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Mother's Nature:
Timeless Wisdom for the Journey into Motherhood

Created by Andrea Alban Gosline & Lisa Burnett Bossi
With Ame Mahler Beanland

Conari Press, 1999.

Without a doubt, becoming a parent is one of the greatest vehicles of transformation we experience in our lives. Endless books are devoted to the nuts and bolts of our new responsibilities as parents, but few dedicated to the heart and soul of the journey celebrate it with such panache as Mother's Nature. Beautifully designed and illustrated by Bossi, Mother's Nature is organized into nine chapters, each with an original poem by Gosline. The chapters themselves are collections of poetry, prose, affirmations, prayers and songs collected from countless sources, spanning several cultures and historical time periods from Zen Master Dogen to Helen Keller, Adrienne Rich and Ina May Gaskin.

See why Wes Nisker, meditation teacher and author of several best-selling books on Buddhism says, “Anyone who has ever been a mother—or had one—will love this book.”