Jeannine Parvati Baker (June 1, 1949 - December 1, 2005) was a Yogini, midwife, herbalist, published author, and poet. She was also an international activist on the matters of homebirth, unassisted childbirth and newborn rights issues.
Born in North Hollywood, California, to a Jewish mother and Native American father, Jeannine Parvati Baker migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area and Sebastopol areas in the late 1960s. She attended Sonoma State Un...
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Jeannine Parvati Baker (June 1, 1949 - December 1, 2005) was a Yogini, midwife, herbalist, published author, and poet. She was also an international activist on the matters of homebirth, unassisted childbirth and newborn rights issues.
Born in North Hollywood, California, to a Jewish mother and Native American father, Jeannine Parvati Baker migrated to the San Francisco Bay Area and Sebastopol areas in the late 1960s. She attended Sonoma State University. She was an early contributor to the fields of natural health and healing, studying yoga asana and meditation. Parvati Baker chose to give birth to all of her children without the use of drugs, which she discusses in her early writings.
Parvati Baker's first book, Prenatal Yoga & Natural Childbirth, was the first text in the Western world on the subject, written during her studies with ashtanga yogi Baba Hari Dass from whom she received the name Parvati. In the Hindu myth, Parvati invented her baby from the simple gifts of nature –...
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