What's Dancing For Birth™?

What if birth could be blissful, powerful, and life-changing instead of scary and painful? What if birth could make you feel more whole and more ready to care for your baby, instead of depleted or traumatized? It can!

 

Dancing For Birth™ is creating a huge shift in the way people give birth, and dramatically improving birth outcomes. We're a worldwide community and a growing movement to bring bliss and ease to birth through dance. Dancing For Birth™ is a mom-owned, social-entrepreneurship, small business founded in the USA in 2000. 

 

We are dedicated to elevating the pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences of families and birth professionals all over the world, by holding the vision for, and creating, a radically different model of birth—based on our principles of movement, gravity, and instinct. Together we will co-create a birth world in which the laboring person freely moves around their space, is never restricted to be on their back in bed, and catches their own baby with the support and encouragement of their care provider. 
In service of parents and birth professionals we have a three-fold approach:
 1.  Dancing For Birth™ is an evidence-based, effective childbirth method based on our principles of movement, gravity and instinct. It has a twenty+ year history of efficacy. 
  
1.  Dancing For Birth™ is an evidence-based, effective childbirth method based on our principles of movement, gravity and instinct. It has a twenty+ year history of efficacy. It decreases labor pain, increases birth satisfaction, and improves outcomes.

 

2.  Dancing For Birth™ is an approved continuing-education training and advanced certification for birth and wellness professionals to learn our Dancing For Birth™ childbirth method and get licensed to teach our prenatal/postnatal class. 
2.  Dancing For Birth™ is an approved continuing-education training and advanced certification for birth and wellness professionals to learn our Dancing For Birth™ childbirth method and get licensed to teach our prenatal/postnatal class. 
3.  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 Prenatal & Postnatal Fitness, Childbirth Education, and Celebration. 

 

Dancing For Birth™ Prenatal/Postpartum Class

 
Dancing For Birth™ is your trifecta of birth preparation: feel-good prenatal fitness, interactive childbirth education, and celebration of pregnancy, birth, and parenting, all rolled into a weekly 90-minute class that supports you from preconception through postpartum. Our moves are specifically designed for pregnancy and postpartum and are beneficial during all three trimesters and after giving birth as well. The classes take place on five continents and in many languages. Birth professionals and parents use our evidence-based childbirth method and signature moves like “Dilation Gyration” and "Powerful Woman" to make labor and birth shorter, easier, and more pleasurable.
 

Yes! Birth Can Be Like This!

 

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“A holistic birth preparation program that nurtures the mind, body, and spirit for a sacred transition into motherhood.” - Melanie, Midwife

 
Dancing For Birth™ was created by USA’s National Birth Hero and Mom of four, DFB Founder, Stephanie Larson.

“Dancing really helped me open in labor and it's been wonderful dancing with Rhys since he was born. He really loves when we dance together and it calms him down really quickly.” - Amanda, New Mom

“Dancing For Birth™ class helps women find and reclaim their birthing power.” - Mirjana, Doula

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A dramatically different way to give birth, proven effective by science

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Our Founder

Stephanie Larson sees birth through a very different lens

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