Visualizing Birth, The Book: now available here and here.

I’m excited to announce that my new book “Visualizing Birth” is officially published! This is a short book with beautiful images that has roots in my PhD research on visualization and art in Chinese religious traditions, in my own experience using visualization during birth, and in years of reading about visualization across fields such as neuroscience, philosophy, and sports psychology. It’s also a celebration of 15 years writing this Visualizing Birth blog, which I started in 2010 during my second pregnancy when these ideas first took hold of me.

If you’re interested in the mind-body connection, birth, or the surprising science of mental imagery, the book is a great read. If you know someone who is pregnant, or works in the birth community (midwives, nurses, doulas, prenatal yoga instructors, acupuncturists, etc.), this is a lovely gift. Available in softcover, hardcover, and PDF.  

I’m so grateful for the beautiful cover design by my dear friend, Vanessa Roland, and the back cover endorsements from Ann W. Duncan, Alex Schlegel, Karlton Terry and Ogechukwu Williams. Some of the amazing cover art includes the works of Wenji Billow Kate Hansen Shauna Wiley-Naefke and Xiaohong Zhang. 

More info and to purchase here: https://www.blurb.com/b/12773676-visualizing-birth (softcover and PDF) and here: https://www.blurb.com/b/12773831-visualizing-birth (hardcover)