Mothering from Your Center: Tapping Your Body's Natural Energy for Pregnancy, Birth, and Parenting

I purchased "Mothering From Your Center" almost three years ago, after the birth of my first child. It was suggested by a friend who had read Tami's first book, "Wild Feminine." I cannot say how many times I felt affirmed and healed while reading this book. It became my constant companion while nursing my daughter in those early weeks and months - I even took to holding my daughter while she napped just so that I could enjoy a few hours of reading time. Tami's voice as a writer felt so intimate and aligned with my mothering experience that I felt as if I was reading wisdom from an older, wiser version of my own self.While I planned a homebirth, my birth experience ended in a long hospital birth and cesarean, with my daughter transported to the NICU for two days following. Tami's guided visualizations and explanations of the birth energy field in "Mothering From Your Center" helped me to realign with the power and beauty of my birth experience and to reconnect with my daughter and heal the fracturing that had resulted from days of hospital interventions during my labor and the days following her birth. I was also encouraged to seek out a Holistic Pelvic Care practitioner in my area, which furthered my physical, energetic, and emotional healing postpartum. This form of bodywork resonated with me so deeply that I then went on to travel to Oregon and attend Holistic Pelvic Care training with Tami myself. I cannot say how thankful I am for her commitment to returning women to our birthright of power in the pelvic bowl, and how practically helpful and utterly profound her teachings have been for me.Professionally I am a childbirth educator, birth & postpartum doula, and massage therapist specializing in women's health. "Mothering From Your Center" is the first book that I suggest to women postpartum, and mothers of all ages. It is also the only book that I have chosen to give repeatedly to friends in their first years of mothering. This book is part sacred energy medicine, part wild mothering, part practical mothering guidance from your wisest friend. I can't recommend it highly enough.

I bought this book because I loved Wild Feminine and Tami Kent, not because of any current or future mothering needs. Just reading the list of meditations gave me chills, because they're such beautiful, sacred ways to create your life. Tami Kent gorgeously writes about mothering and creativity, and as she describes how to use your energy to enhance the flow of your life, it really doesn't matter if you have kids or not. The wisdom is still applicable outside the realm of mothering, whether for creativity, relationships, daily life or healing.Mothering from your Center is another gorgeous, thoughtful book from Tami Kent that teaches women how to use their power to make the most out of their life. Just having read this book, with my focus on creativity and not children, I feel like I've expanded and healed my idea of Mother. Thank you for writing this book!

This is my favorite motherhood book!! I love Tami’s work and she is a true inspiration for women.

Tami does it again with this amazing book. She is extremely easy to relate to with her stories. She has a way of speaking to the woman inside of you, in a way that so few have before. This is essential for every mother, no matter what stage in her motherhood journey.

As a new mom and doula-in-training, I've read tons of childbirth and mama books. This one is my all time favorite. Great book for those who want a look at the spiritual and energetic current that flows through pregnancy, birth, and mothering. Filled with touching stories, great information, and valuable insight, this is truly a beautiful contribution to our collective wisdom about pregnancy, birth, and mothering.

Great book about female spitituality coupled with being in tune with your body, children, family and much more. Also very informative about emotions stored in pelvic floor. Wish I had such a healer within reach.

I loved Wild Feminine, and Tami Lynn definitely delivers again with this book. Don't let the cover mislead you. This book is filled with ancient wisdom and practical applications. It is a book you can keep picking up and reading for insights, and small shifts that make huge impact of family dynamics and ways of relating. Loved it!

Such a gem! Has become one of my go-to Mothering Books

Not great. I didnt gain anything from this book.

Just wonderfuly educating