Breathing Space for New Mothers: Rest, Stretch, and Smile--One Yoga Minute at a Time

By Alison Rogers

Book Overview

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 humor 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1623173426
• ISBN13: 9781623173425
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.4" x 8.4"