The Birthkeepers is a personal invitation to birthing with ecstasy. Veronika Robinson, editor of The Mother magazine, reveals the three secrets to easy, natural vaginal birth. Through examining childbirth history our evolutionary blueprint and reading stories from modern day birthkeepers, we can begin to reclaim an ancient birthing tradition, and make birth safe and sacred again. Despite a dominant birth culture and media images which portray birth as deeply traumatic, painful, deadly and dangerous, this isn't how evolution designed our entry into motherhood. How we give birth, and the experience we haev, isn't just a matter of luck or having the best medical attendants. We can all choose to give birth in peace, painlessly, and with pleasure. This exploration of unobserved (unassisted) childbirth shows that what's good for the birthing mother, is also good for the baby arriving birthside. The Birthkeepers is the first UK book on unassisted childbirth.

Bluey Miller lives a charmed life in Calico Bay, a small rural town on the east coast of Australia. She built her popular wholefood cafe from nothing, and it has garnered a well-deserved reputation for world foods. When her mother dies, Bluey discovers that there was far more to her mother's life than she'd realised. Why so many secrets? As she begins to unravel her mother's past, she's left wondering about their relationship."

Holistic approaches to healing from adrenal fatigue and exhaustion.

Topaz Lane is an internationally successful children's artist, who is embittered that she'll never have a family of her own. Betrayed by love, she has sworn off men for life. A chance meeting with five local women changes her life forever. She learns that we all have a wound, and that we all have a gift to share.

From the family which brings you The Mother magazine, comes a scrapbook of ideas, insights and inspirations into their life as unschoolers. Together, they invite the reader into their home and hearts to see what life is like without school. They aim to debunk the commonly-held idea that home education is a replica of school-based learning with time tables, curriculums and structure; with parents acting as teachers and controlling learning outcomes. On the way, they've discovered that education comes from within, and is about being inspired. True learning is always led by the child, and is not dependent on experts or an institutional setting. At the heart of their story is the theme that all of life is an education

This unique reference draws more than 500 baby names exclusively from Mother Nature and offers parents a chance to express their love of the natural world through their baby's name. The author has been editing "The Mother" magazine, an international publication on natural parenting, for more than 10 years.

The Blessingway is a beautiful and holistic alternative to modern baby showers. Whether you're a professional celebrant, midwife, doula or about to officiate your first Blessingway ceremony for a client, friend or sister, this full-colour guide will lead you through the essential elements of creating a beautiful, meaningful, inspiring and memorable rite of passage for a mother-to-be or for parents preparing to adopt. Based on years of celebrant experience by the author, The Blessingway contains plentiful suggestions to bring art, soul and heart to this modern adaptation of an ancient Navajo tradition.

An inspiring and abundant collection of vegetarian recipes free from meat, dairy and eggs, suitable for friends and family. Beautifully illustrated, with room for notes, this book offers good food, insights into nurturing the body, and celebrates the sacred art of creating food to share. The Mystic Cookfire contains more than 280 tried and tested family-favourite recipes. Created by a life-long vegetarian, this book is sure to please palates new to cooking without animals, and those who've long been celebrating this natural way of eating.

Stretch Marks is a compilation of selected articles from The Mother magazine, 2002 to 2009. It features writing on optimal parenting from some of the leading thinkers in the field of holistic parenting. From fertility awareness to menopause, home education to chiropractic care, lotus birth to non-vaccination. The Mother magazine is read in more than forty countries, and this selection of articles is a distillation of what makes this magazine so popular for women, men, grandparents and health care professionals.

The Drinks Are On Me reclaims and celebrates the ancient art of breastfeeding ~ a natural way of feeding our babies which has allowed humanity to exist for millions of years. Veronika Robinson draws on her rich experiences as a breastfeeding mother ~ a ten year journey which included five years of tandem nursing ~ and explains why breastfeeding is vital for the healthy continuation of the species. Embracing a holistic view, she shows how to overcome common and not so common breastfeeding challenges, whether they're physical, emotional or cultural. This book uncovers some of the myths surrounding breastfeeding and takes a unique mind, body and soul approach to a little understood subject.