Dancing For Birth™ Presents: 'The Rhythm of Birth: Drumming, Ritual and Recovery from Pregnancy to Postpartum' Masterclass, with Guest Expert, Sophie Messager
Drumming has a unique power to support women through birth, working with altered states of consciousness, pain, and the body's own rhythms in ways few other tools can.
In this class, guest expert Sophie Messager will share both the science and her own experience on drumming in the birth room, why it belongs there, and how it continues to support healing afterwards. She bridges two worlds that rarely speak to each other: scientific training and ceremonial work.
She will also explore why combining drumming combined with 'Closing the Bones' creates such a powerful and beautiful ritual for postpartum recovery, helping women feel held, witnessed, and restored as they move into this new chapter. Â
Join us Live! September 17, 2026 at 10 AM Central Time
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Stories from real births where drumming supported women through pain, fear, and transition
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Why 'Closing the Bones' combined with drumming creates such a powerful ritual for postpartum healing
- The science behind 'Closing the Bones', including its effects on the nervous system, circulation, and emotional recovery
- Stories from women who have experienced this combined ritual postpartum
- How to incorporate language and mindset tools into your birth support practice.
___________________________ - Duration Approximately 60 Minutes
- Live Q & AÂ
- Earn 1 Contact Hour from Dancing For Birth™
- Receive the Recording to Keep
- Counts Towards DFB™ Recertification
Featured Expert - Sophie Messager, Author
Sophie Messager has spent her life learning to listen, and teaching others to do the same. Trained as a scientist with a doctorate in reproductive physiology, she left the laboratory after experiencing the power of a physiological birth.
That discovery set her on a different path. Through more than ten years working as a doula and perinatal educator, through ceremony and drumming, through ritual bodywork and one-to-one work, she developed a body of work with a single thread running through it: helping women come home to their inner wisdom.
She bridges two worlds that rarely speak to each other: scientific training and ceremonial work. That bridge is her gift. She creates spaces where a woman's analytical mind and her intuitive wisdom are not in conflict, but in conversation.
Sophie is the author of Why Postnatal Recovery Matters, published by Montag and Martin (also available in French, Italian, and German) and The Beat of Your Own Drum, published by Womancraft Publishing.
As an energy healer and practitioner of shamanic drumming, she has developed a unique holistic approach that integrates these ancestral techniques for well-being and balance, particularly suited to the pivotal moments in women’s lives. These methods are especially valuable during childbirth, postpartum, and other major life transitions.
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.Â
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!Â
