Dancing For Birth™ classes come to the Twin Cities

By Staff Reports 

A moratorium has been declared on the forced back-lying position of birthing by Stephanie Larson, founder of Dancing For Birth™, whose vision is for women worldwide to have the enjoyment of dancing their babies into the world.

Larson says women can learn how to harness gravity and move their bodies during labor for more satisfying births.

St. Paul resident Brittany Kubricky, CD(DONA), LCCE, was in attendance at the recent Dancing For Birth ™ Instructor Training workshop offered in Eagan, where she learned how to Energize, Enlighten and Empower ™ women in the childbearing year. She is earning her Dancing For Birth™ Instructor Certification (DFB) and is forming classes for pregnant and postpartum women and their newborns here in the Twin Cities.

Kubricky, a certified doula and Lamaze childbirth educator and co-owner of BabyLove in Eagan, says Dancing For Birth™ classes will be an important addition to BabyLove’s offerings for pregnant and postpartum women.

Dancing For Birth™ prenatal/postpartum classes teach a “language of movement” specifically designed for pregnant women and postpartum women wearing their babies in soft slings or wraps. Though the movements are inspired by ancient dance forms (like Belly dance and African dance) the 90-minute weekly classes, which combine dance fitness with little-known childbirth preparation skills such as optimal fetal positioning, are the wave of the future of birth and resonate with women.

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