Ask the Author: Rebecca Ryan
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Rebecca Ryan
Well, it's winter where I live and I have lots on my reading list. I'm in a house tidy mood so I am reading The life-changing magic of tidying and I have The little book of Hygge, The Danish way to live well, on my list next.
Rebecca Ryan
The idea for Mindfulness for Mothers came from my experience as a meditator who found it hard to keep up her practice after my first baby was born.
I added to this my knowledge of pre and post natal yoga to write a book for mothers of young children to help them get the benefits of mindfulness and meditation at a time when they really need it, but may find it hard to get to regular yoga and meditation classes.
I added to this my knowledge of pre and post natal yoga to write a book for mothers of young children to help them get the benefits of mindfulness and meditation at a time when they really need it, but may find it hard to get to regular yoga and meditation classes.
Rebecca Ryan
I'm currently working on another Mindfulness book with techniques that can be easily integrated into a busy day.
For this second book I'm looking at the research around how mindfulness is beneficial for children. I'm hoping to offer parents some great ideas about how they can teach their children to be more mindful and also I want to give them a background of the benefits that have been substantiated by current research.
I'm also reviewing the research on how the benefits of short regular mindfulness practices stack up against the longer seated practices.
For this second book I'm looking at the research around how mindfulness is beneficial for children. I'm hoping to offer parents some great ideas about how they can teach their children to be more mindful and also I want to give them a background of the benefits that have been substantiated by current research.
I'm also reviewing the research on how the benefits of short regular mindfulness practices stack up against the longer seated practices.
Rebecca Ryan
As a complete newbie with one book published I struggle to give advice for others wanting to write a book, but I can manage one tip. Write what you love! Meditation is my passion and mothers are my favourite students. I care deeply about mothers and their situations and I know first hand that meditation has been a life raft in stormy seas for me. Because I was writing about something I loved I really didn’t spend much time thinking about what voice to use or how to best set the tone. I simply wrote what I loved about meditation and how it has helped in my life and let that stand for itself, unadorned and raw. My students respond to this in my classes so I hoped that this would translate to the page.
Once you find the subject that you love and are going to write about, it is completely okay if you don’t know everything about that topic or genre. I did a great deal of research for this book to fill in the gaps between what I knew personally, what I had studied and what others in the field had studied and shared. I learnt so much in the process of planning, researching and writing this book. I learnt crucial things that I didn’t even know would be important when I started writing. So I guess ‘just get started' would be another tip.
Once you find the subject that you love and are going to write about, it is completely okay if you don’t know everything about that topic or genre. I did a great deal of research for this book to fill in the gaps between what I knew personally, what I had studied and what others in the field had studied and shared. I learnt so much in the process of planning, researching and writing this book. I learnt crucial things that I didn’t even know would be important when I started writing. So I guess ‘just get started' would be another tip.
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