The Mindful Mother ─ A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Enjoying Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond With Mindfulness

The Mindful Mother offers you unparalleled support and nurturing throughout pregnancy, labour and early motherhood. Author Naomi Chunilal shows you how clear and simple meditation and self-development practices based on Buddhist and yogic philosophy can help cultivate a daily practice of mindfulness, which will enable you to be more present during pregnancy, birth and beyond. Having a child has the spiritual potential to awaken your heart to a higher level of consciousness, bringing infinite joy, wonder and delight into your life. Yet when you become a mother, alongside immense delight and excitement, you may also feel a great deal of internal turmoil and confusion, as well as a change or lack of sense of identity. Organised into clear, thematic sections, this book can be dipped into for emergency inspiration or read from cover to cover. It explores common mothering dilemmas with honesty and integrity, helping you to keep both feet firmly on the ground. Issues include: adjusting to having minimal personal time and space, coping with in-laws, managing the balance between work and home, finding stimulation within an often tedious home routine, and dissolving doubts and comparisons with other seemingly happy families. Most of all, The Mindful Mother teaches you to understand your true nature, so your mind is working with you, rather than against you.

Naomi Chunilal is a yoga and meditation teacher in North Devon, with over twenty years of practice experience, registered with the British Wheel of Yoga. She continues to gain guidance and inspiration from a diverse range of teachers across the UK and Asia. She studied with Christopher Gladwell to receive her British Wheel of Yoga teaching diploma, someone who takes an unorthodox, creative approach to self-empowerment. Her daily life is guided by Buddhist meditation, alongside a Hatha Yoga practice, which keep her sane amidst the joys and sorrows of daily life off a yoga mat or meditation cushion.