Join me for a Mindful Motherhood retreat in O’Keefe Country – the high desert of Northern New Mexico! Mindful Motherhood: Practical Tools for Staying Sane During Pregnancy and Your Child’s First Year June 20-26, 2011 Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, New Mexico Based on research on the benefits of mindfulness training for pregnant women and new moms [...]
Recent blog posts written by Cassandra Vieten
Mindfulness in Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: Why Now?
I’m working on a Mindful Motherhood online course, a meditation and yoga-based program for pregnant women and new moms based on our research project and book of the same name, and was asked to come up with a list of “frequently asked questions” about how mindfulness relates to pregnancy and motherhood. I’ll post the FAQ [...]
Riding the Roller Coaster of Pregnancy and Early Motherhood: Mindfulness for Moms
Mindful Motherhood is a mindfulness training program for pregnant women and new moms I developed with my colleagues California Pacific Medical Center’s Research Institute and the Institute of Noetic Sciences. I’m a psychologist, mind-body medicine researcher, and a mom. The book contains the essential foundations of the practice of Mindful Motherhood, including detailed and accessible [...]












