Recommended Resources

Yoga Books

· Anatomy of Hatha Yoga, H. David Coulter

· Anatomy of Movement, Blandine Calais-Germain

· Be Here Now, Ram Das

· Being Peace, Thich Nhat Han

· Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Bihar School of Yoga

· Health, Healing and Beyond, Desikachar

· How To know God, Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood

· Light on Pranayama, BKS Iyengar

· Light on Yoga, BKS Iyengar

· Moving into Stillness, Erich Schiffman

· Start Where You are, Pema Chodron

· Structural Yoga Therapy, Mukunda Stiles

· The Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna Prem

· The Heart of Yoga, Desikachar

· The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga, Georg Feuerstein

· The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, George Feuerstein

· The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Swami Satchidananda

· The Yoga Tradition, Georg Feuerstein

· Yoga A Gem for Women, Geeta S. Iyengar

· Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, Stephen Cope

· Yoga for Wellness, Gary Kraftsow

· Yoga Mind, Body and Spirit, Donna Farhi

Prenatal Yoga Books

· Bountiful, Beautiful, Blissful: Experience the Natural Power of Pregnancy and Birth with Kundalini Yoga and Meditation, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa

· Essential Exercise for the Childbearing Year, Elisabeth Noble

· Prenatal Yoga and Natural Childbirth, Third Edition, Jeannine Parvati Baker

· Prenatal Yoga VHS ~ Shiva Rea (2000)

· Preparing for Birth With Yoga, Janet Balaskas

Pregnancy, Childbirth and Breastfeeding Books

· Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, Ina May Gaskin.

· The Complete Book of Pregnancy and Childbirth, by Sheila Kitzinger

· The Scientification of Love, Michel Odent

· The Thinking Woman's Guide to a Better Birth, Henci Goer

· The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, published by La Leche League International

Parenting Books

· Attachment Parenting: Instinctive Care for Your Baby and Young Child, Katie Allison Granju

· Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills for Turning Conflict into Cooperation, Becky A. Bailey

· How Children Learn, John Holt

· How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk, Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

· Magical Child, Joseph Chilton Pearce

· Mothering Magazine — A bi-monthly publication

· Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent, Meredith F. Small

· Playful Parenting, Lawrence J. Cohen,

· Raising Your Spirited Child: A Guide for Parents Whose Child Is More Intense, Sensitive, Perceptive, Persistent, Energetic, Mary Sheedy Kurcinka

· The Baby Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Baby from Birth to Age Two, Dr. William Sears and Martha Sears

· The Continuum Concept, Jean Liedloff

Midwife

Seventh Moon Homebirth – Vicki hedley

http://www.seventhmoonhomebirth.com/

Doula

Marin Bach-Antonson

http://earthmotherbirth.com/

Childbirth Education/Research

Lamaze

http://www.lamaze.org/

The Six Healthy Birth Practices (

http://www.lamaze.org/ExpectantParents/HealthyBirthPractices/tabid/251/Default.aspx

The Journal of Perinatal Education

http://www.lamaze.org/ChildbirthProfessionals/iJournalofPerinatalEducationi/tabid/122/Default.aspx

Science and Sensibility

http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/

The Chochrane Database

http://www.thecochranelibrary.com/view/0/index.html

Childbirth Connection

http://www.childbirthconnection.org

Midwifery Today

http://www.midwiferytoday.com/

American Congress of Obstetrics and Gynecol ogists

http://www.acog.org/index.cfm

Le Leche League

http://www.acog.org/index.cfm

Materials for Childbirth Education

The Six Healthy Birth Practices (

http://www.lamaze.org/ExpectantParents/HealthyBirthPractices/tabid/251/Default.aspx

Stages of Pregnancy

http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10124

Stages of Labor

http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10553

http://magazine.lamaze.org/Birth/LaborDay/tabid/71/Default.aspx

http://mothering.com/pregnancy-birth/the-first-stage-of-labor

http://mothering.com/pregnancy-birth/easing-tension-and-fear-in-natural-childbirth

Pushing positions

http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10205

Comfort Measures

http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10517

http://mothering.com/pregnancy-birth/comfort-measures-for-labor

Labor support advice and communication

http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=2145

http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?s=pain+coping

Breastfeeding

http://www.lamaze.org/WhoWeAre/PositionPapers/PositionPaperBreastfeedingisPriceless/tabid/585/Default.aspx

http://mothering.com/breastfeeding/not-just-for-babies

http://mothering.com/breastfeeding/natural-parenting-toolbox-successful-latching

Attachment

http://www.lamaze.org/ChildbirthEducators/ResourcesforEducators/CarePracticePapers/NoSeparation/tabid/488/Default.aspx

http://mothering.com/parenting/rooming-in-at-the-hospital

http://mothering.com/breastfeeding/the-memory-of-touch-souls-intertwined