The postpartum time is for rest, daydreaming, nourishment, and prayer.
Mothers of newborns often find themselves sitting or lying down with their babies for long durations of time. For many, this means they scroll. And scroll. And scroll.
Milk Mantras was created as a simple way to redirect that urge toward prayer, meditation, and intentional daydreaming during one of the most opportune times for mother and baby to be at peace with one another.
Beginning the day after birth, a mother chooses one mantra each morning and meditates upon it throughout the day’s nursing or pumping sessions. Instead of reaching automatically for something outside of herself, she has a prayer to return to — something that can lead her more deeply into connection with God, herself, and her baby.
The printable cards are intentionally simple. The white space can remain untouched for a low-stimulation practice, or it can become a place for watercolor, collage, sketches, photographs, poems, prayers, Bible verses, and anything else a mantra inspires within the mother who dwells upon it.
These cards are hers to beautify in whatever way her practice calls for.
Milk Mantras isn’t an ordinary affirmation deck. It’s an opening for creative exploration, prayer, and the protection of a mother’s mental space during the postpartum time. There are so many potentialities — and that’s part of the gift it gives.
✿ For a deeper encounter with the milk mantras practice, including how it came to be, read the full substack article.
Choose Your Set
PRINTABLE CARDS — $13
The complete 92-mantra practice, designed for easy at-home printing and cutting.
Includes the 92 mantra cards, two blank cards, four top-card cover options, and a printable instruction card.
For best results, print single-sided on 100 lb. cover cardstock (approximately 270 gsm), if your printer supports it.
For easier home printing, 80 lb. cover (approximately 216 gsm) also works well.
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COMPLETE SET — $17
Everything in the printable edition, plus the digital companion.
The digital version of Milk Mantras gives a mother access to the mantras when she doesn’t have the physical cards nearby — while traveling, pumping away from home, or simply if she forgets to choose a mantra before leaving the house for the day. It also serves as a better, more mentally nourishing way to pass the time in waiting rooms, long lines, and lunch breaks.
A meaningful postpartum gift
Milk Mantras can also be prepared as a gift for a mother-to-be. Print and cut the cards, choose a cover, and present the deck in a beautiful box, perhaps something you find at a thrift store, or simply tied together with ribbon.
One purchase is intended for one mother. Professional licensing is available for doulas, birthkeepers, lactation professionals, and postpartum caregivers who would like to provide printed sets to multiple clients.