The Mindful Mother offers you unparalleled guidance, support and nurturing throughout pregnancy, labour and early motherhood. Author Naomi Chunilal shows how clear and simple meditation and self-development practices based on Buddhist and yogic principles can help you to cultivate a daily practice of mindfulness, to empower you to be present and find greater happiness and fulfilment through pregnancy, birth and beyond.
Organised into clear, thematic sections, this book can be dipped into for emergency inspiration or read from cover to cover. It explores common mothering dilemmas with honesty and integrity, helping you to keep both feet firmly on the ground. It includes how to: cope with having minimal personal time and space, manage difficult in-laws, resolve maternal resistance, balance work and home, and create greater enjoyment within the sometimes tedious and frustrating daily routines of looking after a young baby or child. Most of all, the Mindful Mother shows you how to understand your true nature, so your mind is working with you, rather than against you in your new mothering role.
The first of its kind: the Mindful Mother is like an intimate and honest friend, inspiring the hearts of new mothers and mothers-to-be. This is living, breathing mindfulness in action, empowering you to wear your new mothering role more comfortably, and to understand yourself better in doing so. Throwing an emotional lifeline to all women who want to resolve the paradox that ‘I really love my baby and family but….” and grow through the difficult patches, to find deeper self-awareness, insight and contentment against the daily backdrop of new family life.
The Mindful Mother: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Enjoying Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond with Mindfulness. by Naomi Chunilal Watkins Publishing, £12.99.
This is a book I highly recommend to mothers and mothers-to-be.
Janet Balaskas, Founder of the Active Birth MovementA book full of gems and aha moments using simple and helpful tools and practices to keep you connected to yourself whilst looking after your family.
Nadia Nahrain, Head of Pregnancy Yoga, Triyoga, London
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My mum is selfless and would do anything for any member of her family!
The best thing about my mum is the fact that we are good friends as well
Her unconditional love no matter what, she also has the most beautiful smile <3
She cooks me dinner ever Sunday!!
She was very laid back and nothing phased her.
When my Mum thinks something is troubling me – she will do everything she can to try and fix it – even now I’m 38! I can be a right pain – I’m often grumpy and tired with work and managing the home for my daughter and I, on my own, but she never gives up on me.
my mum is beautiful xx
That she always supports my decisions – even if she thinks they’re terrible!
My mum is so selfless and giving to others.
she is my everything ,she gave me life she gives me love what more can a daughter ask for.
Bringing up 5 children and making it look easy- I struggle with one!
Her family has always been her number one priority,she helped my sister and I so much when our kids were tiny tots; she is always organized and has ‘just the thing’ for any eventuality in her bag!
My mum raised 4 kids as a single parent and had to work 2 jobs to make sure that us kids went without.
SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME AND TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE THE MOTHER AND PERSON I AM TODAY
She is shamzing.shes kind
She still thinks baby clothes we had in the 1960s are still ok you a baby today…
My mum is always there for me, ready to listen and offer wise words of advice.
My Mum is a great listener.
My mum is always there to listen and give good advice
She is my biggest supporter and will always cheer me on when I am doing something and for that I love her. I am planning on having a baby alone next year and she has been there for me in all the plans and decision making and I know she will continue to be 🙂
My mum is the best, she is my best friend and we have the best times when we go camping together
She has always been there for me, couldn’t function without her definitely the best person I know
my mum has had a hard few years dealing with her illness but she stands strong still and has brought up me and my brothers and is the best nanny in the world to my daughter , i dont know what i would do without her x
I’ve been probably the opposite of a perfect daughter & my mum has had to go through some difficult & upsetting things thanks to me. Despite everything I’ve put her through (of which I am not proud and will not go into detail about) she has stuck by me through it all and been my biggest (and often only) supporter. Shes the reason I’m probably still here today and without her I’d probably have never came out the other side of the bad times in my life and for this I’ll be eternally grateful. I’m currently 33 weeks pregnant and if I can be half the mother to my own unborn son that she was and is to me then I’ll be a happy. She is amazing & the kind of mother I’m aspiring to be for my own child.
She is a great inspiration, is always out and about on her adventures!
I love being a mum its all I ever wanted to be and it makes me who I am x
Best thing is she’s always there. We’ve had our ups and downs (an understatement!) but got through it all and now have a strong relationship. I know I could turn up on her doorstep any time and she’d welcome me with open arms.
My mother is no longer with us but her best quality was making us feel she would never leave us. There was nowhere else she belonged but with us providing us with security. I hope I did the same for my own children.
my mum is just the most amazing lady in the world always there for me and supports me in everything i do. she is also a fantastic grandma to my little boy and i love her with all my heart xx
Her cooking is PUKKAR!! X
Everybody thinks their mum is the best and has the best qualities, so it’s really hard to argue against what other people have written. I feel my mum is the honest to goodness best mum in the world. She is truly the most selfless, self-effacing, kind, considerate and caring person I have ever met. She extends this, not to just her family, but her friends, neighbours and anyone she comes across.
Home made Tandoori chicken
When my step-sister died my Mum decided not to enjoy retirement, but chose to take her children in and become a “Mum” to young children again
My mum would drop everything to help me if I needed her.
She always puts others before herself
She taught me how you have to be determined if you want to succeed.