Jeannine Parvati Baker Explained

Jeannine Parvati (June 1, 1949, North Hollywood, Los Angeles – December 1, 2005, Joseph, Utah), born Jeannine O'Brien, was an anti-circumcision activist, yoga teacher, midwife and author.

Parvati's first book, Prenatal Yoga & Natural Childbirth, was influenced by ashtanga yogi Baba Hari Dass. Her second, the influential , was her master's thesis in psychology at San Francisco State University. Later she co-authored, with her second husband and under the last name Parvati-Baker, Conscious Conception: Elemental Journey through the Labyrinth of Sexuality.

Parvati practiced as a midwife in Sonoma County, California for over ten years, before moving to rural southern Utah where she continued her practice and taught Prenatal Yoga while raising a family. She founded Hygieia College, a mentorship program.^[1] She is credited with popularizing the practice of lotus birth in the United States.^[2]

As a keynote speaker at conferences on genital integrity, Parvati was an advocate for eradicating circumcision.^{[3] [4]} She also authored "The Wound Reveals The Cure: A Utah Model For Ending The Cycle of Sexual Mutilation".^[5]

Parvati died at home in Joseph, Utah on December 1, 2005, aged 56, after a two-year battle with Hepatitis C. ^[6]

Works

• Book: Parvati, Jeannine . Prenatal Yoga and Natural Childbirth. North Atlantic Books-Consumer Hlth; 2nd edition. 2001. 1-55643-382-4.
• Book: Parvati Baker, Jeannine. Conscious Conception: Elemental Journey Through the Labyrinth of Sexuality. North Atlantic Books. 1986. 0-938190-83-0. registration.
• Book: Parvati, Jeannine. Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal. Freestone Publishing Company. 1979. 0-913512-54-0.
• Various Articles and Book Reviews by Jeannine Parvati on Midwifery & Parenting topics catalogued on the Assn. of Pre & Perinatal Health's webpage.

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=3U8Rjvyp4AMC&dq=hygieia+college&pg=PA303 The Natural Pregnancy Book: Herbs, Nutrition, and Other Holistic Choices By Aviva Jill Romm
2. Senepathy. Kavin. 2018. Lotus Birth. dead. Skeptical Inquirer. 42. 4. 44–46. https://web.archive.org/web/20190505221825/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/lotus_birth/. 2019-05-05.
3. http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/fourth/baker.html THE WOUND REVEALS THE CURE
4. http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/seventh/symposium.pdf THE SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND MODERN SOCIETY
5. published in Sexual Mutilations: A Human Tragedy, New York: Plenum Press, 1997 .
6. Web site: Remembering Jeannine Parvati Baker | Wise Woman Way of Birth | by Gloria Lemay . November 30, 2009 .