Ayurveda Mama: A Comprehensive Guide to Preparing for Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum

by Dhyana Masla

The first pregnancy book with an Ayurvedic approach to conscious conception, pregnancy, labor + birth, and postpartum. This robust guide includes more than 50 traditional practices, recipes, and remedies.

Ayurveda, India’s ancient and holistic system of health, offers timeless wisdom on the sacred process of bringing life into this world. Ayurveda Mama offers ways to prepare your body, mind, and life before conception, and guidance on how to nourish yourself (and your little one) throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Dhyana includes tips on diet, lifestyle, herbs, and oils so that you experience vibrancy and vitality.

You will:

- Learn traditional Ayurvedic rituals for conscious conception
- Feel prepared for your unique birthing experience
- Be equipped with Ayurvedic techniques to invoke auspiciousness, balance, and ease for labor and birth
- Have the tools needed to assure that your Sacred Window, or postpartum period, is one of the most profound, restorative, and memorable experiences of your life
- Feel assured that you are deeply nourished and cared for so that you can care for your little one

Includes over 50 supportive traditional practices, recipes for optimal health, instructions for creating your own nontoxic home products, and elixirs to treat common ailments.

Genres: Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

Published May 28, 2024

Reviews

[Haley Morelock · Rating 5 out of 5]

A perfect encapsulation of motherhood from pre-conception to postpartum. Beautiful writing that emits true hope, love, and service that God instills in us.


“I'm here to serve you, little love.
To help you remember God;
to help you remember who you really are.
And for now I'll love you like my son, like my little buddy, my dear most friend, my little companion.
Not mine, but God's-
Entrusted in my care for this little bit of time.
I pray to love you like the precious soul that you are, inside this tiny, cute, and round little body.
It is the perfection of motherhood actually, and such a grace-filled spiritual path:
to see the soul within you, to see God within your heart, and to serve you, selflessly,
like every mother does-Knowing that you're not mine, but eternally His.
And I get to care for you for this short little time.
You've awakened within my heart a love I've never known, and you've pulled out of me an ability to care
in ways I never knew I was capable of.”

[Katie R. · Rating 4 out of 5]

A dear friend got me this, and I'm so glad she did! It provided a framework I haven't considered before, or was simply ignorant to. Some of the content is a bit too far for me (ie. Vedic culture & Hindu philosophy), but the approaches I can take on and the importance of finding balance is something I do believe in! I liked the format (much better than What to Expect) as it was laid out logically, but I could have done without the poems. The preconception chapters were a bit wasted on me... as I (finally) read this well into the 3rd trimester... but I can keep them in mind for the future!

[Cherie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure: I read this not while pregnant, but as a mother of a 7 year old. Much of it is more geared towards pregnancy and new mamas, but still interesting to read as someone who tries to bring ayurveda into her life.

[Jessie Nabors · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you, gave as a gift to a new mommy too be.

[Polina · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book and resonated with so much of it. Will definitely use it during my pregnancy