• desires, expectations and illusions for mothering;

• birth and spiritual embodied experiences of mothering;

• instinctual knowing; identity and crisis, and connections of motherhood;

• changes and transformations undergone through motherhood.

This study presents a unique framework for qualitative studies of spirituality within motherhood research; by weaving together transpersonal psychology, humanistic psychology, spiritual intelligence and the spiritual maternal literature.This book will appeal to all women who have transitioned to motherhood. It willalso be of assistance to professionals who wish to approach any aspect of maternity care and support from a transpersonal perspective. It will also provideunique insights for academics and postgraduate students in the fields of anthropology, psychology, psychotherapy and feminism studies.