| Dr. Jai Maharaj 2005-12-14, 6:00 pm |
| 'Itsy Bitsy Yog'
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[ Subject: 'Itsy Bitsy Yog'
[ From: "Fidyl" <fidyl@yahoo.com>
[ Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005
'Itsy Bitsy Yog'
The teeniest tiniest babies do yog with mom using
Marlborough author's book
By Jennifer Lord / News Staff Writer
Tuesday, May 11, 2004
http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/...articleid=32971
What's nirvaan to a new mother? A napping baby.
Mothers and babies in Helen Garabedian's "Itsy Bitsy Yog" classes
regularly achieve that feeling of great bliss by the end of class at
Earthsong Yog in Marlborough. Babies, who at the start of the class
fussed or looked around wide-eyed at all the other infants, are
reduced to slumber after an hour of "Swirlies" or "Divine Drops."
Clearly, this is a class for yog beginners. As one mantr says,
"Like spit, yog happens."
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Garabedian, 33, developed the infant yog program more than four
years ago, refining and adding new postures through watching her
students.
She not only trains teachers in the new postures, but she has written
a new book for parents, "Itsy Bitsy Yog: Poses to Help Your Baby
Sleep Longer, Digest Better and Grow Stronger."
"I was thinking about when I have kids, what I would do with my
baby," Garabedian said, stroking the belly bulge her students have
dubbed "Baby G," due in July. "I've always been involved with
yog...I now have 75 postures for babies and they just continue to
grow as the babies show me more things."
Garabedian notes in her book that infant development mirrors
classical Hatha Yog postures developed more than 5,000 years ago.
For example, a baby coming up to a walking stance reflects the
Downward Facing Dog pose in yog.
Her tiniest students and their mothers gathered recently at her Main
Street studio, ranging in age from just weeks old to nearly a year.
The babies' attention span was mixed. Some demanded to be nursed,
others were enthralled by the presence of so many other small
creatures.
Kristen Collins, a new Maynard mother, found herself just listening
to Garabedian's lesson as tiny Fredrick fussed in her arms. On
Garabedian's recommendation, she perched on a large ball, bouncing up
and down. Fredrick almost instantly began to coo.
Little toes waved in their air as their mothers moved their legs in
and out. The babies beamed and gurgled as they were moved through the
"womb wings" poses, their mothers chanting along with Garabedian
"Womb wings, womb wings, womb wings, woo, womb wings, womb wings, I
love you."
"This is what they were feeling in your womb," Garabedian said,
demonstrating postures with the aid of a realistic baby doll.
Cathy DeYoung of Hopkinton has been using Itsy Bitsy yog at home
with her son Evan, 7 1/2 months. They've been taking the class since
he was 8 weeks old.
"If he's really fussy, this quiets him down," DeYoung said. "I'll do
womb wings or divine drops, and it really helps."
That's music to Garabedian's ears.
"I wanted to help," she said. "I just saw how much the program helped
parents and children in my area -- everyone kept telling me I had to
share it with a lot more people. I hope (the book) helps mothers find
some peace."
Many of the mothers in her class come from Garabedian's prenatal yog
classes. And with Itsy Bitsy Yog now 4 years old, the babies of the
inaugural classes are now in yog classes of their own.
"It's really sweet to watch the babies grow," Garabedian said. "I've
had parents tell me it's impacted them in a positive way. They seem
to be more aware of their bodies."
Aware -- and very tired.
"She takes longer naps after class, which is nice," said Linda
Aciernl of Bolton, whose daughter Katie, 5 months, slept limply in
her arms. "She's so full of energy all the time and look at her now
-- it pooped her right out."
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