Nancy Bardacke RN, CNM, MA

Nancy Bardacke, RN, CNM, MA is a nurse-midwife, mindfulness teacher, and founding director of the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) Program which she currently teaches at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. She also leads a Professional Development and Teacher Training Program in MBCP at that same institution.

She is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF School of Nursing. Nancy began assisting birthing families four decades ago and has been a meditation practitioner since 1982. Her professional training in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) with Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD. began in 1994 and she has taught MBSR courses for patients with a wide variety of health challenges.

In 1998 Nancy began developing her pioneering Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting program and has now taught 65 MBCP courses and numerous mindfulness workshops to several thousand expectant parents. Nancy has also taught mindfulness courses and workshops for healthcare professionals both nationally and internationally, Her book, Mindful Birthing: Training the Mind, Body and Heart for Childbirth and Beyond, Foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn (HarperCollins) is scheduled for publication in 2012.