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Shamanic Wisdom for Pregnancy and Parenthood: Practices to Embrace the Transformative Power of Becoming a Parent
A guide to consciously exploring and honoring the spiritual and emotional journey of becoming a parent
• Provides tools and meditations to engage the sacred wisdom-keeper within and create personal shamanic medicine to support you and your family
• Discusses the shamanic perspective on miscarriage, fertility issues, postpartum stress, blended families, and adoption as a form of birthing through the heart
• Provides shamanic teachings and techniques for conception, each trimester of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period
The journey into parenthood transforms us, whether our children are biological, adopted, in spirit, or not yet conceived. As we give birth through heart or body, we not only shape-shift into mothers and fathers, but also gain access to the deep inner well of spiritual wisdom that opens with initiation into parenthood.
In this guide to consciously exploring the shamanic journey of pregnancy and parenthood, Anna Cariad-Barrett offers techniques and ceremonies to honor the transformation of becoming a parent and engage the sacred wisdom-keeper within. She provides tools and meditations to create personal shamanic medicine to support you and your family on this journey as well as connect with the wisdom of nature, expand your intuition, and explore altered states of consciousness. Restoring honor to the shadow side of parenthood, the author discusses the shamanic perspective on miscarriage, fertility, sexuality, postpartum stress and depression, blended families, and adoption as a form of birthing through the heart. She explains how to heal any deep psychic wounds from your birth family and transform negative beliefs you may hold about parenthood. She provides chapters on each trimester of pregnancy, offering specific teachings and techniques appropriate to each stage as well as conception, birth, and the postpartum period.
Whether you are preparing to welcome your first child or seeking spiritual support for the multidimensional experience of being a parent, the author shows how to reclaim and reconnect all the experiences of parenthood and how, through this rite of passage, we give birth to our most authentic selves.
• Provides tools and meditations to engage the sacred wisdom-keeper within and create personal shamanic medicine to support you and your family
• Discusses the shamanic perspective on miscarriage, fertility issues, postpartum stress, blended families, and adoption as a form of birthing through the heart
• Provides shamanic teachings and techniques for conception, each trimester of pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum period
The journey into parenthood transforms us, whether our children are biological, adopted, in spirit, or not yet conceived. As we give birth through heart or body, we not only shape-shift into mothers and fathers, but also gain access to the deep inner well of spiritual wisdom that opens with initiation into parenthood.
In this guide to consciously exploring the shamanic journey of pregnancy and parenthood, Anna Cariad-Barrett offers techniques and ceremonies to honor the transformation of becoming a parent and engage the sacred wisdom-keeper within. She provides tools and meditations to create personal shamanic medicine to support you and your family on this journey as well as connect with the wisdom of nature, expand your intuition, and explore altered states of consciousness. Restoring honor to the shadow side of parenthood, the author discusses the shamanic perspective on miscarriage, fertility, sexuality, postpartum stress and depression, blended families, and adoption as a form of birthing through the heart. She explains how to heal any deep psychic wounds from your birth family and transform negative beliefs you may hold about parenthood. She provides chapters on each trimester of pregnancy, offering specific teachings and techniques appropriate to each stage as well as conception, birth, and the postpartum period.
Whether you are preparing to welcome your first child or seeking spiritual support for the multidimensional experience of being a parent, the author shows how to reclaim and reconnect all the experiences of parenthood and how, through this rite of passage, we give birth to our most authentic selves.
- GenresParenting
288 pages, Paperback
Published January 27, 2017
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February 20, 2020
Very large ideas and vague ways of trying to make them all relate. I understand the connections she's trying to make but it just feels like her opinions on the world and suggestions of how it can relate to pregnancy. in other words, no real practical tips or action items. I think this is good if you have no awareness of spirituality and you are brand new to all of it. it's not ideal for those who already have an understanding of shamanic work because theres not really any new ideas or exercises.
April 24, 2024
Not very shamanic in the traditional sense. More like gentle living/parenting with a spiritual edge. Nice prayers and meditations throughout the book, also liked the personal stories very much. It’s also pretty inclusive about non traditional families and adoption. Read in in bits throughout my pregnancy.
March 23, 2023
One of the most beautiful books on pregnancy and parenthood ever.
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