How to Have a Mindful Pregnancy and Birth: 30 Simple Ways to Connect to Your Baby and Your Body - Hardcover

Warriner, Sian; Pallis, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1789562600 ISBN 13: 9781789562606

Publisher: Welbeck Balance, 2021

Synopsis

‘This is a delightful book, full of gentle wisdom' ― Prof. Mark Williams, Mindfulness, Finding Peace in a Frantic World 

'What a wonderfully straightforward and easily understandable introduction to mindfulness practice for parents-to-be ...' Nancy Bardacke, Author of Mindful Birthing

Written with real mothers, real partners, and real life in mind, How to Have a Mindful Pregnancy and Birth will help you develop a set of simple yet hugely powerful skills that can transform your emotional experience and wellbeing during pregnancy and birth. The 30 exercises include: mindful breathing, visualisations, journaling prompts, sensory awareness practices and lots of simple, easy-to-master tools to help you relax and connect with your baby while you are pregnant ― and to help you prepare for the birth.

About this title

About the Authors

Dr Sian Warriner RM, MSc, DClinPrac is a Consultant Midwife and mother of four boys. She leads the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting antenatal education programme. She is a Teaching Partner at the Oxford Mindfulness Centre, University of Oxford and is the lead author of the study: An Evaluation of Mindfulness. She currently resides in Oxfordshire.

Mark Pallis began practising mindfulness in 2015 and is author of a number of children's books that focus on mindfulness. He currently resides in London, United Kingdom.

Edition details

• Publisher: Welbeck Balance
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789562600
• ISBN 13: 9781789562606
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176