Dancing For Birth™ Presents: 'Dancing into Safety: Supporting Pregnant Survivors of Sexual Abuse
through Dancing For Birth™' Masterclass, with Guest Expert, Jozé Jonker
In this masterclass, dance/movement/perinatal therapist Jozé Jonker shares her insights into working with pregnant women who carry a history of sexual abuse, and how Dancing For Birth™ can support their healing journey. Drawing on her clinical experience and trauma-informed approach, she explores how dance can help survivors reconnect with their bodies, reduce fear, build confidence, and prepare for birth with strength and trust.
This session highlights the transformative power of movement, spontaneity, and connection in fostering a sense of safety and resilience during pregnancy, labor, and early motherhood. Through gentle and empowering Dancing For Birth™ movements, women can begin to restore body-trust, experience moments of spontaneous joy, and regulate emotions in a deeply embodied way.
Participants will gain insight into how rhythm, playfulness, and grounded presence can open new pathways for healing, self-expression, connection, and empowerment — for both mother and baby. Register to join the live Masterclass (registrants will also receive access to the replay afterward).
Join us Live! September 18, 2025 10 AM Central Time
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Pay What You Want (Normally $49)
Pick your own price! (starting at $10). 100% goes to our Grant Fund, to provide equity seats for our Dancing For Birth™ Practitioner Training.
Here's what you'll learn:
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How Dancing For Birth™ supports body reconnection and helps survivors transform fear and disconnection into trust and self-compassion
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Ways to create a trauma-sensitive space where pregnant survivors feel safe to explore, express, and connect
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The role of movement in emotional release, nervous system regulation, and the non-verbal expression of trauma
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How to foster choice, agency, and empowerment during pregnancy and birth preparation
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How birth partners can be included in the healing journey through shared movement and supportive presence
__________________________________ - Duration Approximately 60 Minutes
- Live Q & A
- Earn 1 Contact Hour from Dancing For Birth™
- Access to Replay for 30 days
- Receive the Recording to Keep (with donations of $25 and up)
Featured Expert - Jozé Jonker, Dance/Movement Therapist, Pre- and Perinatal Therapist
Jozé Jonker is a registered dance/movement therapist and founder of Praktijk Kyma, a body-oriented therapy practice in the Netherlands specializing in early life experiences, trauma prevention, and attachment support from pregnancy through early childhood.
With a background in pre- and perinatal psychology, infant mental health, and trauma-informed bodywork, she integrates Dancing For Birth™ into her therapeutic practice to support pregnant women — including those with a history of sexual abuse — in reclaiming safety, trust, and connection within their bodies.
She is also a member of the Dutch Expert Team on Sexual Trauma (ETST), which brings together professionals dedicated to advancing knowledge, awareness, and holistic trauma-sensitive care for survivors of sexual violence.
Her work is rooted in the belief that healing begins in the body, and that every child deserves a connected start in life.
Dancing For Birth™ Masterclass Series
Our Dancing For Birth™ Masterclass Series brings you powerful and engaging wisdom from global birth visionaries. Your host, Dancing For Birth™ founder Stephanie Larson, has dedicated 25+ years to bringing bliss to families all over the world through her revolutionary Dancing For Birth™ childbirth method, and prenatal/postpartum class.
Dancing For Birth™ is a world-renowned weekly parent class, for preconception through postpartum, taught by Certified Instructors on six continents. It's a powerful fusion of Pregnancy and Postpartum Fitness, Childbirth Education, and Celebration. Use our evidence-based Dancing For Birth™ childbirth method to add bliss and ease to birth. Yes! Birth can be like this!
