Anni Daulter

Anni Daulter is a contemporary American author whose best-selling cookbooks are designed to promote healthy living, especially in relation to childbirth and children.

Biography

Daulter studied at the University of Southern California, where she received a Master of Social Work degree. In 2012, she founded the Sacred Living Movement presenting pregnancy and childbirth as a spiritual experience while stressing the need to adopt a sacred approach to the events of everyday life. The movement started with Daulter's book, Sacred Pregnancy, and a single retreat in Ojai, California. It has since expanded to over a dozen live retreats and online workshops. Daulter lives in Oregon with her husband Tim and children Zoe, Bodhi, Lotus Sunshine, and River Love.

Early career Daulter's first book, Organically Raised: Conscious Cooking for Babies and Toddlers (2010) was the first in a line of healthy living books and cookbooks about organic lifestyles for families with kids. She reminds women they command natural power and strength, commenting, "In the moment of birthing a baby, she is the most powerful woman in the world." The Sacred Living Movement uses retreats, rituals, meditation, reflection, and the communal sharing of experiences to help women through their pregnancies and births.

Although not embracing a new religion, Daulter's rituals borrow from Buddhism, Hinduism, Neopaganism, and New Age ideas. The movement is popular among people of childbearing age, who feel disenfranchised by traditional religions, but still seek a spiritual approach. Thelologian Ann W. Duncan states that the movement is not an isolated event, but rather an indication of a shifting culture surrounding the intersection of faith, feminism, and motherhood. Her book, The Organic Family Cookbook, was a Forward Indies Book Award finalist.

Selected works The following are among Anni Daulter's publications: