Wellness through Ayurveda and Yoga. Concepts from Garbhasanskar – conscious conception.
For a couple planning a baby, or already expecting one, the same week raises quiet questions. Is the smoke a problem? How many sweets are too many?
Every year, as Navaratri approaches, the same questions come up in my consultations. “I am pregnant. Can I keep “upvas” (fasting) this year?” “I am breastfeeding. Will skipping meals affect my milk?” “We are trying for a baby. Should I fast with the family?”
Picture a cockpit, thirty thousand feet above the ground. Something has gone badly wrong. The instruments are telling a story no pilot wants to read. And in the middle of that chaos sits one man, Captain Smit, with a cabin full of people whose lives now depend entirely on what he does in the next few minutes.
But what if the food environment surrounding a child today is quietly influencing the health of the adult they become tomorrow?
The recent food-safety conversation in India deserves more attention than it’s getting.
Maternity leave is an important protection for mothers and babies. But the conversation around working mothers cannot end when maternity leave ends.
What happens after the return matters too.
Preparing for conception is often approached as an individual journey—one partner focuses on nutrition, lifestyle, health, yoga or medical preparation, while the other may remain in the background.
But conception begins with two people.
