BOOK: Breathing Space For New Mothers
A gentle and novel guide to new motherhood—one that encourages women to take time to breathe, embrace their experiences, and be “good enough”—one yoga minute at a time
Yoga instructor Alison Rogers and coauthor Erin O. White forge a new path through contemporary motherhood with their collection of gentle 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 to approach motherhood with curiosity instead of fear, improvisation instead of rigidity, and humour instead of worry. The authors offer mothers a singular message: your well-being matters as much as your baby’s. Each chapter ends with a one-minute mindful yoga practice, which can be done in a sequence to create a relaxing and balancing support for the incredibly demanding first nine months with a baby.
We are also giving a portion of our sales for the month of May to The New Mom Project. This Toronto-based organization provides marginalized families with basic baby necessities to get them off to a great and loving start.
