• Last updated 10/31/12 by Cynthia Mosher

Did you know that meditation can help provide the strength and courage necessary for an empowering labour? Better yet, it can have a profound impact on your growing baby’s consciousness. Read on to learn how to meditate and the benefits for pregnant women and their babies. First let’s talk about what meditation isn’t. Meditation isn’t about dressing in the latest Bye kids. Mom is going to her cave. yoga fashion and sitting on a mountaintop while birds chirp melodically and whales call out your name. It’s not about locking yourself away... read more

• Last updated 1/18/13 by Cynthia Mosher

I’m working on a Mindful Motherhood online course, a meditation and yoga-based program for pregnant women and new moms based on our research project and book of the same name, and was asked to come up with a list of “frequently asked questions” about how mindfulness relates to pregnancy and motherhood. I’ll post the FAQ questions and answers here as they are edited…they provide a nice little introduction to mindfulness during pregnancy and early motherhood. (P.S. Join me for the next Mindful Motherhood workshop, June 2011, in the high desert of New... read more

• Last updated 2/1/13 by Cynthia Mosher

The Shape of a Mother a guest blog post by Asha Baisden, of the Meta Mom blog. A year after childbirth, my best friend pulled her dress over her head. She cupped a few inches of extra skin that hovered across her belly. It was skin stretched by the pregnancy of her second child at age 36, her son, born a year before. Fifteen years her minor, none of my pregnancies carried to term, I stood, flat bellied, underweight from a stressful college semester, and muted by our physical differences. I felt like any comment I could make would be... read more