A gentle and novel guide to new motherhood – one that encourages women to take time to breathe, embrace their experience and be “good enough” – one yoga minute at a time
In ten humorous, practical, and compassion-filled chapters, yoga instructor Alison Rogers and co-author Erin White forge a new path through contemporary motherhood with their collection of gentle and generous suggestions for beginning and deepening a home yoga practice for new mothers.
From the warm-up of first days with a newborn to the wobbly-but-standing postures of confident new motherhood, Breathing Space For New Mothers encourages women to notice and nurture their feelings and foster self-compassion so that they might approach motherhood with curiosity instead of fear, improvisation instead of rigidity, humor instead of worry.
Through the sometimes awkwardly funny stories and “we’ve been there too” insights, the authors offer mothers a singular message: Your wellbeing matters as much as your baby’s. Each chapter ends with a one-minute mindful yoga practice, which can be done in a sequence listed at the end of the book, with an online audio guide, to create a relaxing and balancing support for the incredibly demanding first nine months with a baby.