Comments on: Mama Goddess Resources

By: Sena

Sena — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 13:38:45 +0000

First of all – thank you Leonie, for being a constant source of inspiration!!!

By far my favorite exercise video/spiritual guidance has been Gurmukh’s Prenatal Kundalini Meditation & Yoga for Mothers to Be… it is gentle, spiritual, and a wonderful blend of energizing yoga and centering meditation and chants…

At 20 weeks pregnant, I know I’m drowning in hormones, but I can never get all the way through the video without some beautiful tears of joy!

http://store.goldenbridgeyoga.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_6&products_id=2539

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:45:32 +0000

I second Vivienne’s comment – birthing from within was lovely, and right up your alley with the emphasis on using art to work through feelings. It was fantastic. Also, depending on what sort of birth you might want, you might want to investigate the hypnobirthing and hypnobabies systems. They’re about birthing using hypnosis and relaxation techniques, without pain medication. I used hypnobabies and did great, next time I’m going to use hypnobabies because I think they have a lot more material – more relaxation scripts etc.

By: HOLLY - UK

HOLLY - UK — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:15:17 +0000

Hi leonie, have you seen the DVD on birthintobeing.com – that features 11 births (one of them is in the ocean) its 72 minutes long.

secondly i would recommend you look at the books “The drinks are on me” by Veronika Sophia Robinson. (Its the ancient art of breastfeeding and the importance of breastfeeding for as long as possible – she was breastfeeding her daughter till she was 8. The youtube clip is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxv6R9fUO74&feature=PlayList&p=87C5A161041B3041&index=0&playnext=1

Take a look a the “Continuum concept”
http://www.continuum-concept.org/

And also i would like to tell you about ” Raising an Ecstatic Child” by shazzie – raw food expert from the UK about how to raise a raw child and unvacinnated…..

Good luck there are wonderful resources out there!! xxx

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:09:55 +0000

I remember finding “The Girlfriend’s Guide to Pregnancy” reassuring and it inspired rolling-on-the-ground-laughing (because it was so TRUE!). Although how much of that was due to the book and how much was due to my pregnant brain is hard to separate. Although paging through the book on Amazon, it still made me laugh.

By: leah

leah — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:30:15 +0000

This is so great!! I’m thinking that perhaps you’ll write Up the Sacred Duff one day.

By: Amber

Amber — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:08:22 +0000

I loved ‘Birthing from Within’ by Pam England. I see it’s already been suggested, but it’s a good one. It gave me confidence in myself and, even more importantly, those around me. I highly recommend it.

By: Megamus

Megamus — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:54:04 +0000

Hello, sweet Goddess Leonie!
So many good resources here already! I heartily second the recommendation of Mothering magazine’s website and forums…so much information and links to other resources.

Exercise DVD: I LOVED Shiva Rea’s prenatal yoga video. It was great, it helped me get in touch with “BabyG,” and it had variations of each exercise depending on your trimester (very handy later on when you’ve got an extra ten pounds of belly and you’re not supposed to lie on your back etc).

xox

By: Elisa

Elisa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:43:50 +0000

Haha, sorry, I just noticed you’re already looking at it — oops!

By: Elisa

Elisa — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:42:41 +0000

Try the “Birth into Being” video, it’s awesome!

By: Shazza

Shazza — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:56:42 +0000

PS You are making me soooooooooo broody for another one – stop it!