine flu shot often still do. See discussion on my Facebook and blog here about this, the autism genetic risk factors added, and for Ayurvedic supports to restore balance.

• Medical Doctors Vaccine Webinar Series hosts a long list of practioners speaking on the many issues around vaccinations of various kinds including pediatric.
• Dr. Mayer Eisenstein of Chicago's Home First clinics offer all their patients informed choice. Since 1973, The Homefirst physicians have been offering vaccine choice and awareness. Unlike most doctors, the Physicians of Homefirst are honored to serve your family if you give all some or none of the vaccines. They have virtually no asthma, allergies, ADHD, ADD or Autism in their more then 35,000 un-vaccinated children.
• Childhood Shots - 27 years of Research
• Mercury levels Calculator with vaccines by body weight.
• User-Friendly Vaccination Schedule for children, by Donald Miller, MD/cardiac surgeon, and other articles. For those who feel some are appropriate.
• $20,000 Vaccine standing offer now over $205,00, still no takers to key promoters willing to ingest an adult dosage of the toxic additives to chidrens' vaccines. still stands after 8 years!
• Vaccination reporting with Dr. Sherry Tenpenny; professional and well organized website resource includes free newsletter.

Return to top

SUPPLIES

• Herbals, massage oils and other Ayurvedic supplies; bulk or bottled. Banyan Botanicals is our main source; retail and wholesale accounts.
• BIOLOGICAL TESTING Heavy metals hair analysis, amino acids, vitamin and mineral, comprehensive stool, Autism and other assays not commonly available.
• Mercury Test kit $25 from Greenpeace.
• Shawna Doran, ARNP and midwife with 18 years experience in alternative medicine front lines. Experience with real effectiveness - depression, cancer, diabetes, etc. Though testing is expensive, her resources are much more valuable than most doctors can assess. Alachua Integrative Medicine 386 418-1234, Florida.
• Natural Family Online - shop for maternity, layette and much more; many homemade items.

Return to top
More Ayurvedic Resources

THE BIG FAT STORY

• Highest Lignan Flax Oil from Barleans, for hormonal and physical nutrition including excellent support for fetal brain development, depression and much more.
• The REAL story on FATS, many articles well documented, from the Weston Price Foundation. Just PLEASE don't use their suggestions for infant formula if such is needed. The food combining breaks multiple Ayurvedic rules for good health which may not show up short term (or could easily). But they have done SUCH valuable work here, I must send you there to read.
• Flaxed Cheese for remarkable healing /diet from Dr. Johanna Budwig.

Return to top

Astrology

• Free Vedic Astrology weekly transit reports by rising sign, a longstanding gift to the public from David Hawthorne, honored internationally. These are much more accurate than western astrology because vedic/jyotish astrology takes the precession of the equinoxes into account.
• Best first syllable to Baby's name based on birth time. Please enquire for more references for this wonderful gift of astrology which takes only a few minutes to determine.

Ayurvedic Seed Exchange forum.

Humor

>
• Anne Geddes Makes you smile in heart too, the photographic subjects (babies) are honored with much care and privacy. Watch your pocketbook though!
• For more of the best medicine - Courtesy Dr. Patch Adams and The Medicine Buddha Institute in Berkeley, California.

Return to top