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.
The Fourth Trimester Edition by Kimberly Ann Johnson and Publisher Shambhala (RHP). Save up to 80% by choosing the eTextbook option for ISBN: 9780834841086, 0834841088. The print version of this textbook is ISBN: 9781611804003, 1611804000.