Midwifery as Spiritual Practice
Jeannine Parvati Baker, (1949-2005), is the author of Prenatal
Yoga & Natural Childbirth, Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal (her
master's thesis), and Conscious Conception, and the mother of
six children. A reknown herbalist and mythic astrologer, Jeannine
practiced as a spiritual midwife in Northern California and Utah.
This article was written in 1982.