A virtual summit by Dancing For Birth™ for doulas, midwives, childbirth educators, nurses, doctors, birth professionals, policy makers, wellness professionals, and advocates shaping what comes next in birth care.
The Future of Birth Summit brings together visionary leaders and practitioners to explore how movement, evidence-based physiology, and advocacy are redefining modern perinatal care. It’s a call to lead with the body, the science, and the wisdom of physiological birth.
Save My Spot!The Future of Birth Summit is hosted by Dancing For Birth™. Proudly celebrating 25 years supporting birth professionals and families in 50+ Countries
We See Your Struggle
Many birth professionals are navigating a growing disconnect between what they know supports families best, and the constraints of medical systems. When clients' voices and embodied care are sidelined, it can leave even the most dedicated birth professionals questioning how to practice in alignment.
You're frustrated by how often birth becomes over-medicalized and disempowering
Too many inductions and cesareans happen without medical necessity, traumatic births are all too common, and the rarity of undisturbed, physiological birth can be disheartening and make you feel isolated. During The Future of Birth Summit, you’ll connect with other birth professionals who feel the same way, and discover approaches that put physiology and families first.
Help Shape the Future of Birth
The Future of Birth Summit is here to help us create positive change collectively. Be part of the conversations shaping the future of care, not just reacting to it or letting it burn you out. You’ll be inspired, resourced, and connected to a global community of birth professionals who, like you, desire to be proactive. With the practical tools and insights provided by our preeminent speakers, you'll be primed to support your clients with physiological, person-centered birth and postpartum care.
During the Summit,
You’ll Experience:
- Expert-led sessions from respected birth leaders
- The science behind better birth experiences
- Movement-informed and somatic perspectives
- Tools you can integrate immediately into your birthwork
- Bold conversations about the future of perinatal care, across disciplines
Your Voice is Needed Now
The beliefs that shape maternity care directly affect outcomes, autonomy, and how women, birthing individuals, and families experience birth and postpartum.
This Summit is for birth professionals who are ready to move beyond outdated models and help shape a more humane, effective, and body-led future for birth.
Perinatal care is changing, and you're in the right spot to be part of the conversations and actions shaping what comes next.
The Future of Birth Summit is a free virtual summit bringing together a diverse range of respected voices across the world. Each speaker presents a concise and power-packed session, so you leave informed, inspired, and equipped with tools and actions you can implement now.
Let's envision and create the future of birth, together!
Is This Summit Right for You?
This Summit is FOR:
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Doulas seeking deeper insight into physiology and the biomechanics of birth
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Midwives navigating systems while honoring their clients' goals
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Childbirth educators wanting evidence-informed, body-led teaching tools
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Perinatal professionals supporting mental and physical health through embodied practices
- Nurses and Doctors who are ready to move beyond outdated models and champion more humane and safe models of care
This Summit is NOT FOR:
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Those satisfied with the prevalent, interventionist and over-medicalized model of birth
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Professionals not interested in learning and exploring movement, physiology, and person-led care
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Anyone choosing to hold on to the belief that fundamentally “Women’s bodies are unreliable or inadequate.”
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Those not open to reflective dialogue or evolving perspectives
- Providers who prefer to continue perpetuating fear, withholding choice and autonomy from birthing families, and using coercion
The Future of Birth Summit Speakers
The Future of Birth Summit Speakers are dedicated birth professionals, educators and thought leaders who are reimagining what birth can be, and advocating for how birth practices must evolve. They will be sharing tools and teachings you can apply immediately as you serve your community.
Why We Created This Summit
The Future of Birth Summit was created by Stephanie Larson, the founder of Dancing For Birth™, to support perinatal professionals who aren't satisfied with the current state of birth, and are passionate about making pregnancy, birth, and postpartum safer and more satisfying for the families they serve.
We know that too often, birth is over-medicalized, and the voices of pregnant, birthing, and new families are not honored by the powers that be.
This Summit is our invitation to you to watch the sessions, get inspired, and join the conversations. Consider what you can personally do to effect positive change. Collectively, we can make a big difference!
Summit Registration
Choose Your Summit Pass Now. It's Happening May 12-14, 2026
100% virtual, so you can join from anywhere in the world
Early Bird Pricing Ends May 5
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The Future of Birth is Ours to Create
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