We headed over to our neighborhood reservoir for a walk, silent and smiley, exchanging part-confused part-happy looks, until we got two-thirds the way around to the green meadow.

The study’s mindfulness training was set up by midwife and mindfulness teacher, Nancy Bardarke, and included modules on mindfulness meditation, awareness of breathing and the body. Her work has been published in outlets including the Washington Post, Mindful magazine, Social Media Monthly, and Tech. g. there's exercises for trying to conceive, miscarriage, etc) - it's great that there's a range of exercises to fit different circumstances but, as I only dipped into a couple, it wasn't worth the wait. Based on brain activity, they found that the babies of more-mindful mamas payed less attention to the repetitious, irrelevant sounds—indicating an efficient use of attentional resources. Many antenatal classes cover relaxation and breathing techniques and it's good to find out about these, whatever you decide to do when you go into labour.And as long as the flame of expectation is burning, we will continue to experience this point of tension.

I swore I was on the verge of my period because, like every other month, I had cramps and my breasts were a bit swollen. Really love the illustrations in this book as well as it's layout, which flows through very well as the chapters go on.She has been practicing mindfulness for 18 years and is passionate about the benefits of mindfulness for childbirth. Absolutely amazing book, brilliantly detailed, illustrated well even the poses are easy to follow and copy. Yoga is often advised as one of the safest ways to keep exercising during pregnancy, but did you know that it can also help during the actual birth itself?