About the Book

What is a birth mandala? A birth mandala is like a magical doorway through which the inner world is made conscious. It is a visual map that includes a ten centimeter circle embellished with images representing your vision for childbirth. Valuable spiritual and psychological processes, including mindfulness, hypnosis and transforming fears into empowering beliefs are woven into the fabric of The Birth Mandala book.

The sacred art of creating a birth mandala has been a means to access the subconscious mind. Since the subconscious controls over 95% of all behaviors, it is imperative that the subconscious is programmed with the information we are wanting. This is exactly what the process of creating a birth mandala does. In addition to attracting what you want, creating a birth mandala has revealed profound healing effects for women who had traumas in their life and had difficulty in previous births.

What you will find inside the Birth Mandala book

Part One: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Women
What is a mandala?
What is a birth mandala?

The Science Behind The Scene: Mirror Neurons
Ten centimeters and sacred geometry

Part 2: Applying the Power of the Subconscious Mind for Childbirth
I'll believe it when I see it I’ll see it when I believe it
Chakras and Beliefs: Reclaiming Feminine Power
Your Birth Mandala Is The Canvas

Part 3: Birth Mandalas and Women’s Reflections

Tera's Mandala

Shannon's Mandala

Stacy's Mandala

Amy's Mandala

Laine's Mandala

Part 4: Getting Ready
Ten steps to create your birth mandala
Meditative mandala nature walk
Introduction to birth mandala guided journey
Birth Mandala journey
Guided journey reflections

Part 5: Making Your Birth Mandala
Birth Mandala Template
Reflections after making your mandala
Birth mandala journal page
Meditating with your mandala

Part 6:

Afterward

Birth Mandala Workshops

Acknowledgements

Notes

Illustrations

Resources

About the Author


Testimonials

"Looking back on my pregnancy, one of the days that stands out as memorable is the day I spent creating my Mandala. For me, part of the richness of this event was in the opportunity to partake in an activity that weaved the symbolic, spiritual and artistic." - Jennifer

"The theme of my mandala was surrender, and it was in full alignment with this pregnancy.....The Mandala was a constant source of gentle and loving reminders that I was not in control of this birth and to surrender to the moment....Throughout the labor I used it to ground myself in the rhythmic waves of tension and release. I envisioned my baby spiraling out of my body and into the water, just as I depicted in the mandala......" - Stacy

"Before the actual birth my mandala helped me go into my center and set intentions around the type of birth I wanted and made me remember that I can create the experience I want.... I remember looking at the mandala and saying to myself, you can do this, you are strong and you are going to meet your baby soon." -Amy

“The process of making my Birth Mandala was very helpful in that it allowed me to visualize and manifest in a real way what I envisioned my birth to be; and, more importantly, who I am as a parent through the process. Working together with other pregnant women was also very powerful, as I felt that we were all holding this precious space for one another." - April

"Without the process, I may not have set the intention of regaining control over my body (from past sexual abuse). I have done plenty of other work in this regard before, but this was the clincher in my process. A coming full circle, which is exactly what a Mandala is, as I learned." - Shannon