A holistic, practical guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels.

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.