Intuitive Health Midwifery and Beyond

Anshin B. Kelly's Biography and Practice: Traditional Midwife (T.M.) Medicine Woman (M.W.)

First Practice for: Traditional Wilderness Midwifery and Medicine, and Cryptic Pregnancy and Extended Gestation.

TWMM: Medicine and Care for the Unexpected, Disastrous, and/or Conflictive.

Anshin B. Kelly T.M. Biography:

Daktari Ani (Doctor Ani)

In my early work as a healer and birthworker (around the first six years), the communities that I served called me "Daktari Ani," or "Doctor Ani." I remember it was my mother and a friend from Kenya who solidified the title. Daktari is Doctor in Swahili.

After eight long years of training, I stepped fully into my practice as a Traditional Midwife over the past five years. During this time, I’ve come to a profound realization about where my work truly lies. My role as a Midwife has drawn me to an aspect of midwifery that Modern Western Midwifery and medical practice often overlook—or, I’d even say, neglect to a heartbreaking extent. It’s the shadowed end of this calling: The part that embraces death, endings, grief, and loss. I find myself tending not just to the physical hemorrhages but also the spiritual ones. I walk with women and families through miscarriage, infertility, the deep wounds of sexual abuse, stillbirth, the death of an older baby, and even maternal death. These are the raw, tender places where life doesn’t unfold as hoped, and yet, they’re where I feel my purpose as a Midwife takes root—holding space for both the seen and unseen, the body and the soul, in moments that demand care beyond what medicine alone can offer.

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Update: Anshin B. is continuing her medical and science education through courses provided by futurelearn.com and will soon be enrolling in Peterson Academy in 2025. She aims to (keeping in mind the unconventional ways in which her life unfolds), study Nursing and Cardiology.

Anshin B. Kelly is a Traditional Midwife, and Wilderness Medicine Practitioner. She has been assisting women, their babies and families with their childbearing and health needs, who have limited to no access to medical care for fifteen years. 

She began her journey in learning the fundamentals of Wilderness Medicine, when she was a child growing up on a farm and spending much of her time in the wilderness; in the backwoods up and down the Northeast USA, in the mountain ranges of the North East, canoeing and swimming rivers, as well as camping, hiking and even spelunking (cave exploration). Since childhood, she was actively part of youth groups that exposed her to wilderness survival fundamentals, and what to do in emergency situations in which there is limited to no medical care. She has been certified in the past for CPR, First Aid, and Lifeguarding. Midwife Anshin B. has been a homemaker to her eventual family of seven, since 2011. 

In the summer of 2023, Anshin B. became certified in Wilderness First Aid through the Emergency Care and Safety Institute; (American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, and American College of Emergency Physicians, sanctioned).

Midwife Anshin B. began her journey in learning the fundamentals of Traditional Midwifery Craft when she became pregnant with her first baby in 2011. She eventually gave birth to five children naturally, four of them she gave birth to at home, without assistance from midwives or medical professionals. All her children were healthy in utero, at birth, and are currently thriving. 

Her mentorship of the Traditional Midwifery Craft took eight years; through the assistance and guidance of senior midwives and her self-experienced teaching. For over a decade, Anshin B. has had the privilege and honor of assisting women, their babies and their families with their childbearing needs, from all over North America and the world. Women and their families have traveled hundreds of miles to receive Anshin B.'s care and Anshin B. has traveled hundreds of miles over the years to assist and care for women.

Beyond Midwifery and Healing:

Although Anshin B. is not formally educated in Higher Education, she is nonetheless a lifelong student of many other spheres of study, teaching, and art forms: Since childhood Anshin B. has studied Botany, Farming and Natural Sciences. She is a prolific student/teacher of Steiner Education (Waldorf School), and is passionate about the proper education and raising up of the youth. Anshin B. is also a lifelong student of the development of Law, Human Rights, and Western Legal Systems. She is also a lifelong student/teacher of World Religion, Prayer, and Spiritual Life and Practice. Anshin B. has studied, taught, and practiced Performing and Visual Arts since she was a very small child, she is a Dancer, Singer/Songwriter, and an Actress, as well as a Painter/Other Visual Artist. She is also a Poet and a prolific Writer and Author. She really hates social media, although she is successful at/with it. 

Anshin B. never stops learning.