Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body, and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you find calm and ease during this life-changing time, providing lifelong skills for healthy living and wise parenting.

SOME OF THE BENEFITS OF MINDFUL BIRTHING:
Increases confidence and decreases fear of childbirthTaps into deep inner resources for working with painImproves couple communication, connection, and cooperationProvides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeingAmerican College of Nurse-Midwives’ Best Book of the Year Award: 2014National Parenting Publications Award: 2013Mom’s Choice Award: 2013Greater Good Science Center’s Top Ten Books: 2012 

Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperOne
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 10, 2012
Edition ‏ : ‎ Original
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 006196395X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0061963957
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.96 x 9 inches