Mommysattva : Lionheart Press, a Division of the Open Heart Project : 9781732277663 : 1732277664 : 07 Sep 2021 : "Mommysattva is a wise, funny, and refreshingly real guide to what happens when the ideals of mindfulness practice meet the chaos of everyday motherhood." --Anne Cushman, author of The Mama Sutra: A Story of Love, Loss, and the Path of Motherhood In Mommysattva, writer, meditation teacher, nutrition therapist, and mom Jenna Hollenstein envisions motherhood as the most spontaneous, impossible, and hard-won path to wisdom and compassion. The book is not a guide to motherhood; it's a collection of bite-sized essays examining motherhood as a spiritual journey that includes compassion and vast expansion of the heart. It explores many of the felt experiences of those who mother-from the intense metamorphosis of becoming a mother to the practice of motherhood as a teaching on what it means to be present to a mother's innately activist role in bringing about positive change. And a