The Mama Sutra by Anne Cushman
A "beautifully written and self-revealing" memoir of motherhood--in all its messy glory--as a spiritual practice, by a longtime yoga and dharma teacher (Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance)Sutra is the Sanskrit name for a short spiritual teaching, and it comes from the same root as the English word suture, or stitch. This story of motherhood as a path to awakening is, says yoga and meditation teacher Anne Cushman, "an homage to the long threads that run through all human lives, stitching up what's shredded in our hearts."
The Mama Sutra spans an eighteen-year journey through motherhood as a spiritual practice, chronicling Cushman's first pregnancy, her daughter's tragic stillbirth, the joyful birth of her son, the "home retreat" of early motherhood, the challenges of parenthood, the diagnosis and gifts of her son's developmental differences, the meltdown of her nuclear family and its reconfiguration into a new and joyful form, and more. This is a powerful story of the rawness and beauty of life.
Anne Cushman directs the Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training program at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in northern California, where she also teaches retreats and seminars on a regular basis. She is the coauthor of From Here to Nirvana: The Yoga Journal Guide to Spiritual India, which she contributed to both Yoga Journal and Tricycle: The Buddhist Review.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781611804638 |
| ISBN 10 | 1611804639 |
| Title | The Mama Sutra |
| Author | Anne Cushman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2019-04-16 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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