Queen Jin's Handbook of Pregnancy - Softcover

Seligson, Fred

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556434057 ISBN 13: 9781556434051

Publisher: North Atlantic Books, 2002

Synopsis

This practical manual draws on the teachings of Queen Tae Jin in 12th-century B.C. China. Women in China, Vietnam, Japan, and Korea still follow these rules of pregnancy to benefit the physical health, emotional stability, and spiritual nature of their children while in the womb. This handbook brings together the author's own experiences as a parent in Korea as well as over 20 years of reflection on the various ways of bearing healthy children in Asian societies. The book is divided into three main sections: Preparing Your Seed, Cultivating Your Flower, and Harvesting Your Fruit. Topics covered include exercise and diet, midwifery, after-birth care, and the cultivation of mind and heart through submerging oneself in motherhood, poetry, and the classics. The Association for Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health has said that Queen Jin's Handbook of Pregnancy could do a lot to spiritualize the American way of birth.

About this title

About the Author:

Fred Jeremy Seligson is the author of Oriental Birth Dreams and Daughters, a poetry book. He teaches English as a Second Language at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and lives in Korea with his wife and children.

Review:

"This book is a love letter to the future parents and children of our world. It is a cultural treasure artfully conjured from the heart of a poet, illuminating a high tradition of pregnancy and birth dating back to the twelfth century B.C."
—David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D.

"Queen Jin's Handbook is more than a pleasurable read, it is a manual for deep contemplation for anyone who has children or plans to have children. Mr. Seligson presents an ancient and beautiful story of profound awareness and insight. Inspired from his own experience of fatherhood, it is especially suitable that a man tell this story for both the father and mother to read."
—Claudia B. Wolfe

About this edition

• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1556434057
• ISBN 13: 9781556434051
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120