Reviews"Birth is our inbuilt experience of initiation to self, but we are in desperate need of sage guidance throughout this otherwise overwhelming and scary transformation. Kimberly Ann Johnson lights the path to our truest, most actualized, and empowered feminine selves...because it begins in the Fourth Trimester . Every mother-to-be and mother-lover needs these pages to learn how to truly honor this mystical transition."--Kelly Brogan MD, author of the New York Times bestseller, A Mind of Your Own
Dewey Decimal155.6/463
SynopsisA guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels. This holistic guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels--and provides women with a roadmap to this very important transition that can last from a few months to a few years. Kimberly Ann Johnson draws from her vast professional experience as a doula, postpartum consultant, yoga teacher, body worker, and women's health care advocate, and from the healing traditions of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and herbalism--as well as her own personal experience--to cover - how you can prepare your body for birth; - how you can organize yourself and your household for the best possible transition to motherhood; - simple practices and home remedies to facilitate healing and restore energy; - how to strengthen relationships and aid the return to sex; - learning to exercise safely postpartum; - carrying your baby with comfort; - exploring the complex and often conflicting emotions that arise postpartum; - and much more., A guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels. This holistic guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels-and provides women with a roadmap to this very important transition that can last from a few months to a few years. Kimberly Ann Johnson draws from her vast professional experience as a doula, postpartum consultant, yoga teacher, body worker, and women's health care advocate, and from the healing traditions of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and herbalism-as well as her own personal experience-to cover .how you can prepare your body for birth; .how you can organize yourself and your household for the best possible transition to motherhood; .simple practices and home remedies to facilitate healing and restore energy; .how to strengthen relationships and aid the return to sex; .learning to exercise safely postpartum; .carrying your baby with comfort; .exploring the complex and often conflicting emotions that arise postpartum; .and much more.
LC Classification NumberHQ759.J6437 2017