I provide midwifery care (prenatal, birth and postpartum) well-woman care, homebirth services, hospital midwifery support, and childbirth education classes to women and their families. I provide herbs, homeopathy and acupressure, nutritional counseling and lactation support.

I believe that women's knowledge of healing is a tool for empowerment on all levels, and that homebirth and midwifery care are natural extensions of our right to make informed choices about our healthcare. I encourage women to become their own healers, and explore our intuitive wisdom as part of our diverse experience. I believe that childbirth is a time when women and their families can embrace the physical, spiritual and emotional as one, and that birth is normal, natural, and a supreme right of passage.

Iam a traditional midwife trained in the apprenticeship model and a graduate of the National Midwifery Institute, a San Francisco-based direct-entry midwifery school. I have extensively studied multicultural views of the body, medicinal herbs, and diverse aspects of healing. I completed my training at Casa de Nacimiento, a high-volume midwifery clinic on the Mexico/Texas border. I hold a BA in Women’s Studies from UC Berkeley and am a certified acupressure practitioner. I earned both my Midwifery License (LM) from the California Medical Board and my Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) certification from the North American Registry of Midwives in 2000. In 2002, I volunteered my midwifery services in South India, where I practiced in several rural hospitals. I provided prenatal, post partum, and general home health care in nearby Hindu and Muslim villages, in the state of Tamil Nadu.

I love providing midwifery services for families of diverse backgrounds and experiences. I provide midwifery care in my clients' homes, or my home if preferred. I serve families in the greater Bay Area.

Bath time in Kerala, India

Lisa with Sarah at 3 months

On her due date in Rajasthan, India.