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

Author(s): Nancy Bardacke

Birth & Pregnancy

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 childbirth Taps into deep inner resources for working with pain Improves couple communication, connection, and cooperation Provides stress-reducing skills for greater joy and wellbeing


Product Information

"Mindful Birthing develops a unique blend of meditation, yoga and scientific information into a user friendly approach to maternity care and life changes after childbirth. It is a practical way to approach the many potential technologic intrusions that are so much a part of modern day obstetrics." ---Douglas W. Laube, MD, Past President of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

General Fields

  • : 9780061963957
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Inc
  • : HarperOne
  • : August 2012
  • : United States
  • : September 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Nancy Bardacke
  • : Paperback
  • : 618.24
  • : 384