"An inspirational book on conscious birthing and parenting for parents of the new millennium. This book is a rich collection of wisdom for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum by a Conscious Birth Emissary and Mother. Learn about natural healing and sacred birthing for the optimal health of your family, children, and self. Read about simple practices for connecting with your unborn baby, healing arts for mothers and families, and preparing consciously for your best birth." --Cover, p. [4].
A text guide covering conception, pregnancy and childbirth, for Parents, Birth workers and those interested in Transforming Our World through Birth....
This book tells the story of how Janet Meek, a US Diplomat, entered a deep, and ultimately very spiritual, journey when she gave birth to her own sons (two of them at home) and then went on to become a Certified Professional Midwife and helped several hundred women give birth in their own homes and in birth centers in Texas in the 1990s. Along the way she discovered some secrets of the Ancient Feminine Wisdom, the most key one of which is the need for women to go into non-ordinary states of consciousness in order to give birth. This book also points out how medicalized birth often inadvertently interferes with the birth process and how caregivers and families can create an environment that protects the mother's need for undisturbed, darkened, safe and secure space when she is giving birth. It is also a guide to how women can embrace unmedicated natural birth as a rite of passage into full empowerment, healing injured instinct, restoring intuition, exploring sexuality, and returning the sacred to birth.
Do you wish to birth your baby and relish a deep love and intimate connection reserved for sacred conception? Whether you are trying to conceive for the first time or you simply wish to explore the sacredness and mystery of conception, pregnancy, and relationships on a deeper level, Consciously Conceive Your Baby offers a unique opportunity to awaken your natural intuition and regain trust in your body's natural ability to conceive. This groundbreaking book will empower you to get back in touch with your sensuality and nourish your relationship, strengthening your bond as future parents as you create your baby from the inside out. Once you know, you cannot un-know. As you awaken the sacred process of conscious conception, you will discover ways to fine-tune your body, reconnect with nature, and make behavioral changes that will open your life up to conception. Featuring client anecdotes, expert insight, and illustrated guided practices, the secrets shared within these pages come from around the world to boost your fertility and transform your life. The keys to birthing new life await you! PRAISE FOR CONSCIOUSLY CONCEIVE YOUR BABY "This book opens up a beautiful doorway to conscious conception where there were only walls before. Highly recommended as a powerful tool for self-transformation and ultimately to transform the world around you." - Katrina Zaslavsky, Founder of Birth Goddess and Author of A Modern Woman's Guide to a Natural Empowering Birth www.birthgoddess.com.au "Consciously Conceive Your Baby is a much needed multi-focal and holistic lens into the less discussed aspects of conception--from our personal embodiment and relationship with our sexuality and shifting our emotional patterns in preparation for parenthood, to how our relationship with our planet is intrinsic to inviting new life in through us. A must-read for any couples planning a family, regardless of their fertility status." - Nisha Gill, Peri-natal & Well-being Practitioner, Feminine Instincts, Melbourne Well-being & Birth Services "As a woman, lover, mother, and guide, Helen Zee shares real practical wisdom that is not only for conceiving, but also how to manage intimate life once children have arrived. This book is such a relatable guide for both women and men to enjoy and inform themselves of the journey ahead." Dévashi Shakti of Sacred Feminine Medicine & Founder of Tigress Yoga www.devashishakti.com "It's not often that an expert comes along who can seamlessly merge what we consider modern day science with old world knowledge, the physical with the spiritual, the western world with the sacred. Helen Zee's book does this in a beautiful, understandable and intuitive manner. I have witnessed how couples trying to conceive can lose each other in the process. Helen discusses simple and powerful ways to enhance love and encourage a successful extension of the family. It is an incredible, holistic journey that begins years before and following a child."- Dr. Rebecca Harwin, Chiropractor and Bestselling Author of Conquer Your PCOS Naturally www.DrRebeccaHarwin.com "The synergy of understanding how our spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical being relates to the bigger picture has never been more needed than this time in humanity's evolution. Increasing one's level of selfawareness and self-responsibility is the only assurance for bringing a healthier, happier child onto the planet." - Simone Surgeoner, Founder of Birth In Nature, Doula, Mother of Four www.birthinnature.com
Cultivating Mindfulness to Raise Children Who Thrive introduces an expanded view of human development and health, which begins before conception and moves through pregnancy, early childhood and adulthood. This book is a call for all prenatal and perinatal professionals and policy makers to appreciate indigenous ways of knowing, being and doing and integrate them with scientific evidence in the care of expectant parents and their babies. It explains how this could also tackle pressing social issues facing the modern world and favour social innovations through a revaluation of preconception, pregnancy, birth and childcare practices. Sansone presents the reader with scientific discoveries of epigenetics, interpersonal neuroscience, quantum physics, attachment, anthropology, prenatal and perinatal psychology and mindfulness, which interestingly resonate with the intuitions of primal wisdom. The book will be of interest to clinicians, policy makers, researchers, parents, and those interested in the prenatal and perinatal roots of human development and well-being.
Gregory of Nyssa was bishop of Nyssa from 372 to 376, and from 378 until his death. He is venerated as a saint in Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Lutheranism and Anglicanism. Gregory, his brother Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nazianzus are collectively known as the Cappadocian Fathers Gregory lacked the administrative ability of his brother Basil, or the contemporary influence of Gregory of Nazianzus, but was an erudite theologian who made significant contributions to the doctrine of the Trinity and the Nicene creed. Gregory's philosophical writings were influenced by Origen, and he is generally considered to have believed in universal salvation. Since the mid-twentieth century, there has been a significant increase in interest in Gregory's works from the academic community, which has resulted in challenges to many traditional interpretations of his theology. This volume contains his most essential writings.
The use of symbolism is an art, not a science. Different people use symbols in a variety of ways and each symbol can have diverse meanings, even within the same culture. Not surprisingly, determining the meaning of symbols can be difficult. This valuable reference defines the general symbolism of more than 15,000 terms, from ancient to modern, as well as specialized meanings in mythology, religion, art, literature, folklore, flower language, astrology, heraldry, numerology, and cultures the world over. From “0” to “Zu,” each entry catalogs all possible connotations, listed by culture when appropriate, creating the most comprehensive symbolism dictionary available.
Filled with stories, songs, rituals, recipes, meditations, and trance journeys that outline more than 100 ways to practice the art of magical healing, this guidebook to conscious living by renowned herbalist Robin Rose Bennett makes it easy to follow the path to physical and spiritual health. In the tradition of natural witchcraft, Healing Magic, 10th Anniversary Edition presents step-by-step instructions for conducting earth-centered rituals, preparing herbal remedies, and casting spells to enchant and heal as well as advice on cooking everyday meals incorporating health-enhancing herbs and home remedies. • Find out how to reconnect with the earth and draw on its energy • Interact with the power of the seven chakras of the body • Build an altar • Make use of moon magic and women's wisdom • Prepare herbal infusions and baths • Work with the medicine wheel • Cast spells for love and wealth No matter what your beliefs, this guidebook will open your heart and mind to everyday magic and the joys of living in tune with the energies of nature. Table of Contents Foreword by Susun S. Weed, author of the Wise Woman Herbal series Introduction 1. Reconnecting with the Earth 2. Engaging Mystery 3. Moon Magic and Women's Wisdom 4. Herbal Magic 5. The Medicine Wheel of Magic 6. Spells 7. Rituals Epilogue: A Final Story Afterword
“I see spirituality and social change to be integrally related to each other. I believe that liberation efforts that are supported by spiritual experiences of integration promote human dignity as well as social equality.” Bodied Mindfulness combines spiritual, social and analytical perspectives to explore topics central to women’s development: spirituality, women’s bodies, cultural constructions of women’s sexuality in language, sexual ethics, the sexual contract in politics and at work, and the relation between nature and culture. It is Tomm’s deeply held conviction that women need to bring a vital spirituality to feminist social criticism in order to resolve these issues and increase their power to promote social justice and ecological balance. Tomm embraces a vast store of knowledge from diverse sources, including Buddhist, shamanist and feminist resources. In a move away from abstract theorizing, she explicitly connects theory with realities lived by women. Grounding theory in personal experience — her own and others — Tomm delivers a powerful and empowering account of women’s spirituality. The resulting ontological transformation allows women to live deeply in the body while strengthening their relation to human and non-human matter and energy. Bodied Mindfulness will be of great interest to feminist scholars in all disciplines, but most particularly to those in Women’s Studies and Religious Studies.
Women's style of collaborative and visionary leadership is now changing the way society functions. Celebrating the shift, this anthology includes chapters by such notable women leaders as Oprah Winfrey, Suze Orman, First Lady Michelle Obama, Venus and Serena Williams, Angelina Jolie, and Sue Monk Kidd.
